After a near-fatal incident during her artistic swimming training, Ro loses trust in the water that once felt like a second home. Together with Billie, a quiet lifeguard and pool attendant, she searches for her lost love of being underwater. Billie spends her days on the bottom of the pool, watching how the dancing bodies above her merge with the water. Between them, a gentle ritual grows: whenever Ro holds her breath, Billie softly counts for her.
Tussen Ons is a sensory fiction film built through a fragmentary, non-linear narrative. It explores the delicate tensions between body and water, the space between two people, and the environments that shape them. What happens when you outgrow something that has always been a part of you?
Directed by Berit De Sutter
Director of photography Lukas Gevaerts
Sound design Mauro De Coster
Editing Camilla Petralia
AWARDS & SELECTIONS
Official Selection at Kortfilmfestival Leuven 2025
Best Film young filmmakers festival
Best Cinematography young filmmakers festival
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