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Loynes

North American Premiere

Set in 19th-century Liverpool, a corpse with neither name nor past is on trial.

Director
Cast

Elaine Collins, Vicenç Altaio, Johan Opstaele, Sheila Breen Rickerby, Margaret O’Kell, Brian Philips, Terry Briscoe

Credits
Country of Origin

Belgium

Year

2025

Language

In English and French with English subtitles

18+
25 min
Experimental & Avant Garde Shorts
Scum Pictures, Films Grand Huit

This short is featured in:

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Shorts from: Belgium, Canada, China, India, Myanmar, UK.

 

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Credits & Director

Producer

Clyde Gates, Dorian Jespers, Jules Reinartz

Screenwriter

Raphaël Meyer, Dorian Jespers

Cinematography

Arnaud Alberola

Editor

Charles Dhondt, Liyo Gong, Ariane Boukerche, Omar Guzman

Production Design

Lucie Beauvert

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Dorian Jespers

Dorian Jespers, born 1993 in Brussels, Belgium, is a filmmaker trained at INSAS, KASK, and Le Fresnoy. His short film Sun Dog (2020), inspired by a surreal journey in the Russian Arctic, won over 20 awards worldwide, including the main prize at the Rotterdam Film Festival. Sun Dog was named Short Film of the Year 2020 by the Short Film Conference; qualified for the Ensors, European Film Awards, and Academy Awards; and was screened at the MoMA, ICA London, and Garage Moscow, among others.

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