La Vierge à l'enfant (The Virgin and Child)

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.

Born in Istanbul, of Kurdish origin, Berivan Binevsa arrived in Belgium in 1997 as a political refugee. After studying film at INRACI in Brussels, she directed the short films LA MELODIE DU PETIT CHÂTEAU and PHONE STORY, as well as the documentary TRACE – LE PEUPLE DU PAON, all three of which were selected for numerous international festivals. Her latest short film, SIDEWALK, was selected for the Clermont Ferrand International Film Festival in 2013.

Con la colaboración de la Delegación general Valonia-Bruselas en España”

Year of Production: 2024

Time: 80'

Country: Belgium

Language: French

Director: Binevsa Bêrîvan

Cast: Hêvîn Tekîn, Laëtitia Eïdo, Isabelle De Hertogh, Farida Ouchani, Barbara Sarafian, Flonja Khodeli, Roda Fawaz, Kris Cuppens, Denis Mpunga, Zirek Ahmet

Production: Isabel de la Serna, Matthieu Frances, Xavier Rom­baut

Script:  Binevsa Bêrîvan, David Lambert

Director of Photography: Valenti­na Summa

Production Companies: Play­time Films, Polar Bear

International Sales: Playtime 

Selected at Ostend Film Festival 2024 – COOP!

Premiere in Spain