VICTORIA

About the Directors

Sofie, Liesbeth and Isabelle met at film school. Since then, they have been closely involved with each other’s artistic endeavors, taking on adviser’s or assistant’s duties during the process of making their films. On past projects, they spent many months traveling – together or separately – through the United States. The creation of Victoria, with the three of them co-directing, instilled a shared fascination for California City, as well as the urge to make a film together, to share a journey on a train of thought.

SOFIE BENOOT lives and works in Brussels. Her films are patchworks of different stories, which are carefully puzzled together to reveal hidden connections. Fronterismo (2007), Blue Meridian (2010) and Desert Haze (2014) played at internationally renowned film festivals such as Visions du Réel, Camden International Film Festival, Torino Film Festival, Doclisboa and BAFICI. She teaches at LUCA School of Arts in Brussels.

LIESBETH DE CEULAER is a Belgian independent filmmaker based in Brussels, whose films explore the tense and complex relationship between man and his environment. These cin-ematic explorations lead us into captivating worlds, in which documentary and fiction are in continuous exchange. The Best Act on the Isle (2008) and Behind the Redwood Curtain (2013) have been shown on film festivals such as Docville (BE, Jury Prize Best Belgian Documentary), Hamptons International Film Festival (USA), Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival (USA), GIFF (KOR), Ânûû-rû Âboro – Festival International du Cinéma du Peuple (NC).