mirage

SKIFF

by Cecilia Verheyden


Fifteen-year-old Malou is struggling with herself. She grows up in a small town, where in the local rowing club, she excels at the sport. While her mother is absent and her rowing teammates bully her, the one person she can rely on is her older brother Max. When Malou develops feelings for Max’s new girlfriend Nouria, her life is dragged into an unstoppable current. Malou has to face her true self, may it be at the expense of her brother.

Selected for
Torino Script Lab 2020
Gotham Week NYC 2022
EAVE Producer's Workshop 2022
Berlinale Co-Production Market 2023

Festivals

Filmfestival Oostende
2026, Belgium 
Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival
2025, Estonia
Festival de Gijón – FICX
2025, Spain | Best Film Award
Festival do Rio
2025, Brazil
Transmutación Festival de Cine Contemporáneo
2025, Mexico
ImageOut LGBTQ+ Film Festival
2025, USA
Festival du cinéma international en Abitibi- Témiscamingue
2025, Canada
Arras Film Festival
2025, France
Oslo/Fusion International Film Festival
2025, Norway
Kinotrip International Film Festival
2025, Slovenia
QueerFilmFest Rostock
2025, Germany
QUEER Filmfest Weiterstadt
2025, Germany
Chéries Chéris
2025, France
Santo Domingo OutFest
 2025, Dominican Republic
Image+nation LGBT2SQueer
2025, Canada
Queertactics
2025, Austria
Festival des Images Aux Mots
2025, France

Director
Cecilia Verheyden
Producer
Elisa Heene
Image
Jordan Vanschel

Writers
Cecilia Verheyden & Vincent Vanneste
Co-producer
Erik Glijnis (Lemming Film)
Delphine Thomson & Dardenne Brothers (Les Films du Fleuve)
Eliza Jones (Grand Slam)

with the support of
the Flemish Audiovisual Fund (VAF), the tax shelter measure of the Belgian legislator via Flanders Tax Shelter, the Netherlands Film Fund & Netherlands Film Production Incentive, Centre du Cinéma et de l'Audiovisuel de la Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles, Screen Flanders, Swedish Film Institute, Eurimages, Creative Europe MEDIA of the European Union

mirage

SKIFF

by Cecilia Verheyden


Fifteen-year-old Malou is struggling with herself. She grows up in a small town, where in the local rowing club, she excels at the sport. While her mother is absent and her rowing teammates bully her, the one person she can rely on is her older brother Max. When Malou develops feelings for Max’s new girlfriend Nouria, her life is dragged into an unstoppable current. Malou has to face her true self, may it be at the expense of her brother.

Feature film
In post-production

Director
Cecilia Verheyden

Writers
Cecilia Verheyden & Vincent Vanneste

Producer
Elisa Heene

Co-producer
Erik Glijnis (Lemming Film), Delphine Thomson & Dardenne Brothers (Les Films du Fleuve), Eliza Jones (Grand Slam)

Image
Jordan Vanschel

Selected for
Torino Script Lab 2020, Gotham Week NYC 2022, EAVE Producer's Workshop 2022, Berlinale Co-Production Market 2023