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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.

Lead actress Hêvîn Tekin blows the screen away
- Hugues Dayez in La Semaine des 5 heures

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)
  • Cinémed (France, 2024) - Midi Libre Audience Award 🏆 & Energy Social Activities Award 🏆
  • Cinemamed (Belgium, 2024) - Panorama Selection - Audience Award 🏆 & Les Grenades Award 🏆
  • Duhok International Film Festival (Iraq, 2024) - Official Selection - Best actress Award 🏆 & Best script Award 🏆
  • Düsseldorf Kurdish Film Festival (Germany, 2025) - Yılmaz Güney Award 🏆
  • 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" SCREENED AT CANNES CINÉMA AND VISIONS SOCIALES !

Event

We are pleased to announce that our film ​“The Vir­gin and Child” by Binevsa Berivan has been select­ed for the Visions Sociales Fes­ti­val and will be screened in La Napoule!

Screen­ing: May 20 at 5:30 PM – La Napoule

We are also delight­ed to be wel­comed by Cannes Ciné­ma in their Cinéphiles section!

Screen­ing: May 21 at 2:00 PM – Cannes

In the pres­ence of direc­tor Berivan Binevsa and lead actress Hêvîn Tekin. 

PREMIERE OF THE VIRGIN AND CHILD AT CINEMA AVENTURE

Event

“The Vir­gin and Child” made its Brus­sels debut with a pre­view screen­ing at the Cin­e­ma Aven­ture on 20 Jan­u­ary 2025 in the pres­ence of the director.

The film’s team and cast mem­bers were also present to cel­e­brate the occasion!

Don’t miss its release on Thurs­day 23 Jan­u­ary at Cin­e­ma Aven­ture! 🎟️