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The Virgin and Child

A feature film by Binevsa Berivan, 80'

Synopsis

Avesta, a young Kurdish-Yazidi woman and ISIS survivor, winds up in Brussels to wreak vengeance upon the man who enslaved her. Between a struggle for justice that sees her revisit her darkest hours, and having to mother an unwelcome child, Avesta fights to be heard whatever it takes.

Casting

  • Hêvîn Tekîn
  • Laëtitia Eïdo
  • Isabelle De Hertogh
  • Farida Ouchani
  • Barbara Sarafian
  • Flonja Khodeli
  • Roda Fawaz
  • Kris Cuppens
  • Denis Mpunga
  • Zirek Ahmet

Awards / Festivals

  • Ostend Film Festival (Belgium, 2024) - Official Selection (Premiere)
  • Festival Cinémed (France, 2024) - MIDI LIBRE Audience Award & Energy Social Activities Award
  • Festival Cinémamed (Belgium, 2024) - Panorama Selection
  • Duhok International Film Festival (Kurdistan, 2024) - Official Selection
  • Pro­duc­ers
    Isabel de la Serna
    Matthieu Frances
  • Co-Pro­duc­er
    Xavier Rom­baut
  • Writ­ten by
    Berivan Binevsa
    David Lambert
  • Direct­ed by
    Berivan Binevsa
  • Direc­tor of photography
    Valenti­na Summa
  • Sound engi­neer
    Yan­na Soentjens
  • Edi­tor
    Yan­nick Leroy
  • Sound edi­tors
    Ludovic Van Pachterbeke
    Sab­ri­na Calmels
  • Sound mix­er
    Emmanuel De Boissieu
  • Col­orist
    Paul Mil­lot
  • Orig­i­nal soundtrack
    Olivi­er Militon
  • Pro­duc­tion by
    Play­time Films
  • Co-pro­duc­tion by
    Polar Bear
  • In copro­duc­tion with
    RTBF Télévi­sion Belge 
    Proximus
    Voo & Be tv
    Shel­ter Prod
  • With the help of
    Cen­tre du Ciné­ma et de l’Au­dio­vi­suel de la Fédéra­tion Wal­lonie-Brux­elles (FWB)
    Fonds Audio­vi­suel de Flan­dre (VAF)
  • With the sup­port of
    Coopéra­tion belge au Développe­ment – DGD, Ser­vice pub­lic fédéral Affaires étrangères, Com­merce extérieur et Coopéra­tion au Développement
    Taxshel​ter​.be et ING
    Tax Shel­ter du Gou­verne­ment Fédéral de Belgique
  • Devel­oped through
    15th FIFF Forum — Fes­ti­val Inter­na­tion­al du Film Fran­coph­o­ne de Namur
  • Select­ed to
    The first cut lab

Related posts

THE VIRGIN AND CHILD'S PREMIERE AT THE FFO

Event

The vir­gin and child, the first fea­ture film by Binevsa Berivan had the hon­or to have its pre­mière at the Ostend Film Fes­ti­val this Tues­day Jan­u­ary the 30th with the whole cast.

Thanks to the FFO for its warm wel­come and the whole team for being there!

AND... ACTION !

News

The shoot­ing of THE VIR­GIN AND CHILD, Binevsa Berivan’s first fea­ture film, co-writ­ten with David Lam­bert, has start­ed.

The shoot­ing is tak­ing place main­ly in Brus­sels and is sup­port­ed by our co-pro­duc­er Polar Bear, and our numer­ous part­ners such as the Cen­tre du Ciné­ma de la FWB, Screen Brus­sels, Vlaamse Audio­vi­sueel Funds, Prox­imus, BeTV, Shel­ter prod, Taxshel​ter​.be and ING, DGD — devel­op­ment coop­er­a­tion, and Tri­o­dos Bank.

On this occa­sion, Cinevox wrote a nice arti­cle to read!