Date & Time: Friday 6th March at 6.00pm
Programme duration: 83 mins
We are very happy to introduce a selection of outstanding shorts into the programme, with the support of the Embassies of Belgium, France and Luxembourg in Ireland.
A Walk into the Afterlife
Jiyun Jeong / Luxembourg / 2025 / 4 mins
A cat walks through a 18th-century Korean village during the early morning to a sacred tree, which serves as a portal to the afterlife.
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Lennert Madou / Belgium / 2024 / 15 mins
Waiting for an asteroid to pass through the sky, two friends play around a remote landscape, driven by a curious urge to constantly aim higher.
Best Short Oostende Film Festival 2025
Sweet Burn / Brûlure Douce
Jade Debeugny / Belgium / 2025 / 28 mins
Lou, a 16-year-old boy, is invited for the summer vacation to the grandparents of Paul, a classmate. Their budding friendship strengthens as the days go by…
Grand Prix, Best Belgian Short, Brussels Short Film Festival
Two People Exchanging Saliva / Deux personnes échangeant de la salive
Natalie Musteata, Alexandre Singh / France / 2024 / 36 mins
In a society where kissing is punishable by death and people pay for things by receiving slaps in the face, Angine, an unhappy woman, shops compulsively in a department store.
Nominated for the 2026 César Awards and short-listed for the 98th Academy Awards