Fiche Film
Cinéma/TV
LONG Métrage |
Ceux qui veillent | Those who watch over
Pays concerné : Belgique
Type : documentaire
Français
Un immigrant cesse d’être un voyageur lorsqu’il repose dans son pays d’accueil. À Bruxelles, la deuxième ville la plus cosmopolite du monde, ce qui était autrefois un aéroport militaire est devenu un cimetière multiconfessionnel. Il s’y déroule un nouveau récit : l’histoire de nos ancêtres. De nombreux immigrants d’origine arabe et africaine se sont ancrés, leurs enfants et leurs familles ici en Belgique et, à la fin du cycle de vie, sont maintenant enterrés dans leur pays d’accueil.
mit | estrelado | starring | avec
Karima Saïdi
ein film von | um filme de | a film by | un film de
Karima SAÏDI
Belgique, France, Qatar | 2025 | Long métrage Documentaire
Titles | Titres : THOSE WHO WATCH OVER | CEUX QUI VEILLENT
Countries | Pays : Belgium, France, Qatar | Belgique, France, Qatar
TYPE : Feature Documentary | Long métrage Documentaire
Year | Année : 2025
Runtime | Durée :
Producer | Productrice : Julie FRÈRES
REGISSEURIN / REALIZADORA / DIRECTOR / RÉALISATRICE :
Karima SAÏDI
Screenwriter | Scénariste :
Karima SAÏDI
DoP | Image :
Caroline Guimbal
Sound | Son :
Quentin Jacques
Editing | Montage :
Yaël Bitton
PRODUKTION / PRODUÇÃO / PRODUCTION / PRODUCTION :
Derives
CO-PRODUKTION / CO-PRODUÇÃO / CO-PRODUCTION / COPRODUCTION :
Les Films d’Ici,
Sophimages
PARTNERS | PARTENAIRES :
CCA Centre du Cinéma et de l’Audiovisuel de la Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles,
CBA – Centre de l’Audiovisuel à Bruxelles,
Media Creative Europe,
RTBF,
Vlaams Audiovisueel Fonds,
Doha Film Institute,
Centre National de la Cinématographie,
Tax Shelter of Belgian Government,
First Cut Lab
CONTACT (Print Copy / Diffusion du film, Festivals) :
Julie Frères (Dérives)
+32 43424939 | info(@)derives.be
FESTIVALS – PROJECÇÕES / FESTIVALS – SCREENINGS / PROJECTIONS (selection) :
/// 2024 | Selection : Final Cut workshop (Venice Production Bridge) | Venice Film Festival | Venise (Italie)
Fuente / Fontes / Our Source / Quelle / Nos Sources (MAIS INFORMAÇÕES / READ MORE / PLUS D’INFOS) :
– Africiné Magazine (Dakar)
– https://veniceproductionbridge.org/news/final-cut-venice-7-work-progress-films-have-been-selected
– https://veniceproductionbridge.org/sites/default/files/documenti/file/fcv_brochure_2024.pdf
Updated by Thierno DIA, 19 April 2025
mit | estrelado | starring | avec
Karima Saïdi
ein film von | um filme de | a film by | un film de
Karima SAÏDI
Belgique, France, Qatar | 2025 | Long métrage Documentaire
Titles | Titres : THOSE WHO WATCH OVER | CEUX QUI VEILLENT
Countries | Pays : Belgium, France, Qatar | Belgique, France, Qatar
TYPE : Feature Documentary | Long métrage Documentaire
Year | Année : 2025
Runtime | Durée :
Producer | Productrice : Julie FRÈRES
REGISSEURIN / REALIZADORA / DIRECTOR / RÉALISATRICE :
Karima SAÏDI
Screenwriter | Scénariste :
Karima SAÏDI
DoP | Image :
Caroline Guimbal
Sound | Son :
Quentin Jacques
Editing | Montage :
Yaël Bitton
PRODUKTION / PRODUÇÃO / PRODUCTION / PRODUCTION :
Derives
CO-PRODUKTION / CO-PRODUÇÃO / CO-PRODUCTION / COPRODUCTION :
Les Films d’Ici,
Sophimages
PARTNERS | PARTENAIRES :
CCA Centre du Cinéma et de l’Audiovisuel de la Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles,
CBA – Centre de l’Audiovisuel à Bruxelles,
Media Creative Europe,
RTBF,
Vlaams Audiovisueel Fonds,
Doha Film Institute,
Centre National de la Cinématographie,
Tax Shelter of Belgian Government,
First Cut Lab
CONTACT (Print Copy / Diffusion du film, Festivals) :
Julie Frères (Dérives)
+32 43424939 | info(@)derives.be
FESTIVALS – PROJECÇÕES / FESTIVALS – SCREENINGS / PROJECTIONS (selection) :
/// 2024 | Selection : Final Cut workshop (Venice Production Bridge) | Venice Film Festival | Venise (Italie)
Fuente / Fontes / Our Source / Quelle / Nos Sources (MAIS INFORMAÇÕES / READ MORE / PLUS D’INFOS) :
– Africiné Magazine (Dakar)
– https://veniceproductionbridge.org/news/final-cut-venice-7-work-progress-films-have-been-selected
– https://veniceproductionbridge.org/sites/default/files/documenti/file/fcv_brochure_2024.pdf
Updated by Thierno DIA, 19 April 2025
English
An immigrant ceases to be a traveller when he lies to rest in his host land. In Brussels, the world’s second most cosmopolitan city, on what was once a military airport now a multi-faith cemetery, a new narrative unfolds – the story of our ancestors. Many immigrants of Arab and African descent have anchored themselves, their children, and families here in Belgium, and upon completing life’s cycle, are now buried in their host land.
In Brussels, a city shaped by its immigrant population, Those Who Watch Over explores the intimate and diverse ways in which Arab and African immigrants, now buried in their host land, continue to influence and connect with the living. Through personal rituals and imaginative narratives, the film reveals how the deceased protect and guide their descendants, fostering a dialogue between past and present in a place that honours the plurality of cultural and familial bonds.
mit | estrelado | starring | avec
Karima Saïdi
ein film von | um filme de | a film by | un film de
Karima SAÏDI
Belgium, France, Qatar | 2025 | Feature Documentary
Titles | Titres : THOSE WHO WATCH OVER | CEUX QUI VEILLENT
Countries | Pays : Belgium, France, Qatar | Belgique, France, Qatar
TYPE : Feature Documentary | Long métrage Documentaire
Year | Année : 2025
Runtime | Durée :
DIRECTOR’S STATEMENT
A new history is being written on a virgin land once used as a military airport: that of our ancestors. By ending their life journey and choosing to rest here, many immigrants have anchored us, their children, and their families in their land of welcome.
I discovered the multi-faith plot in 2015 when my mother chose to be buried there. Having only known Moroccan cemeteries as whitewashed tombs where no photo or text other than a sura was permitted, I was speechless and taken aback to see my mother’s grave surrounded by such a diverse and motley neighborhood. I was in the Muslim plot, where no two graves were alike. Everything was the opposite of what I knew.
As free as it is structured, as polyphonic as it is singular, this beautifully manicured site welcomes families of all origins, some of whom even come to picnic next to their dead. It’s a truly shared place, where people talk to each other, help each other, and visit each other, much like in the life of a working-class neighborhood. These features make it a place that is more joyful than sad, and more frequented than the average cemetery.
– Karima SAÏDI
Producer | Productrice : Julie FRÈRES
REGISSEURIN / REALIZADORA / DIRECTOR / RÉALISATRICE :
Karima SAÏDI
Screenwriter | Scénariste :
Karima SAÏDI
DoP | Image :
Caroline Guimbal
Sound | Son :
Quentin Jacques
Editing | Montage :
Yaël Bitton
PRODUKTION / PRODUÇÃO / PRODUCTION / PRODUCTION :
Derives
CO-PRODUKTION / CO-PRODUÇÃO / CO-PRODUCTION / COPRODUCTION :
Les Films d’Ici,
Sophimages
PARTNERS | PARTENAIRES :
CCA Centre du Cinéma et de l’Audiovisuel de la Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles,
CBA – Centre de l’Audiovisuel à Bruxelles,
Media Creative Europe,
RTBF,
Vlaams Audiovisueel Fonds,
Doha Film Institute,
Centre National de la Cinématographie,
Tax Shelter of Belgian Government,
First Cut Lab
CONTACT (Print Copy / Diffusion du film, Festivals) :
Julie Frères (Dérives)
+32 43424939 | info(@)derives.be
FESTIVALS – PROJECÇÕES / FESTIVALS – SCREENINGS / PROJECTIONS (selection) :
/// 2024 | Selection : Final Cut workshop (Venice Production Bridge) | Venice Film Festival | Venise (Italie)
Fuente / Fontes / Our Source / Quelle / Nos Sources (MAIS INFORMAÇÕES / READ MORE / PLUS D’INFOS) :
– Africiné Magazine (Dakar)
– https://veniceproductionbridge.org/news/final-cut-venice-7-work-progress-films-have-been-selected
– https://veniceproductionbridge.org/sites/default/files/documenti/file/fcv_brochure_2024.pdf
Updated by Thierno DIA, 19 April 2025
In Brussels, a city shaped by its immigrant population, Those Who Watch Over explores the intimate and diverse ways in which Arab and African immigrants, now buried in their host land, continue to influence and connect with the living. Through personal rituals and imaginative narratives, the film reveals how the deceased protect and guide their descendants, fostering a dialogue between past and present in a place that honours the plurality of cultural and familial bonds.
mit | estrelado | starring | avec
Karima Saïdi
ein film von | um filme de | a film by | un film de
Karima SAÏDI
Belgium, France, Qatar | 2025 | Feature Documentary
Titles | Titres : THOSE WHO WATCH OVER | CEUX QUI VEILLENT
Countries | Pays : Belgium, France, Qatar | Belgique, France, Qatar
TYPE : Feature Documentary | Long métrage Documentaire
Year | Année : 2025
Runtime | Durée :
DIRECTOR’S STATEMENT
A new history is being written on a virgin land once used as a military airport: that of our ancestors. By ending their life journey and choosing to rest here, many immigrants have anchored us, their children, and their families in their land of welcome.
I discovered the multi-faith plot in 2015 when my mother chose to be buried there. Having only known Moroccan cemeteries as whitewashed tombs where no photo or text other than a sura was permitted, I was speechless and taken aback to see my mother’s grave surrounded by such a diverse and motley neighborhood. I was in the Muslim plot, where no two graves were alike. Everything was the opposite of what I knew.
As free as it is structured, as polyphonic as it is singular, this beautifully manicured site welcomes families of all origins, some of whom even come to picnic next to their dead. It’s a truly shared place, where people talk to each other, help each other, and visit each other, much like in the life of a working-class neighborhood. These features make it a place that is more joyful than sad, and more frequented than the average cemetery.
– Karima SAÏDI
Producer | Productrice : Julie FRÈRES
REGISSEURIN / REALIZADORA / DIRECTOR / RÉALISATRICE :
Karima SAÏDI
Screenwriter | Scénariste :
Karima SAÏDI
DoP | Image :
Caroline Guimbal
Sound | Son :
Quentin Jacques
Editing | Montage :
Yaël Bitton
PRODUKTION / PRODUÇÃO / PRODUCTION / PRODUCTION :
Derives
CO-PRODUKTION / CO-PRODUÇÃO / CO-PRODUCTION / COPRODUCTION :
Les Films d’Ici,
Sophimages
PARTNERS | PARTENAIRES :
CCA Centre du Cinéma et de l’Audiovisuel de la Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles,
CBA – Centre de l’Audiovisuel à Bruxelles,
Media Creative Europe,
RTBF,
Vlaams Audiovisueel Fonds,
Doha Film Institute,
Centre National de la Cinématographie,
Tax Shelter of Belgian Government,
First Cut Lab
CONTACT (Print Copy / Diffusion du film, Festivals) :
Julie Frères (Dérives)
+32 43424939 | info(@)derives.be
FESTIVALS – PROJECÇÕES / FESTIVALS – SCREENINGS / PROJECTIONS (selection) :
/// 2024 | Selection : Final Cut workshop (Venice Production Bridge) | Venice Film Festival | Venise (Italie)
Fuente / Fontes / Our Source / Quelle / Nos Sources (MAIS INFORMAÇÕES / READ MORE / PLUS D’INFOS) :
– Africiné Magazine (Dakar)
– https://veniceproductionbridge.org/news/final-cut-venice-7-work-progress-films-have-been-selected
– https://veniceproductionbridge.org/sites/default/files/documenti/file/fcv_brochure_2024.pdf
Updated by Thierno DIA, 19 April 2025
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