Hellhole follows three starkly different people in the months after the terrorist attacks in Brussels, March 2016. A Flemish doctor, whose son is a fighter jet pilot on a mission in the Middle East, is forced to confront his loneliness. A young man from Algerian descent is asked by his brother to do him a deceivingly simple favor. An Italian woman, who works in the heart of the European Institutions, is slowly losing control under the pressure of her demanding life. The same question that seems to haunt the city, looms over their lives: where do we go from here?
World première Berlina Panorama section 2019
Awards & nominations
Hong Kong International Film Festival 2019, Winner Young Cinema Competition Best Director – International & Nominee Firebird Award, Young Cinema International Competition; La Roche-sur-Yon International Film Festival 2019, Winner Prix Nouvelles Vagues Acuitis; Bucharest International Film Festival 2019 Festival, nomination Prize Best Film; Film Festival Oostende 2019 Nominee Ensor Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best film, Best Cinematography, Best Editor, Best Production Design, Best Screenplay; Transatlantyk Festival: Lodz 2019, nominee Transatlantyk Distribution Award Section “New Cinema”