38th edition
17-25 january 2026

A Sky So Low

Un ciel si bas

Joachim Michaux

Image A Sky So Low
BelgiumFrance
2025 Fiction 32 min
OV with French subtitles
Brussels, November 1989. Victor searches for Elina, his summer love who mysteriously vanished. He meets Damian, an enigmatic English journalist, and Rosie, a punkish Dutch barmaid. Together, they dive into the night, driven by the hypnotic New Beat fever.
Cast : Maxime Thébault, Rosie Sommers, Damian McCall
Scenario : Joachim Michaux
Cinematography : Alexi Van Hennecker
Sound : David Ferral, M’hand Abadou Djezairi, Lorenzo Targhetta
Editing : Lyio Gong
Production : Venin Films, Naoko Films
Born in 1988, Joachim Michaux is a Franco-Belgian artist. He worked for a video editor accompanying the work of filmmakers such as Frederick Wiseman, Bruno Dumont or Béla Tarr. He then studied at Fresnoy and directed Sur tes cendres (2021), a documentary filmed in Beirut. A sky so low (2025) is his first fiction.