14 - 20 APRIL 2025
DOCUMENTARY SHORTS
SUNDAY, 20 APRIL 2025
17:00 / 5PM
This screening session includes 4 short films (approximately 90 minutes, original versions with English subtitles).
@ Velvet Room, Alpacastraat 29, 9000 Gent.
Tickets are only 6€ per session, and include a free drink at the Studio Skoop bar afterwards. *All proceeds go to The Bigger Screen, an international organisation supporting independent filmmakers.
I Kiss Your Hand, Madame (Hungary) by Jeremy Luke Bolatag
*** 46th Brussels Independent Film Festival, 33rd Melbourne Queer Film Festival, Budapest International Documentary Film Festival
After living a heteronormative life for 50 years, Mónika finally goes through the first steps of her gender-affirmation journey. As she raises her 11-year old son, she also navigates the repressive Orbán regime in Hungary as a trans woman.
Running time: 00:18:00
Georgie (United States) by Jennie Butler
*** DOC NYC Film Festival, New/Next Film Festival, CUFF Docs
An ex-mobster reflects on life, love, and loss after spending 32 years in prison.
Running time: 00:14:20
Unique transport (Belgium) by Florence Boone
'Trafique unique' shows the world of a Congolese parcel office in the Matonge neighborhood of Brussels, where Congolese Belgians bring parcels to be shipped to Congo. Through the conversations between customers and the operators of the office, we get to know better the unique world of shipping From Belgium to Congo.
Running time: 00:18:07
About You? (Belgium) by Olivier Praet
"About you?" is a portrait in two acts, it is a story of mental illness and brotherhood. In 2016 and 2020, I meet my brother Martin with a camera. He talks about is daily life, I question him about his schizphrenia, we go back to significant times of his past years. It comes out as an intimate and touching encounter.
Running time: 00:34:52