Today is the 167th annual Shedding, a cheerful ceremony that brings all generations together to promote ideological renewal. This year, Ben and her parents will experience it first hand.
Said of a deer that sheds its antlers
A short film by Salomé Crickx
Data Sheet
Awards & Selections
Produced by RAYUELA PRODUCTIONS with the support of CENTRE DU CINÉMA ET DE L’AUDIOVISUEL DE LA FÉDÉRATION WALLONIE-BRUXELLES and of TAXSHELTER.BE, of ING, of tax shelter du gouvernement fédéral de Belgique.
Salomé Crickx
Director
I wanted to create a little bomb that would assert its intemperance, and plunge the audience into a pit of intergenerational impermeability. Drawing a somewhat desperate – never sentimental – and funny picture of that gap. It is a gritty comedy that aims to make the audience laugh while making them wonder « am I really laughing at this?!
A dystopia in which the problem of the ageing of our societies finds a radical but agreed solution, a way of tackling a serious issue through humour. A little gem of a film.
“This absurdist fable offers a paradoxical solution that entertains as much as it makes us think about the fate of humanity. With a humour that never forgets the tragedy behind it, this work surprised us with its maturity and narrative complexity.”
Awards & Selections
Regards 2023 Saguenay International Short film Festival (CA)
BSFF 2023 Brussels Short Film Festival (BE)
Postira Seaside Film Festival 2023 (CR)
Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival 2023 (NK)
Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival 2023 (SW)
Fantasia international film festival 2023 (CA)
SLASH FilmFestival 2023 (AT)
Le Court en dit Long 2023 (FR)
Lund Fanstastic Film Festival 2023 (SW)
Uppsala International Short Film Festival 2023 (SW)
Telluride Horror Show 2023 (US)
Festival Européen du Film Court de Brest 2023 (FR)
L’étrange Festival 2023 (FR)
Festival de Film Créature Memphrémagog 2023 (CA)
Utopiales de Nantes 2023 (FR)
Festival Européen du Film Court de Brest 2023 (FR)
The Quebec Film Critics Association Award, Regards Festival 2023
Best Editing Award, Brussels Short Film Festival 2023 (BE)
Press Award, Brussels Short Film Festival 2023 (BE)
RTBF – La Trois Award, Brussels Short Film Festival 2023 (BE)
Special Mention from the National Jury, Brussels Short Film Festival 2023 (BE)
Silver Méliès, Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival (SW)
Data Sheet
Original title: Se dit d’un cerf qui quitte son bois
International title: Said of a deer that sheds its antlers
Format: Short film
Genre: fiction, dark comedy, dystopia
Duration: 19’51 min.
Script and direction: Salomé Crickx
Line producer: Laurence Buelens
Associate producer: Salomé Crickx
Cast:
Lara Ceulemans, Fabienne Lichtert, Raphaëlle Damilano, France Bastoen, Bernard Sens, Arthur Marbaix, Louis Marbaix, Fabienne Mainguet, Alexandre Trocki, Marie-Charlotte Siokos, Emeline Billat, Eno Krojanker
1st assistant director: Ophélie Neve
Director of photography: Edouard Outters
Chief decorator: Clémence Thiery
Costume designer: Romane Paquay
Sound engineer: Gianluca Kegelaert
Editing: Romain Waterlot
Sound editing: Liza Thiennot
Mix: Sébastien Van Dhelsen
Original music: Jérémy Alonzi
Colour Grading: Michaël Cinquin
Format: 2K, Coul.
Image ratio: 2.39 (scope)
Native support: Video 4K 2:1
Operating support: DCP 5.1
Premiere : March 2023
Languages spoken in the film: french
Subtitled versions: english
Country: Belgium
Production: Rayuela Productions
Coproduction: Shelter Prod
Support(s):
Centre du Cinéma et de l’Audiovisuel de la Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles, Taxshelter.be, ING, tax shelter du gouvernement fédéral de Belgique.
Diffusion and distribution :
The Belgian Short Film Agency
ISAN number: 0000-0006-6B8A-0000-G-0000-0000-Q
