Artist in Focus: Veerle Baetens

Veerle Baetens is best known - in Belgium and far beyond - as the extraordinary actress in award-winning films such as The Broken Circle Breakdown and D'Ardennen. She has also been active for years as a singer and - more recently - as a screenwriter and director. She co-wrote the screenplay of the series Tabula Rasa and the feature-length film When It Melts, her feature-length directorial debut that will hit theatres next year. All these aspects of this versatile artist are represented in this varied short-film compilation.

An extensive conversation with Veerle Baetens follows the screening on Sun. 4/12.

Programme

1h00 — Screenings: Sat. 3/12 (13h45), Sun. 4/12 (19h30), Mon. 5/12 (19h45), Sat. 10/12 (15h15) in Cinema ZED Vesalius

La dépendance

Veerle Baetens • France, Belgium • 2001 A beautifully dressed young woman is waiting for something or someone in a fancy bar. She's waiting and waiting... and drinking.

Romance

Douglas Boswell • Belgium • 2004 • 14 min. At the hospital, the somewhat haughty Désiree shares a room with Agnes and Wiske, who both love to observe a young couple outside in the park. Slowly, Désiree too becomes invested in this little love story.

Production: Dries Phlypo • DOP: Walther Vanden Ende • Script: Annelies Verbeke • Editing: Ludo Troch • Music: Dirk Brossé • Cast: Blanka Heirman, Mieke Verheyden • Contact: dries@aprivateview.be

Dallas - Take It All

Veerle Baetens • Belgium • 2012 • 3 min. A remarkable stop-motion music video to the song Take It all by Dallas, the band centered around Veerle Baetens. Baetens not only directed the video, but also made the plush animals by hand.

Une sœur (A Sister)

Delphine Girard • Belgium • 2018 • 16 min. An emergency services dispatcher must tap into all her professional skills when she receives a call from a woman in a desperate situation.

Contact: info@daltondistribution.be

Zuur (Acid)

Robin Pront • Belgium • 2021 • 11 min. In prison, Kasper is visited by Kim for the first time, his ex-girlfriend whom he mutilated with acid. Kasper expresses regret, but for Kim it comes too late. Forgiveness is out of the question, revenge is the only option left.

Production: Bram Versteyhe • DOP: Robrecht Heyvaert • Script: Kevin Meul, Robin Pront • Editing: Mathieu Depuydt • Music: Bert Libeert • Cast: Greet Verstraete, Matthias Schoenaerts, Veerle Baetens • Contact: bram@dewereldvrede.be

Het smelt (trailer)

(When It Melts (trailer))

Veerle Baetens • Belgium • 2022 • min. Years after a burning hot summer that spiraled completely out of control, Eva returns to her home town to face her past and leave behind a haunting message.