Maman,
16mm & digital 4k, color, 16:9, french spoken, BE, 2025, 15’
Maman, is a poetic documentary in the form of a letter from a son to his mother. What begins as an attempt to tell her story, from how she, at the age of seven, moved from Likasi to Brussels and did not speak for a year to her lifelong dream of becoming a photographer, slowly transforms into something else. The film is built around her voice recorded as she reads the letter aloud for the first time. That single, intimate recording became the voice-over for the film. Visually the film combines a 16mm portrait with a digitally composed landscape, created by stitching together three separate video images into one horizon.
Voice over Silvie Duarte
Sound Niko Wei, Rick Van Oss
Additional sound design Remco Ardui
Photography Niko Wei, Théo Guéret
Camera assistent Remco Ardui
Film loading Floris Leempoels
FilmLab ColorbyDejonghe
Grading Théo Guéret
Awards: Film Fest Gent Award for Best Belgian Student Short 2025
Festivals & Screenings:
Courtisane Festival Sphinx Cinema Ghent (BE) 5 April 2026 —
Film Fest Gent Kinepolis Ghent (BE) 12 October 2025 — Beauties & Talkers Kassé Brussels (BE) 12 October 2025 — Film Fest Gent Sphinx Cinema Ghent (BE) 16 October 2025 — Breedbeeld Film Festival DeCinema Antwerp (BE) 8 November 2025
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