Henry is a Girl Who Likes to Sleep
HD video, color, 16:9, Dutch spoken, BE, 2026, 13’30”
In a small interior space where bodies constantly yearn for sleep, the filmmaker seeks in her beloved Henry something soft and tender to inhabit, a little fur to retreat into. Between bedsheets and freckles, a love declaration emerges, a fragile collage tracing a pathway between intimacy, vulnerability, and warmth. An ode to our captive pets, and to the intimate worlds where we learn to live and to rest.
Screenings
Berlinale Berlin (DE) Feb 2026
Courtisane Gent (BE) Apr 2026
Uruguay International Film Festival Montevideo (UY) Apr 2026
Go Short Nijmegen (NL) Apr 2026
Open City London (GB) Apr 2026
IndieLisboa Lisbon (PT) Apr 2026
Alchemy Film and Moving Image Festival Hawick (GB) May 2026
IndieLisboa Lisbon (PT) May 2026
Ekrani i Artit Shkodër (AL) May 2026
Millenium Docs Against Gravity Warschaw (PL) Jun 2026
Leiden Shorts Leiden (NL) Jun 2026
Flying Broom International Women's Film Festival Ankara (TR) Jun 2026
Filmadrid Madrid (ES) Jun 2026
Mostra Internationale Del Nuovo Cinema Pesaro (IT) Jun 2026
Beursschouwburg Brussel (BE) Jun 2026
Mostra Internationale Del Nuovo Cinema Pesaro Pesaro (IT) Jun 2026
ECRÃ Rio de Janeiro (BR) Jul 2026
BIKY Festival Busan (KR) Jul 2026
Lago Film Festival Revine Lago (IT) Jul 2026
Awards
Indielisboa Special Jury Prize 2026
Mostra Internationale Del Nuovo Cinema Pesaro Young Jury Prize 2026
Press
In the Bosom of Images by Öykü Sofuoğlu, yanco EN
Geometry of being in the world by Manuel Cundari IT
Curation
Rest Assured, Courtisane 2026
OUT of LOVE, Beursschouwburg 2026