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Those Who Watch Over follows descendants of immigrants from different faiths as they visit their deceased. Set in Brussels’ multifaith cemetery, the film explores the deep and inventive bond between the living and their dead, blending the tragic with the absurd, poetry with humour.
- 2025
- 88'
- French / Arab
El Gouna Festival
2025
IDFA
2025
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A film by Karima Saïdi Director of Photography Caroline Guimbal Additional Footage Kinan Massarani, Thomas Schira, Jonathan Bricheux Sound Engineers Quentin Jacques, Nicolas Pommier Additional Sound Lazlo Bottiglieri, Jean-Noël Boissé, Eliot Ratinaud Film Editors Karima Saïdi, Yaël Bitton, Frédéric Fichefet Assistant Editors Emilio Anatriello, Geoffrey Dine Sound Editor Lucas Lauwers Sound Mix Raf Enckels Color Grading Caroline Guimbal A Dérives production – Julie Frères A co-production with Sophimages, Les Films du Fleuve, CBA, RTBF – Documentary Unit, Les Films d’Ici, and Casa Kafka Pictures Produced with the support of the Centre du Cinéma et de l’Audiovisuel de la Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles With the support of the Flanders Audiovisual Fund (VAF) of the Flemish Government and the Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée (CNC) Beneficiary of development and post-production support from the Doha Film Institute Made with the support of the Tax Shelter of the Belgian Federal Government, the Service public francophone bruxellois, and the Walloon Region Financed by the European Union © Dérives – All rights reserved
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- › {{'ANNEE' | translate}} : 2025
- › {{'DUREE' | translate}} : 88'
- › {{'LANGUES' | translate}} : French / Arab
A film by Karima Saïdi Director of Photography Caroline Guimbal Additional Footage Kinan Massarani, Thomas Schira, Jonathan Bricheux Sound Engineers Quentin Jacques, Nicolas Pommier Additional Sound Lazlo Bottiglieri, Jean-Noël Boissé, Eliot Ratinaud Film Editors Karima Saïdi, Yaël Bitton, Frédéric Fichefet Assistant Editors Emilio Anatriello, Geoffrey Dine Sound Editor Lucas Lauwers Sound Mix Raf Enckels Color Grading Caroline Guimbal A Dérives production – Julie Frères A co-production with Sophimages, Les Films du Fleuve, CBA, RTBF – Documentary Unit, Les Films d’Ici, and Casa Kafka Pictures Produced with the support of the Centre du Cinéma et de l’Audiovisuel de la Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles With the support of the Flanders Audiovisual Fund (VAF) of the Flemish Government and the Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée (CNC) Beneficiary of development and post-production support from the Doha Film Institute Made with the support of the Tax Shelter of the Belgian Federal Government, the Service public francophone bruxellois, and the Walloon Region Financed by the European Union © Dérives – All rights reserved