Vitrival - Baptiste Bogaert & Noëlle Bastin

Benjamin and Little Pierre, two cousin local police officers, patrol the quiet Walloon village of Vitrival while listening to Radio Chevauchoir. Beneath the village’s peaceful surface, trouble is brewing: phallus-shaped graffiti is appearing all over the walls, and a disturbing series of unexplained suicides begins to unfold. For the two, this marks the end of their laid-back routine of casual patrols, listening to local radio, and addressing minor infractions. Suddenly, they are faced with the deeper tensions within their own community—something they are entirely unprepared for.

Baptiste Bogaert (1990) and Noëlle Bastin (1991) are a Belgian filmmaking duo based in Brussels. Noëlle grew up in Vitrival and trained in French and Romance languages and literatures. Born in Charleroi, Baptiste studied communication, cultural management, performing arts (ULB), and photography (La Cambre). In 2017, they began their collaboration with La cour. Since then, they have made seven short films, widely screened at international festivals. Their first feature-length fiction film, Vitrival, premiered in the Official Competition at the International Film Festival Rotterdam in 2025.