''Maedeli la brèche'' is a 1980

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written and directed by

Jaco Van Dormael Jaco Van Dormael (born 9 February 1957) is a Belgian film director, screenwriter and playwright. His films especially focus on a respectful and sympathetic portrayal of people with mental and physical disabilities. Van Dormael spent his childho ...

. The short film was shot in 1980 in Belgium with a Super 35 camera. The film starred Nico d'Oreye, Julie Dubart, Colette Forton, Marie-José Mgank and Jean-François Dufranne. The original music score was written by

Pierre Van Dormael Pierre Van Dormael (24 May 1952 – 3 September 2008) was a Belgian jazz guitarist and composer. In 1988, he played in the James Baldwin Project with David Linx David Linx (born 22 March 1965) is a Belgian jazz Jazz is a music ...

, Jaco's brother. Van Dormael wrote the film while he was a student at the INSAS in

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Response

On June 7, 1981, ''Maedeli la brèche'' won the Honorary Foreign Film Award at the 8th

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presented by the

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. It was awarded the Best Screenplay and the Best Short Film at the 1981 Festival de Bruxelles. It also received the Channel 4 Award at the 1983 Munich Film Festival. In 2011, it appeared at the Sottodiciotto Filmfestival held in Turin in the retrospective dedicated to Van Dormael.

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* 1980 films 1980 short films Belgian short films 1980s Swedish-language films 1980s French-language films Films directed by Jaco Van Dormael 1980 multilingual films Belgian multilingual films {{Belgium-film-stub