Best of Peer Award 2021

Kortfilmfestival Leuven is not only a festival for a film loving audience, but also a meeting point for directors. And they are particularly interested in each other's work. This is why, two years ago, the Peer Award was introduced, an award participating directors give to their peers. This programme includes the six films that were nominated last year, closing with the film that eventually won the award.

Programme 1h57 — Screenings: Sat. 3/12 (17h15), Thu. 8/12 (11h) in Cinema ZED Vesalius

T'es morte Hélène (You’re Dead Helen)

Michiel Blanchart • France • 2021 • 24 min. Hélène, Maxime's girlfriend, recently passed away. But that doesn't mean she is letting him go. As a ghost and invisible to everyone but Maxime, she continues to interfere in his life. Until he decides to end the relationship.

Production: Lucile de Calan, Michaël Goldberg • Cast: Lucile Vignoles, Mailys Dumon, Théophile Mou • Contact: adv@golemandlinea.com

L'homme silencieux

(A Quiet Man)

Nyima Cartier • France • 2021 • 14 min. From the 17th floor of an office building, Pierre is staring out the window. Down below, a colleague, who was dismissed that morning, has been sitting on a bench for hours, alone in the cold. Why won't he go home?

Production: Mabel Films • DOP: Balthazar Lab • Script: Nyima Cartier • Editing: Esther Lowe, Nyima Cartier • Contact: andrea@manifest.pictures

Sestre (Sisters)

Katarina Rešek - Kukla • Slovenia • 2020 • 23 min. Three best friends refuse to take on the traditional roles imposed on women in the Balkans. As a result, they often get caught up in conflicts. When things get out of hand, they receive help from an unexpected ally.

Production: Barbara Daljavec • Cast: Mia Skrbinac, Mina Milovanović, Sarah Al Saleh • Contact: barbara@ aatalanta.si

Stikk

(Stroke)

Tobias Klemeyer Smith • Norway • 2021 • 18 min. Ida and Kaja meet at a café to share their trivial frustrations about relationships, tattoos and life itself. Every now and then, the conversation is interrupted by their strange waiter.

Production: Marte Bru Follesø, Thea Marion Aasen • Cast: Arturo Scotti, Brita Gram Økland, Hanna Heider Hov, Kasper Antonsen • Contact: tobias.klemeyer.smith@ gmail.com

Techno, Mama

Saulius Baradinskas • Lithuania • 2021 • 18 min. Nikita is crazy about techno music and dreams of going to a famous club in Berlin. His mother, however, is unaware of his big dream. Their mutual expectations will inevitably clash.

Production: Viktorija Seniut • DOP: Vytautas Katkus • Editing: Karolis Labutis • Music: Rob Meyer • Cast: Motiejus Aškelovičius, Neringa Varnelytė • Contact: flavio.armone@lightsonfilm.org

Le Voisin de Lou (Lou's Neighbour)

Hector Albouker, Victoria Lafaurie • France • 2021 • 18 min. 17-year-old Vladimir is secretly in love with his neighbour Lou. But there's a slight problem, as Lou is moving in with her boyfriend, who is ten years older. Can Vladimir put his jealousy aside to help her?

Production: Igor Auzepy, Stéphane Demoustier, Année Zéro • Cast: Lou Lampros, Mathieu Capella • Contact: elise@shortcuts.pro