Loynes
TITLE
Loynes
DIRECTOR
Dorian Jespers
COUNTRY
Belgium, France, North-Macedonia, UK
YEAR
2025
DURATION
25′
GENRE
Fiction
Loynes
A Kafkaesque courtroom drama set in 19th-century Liverpool, recounting the trial of a corpse with neither name nor past. Dozens have gathered for the absurd ceremony — and perhaps to deliver justice.
DIRECTOR BIOGRAPHY - Dorian Jespers
Born in Brussels in 1993, Dorian Jespers is a filmmaker trained at INSAS, KASK, and Le Fresnoy. His short film Sun Dog, inspired by a surreal journey in the Russian Arctic, won over twenty awards — including the main prize at the Rotterdam Film Festival — and was named Short Film of the Year 2020 by the Short Film Conference. It qualified for the European Film Awards and the Oscars, and was screened at MoMA, ICA London, Garage Moscow, among others.
- DirectorDorian Jespers
- Screenplay
- Cinematography
- Cast
- Editing
- Producer/s Clyde Gates, Jules Reinartz
- Production Company
- Distributor/s
- Project TitleLoynes
- Project TypeFiction
- Completion Date1 January 2025
- Country of originBelgium, France, North-Macedonia, UK
- Country of filmingBelgium, France, North-Macedonia, UK
- LanguageEnglish, French
- First-time FilmmakerNo
- Student ProjectNo
Dorian Jespers
Born in Brussels in 1993, Dorian Jespers is a filmmaker trained at INSAS, KASK, and Le Fresnoy. His short film Sun Dog, inspired by a surreal journey in the Russian Arctic, won over twenty awards — including the main prize at the Rotterdam Film Festival — and was named Short Film of the Year 2020 by the Short Film Conference. It qualified for the European Film Awards and the Oscars, and was screened at MoMA, ICA London, Garage Moscow, among others.
