Schijnwerpers short film festival - program 4

13 September 2025 - Passersstraat 5, 1070 Anderlecht

On 13 September, Schijnwerpers Short Film Festival brings you programme 4: Jury's highlight 1. More information about all the films can be found below.

18:30 Doors open
19:00 – 20:30 FIlms + Q&A, stay afterwards for a drink

Address: Passerstraat 5, 1070 Anderlevcht (Kuumba vzw)
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•Papillon — Noah Nazyimana & Faisal Muhammadu – 12′27″ [EN]
Papillon tells an intimate and moving story about young Moïse, a teenager who, after the death of his father, is suddenly forced to take on the role of “man of the house.” He feels responsible for his mother, Monique, who is under immense financial pressure but tries to hide her worries. Moïse does his best to support her, yet he struggles with the reality that, despite everything, he is still just a child.

•Role Play — Ilja Zekovic – 23′55″ [EN]
Nenad, a sixty-year-old history teacher, invites a young prostitute, Julia, to celebrate his birthday together.

•Broken wings — Aime Octave – 13′44″ [EN]
Emile receives a phone call from his mother who is sick prompting him to go back home. After years of living away from home, and leaving a trauma in the past, there is a secret he shares with his father, Dele, and something weighing on his mother, Amina. He breaks the conspiracy of silence as he tries to communicate with his parents.