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Sous ma fenêtre, la boue

The Mud Under My Window
Generation 14plus 2025
© Violette Delvoye
The 14-year-old Emma lives with one of her mothers, Hélène. Her other mother lives far away. Emma rarely sees her, but projects the image of the perfect mother onto her, while she treats Hélène with resentment and hostility. This duality of roles offers Emma a sense of reassurance. But then an argument with Hélène forces Emma to question these attributions. Meanwhile Hélène, for her part, becomes aware of her own contradictions. Neither of them is used to having such an emotional confrontation (anymore). They awkwardly begin to search for a common path.
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by Violette Delvoye (Director, Screenplay)
with Gabriella Zola, Jasmina Douieb, Stéphanie Coerten France / Belgium 2025 French 13' Colour & Black/White International premiere | Animation | Short Film recommendation: 14 years and up

With

  • Gabriella Zola (Emma)
  • Jasmina Douieb (Hélène)
  • Stéphanie Coerten (Cécile)

Crew

Director Violette Delvoye
Screenplay Violette Delvoye
Editing Mathilde Parquet, Violette Delvoye
Music Charlotte Maison, David Baboulis, Ivan Klymenko, Julia Lanoé, Carla Pallone, Jérémie Grandsenne
Sound Design Frédéric Furnelle
Animation Violette Delvoye, Margot Reumont, Johann Etrillard, Aude Ha-Leplege
Executive Producers Christophe Beaujean, Jérémie Mazurek, Marion Barré
Co-Producers Marion Barré, Jérémie Mazurek, Christophe Beaujean

Produced by

La Cellule Productions

OZÙ Productions

Photos

Violette Delvoye

The filmmaker studied animation in France and Norway before completing her education at the Belgian visual arts school La Cambre in Brussels with her graduation film Projection sur canapé in 2016. In 2017, she collaborated with Chloé Alliez on the participative animated series World in Stop-Motion. In 2021, the duo created the stop-motion comedy Les Liaisons foireuses, which screened at festivals including Annecy and Sundance. Alongside her work as a filmmaker, she also works as a technician in 2D and stop-motion animation.

Filmography

2016 Projection sur canapé; short film 2022 Les Liaisons foireuses; short film, co-director: Chloé Alliez 2025 Sous ma fenêtre, la boue; short film

Bio- & filmography as of Berlinale 2025