Young Hearts

Original Title|Young Hearts

Drama, Family | 97' 19" | 2024 (Completed)

Credits

Format

Creation details

  • Type
    Film
  • Category
    Fiction
  • Production share
    Majority Flemish Production
    Belgium
  • Genre
    Drama, Family
  • Year of production
  • Production status
    Completed
  • Original title
    Young Hearts
  • Original language
    Dutch

Technical specs

  • Running time
    97' 19"
  • Available in
    2D
  • Aspect ratio
    1.85:1
  • Sound format
    5.1 (+sub)
  • Available formats
    Apple ProRes 444; DCP (2K)
  • Colour
    Colour

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Festivals & awards

Festivals

2024: Berlinale - Generation Kplus (DE); Kristiansand International Children’s Film Festival (NO); Pink Apple (CH); Schwule Filmwoche Freiburg (DE); Cannes Ecrans Junior (FR); Seattle International Film Festival (US); Inside Out Toronto (CA); Zlin International Film Festival for Children and Youth (CZ); Hofkino (CH); Frameline Fest (US); Out film Connecticut (US); Provincetown International Film Festival (US); Busan International Kids and Youth Film Festival (KR); Omladinski Film Festival Sarajevo (BA); Giffoni Film Festival (IT); Festival Ciné-Recontres Récompenses (FR); Letni Filmnova Skola (CZ); Lakeside Film Festival (DE); CinemaQ Denver Films (US); Jerusalem Film Festival (IL); The Norwegian International Film Festival (NO); TIFF Junior 2024 (NO); The Center-Film Center QFilms 2024 (US); Vancouver Queer Film Festival (US); Queer Filmfestival (DE); 35th Hong Kong Lesbian & Gay Film Festival (CN); Rencontres Nationales Art et Essai Jeunes Public (FR); Filmout San Diego (US); Reeling Chicago L&G International Film Festival (US); Desert Film Society (US); Out on Film Atlanta (US); Vinokino - Finnish Queer Film Festival (FI); Golden Village Love & Pride Film Festival (SG); Buster Film Festival (DK); Kijuko Film Festival Bremen (DE); Oslo/Fusion International Film Fest (NO); Out at the Movies Fest (US); Everybody’s Perfect (CH); Junges Filmfestival Köln/Cinepänz (DE); Kaohsiung Film Festival (TW); Film Fest Gent (BE); NewFest (US); Iris Prize LGBTQ+ Film Festival (UK); OUTshine Film Festival (US); Mostra de Sao Paula (BR); Thessaloniki International Film Festival (GR); Rehoboth Beach Independent Film Festival (US); Seoul International PRIDE Film Festival (KR); QUEERSICHT Filmfestival (CH); Cork International Film Festival (IE); Tallinn Black Night Film Festival (EE); Sevilla Film Festival (ES°; Key West Film Festival (US); Ljubljana International Film Festival (SI); Melboure Queer Film Festival (AU); Exground Filmfest (DE); Slovak Queer Film Festival (SK); Image+nation Festival Film LGBT2SQUEER (CA); International Young Audience Film Festival Ale Kino (PL); International Film Festival of Kerala (IN); 2025: Ramdam Festival (BE); Pinx LGBTQIA+ Filmfestival (BE); Festival Cine Junior (FR); Festivals Chefs Op’ en Lumière (FR); Mardi Gras Film Festival (AU); Bengaluru International Film Festival (IN); Jeugdfilm Festival Antwerpen (BE); Les Toiles Filantes (FR); Luxembourg City Film Festival (LU); BUFF Malmö (SE); Rencontres Cinématographique Salon de Provence (FR); CinHomo 2025 (ES); LGBT+ Film Festival (PO); Bolzano Film Festival (IT); Milwaukee Film Festival (US); Macau International Queer Film Festival; Kyoto International Children’s Film Festival (JP)

Awards

2024: Special Mention - Berlinale Generation (DE); Grand Prix - Cannes écrans Juniors - Cannes Film Festival (FR); Audience Award - Schwule Filmwoche Freiburg (DE); New Directors Competition Special Jury Prize - Seattle IFF (US); LEadership Circle Prize for Outstanding performance (Lou Goossens) - Inside Out 2SLGBTQ+ Film Festival (CA) - Golden Slipper for Best Feature Film in the Junior Category - Zlin Film Festival International Film Festival For Children and Youth (CZ); Golden Apple – the City of Zlín Audience Award for Best Feature Film in the Children´s, Junior and Youth Category - Zlin Film Festival International Film Festival for Children and Youth (CZ); Honorable Mention for Outstanding First Feature - Frameline San Francisco International LGBTQ+ Film Festival (US); Director's Award - Out Film CT Connecticut LGBTQ Film Festival (US); Audience Award - Festival Les Cine-Rencontres de Prades (FR); Best Feature - Long Beach QFilm Festival (US) ; Best Performance - Long Beach QFilm Festival (US); Audiece Award - Summer Film School (CZ); Outstanding Emerging Talents - Film Out San Diego LGBTQ Film Festival (US); Best International Feature - Film Out San Diego LGBTQ Film Festival (US); Oslo/Fusion Feature Film Award - Oslo/Fusion International Film Festival (NO); Best First Feature - Out on Film - Atlanta's LBGTQ Film Festival (US); Best Narrative Feature - Out on Film - Atlanta's LBGTQ Film Festival (US); Best Teen Feature - Cinepänz Youth Film Festival (DE); Audience Award / Best Narrative Feature - Out at the Movies International Film Festival (US); Best Narrative Feature - Out at the Movies International Film Festival (US); Best Performance in a Leading Role - Out at the Movies International Film Festival (US); Best Performance in a Male Role - Iris Prize LGBTQ+ Film Festival (UK); Best Feature Film - Iris Prize LGBTQ+ Film Festival (UK); Audience Award - Everybody's Perfect - Geneva International Queer Film Festival (CH); Audience Award / Best Narrative Feature - Reeling 2024 Chicago LGBTQ+ International Film Festival (US); Grand Prize for Best International New Talent in Feature-Length Queer Film - Taiwan International Queer Film Festival (TW); Special Mention International Narrative Feature - NewFest LGBTQ+ Film Festival (US); Audience Award for World Cinema - Montclair Film Festival (US); Cinephiles of the Future Award - Seville European Film Festival (ES); ECFA Award for Best Feature Film for Children - International Young Audience Film Festival Ale Kino! (PL); Marcinek Award for Best Feature Film for Children - International Young Audience Film Festival Ale Kino! (PL); Best Feature Audience Runner Up - OUT Shine LGBTQ+ Film Festival (US); 2025: Best Film - Tournai Ramdam Festival (BE); Prix du Jury de Toiles Filantes - Les Toiles Filantes Festival de Cinema Jeune Public (FR); Prix du Jury Comeo Teens - Les Toiles Filantes Festival de Cinema Jeune Public (FR); Prix du Jury des Centres de loisirs de Pessac - Les Toiles Filantes Festival de Cinema Jeune Public (FR); Prix du Jury de la P'tite Unipop du Cinema - Les Toiles Filantes Festival de Cinema Jeune Public (FR); Special Mention School Jury Award - Luxemburg City Film Festival (LU); Best Feature Film (Igor Ostrowski Award) - LGBT+ Film Festival Poland (PL)

Partners

Co-production partners

Family Affair Films, Ketnet, Kwassa Films

Supported by

Flanders Audiovisual Fund (VAF), Screen Flanders, Tax Shelter of the Belgian Federal Government via Mohow!, Sabam for Culture, Netherlands Film production incentive, BeTV, Ketnet

Tax shelter

Mohow!

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