CUL-DE-SAC!

INFO

Directors

Clyde Gates & Gabriel Sanson

Genre

Dystopian drama

Duration

17’

Year

2026

Nationality

Belgium

SYNOPSYS

The angels never had a choice. Thrown into the world to bring all the machines to life, they work tirelessly while humans never see them. As the angels try to escape, a blackout crosses the city.

STILLS

CREDITS

Directors

Clyde Gates & Gabriel Sanson

Genre

Dystopian drama

Duration

17′

Nationality

Belgium

Producers

Clyde Gates

Gabriel Sanson

Lucas Le Postec

Thibault de Gantès

Beata Saboova

Vincent Metzinger

Print source

Cobalt Films

Screenplay

Dava Aït-Kaci

Clyde Gates

Gabriel Sanson

Cinematography

Samuel Esselinckx

Production design

Justine Struye

Laura Huss

Nine de Bryas

Sound Design

Thomas Becka

Cast

Mehdi Bajestani

Bernard Tirtiaux

Christine Dobel

AWARDS AND SELECTIONS

2026 - BAFTA® Qualifying
Nomination for the European Film Award
55. International Film Festival Rotterdam

CLYDE GATES & GABRIEL SANSON

Clyde et Gabriel

BIOGRAPHY

Clyde and Gabriel met at INSAS in Brussels in 2012. Together they founded a production company – Scum Pictures – through which they produced and directed their first short films. Their work has been selected at the Venice Film Festival, Rotterdam, and the European Film Awards, gaining international recognition. They are currently developing their first feature film, The Meteorologist, which has received three screenwriting grants (CNC, Île-de-France Region, and the Wallonia-Brussels Federation).

FILMOGRAPHY

CUL DE SAC

2026

 

 

EMPATHIE

(Gabriel Sanson)

2021

 

 

HIMINN OPINN

2017

 

 

THE SHEEP OF ERWIN S.

(Gabriel Sanson)

2015