International Competition · 47th Edition
Heysel 85
HEYSEL 85
Director
Teodora Ana Mihai
Country
Belgium, Netherlands, Germany
Runtime
1 h 30 min
Language
Dutch, French, English, Italian
Synopsis
The deadly 1985 Heysel Stadium disaster in Brussels draws a mayor’s daughter and a journalist of Italian descent into a moral and personal reckoning at the heart of the tragedy.
Cast
Violet Braeckman, Matteo Simoni, Josse De Pauw, Fabrizio Rongione, Michel de Warzee
Screenplay
Isabelle Darras, Lode Desmet, Hans Everaert, Matthias Lebeer, Teodora Mihai.
Producers
Hans Everaert
About the Director
A Belgian-Romanian film director born in Bucharest, she gained international attention with her debut documentary Waiting for August (2014), which won over ten awards and was nominated for the European Film Awards. Her first fiction feature, La Civil (2021), was developed at the Cannes Cinéfondation Résidence.
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