A Long Night Ahead
TITLE
A Long Night Ahead
DIRECTOR
Julien Bernard-Simmonds
COUNTRY
Belgium
YEAR
2024
DURATION
25′
GENRE
Fiction
A Long Night Ahead
Mauro, a truck driver, meets a strange group of young people at a roadside rest stop who lead him into the woods for a journey bordering life and death.
DIRECTOR BIOGRAPHY - Julien Bernard-Simmonds
Julien Bernard-Simmonds is a young Belgian director. During his studies at the IAD, he directed "Mekong", inspired by Conrad's travels, as a way of longing for elsewhere. He then shot a documentary in a ruined glass factory, haunted by the memories of the workers. Since 2022, he also works for the Brussels Art Film Festival. For "A long night ahead", he immersed himself with Pierre Fortin in the world of truck drivers, in an approach that blends cinéma du réel and magic realism. Otherwise, he enjoys watching his plastic cat swing its paw, provided there's a bit of sunshine.
- DirectorJulien Bernard-Simmonds
- ScreenplayPierre Fortin & Julien Bernard-Simmonds
- CinematographyEdouard Outters
- CastLudovic Berthillot, Jef Cuppens, Marcel Degotte, Emmanuelle Gilles- Rousseau, Daphné Van Dessel
- EditingRaphaël Cort
- Producer/s Marina Festré
- Production CompanyDaylight Production
- Distributor/s
- Project TitleA Long Night Ahead
- Project TypeFiction
- Completion DateFebruary 2024
- Country of originBelgium
- Country of filmingBelgium
- LanguageFrench
- First-time Filmmaker No
- Student ProjectNo
Julien Bernard-Simmonds
Julien Bernard-Simmonds is a young Belgian director. During his studies at the IAD, he directed "Mekong", inspired by Conrad's travels, as a way of longing for elsewhere. He then shot a documentary in a ruined glass factory, haunted by the memories of the workers. Since 2022, he also works for the Brussels Art Film Festival. For "A long night ahead", he immersed himself with Pierre Fortin in the world of truck drivers, in an approach that blends cinéma du réel and magic realism. Otherwise, he enjoys watching his plastic cat swing its paw, provided there's a bit of sunshine.
