BESTIAIRE (2023)

SYNOPSIS

When the girl they call "the dog" leaves their school for good, Pauline and her gang decide to choose for themselves a new pet hate, in spite of their friend Julie’s warning. Among unspoken words, rivalries and impulses of violence, this infernal quest might turn everything upside down.

SELECTIONS AND AWARDS

  • Los Angeles Short Film Festival, 2023

  • OFF COURTS Trouville, 2023

  • Filmets Badalona Film Festival, 2023

  • Mill Valley Film Festival, 2023

  • Santa Fe International Film Festival, 2023

  • FestiFrance Brasil, 2023 - BEST ACTRESS (Pauline Druenne)

  • FIJA, 2024

  • Génération court, 2024

  • Que du Feu Film Festival (Festival du film jeune de Lyon), 2023 - PRIX JEUNES FAUVES

  • Four River Film Festival, 2023 - GRAND PRIZE, BEST ACTRESS (Julie Nicola)

  • Jeunesse en Court Film Festival, 2023 - GRAND JURY PRIZE (pro categorie), BEST ACTRESSES (Julie Nicola and Pauline Druenne)

  • CLAP Film Festival, 2023 - BEST ACTRESS (Julie Nicola)

  • L’Isle d’Adam Film Festival, 2023

  • Lisboa Indie Film Festival, 2023

  • Montpellier Indie Film Festival, 2024 - BEST SHORT FILM

  • The Brightside Film Festival, 2023

  • Côte Bleue Film Festival, 2023

  • Ouaga Côté Court, 2023

  • Hellbender Student Film Festival, 2023 - BEST NARRRATIVE SHORT

  • International Social Shorts Antwerp, 2023

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CAST AND CREW

Directed by PAUL VAN DER STEGEN

Written by MATHIEU LANDAIS, PAUL VAN DER STEGEN

Starring JULIE NICOLA, PAULINE DRUENNE, RABIA BEN ABDALLAH, MARIA GIULIA CASTELLI, JOANA IANNUZZI

Produced by HUBERT MECHIN

Production director LOLA GUIGAL

Assistants director NICOLAS LANDAIS, MATHIEU BLASSER, MILA RICHIN

Cinematography ALEXANDRE TORNIER

Editing NICOLAS THONNERIEUX

Sound WILLIAM MALHOMME

Music composer THEO PEREK

Photo by HELOISE PEREZ