ON THE WAY #2

JUST LOVE

Created in partnership with Dalton Distribution, as part of the project En cour(t)s de route, " L'Amour tout court " is an emotional 4-film program featuring four short films highlighting the many nuances of love: desire, searching, courage and the idea that relationships can blossom in different forms.

10 screening dates throughout Belgium:

  • Studio Skoop (Ghent) Wednesday, November 29 at 8:00 pm. - followed by a Q&A with the film teams.

  • Kortfilmfestival (Leuven) Wednesday, November 29 at 8:15pm. - followed by a Q&A with the film teams.

  • Cinema ZED (Hasselt) Monday, December 4 at 8:00 pm. - projection.

  • Cultuurcentrum Diest on Thursday, December 7 at 8.30pm. -Screening.

  • Cinema Palace (Brussels) Tuesday, December 12 at 7:00 pm. - followed by a Q&A with the film teams.

  • Cultuurcentrum Strombeek/Grimbergen Tuesday, December 12, 8:30 p.m. screening.

  • De Studio (Antwerp) Thursday, December 14, 8:30pm. - projection.

  • Les Grignoux (Liège) Wednesday, December 20 at 8:00 pm. - followed by a Q&A with the film teams.

  • Les Grignoux (Namur) Thursday, December 21 at 8:00 pm. - followed by a Q&A with the film teams.

  • Cine4 (Nivelles) on Friday, February 16, 2024 at 6:00 pm. - screening.

This program will then be available for rental throughout the year.

 
 

On the programme:

Things in common

Ann Sirot and Raphaël Balboni / 2020 / 24 min

On board shared vehicles, destinies intersect. En route to a shopping mall, a festival, a wedding, or simply for a guided driving session, drivers and passengers test and reinvent their ties of love, friendship or family...

  • Le Court en dit long - Audience Award

  • Sarlat Film Festival - Jury Prize

  • Vues d'en face - Grenoble LGBTQI International Film Festival - Audience Award

  • Brussels Short Film Festival


Flesh

Jean Le Peltier / 2019 / 17 min

Vincent, an actor more at ease declaiming on stage than declaring his love, tired of hanging around on dating apps and looking for love in vain, is marked by his exchanges with an old man who reminds him that neither his shyness nor his fear of looking ridiculous will disappear with time.

  • Brussels Short Film Festival

  • Les Enfants Terribles Festival


High Jump

Lennert Madou / 2021 / 12 min

Otto lives in a remote village, where he spends his free time with his two best friends. Despite this camaraderie, there's something missing in his life. His lover, a professional dancer, lives hundreds of miles away.

  • Festival de Louvain - Best First Short Film Award

  • Brussels Short Film Festival - Best Belgian Short Film Award

  • Helsinki International Film Festival - Love & Anarchy


De zeer vermoeide man en de vrouw die hartstochtelijk van bonsai hield

Nyk Dekeyser and Evelien Declercq / 2022 / 23 min

When a woman answers the curious ad "Man seeking woman to die", it's the start of an extraordinary love story. The man is tired, very tired. He wants to die, but cannot. While she tends to her bonsai, she helps the man to die. Slowly, he grows towards her, and she shapes and carves love.

  • Official selection at the Leuven Short Film Festival

 

Total running time: 1h16

Dialogues: French, Dutch

Subtitles: Dutch, English


A project carried out within the framework of the Cultural Cooperation Agreement between the Flemish Community and the French Community.