THU 12 SEPT
The Muse ART GALLERY
269 Portobello Road, W11 1LR




French & Belgium Films


6 pm



PUMPKIN. CHLOÉ LARRÈRE
Drama/Comedy. 19 mins. BELGIUM. 12.
Since the release of "L'ombre au mois d'août" (The Shadow in August), a film of great success in which Valentine plays the lead role, she hasn't been working. It's during this period of low spirits that she has to audition for a big French film, in a duet with a dog, even though she doesn't really like dogs. Driven by her depression and existential angst as an actress, she sets off on an absurd canine quest around Brussels.

MY HEART BACKWARD. (MON COEUR EN ARRIÈRE)
SARAH. GOURET. 17 minutes. Belgium. 12A. Drama
Anastasia, 27 years old, decides to provoke a meeting with Jef, 54 years old. Together, they will experience the suspended and intense moment that only the first meeting between a father and his daughter can provoke.

BLUE BED
LIZE. CUVEELE 25 minutes. Belgium. 12A. Documentary.
'Blue bed' follows a couple in the intimate frame of their bed. In their dynamic we discover the beauty and misery of young love. It tells a unique yet recognizable story of two people who love each other but can't find happiness together.

En Vie
Guillaume Caramelle. 3 mins. 12A France.
Marie, Léo and Mathieu have been friends since childhood As they celebrate Mathieu's departure, the evening gets out of hand But appearances are often deceiving.

GREEN GRASS (HERBE VERTE)
ELISE. AUGARTEN. 12 minutes. France. 12A.
Red boards the train. If she could vanish right then and there, she would. Everything is off, unreal. Memories blend together with the landscape. Time and space collapse. A little girl runs towards a creaking house. Wild grass grows in the train. Red wades through and confronts her past.

TSKALTUBO
TOBY. ANDRIS. 24 minutes. France/Georgia. U. Drama.
After 30 years living as refugees in an abandoned sanatorium, Irakli and Nana are finally offered an apartment; is it too late to start over?

SOFA
RÉMI QUODBACH. Drama. 21 mins. BELGIUM. 12A.
17-year-old, Elize, is an artist who lives with her Dutch speaking father. Her French speaking mother, Camille, broke apart the family to pursue a relationship with a young man. Hurt and betrayed, Elize tries to avoid her mother at all costs. While her father must stay at the hospital after an accident, the teenager is forced to move in with Camille and her lover. Elize must confront her pain and anger to rebuild her relationship with her mother.

Breaking Through
Siham Bel. Drama 28 mins. France. 15
Every summer, Safia returns to Corsica to visit her dad. This year, she has an announcement that is going to shake up the family and take her on an unexpected journey of self-discovery on the winding and rocky roads of the Mediterranean island.

FAKE IT TILL YOU MAKE IT
LAURA PETRONE & GUILLAUME KERBUSCH. Drama
BELGIUM. 29 mins. 15.
Elza gets constantly harassed non stop in and outside of school, in big part because of her social class. Claire and her friends could keep on going like this forever... But one day, if the opportunity presents itself to make them pay for their actions, how far will she go?

CULTS (CULTES)
DAVID. PADILLA. Drama/ Horror. 15 minutes. France. 15 Catholic boarding school, 1970. Father De Monval is supervising a film projection when a young schoolboy sees something that will turn his life upside down.

SOUVENIR
JASPER VRANCKEN & BERT AELES. FICTION / FANTASTIC. 21 mins BELGIUM. 15.
EVERT returns from boarding school to find his childhood home in a state of neglect. His father MARK is sick in bed. Evert goes to his room and plays an online video game with his friend ANDRIES where they kill vampires together. Andries asks him how things have been since his mother died, but Evert avoids answering. At breakfast, Evert notices a strange wound on his father's neck. As Mark sleeps, a menacing shadow is seen hovering over him. The next day, Mark finds something strange beside his bed: a small dead caterpillar.
In his father's bedroom, Evert comes across a strange wooden statue of a pregnant woman in pain. It's a souvenir that Mark bought for Evert on a trip to Romania. Evert puts the statue in his bedroom. Slime sticks to the back of the statue and, at night, it seems to rustle. At the back of the statue there is a crack from which a caterpillar is escaping.
The next day, Evert isn't feeling very well, but the party he had planned with his friends goes ahead. Mark discovers some kind of big bat hiding in his room. Mark beats the beast to death against the wall. The next day, Mark is feeling better, while Evert lies exhausted in bed. On top of him, a similar bat is sucking his blood. More caterpillars emerge from the wooden sculpture, and once they have hatched, they will continue to drain Evert of his blood.

LOUVES (SHE-WOLVES)
LUCIE. CABON. 22 minutes. France. 15. Drama/horror.
One full moon evening, Joy decides to follow her older sister, Léane. For some time now, Léane has been running away at night to join a gang of women who spread terror in the streets and among men. They call themselves the “She-Wolves".

NO REGRETS (SANS REGRETS)
Carmen LEROI
Drama. 39 mins France. 12
For a residency organized by the University of Caen, the writer Miranda Ackerman returns to the city where she lived ten years before. She is astonished to discover that the University is hosting her in the former house where she lived with Richard, his youthful partner. Richard now teaches at the university. As they reestablish contact, presence in the house starts to disturb her.




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