WOEST


A short film by Jan Pepermans and Stefanie Vanhecke

Unwilling to accept her teenage daughter’s terminal illness, a mother clings to a miracle story starring healing earth. She retreats to a forest, determined to dig up the cure that promises the impossible. When the daughter loses all hope for a happy end, the mother forces a breakthrough.



Woest (international title: Brute)

21:25 min (short 2025)


Written and directed by Stefanie Vanhecke and Jan Pepermans


Produced by Rosa Galguera Ortega


With the support of the Flanders Audiovisual Fund (VAF)

With the support of the Tax Shelter Incentive via Flemish Tax Shelter

With the support of deAuteurs

With the support of Hans Bourlon


CAST
Beth – Ariane van Vliet
Mike – Pieter Embrechts

Hannah – Roos De Graeve