ON THE EDGE / НА МЕЖІ

Leonid Nefedovich
Sep 26
2 min read

2024 / 104' / feature / Belgium

Alexia, 25, arrives as a trainee nurse in the closed ward of a psychiatric hospital, and meets Joëlle, the head nurse, who teaches her the job. Alexia is touched by the anger of Mila, a 20-year-old patient, who thinks she has no business being there. Despite Joëlle’s warnings about keeping her distance from patients, Alexia gets close to Mila and puts all her energy into trying to get her out.

Screenings schedule:

September 25, 2025 at 10:15 a.m. at the Zhovten Cinema, Anshlah Hall

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DIRECTOR - GUÉRIN VAN DE VORST

Biography

Guérin Van de Vorst was born in Brussels in 1978. After studying cinema at filmschool IAD, he directed several short fiction films and documentaries selected in many festivals around the world. These films attempt to portray with humanity characters on the margins of society. His first feature film The faithfull son was released in 2017.

Selected filmography

2024: On The Edge
2022: All The Fucking Love Of The World
2017: The Faithful Son
2016: Ulysses
2015: Dumber Than Steak

DIRECTOR - SOPHIE MUSELLE

Biography

Sophie Muselle, born in Liège in 1974, is a Belgian psychologist, director, and screenwriter. She has had an atypical career, practicing several different professions in parallel. Her work in Armenia, in a psychiatric hospital, was to lay the foundations for the rest of her artistic career.

She founded a theater troupe that brings together people with diverse experiences of madness and psychiatry, destigmatizing and questioning society. Since 2018, she has teamed up with Guerin van de Vorst to co-write and co-direct On the Edge, which is her first feature film.

Selected filmography