Ghosts of Europe : United in Diversity ?

To get into the mood, the BSFF offers you a selection of short films about celebrations: happy or completely messed up birthdays,don’t miss those gems!

Uno (Javier Marco Rico)
Spain - Fiction - 2017 - 10'00" - Color
Far out at sea, a cell phone floating inside an air-tight bag starts to ring.

Heimat (Sam Peeters)
Belgium - Documentary - 2016 - 14'00" - B&W
Right-wing populism is spreading through Western Europe like wildfire. In this unscripted documentary, Sam Peeters portrays an ironic caricature of life in the Flemish suburbs, which reflects the current European zeitgeist.

Vliegende Ratten (Emiel Sandtke)
Belgium - Fiction - 2016 - 18'00" - Color
After 11-year-olds Kian and Nadir see Nadir's family being arrested by the immigration police, they decide to run away. But leaving proves difficult…

Leavers (Kezia Zurbrügg)
Switzerland - Documentary - 2020 - 18'00" - B&W
Dover, a small harbour town in South East England, 31st of January 2020. A man walks his dog, a truck passes by, Great Britain leaves the EU at 11 pm. A film about the difficulty of noticing political processes while you are busy with your daily life.

Le dragon à deux têtes (Páris Cannes)
Belgium - Fiction - 2019 - 21'20'' - Color
To escape the homophobic reality of their homeland, two Brazilian identical twins are now living in Europe. The first brother has a perfectly legal status in Brussels, the second is an illegal immigrant and lives like a ghost in the German capital.

Flagey, Brussels Short Film Festival