The (Ex)perience of Love

Alex and Noémie would like to have a child. But their plans are turned upside down when Alex's mother, Suzanne, has contracted "semantic dementia", a fatal neurodegenerative disease that affects her behavior.

Two's company, three's allowed? From family disputes and unexpected babysitting duties to uncomfortable high school memories, manga drawing and friendships pushed to the next level - the Male Gaze series lifts the lid on six very different gay relationships and encounters. When two become three and outsiders enter the fray, what are the group dynamics at play? The short films are: Golden Boys (2017); In Beating Cells [In Pocheden Zellen] (2017); The Middle of a Lake [Le milieu d'un lac] (2017); Gilles (2016); Kiko's Saints [Les saints de Kiko] (2019); With Thelma [Avec Thelma] (2017).

A hen house that causes a diplomatic incident, a child falling from the sky, a capitalist Christmas father, a plucky plumber with a Flemish accent and a killer bear: The best of the Belgian comedy. Five multi-award-winning shorts in the world.

An Icelandic volcano has blocked air traffic and Thelma’s parents are stuck overseas. Until planes start flying across the sky again Jean, Vincent and Thelma share the same roof.

Diane desires men as much as she despises them. When she learns that her mother was raped in her youth, the shock is muffled. It’s a surprise—and yet, it explains everything. Diane has only one thing on her mind: avenging her mother. But her mother has only one thing on her mind: finally becoming the woman she should have been. Between the one who wants to remember and the one who wants to forget, everything tightens.

While visiting an apartment, Adrien feels a twinge of jealousy as he watches Tess, his partner, enjoy herself with another visitor. That very evening, he receives a surprise summons to return for another visit. He must go alone, Tess being otherwise detained at work. He finds himself before a dilapidated old building which already has his name on the doorbell. As soon as Adrien crosses the threshold, the house closes in on him and he is embarked on a guided tour of the twists and turns of his own jealousy.

On board shared vehicles, destinies that intersect. On their way to a shopping center, a festival, a wedding, or simply for an accompanied driving session, drivers and passengers test and reinvent their bonds of love, friendship or family...

Like in the traditional fairy tale, the wolf longs for the little red riding hood and disguises to reach what he's aiming for. But this version reveals a little red riding hood more mischievous than the legend's innocent little girl.

Jean and Aurelia, as many other couples, often trample across the swamps of love quarrels, where they encounter bad faith, unending argumentation, overreaction, stubborn silences, crying, shouting, etc. Jean and Aurelia are also the scientists of their own fights. They sort them in different categories, analyze them, make graphics and put them away in archive boxes