Caisses fermées, caises ouvertes

Hugo Amoedo Canal, Belgium 2024 ⁄ 18' ⁄ ST - OND: EN

Bon voyage

Karine Birgé, Belgium 2023 ⁄ 54' ⁄ ST - OND: FR

After living in Brussels for 30 years, writer Xavier Queipo is preparing to return to his native country. His friend, filmmaker Hugo Amoedo Canal, who arrived in Belgium more recently, films his move in Super 8, his memories, the sealing of the moving boxes, … He also questions his own exile and life as he watches his son grow up. (Caisses fermées, caisse ouvertes). In 2018, at the age of 102, Mam decides to call it a day. In her country, France, you can't decide that for yourself at the moment. But she doesn’t care, she will do it through Belgium. And just as well, her granddaughter Karine lives there. Filmmaker Karine Birgé tells the story of this journey using object theatre and unconventional storytelling. Along the way, Doctor Sauveur, Frankenstein, Chantal Goya and spring-loaded rabbits become her companions, helping her to stay on course and weather the storm of emotions (Bon voyage).

 BON VOYAGE - Karine Birgé: IN COMPETITION