Kind Hearts
Olivia Rochette & Gerard-Jan Claes, 2022
Billie and Lucas, a young Brussels couple, both leave for university facing a year rife with change. Visions of the future, doubts about relationships and the expectations of adult life make up the main material for their conversations with friends and each other. Kind Hearts paints a candid portrait of the formative but also uncertain facets of every (first) love.
with Billie Meeussen, Lucas Roefmans, Romane Van Damme, Charlotte Meyntjens, Rana Hamzaoui, Gaspard Renier & Victoria De Man
a film by Olivia Rochette & Gerard-Jan Claes
production Rasmus Van Heddeghem & Ruben Desiere
image Olivia Rochette
sound Lennert De Taeye & Nina de Vroome
editing Dieter Diependaele
sound editing Ingrid Simon
sound mixing Thomas Gauder
colour grading Olivier Ogneux
graphic design Casier/Fieuws
produced by Accattone Films
a co-production with Canvas
with the support of Vlaams Audiovisueel Fonds (VAF), Vlaamse Gemeenschapscommissie, Stad Brussel, Beursschouwburg & deAuteurs
festivals Berlin International Film Festival - Berlinale Generation, Germany (2022); Black Canvas Festival de Cine Contemporáneo, Mexico (2022); Cinedu - Film Festival for Children and Youth, Slovakia (2022); Courtisane, Belgium (2022); DMZ International Documentary Film Festival, South Korea (2022); MOOOV, Belgium (2022); Nara International Film Festival, Japan (2022); Play-Doc - International Documentary Festival, Spain (2022); São Paulo International Film Festival, Brazil (2022); Thessaloniki Documentary Festival, Greece (2022); West Lake International Documentary Festival, China (2023)
awards Grand Prix of the Generation 14plus International Jury for the Best Film, Berlinale 2022; Nominated for the Berlinale Documentary Award, Berlinale 2022; Nominated for Best Documentary, Ensors 2022; Nominated for Best Editing (Dieter Diependaele), Ensors 2022; Special Mention, Play-Doc 2022
theatrical release Belgium (Avila)
broadcast Canvas, Belgium
distribution Avila