MATRIOCHKAS

Official Selection - César 2021

Magritte for Best Belgian Short Film 2020

A film by

Bérangère McNeese

Starring

Héloïse Volle, Victoire Du Bois, Louis Durant, Guillaume Duhesme

Anna, 16, lives with her young mother, and at the rhythm of her own conquests. She begins discovering her own sensuality as summer comes to an end. When she finds out she is pregnant, she finds herself faced with a choice, equal to that of her mother’s at her age. And if that choice means breaking ties with her mother, she will find support where she never anticipated it.

Crew List

Screenwriter & Director: Bérangère McNeese

Producers (France): Lucas Tothe & Sylvain Lagrillère

Producer (Belgium): Julie Esparbes

Cinematographer: Olivier Boonjing

Production Designer: Clémence Ney

Editor: Christophe Evrard

Sound Design: Sarah Gouret

Digital Special Effects: Paul Jadoul

Image and Sound Details

Release Date: 2019
Funding: PACA Region, Wallonie-Bruxelles Federation, Tax Shelter

Language: French/ Subtitles: English
Frame/Aspect ratio: 1:85
Format: Digital 2K / Screening Format: DCP Sound : 5.1

France, Belgium
2019
23 min

Festivals and Awards

Magritte for Best Belgian Short Film 2020
Official Selection for the César of 2021
Palm Springs ISFF – Great Palm Springs CVB Best of the Festival Award
Rhode Island International Film Festival – Best Director
Brussels Short Film Festival – RTBF Prize – Best Actress Prize for Héloïse Volle – Prize of the Wallonia-Brussels Federation
Festival Plein la Bobine – Audience Prize and Professional Jury Prize
7th OLHARES do MEDITERRÂNEO Film Festival – Best International Film Award
7th International Short Film Festival of the “Côte Bleue” – Best Student Film
Paris Courts Devant International Film Festival – Best Actress Award for Héloïse Volle
KUKI Film – Interfilm Berlin – Best Short Film For Young Children
International Short Film Festival of Dijon – Fenêtres sur Courts – Best Student Film – European Competition
Les Arcs International Film Festival – Special Mention for Best Actress for Héloïse Volle.
Le Court en dit long Film Festival – Grand Jury Prize – Feminine Interpretation Award Héloïse Volle.
Filmfestival Kitzbühel – Best International Short Film
Sarlat Film Festival
Tous Courts International Short Film Festival of Aix-en-Provence
42nd Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival
36th Lille European Film Festival
21st Aubagne International Film Festival – Music&Cinema
Alès Film Festival
Namur International French Language Film Festival – Belgium
63rd San Francisco International Film Festival
Huesca International Film Festival – Spain
LA Shorts Fest
Leuven International Short Film Festival
32nd The Girona Film Festival
33rd Rocky Mountain Women’s Film Festival
38th Sulmona International Film Festival (SIFF)
Bogotá Short Film Festival – Bogoshorts