15.11

An intimate portrait of an explosive lesbian relationship set in Brussels under lockdown.

Three non-binary friends create a safe space in the empty streets of Brussels, in the darkness of the night. But what will happen upon sunrise?

In mining, a slag heap refers to an artificially raised hill consisting of the cleared waste that accumulates during the extraction of raw materials. These days, it is a place where men meet to share moments of intimacy, and a shelter for those who have no place else to live.

This films paints the portrait of everyday childhood. It captures a village, a family, a little boy who likes to wear dresses, the return of the wolf and ordinary everyday life. This is a story of hidden desires.

Sanaa (24) goes back to the neighbourhood where she grew up and in an attempt to make things up with her little sister Rana (15), she promises to take her on a journey to the seaside for the very first time, a trip they’ve always wanted to make together.

Being a mother, a secretary, a lover, a nanny, a baby bottle, a side piece of the main male character… is no longer enough. The protagonist decides to run away with her friend, and together they take us on a new journey filled with humour.

An abandoned warehouse. A crowd dancing in unison to 145 BPM of techno music. In the midst of the crowd - Dustin, a young trans woman, and her crew. As the night goes on, collective hysteria mutates into sweet melancholia and over to inebriation in search of tenderness.