Beautiful Men
TITLE
Beautiful Men
DIRECTOR
Nicolas Keppens
COUNTRY
Belgium, France, Netherlands
YEAR
2023
DURATION
18′
GENRE
Animation
Overview

Beautiful Men
Three balding brothers travel to Istanbul to get a hair transplant. Stuck with each other in a hotel far from home, their insecurities grow faster than their hair.

DIRECTOR BIOGRAPHY - Nicolas Keppens
In 2012, Nicolas KEPPENS (1989, Belgium) graduated from the Film & Animation department of the School of Arts in Ghent with the short animation film Superstars. He pursued his education in Brussels at the Luca School of Arts film academy. Besides working on his own projects, such as his short animation film Easter Eggs (2020) which was part of the 52nd edition of IFFR, Keppens works as new-media manager for the Belgian artist Hans Op de Beeck, where he is responsible for the production, animation and editing of several projects. Beautiful Men (2023) selected for IFFR 2024, is his third short animation film.
Credits
- DirectorNicolas Keppens
- ScreenplayNicolas Keppens
- CinematographyMaxim Hectors
- Cast
- Editing
- Producer/s Brecht Van Elslande
- Production Company
- Distributor/s
- Project TitleBeautiful Men
- Project TypeAnimation
- Completion Date2023
- Country of originBelgium, France, Netherlands
- Country of filmingBelgium, France, Netherlands
- LanguageDutch
- First-time Filmmaker No
- Student ProjectNo

Nicolas Keppens
In 2012, Nicolas KEPPENS (1989, Belgium) graduated from the Film & Animation department of the School of Arts in Ghent with the short animation film Superstars. He pursued his education in Brussels at the Luca School of Arts film academy. Besides working on his own projects, such as his short animation film Easter Eggs (2020) which was part of the 52nd edition of IFFR, Keppens works as new-media manager for the Belgian artist Hans Op de Beeck, where he is responsible for the production, animation and editing of several projects. Beautiful Men (2023) selected for IFFR 2024, is his third short animation film.