Our feature film Dust by Anke Blondé has been selected for the Official Competition of the Berlin International Film Festival (12–22 February). The festival organization announced the news moments ago. It is the first time since Vrijdag by Hugo Claus in 1981 that a Flemish feature film is part of the Competition in Berlin and competes for a Golden Bear.

Dust is directed by Anke Blondé (Juliet, The Best of Dorien B.) and written by Angelo Tijssens (Coward, Julian, Close), who is also involved in the project as executive producer. Together, they join forces in Dust and venture into the suspense thriller genre, which immediately earns them a selection for the Berlinale’s Official Competition.

“With great pride and gratitude, we are able to present Dust, the passion project we have worked on over the past years, in the official main competition in Berlin. This is an exceptional recognition at one of the most prestigious film festivals in the world.”
— Dries Phlypo, producer

In Dust, two successful entrepreneurs at the public peak of their success are informed that their fraudulent structures are about to be exposed. There is one rain-soaked Sunday left to come to terms with themselves and with each other. Gradually, they lose everything. They end up together, dirty and without shoes, power, or freedom.

The leading roles in Dust are played by Arieh Worthalter and Jan Hammenecker. Among others, Thibaud Dooms and Janne Desmet appear in supporting roles. Frank Van den Eeden (Girl, Close) was behind the camera. David Verdurme handled the editing in collaboration with Lambis Haralambidis.

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Dust was made with the support of the VAF/Film Fund of Flemish Minister of Culture Caroline Gennez, the economic fund Screen Flanders, the Tax Shelter of the Belgian Federal Government, Casa Kafa Pictures, Kinepolis Film Distribution, Eurimages – Council of Europe, Creative Europe – MEDIA Programme of the European Union, a Polish Film Institute co-financed production, made with funds awarded by the UK Global Screen Fund, financed by the UK Government’s Department for Culture, Media and Sport and administered by the BFI, Bêtes Sauvages Limited supported by the BFI’s Filmmaking Fund, Hellenic Film and Audiovisual Center S.A. – CREATIVE GREECE in Greece | Co-Production Window, funded by the European Union – NextGenerationEU, and equity investors.

Kinepolis Film Distribution (KFD) will release the film in Belgian cinemas on 25 February 2026.