Jeux de bal
Party Days
Laurent Scheid
For the past 20 years, every July 20, on the eve of Belgium’s national holiday, thousands of people have gathered on the Place du Jeu de Balle in Brussels. This is the “Bal National”, a unique celebration halfway between festival, carnival and family reunion. The event brings together people from all walks of life, who together define the contours of a certain “belgitude”. Jeux de Bal takes you right to the heart of this joyous collective experience.
⭐ The screening will be followed by a Q&A session with director Laurent Scheid
STARRING
DIRECTOR
Laurent Scheid
SCREENWRITERS
Laurent Scheid
Lucie Bouilleret
SOUND
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PHOTOGRAPHY
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EDITING
Yannick Leroy
DISTRIBUTOR
Hélicotronc : Anthony Rey
PRODUCTION
Hélicotronc : Anthony Rey
Laurent Scheid
After obtaining a Master’s degree in law at the Université́ de Louvain, Laurent decided to turn to cinema. He soon became an assistant director, a position he held for over 12 years and which enabled him to assist major directors in both cinema and TV fiction (Rachid Bouchareb, Julius Berg, …). In 2015 he directed Tout va bien, which won numerous festival awards, was nominated for the Magritte du cinéma 2016 and selected́ for the César 2017. In 2016 he directed the B-team for La Forêt, a TV series broadcast on France 3. At the end of 2018 he released Simon, a short documentary, and then directed a portrait of artists for the Théâtre de Namur. He then embarked on a period of writing and developing several feature film projects, both fiction and documentary, culminating in 2024 with the release of Jeux de Bal, his first feature documentary.
FILMOGRAPHY
Simon (2018)
Tout va bien (2015)