Award Winner

Samia

Name: Samia | Short Films – Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia 2026 Screening in Autumn - SSFF & ASIA 2026 Autumn
Director: Selma Alaoui & Bruno Tracq

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Samia meets Farhan and follows him to his apartment, where he organizes Moroccan music concerts. The joyful gathering helps her forget the funeral that same day of a father she never knew. Leaving the building, she realizes she forgot her wallet. When she returns, a neighbor warns her that noone has lived there for decades.

Director: Selma Alaoui & Bruno Tracq
Time: 0:20:00
Country: Belgium
Genre: Drama
Year: 2024
Cast: Selma Alaoui, Amid Chakir, Hamza Essalouh, Fran?ois Neyken, Lara Ceulemans

Awards Nominations

Ren? du Cin?ma Nomination, March 2026
Press Award, Brussels Short Film Festival (BSFF), 2025
Best Screenplay Award, Aflam du Sud Festival, 2025
Special Jury Mention, Festival du Film Merveilleux, 2025
Audience Award, San Jose International Short Film Festival, 2025

Director

Selma Alaoui & Bruno Tracq

Bruno Tracq is a Brussels-based writer, director and film editor. His documentary Ma Voix t’Accompagnera (Arte, Netflix, Disney+) won Best Documentary at Camerimage.
Selma Alaoui, actress, writer and director trained at INSAS, works across theatre, film and television. She starred in Une s?ur (Oscar-nominated) and Quitter la nuit (Venise).