Delphine Girard’s 16-minute Belgian thriller “A Sister” gave this year’s MyFrenchFilmFestival (MFFF) shorts competition a shot in the arm earlier this week, when the film received an Academy Award …
shorts competition a shot in the arm earlier this week, when the film received an Academy Award nomination for Best Live Action Short Film.
Despite the film’s positive critical reception and high scores across online aggregating sites, its modest festival run and lack of major competition appearances at events like Clermont-Ferrand or Cannes – common among other MFFF players – could have been reason for the film to be overlooked in this year’s impressive lineup. At least, that is, until the Oscar nomination.
Belgium is a small country with a small industry full of vitality and where everyone knows each other. For a young Belgian director, I think that the challenge is first to find one’s allies in terms of production and team, and then to develop their project using public aid, support from channels, different grants and sometimes crowdfunding aided by the energy of friends. I find that there is real solidarity between young filmmakers in Belgium.
I met Veerle on the set of Olivier Masset-Depasse’s “Mother’s instinct.” I was the child coach of the little boy who plays her son in the film. There was immediate chemistry. It is an immense privilege to watch her work. When thinking about the operator I knew I wanted it to be her. I offered her the script and we started to chat. I admit, I was thrilled when she accepted the role.
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