Loynes

A Kafkaesque courtroom drama set in 19th-century Liverpool, recounting the trial of a corpse with neither name nor past. Dozens have gathered for the absurd ceremony – and perhaps to deliver justice. As the proceedings unfold, the courtroom becomes a strange theatre of ritual, bureaucracy and confusion, where even death offers no escape from judgment.

Dorian Jespers (b. 1993, Brussels) is a filmmaker trained at INSAS, KASK, and Le Fresnoy. His short film Sun Dog, inspired by a surreal journey in the Russian Arctic, won over twenty awards worldwide — including the main prize at the Rotterdam Film Festival — and was named Short Film of the Year 2020 by the Short Film Conference. It qualified for the Ensors, the European Film Awards, and the Oscars, and was screened at MoMA, ICA London among others.