WTFF7 – Short Films Competition
Tragicomedy
By Louisiana Mees-Fongang
Belgium, 2023, 19’
o.v. Dutch, French, Lingala, Russian, Italian subtitles
Italian Premiere
November 12, 2024, 9.00 PM, Cinema Odeon
Synopsis Fikri is a young immigrant in Belgium who starts training as a nurse while taking care of Magritte, an elderly woman with Alzheimer’s disease. While she is suffering from memory loss and forgetting words, Fikri is still trying to learn the language. The film portraits Fikri’s displacement, without a place to call home. His wounds reflects those of the planet Earth, in the middle of the climate crisis, destroyed by wildfires and floods.
Director’s bio-filmography Louisiana Mees-Fongang (1994) is a Belgian screenwriter and director. She studied directing at KASK (Ghent). In 2018 her short film Waithood secured the VAF Wildcard for fiction prize. In 2023, she debuted her feature documentary How Do You Spell Home, at the IDFA. Her fourth short film, Igor, where is Igor? is in the making.
Trailer
Directed by Louisiana Mees-Fongang
Screenplay Louisiana Mees-Fongang
Cinematography Pieter Dumoulin
Sound Valentin Mazingarbe
Editing Louisiana Mees-Fongang
Sound Editing Jérémy Hassid
Music Maan Methven
Cast Kazanga Jonathan Linga
Production Quetzalcoatl, Duane
Distribution Quetzalcoatl, Duane
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