DON'T SHOOT

NIET SCHIETEN

By Stijn CONINX

KINEPOLIS FILM DISTRIBUTION (KFD) - as DISTR Theatrical, BELGIUM

Drama - Completed 2018

In one fell swoop, nine-year old David Van de Steen lost his mother, his father and his sister in an attack by the Brabant Killers in Aalst. His grandfather, Albert, has the well-nigh impossible task of giving David a new perspective on life, a future.

Festivals
& Awards

Arras Film Festival 2018
Palm Spring Fest. 2019
    • Year of production
    • 2018
    • Genres
    • Drama, True Story, Thriller
    • Countries
    • BELGIUM
    • Languages
    • FLEMISH
    • Budget
    • 1 - 3 M$
    • Duration
    • 140 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Stijn CONINX
    • Writer(s)
    • Stijn CONINX, Rik D'HIET
    • Producer(s)
    • Peter BOUCKAERT (EYEWORKS FILM & TV DRAMA BVBA)
    • Synopsis
    • November 9, 1985. A gang carried out a bloody raid on the Delhaize Supermarket in Aalst, Belgium. The so-called Brabant Killers brutally murdered eight innocent people, among whom were Gilbert, Thérèse and Rebecca Van de Steen. Nine-year old David Van de Steen, although critically injured, survived the shooting. His parents and sister were among the final victims of the infamous gang. David was now an orphan and his grandparents took on the heart-wrenching task of trying to give him a new perspective on life and help him build a future. Grandfather Albert fought for over 25 years to bring the killers to justice. To this day, the killers who murdered 28 people between 1982 and 1985 have not been identified. It is the biggest scandal in the history of Belgian justice.