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..."The jurors for the First Feature Award are happy to announce that this year's winner, by unanimous decision, is Behind the Clouds, for its almost magical ability to reinterpret the classic "love against all odds" genre and re-invent as a quietly radical story of geriatric courtship.

Although it presents itself as a dark romantic comedy Behind the Cloudsactually offers an elegantly crafted exploration of a subject that is as difficult as it is complex. A gracefully adept screenplay is brought to vivid cinematic life through the interconnections among an array of engaging and believable characters, unfolding with consistent symbolic nuancing but never becoming heavy handed as it unfurls into a charming – and surprising – tale.

With the deft use of filmic language, a stand-out screenplay, superb music and sound design, and exquisite application of the filmmakers' craft, Behind the Clouds delivers a multi-layered exploration of love, loss, and hope among three generations of strong female characters.

In addition, pitch-perfect performances by the female and male leads and a glorious supporting cast add up to a film that appeals to all ages. Thought-provoking, meaningful, and profound in a thoroughly enjoyable way, this is a film that brings us back to places we thought we already knew – most conspicuously, into the deep recesses of the human experience as we confront it at all ages – and teaches us new things about both the place itself and our journey to it.

Behind the Clouds looks like it's a film about aging gracefully at times, awkwardly at others. And in many ways it is. But it is really a poetic reminder that aging is not the end of life, but a potentially exuberant part of life.

Congratulations on a fabulous film, and thank you very much." Read more »
Filmfest DC
**** Ein feinsinnig gemachter Film über die Liebe im fortgeschrittenen Alter – wunderbar gespielt! Read more »
spielfilm.de
Pandora Film Verleih has picked up Cecilia Verheyden’s directorial debut Behind The Clouds (Achter De Wolken) for theatrical release in Germany autumn 2016. Read more »
Screendaily
Met King of the Belgians, Souvenir, Vincent, Achter de wolken en D’Ardennen telt het programma van het Internationaal Filmfestival van Palms Springs vijf Vlaamse speelfilms. Het evenement, dat van 5 tot 15 januari 2017 loopt, is een van de grootste en meest bezochte festivals in de Verenigde Staten. Read more »
VAF
Everybody Happy en Achter de wolken in première in Montréal. Read more »
Vaf
We hebben natuurlijk al tal van coming of age-films gezien, maar Robyn O. (14) wist toch een speciale plaats in ons hart te veroveren door het memorabele hoofdpersonage en de energieke stijl van de film. Read more »
Belgium - Kortfilm.be - 2012
Dat België schrijnend en armoedig kan zijn wisten we al en dat niet alleen de gebroeders Dardenne op dit thema een patent hebben, bewijst Cecilia Verheyden met haar realistisch drama Ou Quoi. Read more »
Belgium - Kortfilm.be - 2007