Flemish director Stijn Coninx (Marina, a Festival favorite in 2014) turns to darker subject matter with Don’t Shoot. This riveting, real-life film noir is based on a notorious crime spree that traumatized Belgian society from 1982 to 1985, when the Brabant Killers topped the country’s most-wanted list. It focuses on the victims of the gang’s bloody raid on the Delhaize supermarket in Aalst on November 9, 1985. Among them is nine-year-old David van de Steen, who survives the shooting and catches a glimpse of one of the killers without his mask. The resilient David is raised by his grandparents Albert and Metje (the great Flemish actors Jan Decleir and Viviane de Muynck). Albert, a brave businessman, fights for more than 25 years to bring the killers to justice. Along the way, investigators reveal close and disturbing links between the police, the gendarmerie, politicians, and organized crime.

Director Stijn Coninx