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Young Ahmed

  • Ahmed (Working title)
All titles (3)
Feature Film | 2018-2019 | Drama | Belgium, France

Trailers/Videos

Brief synopsis

Belgium, today, Ahmed, a young fanatic barely out of childhood, plans to kill his teacher in the name of his religion. How can love of life win out over his desire to put someone to death?
(Wild Bunch)

Cast

ActorRole nameVoice actor / SpeakerVoice actor
Idir Ben AddiAhmed [L]
Olivier BonnaudÉducateur de référence [SR]
Myriem AkheddiouInès [SR]
Victoria BluckLouise [SR]
Claire BodsonLa mère [SR]
Othmane MoumenImam Youssouf [SR]

Crew

ActivityNameComment
1st ADCaroline Tambour
Post production supervisorSébastien Demeyere
Belgique
Belgique
Post production supervisorCédric Ettouati
France
France
Director of photographyBenoît Dervaux
1st assistant cameraAmaury Duquenne
Still photographerChristine Plenus
Costume designerMaïra Ramedhan-Lévy
DirectorLuc Dardenne
DirectorJean-Pierre Dardenne
EditorMarie-Hélène Dozo
Assistant editorTristan Meunier
ProducerJean-Pierre Dardenne
ProducerDenis Freyd
ProducerLuc Dardenne
Associate producerTanguy Dekeyser
Associate producerArlette Zylberberg
Production designerIgor Gabriel
Line producerDelphine Tomson
Production managerOlivier Abrassart
Unit manager (local system)Guillaume Fernandez
ScreenwriterLuc Dardenne
ScreenwriterJean-Pierre Dardenne
Production sound mixerJean-Pierre Duret
Production sound mixerJulien Sicart
Sound re-recording mixerThomas Gauder
Sound editorValène Leroy

Production companies

CompanyComment
Les Films du Fleuve [be]
Archipel 33/35 [fr]
France 2 Cinéma [fr]
co-production
co-production
Proximus [be]
co-production
co-production
RTBF (Radio-télévision belge de la Communauté française) [be]
co-production
co-production

Distribution / Sales companies

CompanyComment
Cinéart [be]
Belgium
Belgium
Diaphana Films [fr]
France
France
Goodfellas / Wild Bunch Distribution [fr]
World Sales
World Sales

Facilities

DepartmentCompanyComment
Finance/Law/InsuranceScreen.Brussels Fund [be]
capital support
capital support

Awards

Award winnerYearAwardCategory 
Jean-Pierre Dardenne2019Festival de Cannes [fr]
Prix de la mise en scène
Prix de la mise en scèneWinner
Luc Dardenne2019Festival de Cannes [fr]
Prix de la mise en scène
Prix de la mise en scèneWinner

Festivals

YearCountryFestivalComment
2019FranceFestival de Cannes
Sélection officielle - Compétition
Sélection officielle - Compétition

TV-broadcast

TypeCountryStationDate / TimeComment
RepeatFranceOCS [fr]Tuesday, 10/10/2023, 8.40 AMOCS Pulp
RepeatFranceCulturebox (France TV) [fr]Friday, 19/05/2023, 9.00 PM
RepeatBelgiumLa Une [be]Monday, 07/02/2022, 8.40 PM
RepeatBelgiumBe TV [be]Tuesday, 23/02/2021, 2.20 AMBe Séries
RepeatFranceCanal+ [fr]Friday, 30/10/2020, 4.55 PMCanal+ Cinéma

Cinema releases and premieres

TypeCountryDateComment
Theatre releasePortugalThursday, 07/11/2019
Theatre releaseItalyThursday, 31/10/2019
Theatre releaseNetherlandsThursday, 04/07/2019
Theatre releaseFranceWednesday, 22/05/2019
Theatre releaseBelgiumWednesday, 22/05/2019
PremiereMonday, 20/05/2019Festival de Cannes [fr]