57th edition May 14-24, 2025

Loynes

Dorian JESPERS

Quinzaine 2025 | Short film | 25 min | Belgium, France, North Macedonia, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland |
World premiere

A Kafkaesque courtroom drama set in 19th-century Liverpool, recounting the trial of a corpse with neither name nor past. Dozens have gathered for the absurd ceremony — and perhaps to deliver justice.

Artistic & technical sheet

Contacts

With

Elaine Collins (Lawyer), Vicenç Altaio (Professor), Johan Opstaele (Professor), Sheila Breen Rickerby (Judge), Margaret O'Kell (Judge assistant), Brian Philips (Chapter announcer), Terry Briscoe (Poet)

Screenplay
Raphaël Meyer, Dorian Jespers
Sound
Thomas Becka, Zakhar Semirkhanov, Raf Enckels, Léo Caresio
Production design
Lucie Beauvert
Photography
Arnaud Alberola
Editing
Charles Dhondt, Liyo Gong, Ariane Boukerche, Omar Guzman
Costumes

Rezvan Farsijani

Production

Scum Pictures (Belgium)
Clyde Gates
clyde@scumpictures.com  
www.scumpictures.com  

Films Grand Huit (France)
Jules Reinartz
jules@filmsgrandhuit.com  
www.filmsgrandhuit.com   

Foreign sales
Coproduction

Veda Film (Macédoine du Nord)
Elena Stanisheva

Wrong Men (Belgium)
Benoit Roland

Lono Studio (United Kingdom)
Luke Moody

Ezekiel 47-9 (Belgium)
Emmanuel Jespers

Shelter prod (Belgium)

Voodoo (United Kingdom)
François Larpin

Zukunft (United Kingdom)
Jonas Hegi