Alzou
by Ugo Woatzi
Executive production by KOKORO
Commissioned by WIELS
18’35” • Color • Hybrid short film
Synopsis
The queer community that once thrived in the Alzou Valley has disappeared. After years of exile, Alzou—the river’s deity—returns. As they move through the dense forest, the environment seems to breathe with them, and the land begins to reveal fragments of the community’s memory. Through a ritual act, Alzou seeks to reconnect with the valley’s living forces, attempting to rekindle the bond between nature, spirit, and those who once inhabited this sacred place.
Credits
Concept & artistic direction: Ugo Woatzi
Cinematic direction: Thanasis Tsimpinis
Producer : Betty Lamoulie - KOKORO
Executive producers: Caroline Dedenis
Director of photography: Ilona Vanouplines
Camera assistant: Ketura Leroij
Gaffer: Billy D’hoore
Gaffer assistant: Alexander Siamandi
Set decorator: Louise Vandervorst
Costume designer: Aidan Abnet
Makeup artist: Arnaud Tsiakas
Sound artist: Mélodie Blaison
VFX artist: Nadim Choufi
Titles: Caroline Dedenis
Editor: Cilu Diel
Color grading: Lucien Keller / Cobalt
Performer: Alban Ovanessian
Set photographer: Johan
Poezevara
Thanks to Wiels, SOFAM, Cloud Seven, VGC, Argos,
Perrine Wens • Camescoop, Jürgen Augusteyns • Eye-Lite,
Roxanne Gaucherand, Flore, Lola & Ben.