Bérangère Mc Neese
Bérangère Mc Neese is an actress, screenwriter, and director. Belgian-American, she started working on short film and commercial sets at a very young age before moving on to feature films (Eyjafjallajökull and Belle comme la femme d’un autre). She has also lent her voice to several animated characters.
She played one of the lead roles in the TV film Le Viol by Alain Tasma (France 3), as well as in the series Like Moi (France 4) and Le Roi de la Vanne (Canal+). She has also appeared in recent feature films by Cécilia Rouaud, Pascal Elbé, and François Pirot, as well as in the Netflix series Braqueurs, HPI (TF1), Fils de (RTBF), and Des Gens Bien (Arte).
She directed her first short film, Le Sommeil des Amazones, in 2015. Her second, Les Corps Purs, was released in 2017 and won multiple awards.
In 2019, her short film “Matriochkas” won the Magritte du Cinéma, the Grand Prix à Palm Springs, and the Prix de la Meilleure Réalisation à Rhode Island, among others, and broadcast on Arte, TV5 Monde and RTBF.
"Being able to isolate oneself is incredibly valuable. Groupe Ouest is a very calm place, perfect for reflection, while also fostering intense focus. There’s a kind of energy, a sort of bubble, and taking this time to come here and do nothing but this has done me a world of good this year."
Auteure-réalisatrice & Comédienne
Filles du ciel
Annual Selection 2021
Héloïse, 15, is fleeing an abusive relationship with an older man. One night, she finds herself alone in a city that is not her own, with nowhere to go. She meets Nora, who takes her in. Nora already lives with her daughter and two other young women. They have established their own set of rules—both practical and ideological—that Héloïse must learn. They form a tribe where everything is shared, and they protect each other. But the silence surrounding their past wounds becomes an increasingly heavy burden for these strong yet fragile women.
