Next Generation 6

Each year, the Next Generation competition presents a selection of films made by students in Belgian and international film schools.

37 films were selected amongst the 974 films received.

Dernier voyage au Laos (Manon Saysouk)
Belgium - Documentary - 2021 - 22'00" - Color
"Fifty years ago, I go back in time to that lost paradise, where for five years I lived in absolute happiness. Through old photos, words and drawings, my French grandmother and my father go back to Laos in the 1970s. With all these snippets of memories, I try to understand who my grandfather Singkéo is, questioning the notions of roots, attachment and family break-up.

Nuisibles (Juliette Laboria)
France - Animation - 2021 - 06'30" - Color
In the heat of summer, wasps are busy eating beautiful ripe and sweet fruits. But soon, other visitors intrude into the wasps' peaceful life, taking a malicious pleasure in appropriating the precious treasures of the garden. A war is coming, on one side a group of children, and on the other an army of wasps. To each his own weapon.

Los no lugares (Elia Boqueras Piera, Alicia Corpas)
Spain - Fiction - 2021 - 25'00" - Color
Muna has always dreamed of becoming a photographer. Summer has just begun and her dream is about to come true, but she doesn't have enough time to face what she has been putting off until now: saying goodbye to her friends and the promises she made.

Blinde Flecken (Luis Schubert)
Germany - Fiction - 2020 - 09'09" - Color
The shooting of a sex scene triggers a conflict between an intimacy coordinator and a director on a film set.

Debiet (Sebastian Schaevers)
Belgium - Fiction - 2021 - 26'01" - Color/B&W
The friendship of three is tested when they setup camp by the Semois in the French Ardennes. As they get bored along the riverside they set out to explore the region although they disagree with each other on the way they should be doing that.

Phlegm (Jan-David Bolt)
Switzerland - Fiction - 2021 - 06'24" - Color
Oscar is late. In the surrounding skyscrapers hands are shaken and contracts are signed. That's the last thing he needs right now. Where do these damned snails come from?

Flagey, Brussels Short Film Festival