Sprötch

FLO has to go to Marrakech for work. So, it’s TOM who takes care of SAM, their 5-year-old son. Flo left him a list of tasks to complete during his absence. Despite this, Tom forgot Sam’s guitar course. From his ryad, Flo calls to blame him. Tom hates being caught. He picks up Sam. The car comes out of the garage at full speed. SPROTCH. Tom just crushed something...

Director Biography

After studying law, Xavier joined the IAD (Belgium). Early, he had a predilection for black humour and a tendency to shoot in black and white. In 2005, Nothing insoluble, his graduation film was selected at the Venice Mostra. He directed The crab with Christophe Hermans and wrote With the Dust by Jacques Molitor (Locarno selection). In 2014, he directed Dreamcatchers with Cédric Bourgeois, a documentary about Belgian wrestlers. From 2011, he made several short films with Méryl Fortunat-Rossi: Moonshine, The Black Bear (230 selections including Clermont-Ferrand as well as forty awards including a Silver Méliès and the Magritte for best short fiction film) or The Plumber (22 prizes including, once again, the Magritte for best short fiction film). He collaborates in the writing of shorts such as Kapitalistis by Pablo Munoz Gomes (awarded in many festivals, especially in Locarno) or Vihta by François Bierry (Special Jury Prize in Clermont-Ferrand).

Alternative title

Squish

Director

Xavier Seron

Premiere

Dutch

Country

Belgium

Language

French

Subtitles

English

Year

2020

Duration

21 min.

Family Ties

Friday, 3 September 14:50 - 16:20 / Kijkhuis 1
90 min.
Saturday, 4 September 12:10 - 13:40 / Kijkhuis 1
90 min.

Also in this session

1. Birdland
Ashgan El-Hamus, 15 min.
2. Sprötch
Xavier Seron, 21 min.
3. As You Can See
Ghada Fikri, 8 min.
4. Thorns and Fishbones
Natália Azevedo Andrade, 10 min.
5. Nuits Sans Sommeil
Jérémy van der Haegen , 31 min.
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