Loynes
This Kafkaesque courtroom drama set in nineteenth-century Liverpool recounts the trial of a corpse with neither name nor past. Dozens have gathered for this absurd ceremony — and perhaps to deliver justice.
- Belgium, France, North Macedonia, United Kingdom
- 2025, 25 min
- Director: Dorian Jespers
- Director of photography: Arnaud Alberola
- Editor: Charles Dhondt, Liyo Gong, Ariane Boukerche, Omar Guzman
- Screenplay: Raphaël Meyer, Dorian Jespers
- Sound: Thomas Becka, Zakhar Semirkhanov, Raf Enckels
- Art Director: Lucie Beauvert
- Coproduction: Veda Film
- Producer: Clyde Gates, Jules Reinartz, Dorian Jespers
- Production: Scum Pictures, Films Grand Huit
Dorian Jespers
Dorian Jespers is a Belgian 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 worldwide, including the main prize at the Rotterdam Film Festival, and was named Short of the Year 2020 by the Short Film Conference. It qualified for the Ensors, the European Film Awards, and the Oscars.