In Detail

Set in Brussels, the film revolves around a potential love story between Romanian construction worker Stefan (Stefan Gota), and Shuxiu (Liyo Gong), a Belgian-Chinese doctorate student studying mosses.

Their paths cross just before Stefan is about to move back home. Belgian writer-director Bas Devos manages to tug the heartstrings in all the best ways and examines our relationship with the natural world as his two solitary souls find comfort. Winner of the critics’ FIPRESCI prize at the 2023 Berlin Film Festival.