SUMMER BROTHER

Zomervacht

Netherlands, Belgium – 2023 – Color – 100’

Directed by Joren Molter | Screenplay: Britt Snel | Photography: Sam du Pon | Editing: Dorith Vinken | Music: Rutger Reinders | Cast: Jarne Heylen, Joël in ‘t Veld, Micha Hulshof, Valentijn Dhaenens, Isabelle Kafando, Nazmiye Oral, Manou Kersting | Production: Floor Onrust, Xavier Rombaut, Mandy Lim

During some sweltering summer holidays, thirteen-year-old Brian who lives with his father in a caravan in a remote location is forced to care for his mentally disabled older brother Lucien. But how can he make the right choices when he still has so much to discover about himself? Joren Molter's debut is a coming-of-age film that poses serious moral dilemmas about the abrupt and sometimes violent coming of age of children with hard, raw and human cinematography based on the composed dramaturgy and the relationships of these three characters who try to keep their innocence and their empathy intact. Ecumenical Jury Prize and Audience Award at the Transylvania International Film Festival.

Selective Filmography: Joren Molter (1993)

Foreigners (2012)
Dòst (2018)