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.