Olivier MASSET-DEPASSE (1971, Belgium) studied Script and Novel Writing and Musical Composition at the European Writing University in 1993, and graduated in film directing at the IAD four years later. Ill&eacute;gal&nbsp;(2010) is his second feature,&nbsp;which premiered at the&nbsp;2010 Cannes Film Festival. His TV film&nbsp;Sanctuaire&nbsp;(2015) won among others the Golden FIPA for best scenario.&nbsp;

Olivier Masset-Depasse

The sorrow of Belgium in less than half an hour. Penetrating film about the difficult relationship between the mother Nicole, who works in a butcher's shop, and her daughter Rita, ten years after the father's death.

IFFR 2001

Chambre froide, 

main programme short

Chambre froide

1982: The Spanish Socialist Workers’ Party landslide victory in the national elections ends the 'heroic' period in ETA history. Once fêted as anti-fascist freedom fighters, they’re now mere terrorists hunted by various paramilitary vigilante groups in an underground war that doesn't stop at the border to France. Exceptional piece of left-wing agitprop.

IFFR 2017

Perspectives

Sanctuaire, 

Criss-Cross

Sanctuaire

Overwhelming leading role by Anne Coessens as a suspicious, hard-working Belarussian illegal immigrant who has come to Belgium looking for a better future for her son. One day she is accidentally caught, while her son escapes. A punch in the belly and an indictment of the system.

IFFR 2025
30 Jan – 9 Feb 2025

Olivier Masset-Depasse

Filmography

Olivier Masset-Depasse at IFFR

Chambre froide

Dans l'ombre

Illégal

Sanctuaire