Screening times:
Friday, March 28, 6:00 PM
Sunday, March 30, 5:30 PM - half capacity screening
Leonardo Van Dijl | Belgium, Sweden | 2024 | 100m
Dutch and French with English subtitles
with Tessa Van den Broeck, Ruth Becquart, Koen De Bouw, Claire Bodson and Laurent Caron
As the star player at an elite youth tennis academy, Julie’s life revolves around the game she loves. She trains hard, pausing only for class or physical therapy before returning to the gym fixated on making it into the Belgian Tennis Federation.
When her coach Jérémy is suddenly suspended following the suicide of one of his female protégées, all the players at the academy are encouraged to speak up about their experiences with him. Julie, however, decides to keep quiet.
Despite strong suspicions from those around her that Julie’s relationship with Jérémy was inappropriate at best, her persistent silence begins to speak volumes. Confused and full of anxiety, the pressure she once channeled solely towards training shifts inward, affecting her confidence, her focus, and her game.
Executive produced by tennis champion Naomi Osaka, Julie Keeps Quiet is an artful and intense first feature by Belgian writer-director Leonardo van Dijl. Led by newcomer Tessa Van den Broeck whose performance embodies the different ways trauma is internalized, Julie Keeps Quiet respectfully and empathetically examines why some victims choose to remain silent.
“A tense, taut, artfully hushed debut feature by Belgian writer-director Leonardo van Dijl, “Julie Keeps Quiet” also knows the value of control -- though its own calm is fraught with anxiety and anger.” - Guy Lodge, Variety
“The thing that makes the film work so well is that you always understand why Julie refuses to talk about her own experiences with Jeremy, even when the film refuses to spoon-feed you her private rationale.” - David Jenkins, Little White Lies
“'Julie Keeps Quiet' is a tense, absorbing movie of silences and absences, of difficult terrain skirted around, of subjects avoided.” - Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian (UK)
Winner: SACD Award - Cannes Film Festival 2024
Winner: Best Director - Thessaloniki Film Festival 2024
Sunday is a half-capacity screening
