About
Aloha!
Charlotte De Cort is a Brussels based writer and film director. In her work Charlotte feels driven towards close skins, fragile looks and tactile body movements to trigger the viewer’s senses. With her short documentary BGIRL BADLI (2022) Charlotte has traveled to different film festivals including Dok Leipzig, Krakow, FIPADOC, FIFA Montreal and IDFA School Programme.
Her hunger for empathy, sensuality and enrichment – experiences she hopes to translate to her audience - has also driven her to create her musical short film LIQUID LOVE (2022), made for the Belgian band Intergalactic Lovers, and her fiction short film UNGODLY (2023). Nowadays she is finishing her short dreamy documentary CORAL CITY (2024, co-directed with Camille Ghekiere), shot in Sri Lanka.
As a screenwriter, Charlotte has co-written the coming of age series SEASON OF SEX (2023, VRT). She is currently creating her own fiction series which will be in line with her filmic approach. As an artistic researcher at the RITCS Royal School Of Arts, Charlotte digs deeper into her film practice by studying the female gaze in regards to the politics of the dancing body on screen. In her research she is developing a tactile visual language of subjectivity through theory and practice.
Currently, Charlotte writes columns for the Brussels magazine BRUZZ, about her inspiring encounters and experiences in her beloved city.
Fun fact: I was born at home, without a doctor. My father was terrified, my mother enjoyed giving birth in her own way. So my life started with a proper filmic scene. Mom wanted Charlotte, dad wanted Lara - named after the enigmatic woman in the film ‘Dr. Zhivago’. Of course my mother won, but as a cinema lover, I feel much more related to my second name.
Charlotte Lara De Cort welcomes you.
AUTEUR PROJECTS
Short film ‘UNGODLY’ (2024, Filmfestival Oostende)
Short film ‘CORAL CITY’ (2024, Docville)
Documentary ‘BGIRL BADLI’ (2022, Brussels Short Film Festival, Docville, Dok Leipzig, IDFA School Program, etc)
Musical short film ‘LIQUID LOVE’ (2022, for Intergalactic Lovers)
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OTHER VOICES
“A born storyteller, Charlotte quickly caught the microbe of directing. She has a sixth sense for detecting good stories and, with her engaging and respectful personality, can make her characters actually tell their story in front of the lens in a particularly natural way. Which produces visual magic every time.” — Tinka Claeys (VRT Cultuur)
“I have come to know Charlotte as an enthusiast with a rare combination of scenario know-how, organizational talent and commitment… whom I would very much like to recommend.” — Frank Van Passel (director)
About short film ‘BGIRL BADLI’ (BEST SHORT - Cactus Festival 2023):
“Hip hop is the contemporary, current blues. Avant-garde and at the same time aimed at the masses. Furthermore, I believe that women are the most important people on earth. They are all of us mothers. BGIRL BADLI shows the primal power of the feminine and social life as abstract dance.” — Mauro Pawlowski (musician, Brussels Short Film Festival Award)
“The jury liked "Bgirl Badli" a lot especially because you accompanied Mali in a very respectful way and showed us her dilemma without exposing or judging her. You found the right tone for this short format both addressing younger people at eye level but also interesting for an older audience giving an inside view to the inner struggles of a teenager.” — DOK Leipzig
“We're so glad to have BGIRL BADLI in our selection. It's not that common to portray young people with such a supportive point of view.“ — Flying Film Festival
About shortfilm ‘Dear Angels’:
“‘Dear Angels’ features only LGBTQIA+ people speaking (...) De Cort and Declerq's documentary highlights their "queer" being so appealing that the atmospheric 16mm aesthetic contrasts quite a bit with the rather somber anecdotes. Many of these, understandably of course, tare at what was (or is) difficult for anyone who deviates from the norm” — Niels Putman (kortfilm.be) ★★★☆