COMPETITION

Quitter la nuit

Delphine Girard
2023 - Belgium / France / Canada - 1h48

Screenings : wednesday 24 - 7:15 pm - Centre de congrès - Auditorium - presented and followed by a debate with the film director thursday 25 - 10:00 am - Pathé - 2 friday 26 - 9:00 pm - Le Jacques Tati - Saint-Nazair

One night, a woman in danger calls the police. Anna takes the call. A man is arrested. Weeks go by, the courts are looking for evidence, Aly, Anna and Dary have to deal with the echoes of that night they can't shake off.

With a Canadian father and a Belgian mother, Delphine Girard grew up in Brussels. She started her career as an actress before training as a director at INSAS. Her graduation film, Monstre, was well received and won awards in several festivals in 2015. Her third short, Une soeur (A Sister), was selected to run for the Oscar for Best Short Film in 2020. Quitter la nuit (Through the Night) is her first feature.

CAST AND CREW

Cast : Selma Alaoui, Veerle Baetens, Guillaume Duhesme, Anne Dorval, Adèle Wismes
Screenplay : Delphine Girard
Cinematography : Juliette Van Dormael
Editing : Damien Keyeux

Production : Versus Production, Colonelle Films, Haut et Court

French distributor : Haut et Court