Henry is a Girl Who Likes to Sleep
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.
Special Jury Prize Indielisboa 2026
Camera, sound & edit Marthe Peters & Leon Decock
Music maya dhondt
Art director Eline Harmse
Costume Eline Harmse & Nel Groot
Additional camera lau persijn
Analogue scans Color by Dejonghe & OPlab, KASK & Conservatorium
Advice Fairuz Ghammam & Sarah Vanagt
Soundmix Michel Coquette at Herculeslab
Grading Lennert De Taeye
Graphics Maaike Beuten
Drawing Henry Alejandra Rogghé Pérez
Painting Maryse De Bruyn
Produced by Auguste Orts
Supported by Vlaams Audiovisueel Fonds, KASK & Conservatorium, Herculeslab, Sabam
Thanks to Jasper, Pieter-Paul, Catherine, Boris, Eva, Emma, Hannes, Edwin, Gernot, Eva, Sofie, An, Koen, Asel, Hannes, Annemie, Liesje, Gustave, Savannah, Pam, Lucas