Detours
Simon must bring his baby back to his ex-wife, who has threatened to withdraw custody if he is late again. In the rush, he smashes the side mirror of a parked car. He decides to flee. As the baby drifts off to sleep in the morning traffic, Simon realizes he is being followed.
- Belgium
- 2019, 18 min
- Director: Christopher Yates
- Director of photography: Juan Sepulchre
- Editor: Nicolas Rumpl
- Screenplay: Christopher Yates
- Music: Lionel Vancauwenberge
- Cast: Yannick Rénier, Daphné Wellens, Fabien Magry, Scott Lauwerier
- Coproduction: Skladanowsky, Reveka asbl, Shelter Prod
- Producer: Isabel De La Serna
- Production: Playtime Films
Christopher Yates
Christopher Yates is a director, screenwriter, and editor from Belgium. He directed his first feature documentary, Not Here, a road movie about the Belgian rock band Girls in Hawaii, in 2009. He then co-directed Reveka in 2015, a documentary about silver mining in Bolivia. He is also the co-creator and co-writer of all 20 episodes of the Belgian TV drama Public Enemy. He shot his short action film Detours in 2019.