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
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.
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?!
Salomé Crickx
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
Awards & Selections
Festival Regard 2023, le Festival international du court métrage au Saguenay (CA)
Brussels Short Film Festival 2023 (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)
L’étrange Festival 2023 (FR)
Festival de Film Créature Memphrémagog 2023 (CA)
Utopiales de Nantes 2023 (FR)
Ramdam Festival 2024 (BE)
Court mais trash 2024 (BE)
Final Girls Berlin Film Festival 2024 (DE)
Tampere Film Festival 2024 (FI)
Festival International du film de Mons 2024 (BE)
Landshut Short Film Festival 2024 (DE)
Music & Cinema – Festival International du Film à Marseille 2024 (FR)
Filmfest Bremen 2024 (DE)
Festival du Cinéma Belge en Corrèze 2024 (FR)
Festival du film court en plein air de Grenoble 2024 (FR)
Festival du Cinéma Belge en Garrigue 2024 (FR)
FEST – New Directors/ New Films Festival 2024 (PT)
Alpinale 2024 (AT)
Defy Film Festival 2024 (USA)
Shortynale Filmfestival 2024 (AT)
Shnit Worldwide Shortfilmfestival 2024 (SW)
Komafest 2024 (NO)
CARCOSIAN FILM NIGHT Razor Reel Flanders Film Fest 2024 (BE)
L’Horror Film Festival 2025 (BE)
London Women Film Festival 2025 (UK)
Maniatic International Film 2025 (SP)
Quebec Film Critics Association Award, Regard Festival 2023, Saguenay (CA)
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 Jury Mention, Brussels Short Film Festival 2023 (BE)
Silver Méliès, Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival 2023 (SW)
Best Short Film, Final Girls Berlin Film Festival 2024 (DE)
Best Genre Film – Competition Generation XYZ, Tampere Film Festival 2024 (FI)
Honorable Mention for Best Debut Short Film at the 4th London Women’s Film Festival 2025 (UK)
Best International Short Film Award, Maniatic International Film Festival 2025 (SP)
