National Competition 3

To gather and discover films from North and South of the country.
From nearly 300 films received, 37 films will compete in the National Competition.

Deux fois mon frère (Mickey Broothaerts)
Belgium - Fiction - 2021 - 18'51" - Color
Damien takes in a young Sudanese exile, Abdo. From the beginning of their stay, they suspect that they are homosexual and homophobic respectively.

Kelasi (Fransix Tenda Lomba)
Belgium - Animation - 2021 - 10'35" - Color
The first animated film by visual artist Fransix Tenda Lomba is a kind of parcours through Congo’s historical education systems – and an analysis of the ideological function of the institution of the school.

Les Cloches (Charles Habib-Drouot)
Belgium - Fiction - 2021 - 40'18" - Color
Two lost artists, got selected by mistake for a summer residency in the French mountains. But they’re not made for life in the open air. They’ll have to face a hostile nature to create, as well as the owner of the residency, an exhausting start-uper.

Two to Tango (Dimitri Sterkens)
Belgium - Fiction - 2021 - 18'26" - Color
Twelve world leaders gather in a ballroom for a power play, on life or death. As long as music is being played, they tango. When the music stops, they bring out their weapons. Who will lead the dance? Who will survive?

Un père (Christophe Predari)
Belgium - Fiction - 2022 - 13'38" - Color
Steve and his father sit in a bar facing one another. They have nothing to tell each other. As Steve decides to leave, his father offers him a gift to retain him. Will it be enough to reconnect two men who have not shared anything for a long time?

Flagey, Brussels Short Film Festival