National Competition 2

Thursday 25.04 – 19:00 – Vendôme Book
Monday 29.04 –22h00 – Studio 5 (Flagey)

The Crème de la crème of Belgian short films in competition. New this year : a number of tickets are available for pre-sale for the first broadcasts of national competition sessions, and can be booked via our website.

Pedro

Aline Boyen

Pays Belgium, Spain

Genre Fiction

2023 - 19'59 - Color - Sous-titres: OV NL ST EN/FR

Ex-convict Pedro takes up his old job as a bus driver for tourists. But the long drive through the mountains with its passengers proves especially challenging.

Messages personnels

Géraldine Charpentier

Pays Belgium

Genre Animation

2024 - 10' - Color - Sous-titres: OV FR ST EN/NL

It’s time for love. Camille loves Johane, but Johane doesn’t have time for this and would rather eat pastries. Through vocal messages, they try to shape the futur of their relationship.

Rachid

Rachida El Garani

Pays Belgium

Genre Fiction

2023 - 18'56 - Color - Sous-titres: OV ST EN/FR/NL

“Anyone can be a dishwasher.” At least that's what Rachid thought, until his search for a job got him in all sorts of trouble.

Sol Béni

Tristan Feres, Maky Margaridis

Pays Belgium

Genre Documentary

2024 - - Color - Sous-titres: OV FR ST NL/EN

Shot in Abidjan with a Super 16 camera for a documentary on soccer academies in Africa. A group of friends and a poem recounting their friendship.

Un Invincible été (Invincible Summer)

Arnaud Dufeys

Pays Belgium

Genre Fiction

2024 - 19' - Color - Sous-titres: OV FR ST NL/EN

One hot summer evening. Alone at home, by the pool and bored to death, 16-year-old Clément is killing boredom a dating app. Determined to lose his virginity, he lies about his age on his date with Naël, a young man 8 years his senior. As the moment of intimacy approaches, Clément is rushing things... But it is by discovering a body completely different from Naël's that Clément will grow up.