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Source: Outplay Films

‘Before/After’

EXCLUSIVE: Outplay Films has acquired world sales rights to Manoel Dupont’s Before/After, ahead of its world premiere next month in Karlovy Vary’s Proxima Competition.

The feature debut of French-Estonian actor Dupont, Before/After follows two men in their 30s, who experiencing baldness; and are brought together by the possibility of a hair transplant.

It is produced by Boris Baum and Clara Brandt for Belgium’s Les Films de la Recre, and stars Baptiste Leclere and Jeremy Lamblot, playing characters with their own first names.

Dupont previously directed 2023 short Oil Oil Oil, which launched at Clermont-Ferrand short film festival.

Based in Paris and Marseille, Outplay Films’ current catalogue includes Cecilia Verheyden’s Skiff, and Laetitia Jacquart and Corinne Sullivan’s Fire Within.

Karlovy Vary Film Festival 2025 takes place from July 4-12.