Bittersweet Sixteen

Original Title: Bittersweet Sixteen

Coming of age, Dramedy, Comedy | 2021 (Completed)

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Director:	Lien Willaert, Anna Verheyen, Jan Verheyen
Producer:	Jan Verheyen
Writer:	Lien Willaert, Anna Verheyen, Jan Verheyen

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High school is a jungle and home is... complicated. But things will be better once Lotte turns 16. Won’t they?

synopsis

Lotte is 15 and looking forward to her sweet sixteenth birthday. She’s had a difficult year. Her self-esteem has been damaged by a toxic friendship with Astrid, the school’s überbabe and leader of the popular girls. At home, there’s an unexpected development: her parents are separating. Her mom is in love with another woman – Jo, the guidance counsellor in Lotte’s school – and the mother of… Astrid. In the meantime, hormones are raging, bashful love is budding, sexual identities are being explored and existential dilemmas confronted. Who am I? Where am I going? Is there a point to it all?
Lotte is een tiener van 15 die uitkijkt naar haar 'sweet sixteen'. Ze heeft een moeilijk jaar achter de rug. Haar zelfbeeld is beschadigd door een toxische relatie met Astrid, de überbabe van de school en leidster van de populaire meisjes. Ook thuis is er commotie: haar ouders gaan uit elkaar. Haar moeder is verliefd op een andere vrouw. En niet zomaar een andere vrouw: Jo is leerlingenbegeleidster in haar school, maar ook de moeder van… Astrid. Ondertussen razen hormonen door lichamen en worden de dagen gekleurd door ontluikende liefdes, zoektochten naar seksuele identiteit, puberale existentiële twijfels – Wat wil ik met mijn leven? Wat eten we vanavond? – en de routine van het schoolleven.

Credits

Director
Lien Willaert, Anna Verheyen, Jan Verheyen
Producer
Jan Verheyen
Writer
Lien Willaert, Anna Verheyen, Jan Verheyen
Sales agent
Dutch FilmWorks
Costume
Farah El Bastani
Sound
Pedro Van der Eecken
Makeup
Mitch Fabry
Music
Miguel Wiels & Pallieter Van Buggenhout
Still photography
Storykings

Format

Creation details

Type
Film
Category
Fiction
Production share
Majority Flemish Production
Belgium
Genre
Coming of age, Dramedy, Comedy
Year of production

2021
Production status
Completed
Original title
Bittersweet Sixteen
Original language
Dutch

Technical specs

Running time
Available in
2D
Aspect ratio
2.35:1
Sound format
5.1 (+ sub) Dolby
Available formats
4K
Colour
Colour

Contact & sales

Contact

Max Rockatansky BV

Torhoutsestraat 338a
8020 Torhout
Belgium

T +32 475 474 792
jan@maxrockatansky.be

Details
Sales

Dutch FilmWorks International

Burgemeester Verderlaan 15
NL-3544 AD Utrecht
Netherlands

chenskens@dfw.nl

www.dfw-international.com

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Partners

Co-production partners

DFW, KFD, Banijay Belgium

Supported by

Flanders Audiovisual Fund (VAF), Screen Flanders, City of Antwerp, Vlaams Ministerie van Onderwijs & Vorming

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Bittersweet Sixteen

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Credits

Director

Producer

Writer

Sales agent

Costume

Sound

Makeup

Music

Still photography

Format

Creation details

Type

Category

Production share

Genre

Year of production

Production status

Original title

Original language

Technical specs

Running time

Available in

Aspect ratio

Sound format

Available formats

Colour