Laurent Scheid

Raphael learns his incarceration. Being a short sentence, it is customary to have him sent home directly while waiting for an electronic bracelet. So he decided not to warn anyone.

A teenage girl, her young brother and their mother cycle through a desolated area, seeking for the sea. While the children bravely hang on to the hope of escaping this seemingly doomed place by boat, the mother seems to be eaten up with despair.

Luca guides his father in a canoe on the river where Arthur went missing. Father and son sink into this eerie, unfamiliar wildness, hoping to find a trail or signs explaining their loss...

For the past 20 years, every July 20th, on the eve of Belgium's national holiday, thousands of people have been gathering on the Place du Jeu de Balle in Brussels. This is the “Bal National”, a unique celebration halfway between festival, carnival and family reunion. The event brings together people from all walks of life, who together define the contours of a certain “belgitude”. Jeux de Bal takes you right to the heart of this joyous collective experience.