Loynes| Dorian Jespers-Movie Director |
Info:
LOYNES ( Directors’ Fortnight – Cannes 2025) Official Selection
English/Original: Loynes
Country: Belgium, France, North-Macedonia, UK
Completion: 05/2025
Genre: fiction, historical
Synopsis:
A Kafkaesque courtroom drama set in 19th-century Liverpool, recounting the trial of a corpse with neither name nor past. Dozens have gathered for the absurd ceremony — and perhaps to deliver justice.
Cast:
Lawyer: Elaine Collins
Professor: Vicenç Altaio
Professor: Johan Opstaele
Judge: Sheila Breen Rickerby
Judge Assistant: Margaret O'Kell
Chapter announcer: Brian Philips
Poet: Terry Briscoe
Crew:
Director: Dorian Jespers
Screenplay: Raphaël Meyer, Dorian Jespers
Producers: Scum Pictures: Clyde Gates, Dorian Jespers Films Grand Huit: Jules Reinartz
Co-producers: Veda Film: Elena Stanisheva
Ezekiel 47-9: Emmanuel Jespers
Wrong Men: Benoit Roland Lono Studio: Luke Moody
Eversince GmbH : Sergey Yahontov, Pavel Karykhalin
Voodoo: François Larpin
Zukunft: Jonas Hegi
Cinetamography: Arnaud Alberola
Sound Design: Thomas Becka, Zakhar Semirkhanov, Raf Enckels
Editor: Charles Dhondt, Liyo Gong, Ariane Boukerche, Omar Guzman
Festivals:
- Directors’ Fortnight – Cannes, France (14 – 22 May, 2025)
Official Selection - Festival Internacional de Cine Guanajuato, Mexico (27 July – 3 August, 2025)
Shorts Fiction Competition - Dokufest – Int’l Documentary and Short Film Festival, Kosovo (1 – 9 August, 2025)
Short Film Competition - Melbourne International Film Festival, Australia (7 – 24 August, 2025)
Competition - Sarajevo Film Festival, Bosnia and Herzegovina (15 – 22 August, 2025)
European Shorts - European Film Academy nominee
https://www.europeanfilmawards.eu/efa-movie/loynes/
and other festivals
