HOW DO YOU SPELL HOME ?

Director and writer LOUISIANA MEES-FONGANG  co-writer WEDERIK DE BACKER producers MAARTEN BERNAERTS, BARBARA DYCK co-producers LAURENCE BUELENS cinematographer LOUISIANA MEES-FONGANG  sound engineers WEDERIK DE BACKER, ACHIEL VAN DEN ABEELE image editor DIETER DIEPENDAELE colorist PIETER DUMOULIN sound editor JEREMY HASSID dialogue editor XAVIER DUJARDIN foley artist OLIVIER THYS foley recorder ALINE GAVROY mixer THOMAS GAUDER music MANON DE SUTTER title design JEROEN WILLE

 in co-production with VRT CANVAS, RAYUELA PRODUCTIONS, BESIDE PRODUCTIONS

 with the support of The Flanders Audiovisual Fund (VAF), Film and Audiovisual Center of  the Wallonia Brussels Federation, the Brussels Capital Region (Screen Brussels), The Belgian Tax Shelter system of the Belgian Federal Government via Beside Tax Shelter, The Pascal Decroos Fund, Flanders Image

Selected at IDFA 2023

SYNOPSIS - Juneco is a centre for unaccompanied minor refugees in theFlanders region of Belgium, home to young people fromcountries such as Afghanistan, Sri Lanka and Eritrea. They stay here until they turn 18, when those who have been granted asylum in Belgium can look for a home of their own. Those whose applications have been rejected face an uncertain future in a country where they are no longer welcome.

Filmmaker Louisiana Mees-Fongang spent months in thesmall-scale home, where there is a fragile balance between the residents, who have already been through so much, and the dedicated staff. She captures the young people’s life stories, and observes lively, tumultuous group activities, quiet moments between two girls, and young people trying to withdraw from the unintentionally tense group dynamics. Juneco appears to be a complex in-between phase for these teenagers. On the one hand, the home is full of hope and warmth; on the other, there are uncertainties and fears about the future. Still lifes of roses in the garden provide visual moments of tranquility in this infectious and hopeful, but also distressing film about finding a home.