National Competition 9

  • 28/04/2025 – 21:30 – 23:30 – Flagey
  • 01/05/2025 – 11:30 – 13:30 – Flagey

Florence & Nina

Miel van Hoogenbemt

Pays Belgium
Genre
- 21'22'' - Color
Florence is about to enter menopause and is terrified of getting older. Nina has serious doubts about becoming a mother in a cruel world. Together they set off on a road trip through Portugal looking for answers. Three days, two nights. A snapshot in the lives of two women, guided by the untamed beauty of nature and the generosity of the local population. An intimate journey begins as Florence and Nina not only face each other, but mostly themselves.

Futur antérieur

Amélie Navarro, Gaëtan D'Agostino

Pays Belgium
Genre
2024 - 15'55'' - Color
Léna, a fifty-something prisoner at the end of her sentence, is confronted with her life after prison. Her first few hours out of prison are a shock to the outside world. Then there's the visit to her future flat and the journey through the city, supported by Aurélien, the social worker in charge of her case. Torn by this outing, which is as much expected as feared, Léna tries to find her bearings in a place where everything reminds her how difficult it has become for her to live outside a 9m2 cell.

Silent Panorama

Nicolas Piret

Pays Belgium
Genre Animation
2024 - 5'09'' - Couleur
In the middle of nature, at the base of a cliff, two campers, intrigued by outside noises, cross the deserted landscape, lamp in hand. Cracking, trickling and other sounds give life to these places, home to a silent fauna, almost invisible, but still very present. This film was drawn and animated alone on a single sheet of paper as a performance.

BASANE

Sami Najib

Pays Belgium
Genre Fiction
2025 - 18'21" - Color
In Brussels, three young people are stopped by the police in a social housing estate. They are suspected of drug trafficking. The entire arrest will be filmed by a camera as part of a news report. We will be watching the footage.

Rouge (Red)

Zoé Arène

Pays Belgium, France
Genre Fiction
2025 - 16'26'' - Couleur
In this adaptation of Little Red Riding Hood, nothing goes according to plan: Riding Hood asserts her desires without fear or shame, the Wolf is anything but predatory, and Granny loses her mind. But the Narrator has not said his last word...

XY

Alice Gadbled

Pays Belgium, France
Genre Fiction
2025 - 19'10'' - Couleur
In the middle of a scorching summer, X, 25 years old, returns to her home village to celebrate her mother's birthday. Y joins her for a walk. In the forest's shadow lie secrets that are about to catch up with her.