Gaspard Le Dourner
2026
Belgium, France
French
fiction
drama | women | family
21 minutes
Canaille Production
Under the scorching heat of the Belgian Ardennes, Lola returns to the family home after a year away. She reunites with her younger sister, Camille, who has been taking care of their mother, Anne, suffering from Alzheimer’s. During this afternoon, tension builds between the sisters as Anne wanders off into the woods, while a violent wildfire spreads through the region.
Lola | Aisleen McLafferty
Camille | Lila Leloup
Anne | Marie Bunel
Director of Photography | Marie Merlant Script Supervisor | Eliana Haleng
Editor | Noémie Lobry
Assistant Director | Jeanne Clerbaux Production Manager | Maëlle Paternotte Assistant Production Manager | Zoé Schmitz
Production Designer | Vanessa van de Werve
Special Effects Supervisor | François De Vogelaer
Composer | Emmanuel Abdul
Sound Engineer | Renaud Dufour
Boom Operator | Thomas Guillaume
First Assistant Camera & Steadicam Operator | Alexandre Michiels
Assistant Camera Operator | Bertrand Gatot
Second Assistant Camera | Camille Van Durme
Costume Designer | Sarah Battilana Makeup Artist and Hair Stylist | Tallulah Farquhar
Gaffer | Simon Verjus
Assistant Gaffer | Lucien Gaubert
Key Grip | Julien Lizen
Grips | Katrine Mourade and Vincent Nouguier
Grip Trainee | Quentin Peeters Production and Directing Trainee | Élodie Walter
Set Design Assistants | Bryan Leuke and Martin Lambrix
Production Manager | Valentin Berryer Location Scout | Hugues Vanhoutte Sound Editor | Yan Volsy
Sound Mixer | Christian Cartier
Sound Mixer Assistant | Luc Aureille Colorist | Paul Millot
Graphic Designer | Nino Leurquin Screenwriter | Gaspard Le Dourner Writing Collaborator | Léonard Gauthie
Gaspard Le Dourner (born 1997) is a Belgian/French film director and screenwriter. He studied at Institut des Arts de Diffusion (IAD) in Belgium and graduated with his short film Solar. In 2025, he wrote and directed LES LUCIOLES (Fireflies), a short fiction film. He is currently developing his first feature film.
FIREFLIES (Les Lucioles) tells the story of three women - one family - shaken by Alzheimer's disease. Gaspard Le Dourner met Aisleen McLafferty and Lila Leloup, the actresses, during their film studies, and they connected around the desire to tell a story of sorority in which two sisters seek to repair a family rift. Their mother, played by Marie Bunel, is struggling with the illness and they lack the tools to face it. The film seeks to understand what binds and separates the sisters and how they can unite again to confront the danger. Except that outside, the forest is burning and time is running out.
