Sébastien Willem

In a weathered corner of Ostende's industrial zone, migrant workers gather for their daily cigarette break, where shared smoke and quiet conversations reveal the poetry in their hard-worn lives.

A director decides to tell Olivia's story, but what begins as a simple portrait quickly turns into a tangle of voices, memories, and conflicting versions. In this interplay of perspectives and narratives, the line between reality and interpretation becomes blurred, leaving open the question: is there really only one truth?

At the end of October in 2019, a group of militants settle in the middle of a forest in the Ardennes. Their goal to defend the area from the economic and building activities in the area carried out by the company Idelux. From this initiative a new protected area is created.

A short film by Sébastien Willem.