THE VIRGIN AND CHILD

THE VIRGIN AND CHILD

LA VIERGE À L’ENFANT

Binevsa Berivan
Belgium
2024
79 min

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.

Credits

Directors

Binevsa Berivan

Producers

Xavier Rombaut, Isabel de la Serna

extra info

Original Titel

LA VIERGE À L’ENFANT

Year

2024

Duration

79 min

Genre

Fiction

Country

Belgium

Dialogue

Arabic, English, French, Kurdish (Central Kurdish)

Subtitles

English

AKFF Edition

AKFF 2025

Extra

Screenings

THE VIRGIN AND CHILD

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Tickets & times

Sunday 11 May
17:45 –
19:06
Ketelhuis Zaal 1
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