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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)
  • 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 (Kurdistan, 2024) - Official Selection - Best actress Award 🏆 & Best script 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 WINS 2 AWARDS AT CINEMAMED!

The Vir­gin and Child wins 2 awards at the 24th Cin­e­mamed Fes­ti­val (2024)! The Audi­ence Award and the ​“Les Grenades” Award! 🎬


Con­grat­u­la­tions to direc­tor Berivan Binevsa!

SCREENING OF THE VIRGIN AND CHILD AT THE CINEMAMED FESTIVAL!

Event

The fea­ture film The Vir­gin and Child will be screened at the Palace this Fri­day, Novem­ber 29 dur­ing the Cin­e­mamed Festival!

Come and dis­cov­er the film in the pres­ence of the director!