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A short movie by Christopher Yates, 17’, 2019

Synopsis

Simon must bring his baby back to his ex-wife who has threatened to withdraw custody if he’s late again. In the rush, he smashes the side mirror of a parked car. He decides to flee.

As the baby drifts off to sleep in the morning traffic, Simon realises he’s being followed.

Casting

  • Yannick Renier
  • Daphne Wellens
  • Scott Lauwerier

Awards / Festivals

  • Brussels Short Film Festival (Belgium, 2019) — Best Actor for Yannick Renier
  • Festival International du Film Francophone de Namur (Belgium, 2019) — Special jury's mention
  • Interfilm Berlin (Germany, 2019) — International Competition
  • Sulmona International Film Festival (Italy, 2019)
  • Festival Européen du Film Court de Brest (France, 2019)
  • Magmafestival Acireale (Italy, 2019) — Lorenzo Vecchio Best short film Award
  • Festival Tous Courts d'Aix-en-provence (France, 2019)
  • Flickerfest International Short Film Festival (Australia, 2020)
  • Prague Short Film Festival (Czech Republic, 2020)
  • Festival Courtoujours Lannion (France, 2020)
  • Festival du cinéma belge de Moustier (Belgium, 2020)
  • Festival International du Film de Mons (Belgium, 2020)
  • Festival du Cinéma Européen Lille (France, 2020) — Official competition
  • Festival Cinéma d'Ales - itinérance dans le Gard (France, 2020)
  • Festival Européen du Court-Métrage de Bordeaux (France, 2020) — Official competition
  • Cluj Short Film Festival (Romania, 2020)
  • Festival Policier de Liège — La nuit sera court (Belgium, 2020)
  • BIFFF (Belgium, 2020) — Official Belgian Competition
  • Fastnet Film Festival (Ireland, 2020) — Official Competition
  • Ramdam Festival (Belgium, 2020) — Prize for the most disturbing short film
  • Le Court en dit long (France, 2020)
  • 8e Festival du Cinéma Belge en Garrigue (France, 2020)
  • Alpinale short film festival (Austria, 2020)
  • Off-courts Trouville (France, 2020) — Europe & French-speaking Competition
  • Portobello Film festival (UK, 2020) — Official Competition
  • Edinburgh Short Film Festival (Scotland, 2020) — Official Competition
  • Tirana International Film Festival (Albania, 2020) — Live Action Competition (OSCAR® qualifying)
  • Un Court Tournable (France, 2020)
  • Linea d'Ombra Festival (Italy, 2020) — CortoEuropa Competition
  • Le Festival du cinéma international en Abitibi-Témiscamingue (Quebec, 2020)
  • Festival de Cortometrajes de Valdealgorfa (Spain, 2020) — Official Competition
  • Cortogenia Festival (Spain, 2020) — Best International Short Film / Audience Award International Short Film
  • In The Palace International Short Film Festival (Bulgaria, 2021) — Special Mention - Silver Princess Competition
  • Pro­duc­ers
    Isabel de la Serna
    Matthieu Frances
  • Copro­duc­ers
    Kevin Hoed
    Steve de Roover
  • Pro­duc­tion manager
    Christo­pher Arcache
  • Writ­ten by
    Christo­pher Yates
  • Direct­ed by
    Christo­pher Yates
  • Script con­ti­nu­ity by
    Marie Cha­duc
  • DOP
    Juan Sepul­chre
  • Sound by
    Eneas Mentzel
  • Edit­ed by
    Nico­las Rumpl
  • Sound edit­ed by
    Eneas Mentzel
    Leny Andrieux
  • Sound mixed by
    Leny Andrieux
  • Music by
    Lionel Van­cauwen­berge
  • Pro­duc­tion by
    Play­time Films
  • In copro­duc­tion with
    Skladanowsky
    Reve­ka asbl
  • With the sup­port of
    Le Cen­tre du Ciné­ma et de l’Au­dio­vi­suel de la fédéra­tion Wallonie-Bruxelles
    VAF — Vlaams Audio­vi­sueel Fonds
    Loterie nationale
    Taxshel​ter​.be et ING
    Tax Shel­ter du gou­verne­ment fédéral de Belgique

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"Détours" nominated for the Belgian Award ceremony Les Magritte du Cinéma !

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Play­time Films is proud to announce that the short film DÉTOURS, writ­ten and direct­ed by Christo­pher Yates is one of the short films nom­i­nat­ed for Les Magritte du cinéma ! 🚗💨


The awards cer­e­mo­ny will take place on Sat­ur­day, Feb­ru­ary 1, 2020 and will be broad­cast live on RTBF chan­nel 2.

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