Le Jury des courts

Winner of the Best Belgian Short Film Award at the 7th Aaaargh Retro Film Festival 2022 with his first short film, Souvenirs de la lune. Antoine Dricot is a director, screenwriter and portrait photographer from Namur. He graduated as a draughtsman from a course in visual arts before studying filmmaking and photography.

Souvenirs de la Lune, an enigmatic behind-closed-doors film that questions our relationship with Time and the Other, has been noticed at a number of festivals. Notably at the Festival Le Court en Dit Long (Special Jury Mention), at BIFFF (Prix du Jury Jeunesse and Prix LaTrois RTBF), at Grimmfest (in competition for the Méliès d'Argent), at PJISFF (Grand Prix), at the Festival Jean Carmet, at BARCIFF, at the Feratum Film Festival, ...

François Marache is the director and programmer, Le Monsieur Loyal, of the Courts Mais Trash festival & organizer of Queer Mais Trash, another festival, focusing on LGBTQIA+ themes, born in 2019.

After studying editing at INSAS, François Marache directed a short film, NANA!AGAIN, inspired by the wacky world of John Waters.

Too “trashy” and politically incorrect to find a place in conventional distribution circuits, he took the initiative of organizing a screening to bring his short and other independent, alternative, cheap, offbeat and committed films out of the shadows in Brussels. The year was 2005, and the Courts Mais Trash festival was born!

From a simple cinéclub, Courts Mais Trash is now on the eve of its 20th edition, and has become an international benchmark for underground cinema. In 9 days, the festival attracts over 7,000 spectators.

François Stassens is responsible for Sabam's audiovisual sector. His mission is to act as the interface between Sabam and all French-speaking members of the audiovisual discipline included in the portfolio.

As such, he is present in the field, organizing events, managing operational files and advising on requests for support in the audiovisual discipline.

It is also active within the Chambre de Concertation - cinema sector - of the Wallonia-Brussels Federation.