38th edition
17-25 january 2026

Un veau pleurait, la nuit

John Shank

Image Un veau pleurait, la nuit
Belgium
2000 Fiction 14 min
Winter. A young farmer in front of his dying father. A story of movements, objects and daily rituals etched into two people who have been at each other's side for as long as they can remember.
With : Luc Brumagne, Sacha Kremer
Screenplay : John Shank
Image : Donat Van Bellinghen
Sound : Gery Franck, Vincent Genet
Editing : Martin Leroy
Decors : Anna Falgueres
John Shank was born in 1977 in Bloomington, in the United States. He divided his studies between the United States and Belgium. In 1996, he enrolled at the Institute of Broadcasting Arts, where he went on to direct two short documentaries (La Pensée ne vient pas du ciel and Clandestin) before directing his first fiction, Un veau pleurait, la nuit. He is currently working on a feature-length film adaptation of a novel by J-G Ballard.