Têtes Brûlées

Original Title|Têtes Brûlées

Lang | 80' | 2025 (Completed)

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Writer	Maja-Ajmia Zellama
Director	Maja-Ajmia Zellama
Producer	Marc Goyens

Full credits

Eya mourns her older brother and searches for a way to stay strong.

synopsis

Eya, a 12-year-old lover of rap and dance, has a close relationship with her 23-year-old brother, Younès. She spends her days with him and his friends, who she admires very much. Then Younès unexpectedly loses his life in a vaguely criminal incident, leaving Eya to survive the intense and highly codified period of mourning demanded by her culture. With the help of her creativity, her resilience and her brother’s friends, she finds her own way to accept this new reality.
Eya, 12 ans, vit une relation fusionnelle avec son grand-frère, Younès, qu’elle admire beaucoup . Elle passe son quotidien avec lui et sa bande d’amis . Du jour au lendemain, Younès perd la vie. Eya va devoir trouver son propre cheminement pour survivre pendant cette période de deuil intense et tres codifiée. A l’aide de sa créativité, sa résilience et les amis de son frère, elle va devoir trouver sa propre manière d’accepter cette réalité… de grandir.

Credits

Writer
Maja-Ajmia Zellama
Director
Maja-Ajmia Zellama
Producer
Marc Goyens
Cast
Safa Gharbaoui, Mehdi Bouziane
Editing
Dieter Diependaele
Photography
Grimm Vandekerckhove
Costume
Zazou Charki
Sound
Hélène Lamy Au Rousseau
Makeup
Nakani Keita

Format

Creation details

Type
Film
Category
Fictie
Production share
Majoritair
Belgium
Genre
Lang
Year of production

2025
Production status
Completed
Original title
Têtes Brûlées
Original language
Dutch, French, Arabic

Technical specs

Running time
80'
Sound format
5.1 (+sub) + Dolby
Available formats
DCP (2K)
Colour
Colour

Contact & sales

Sales

Mad World

Salah El-Din St., 3rd fl., Zamalek 18
11211 Cairo
Egypte

T 02 0109 421 4161

Festivals & awards

Festivals

2025: Berlin International Film Festival - Generation (DE)

Awards

No award information available.

Partners

Co-production partners

Komoko, Quetzalcoatl, 1080 Films

Supported by

Flanders Audiovisual Fund (VAF), Centre du Cinéma et de l'Audiovisuel de la Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles, New Dawn, RTBF, BEtv & Orange Belgium, Voo, Brussels Capital Region, the Red Sea Fund, a Red Sea International Film Festival Initiative