Sea Sparkle

Domien
Huyghe

Domien Huyghe (b. 1988) is a Belgian film director and screenwriter. He is a Midpoint TV Launch & Torino Series- and Filmlab alumni and received international recognition for his short film Maverick (2017). He is currently finishing his debut feature film Sea Sparkle (A PRIVATE VIEW) that was developed during the Cinekid Script- & Director’s lab and was selected for the Berlinale Coproduction Market.
He is developing his next feature film Amari (Selected for the Torino Filmlab Extended 2022) and a TV series Skate or Hate, (Selected for the Torino SeriesLab 2021).
Domien has been awarded several times as a director of remarkable music videos for bands such as BLAUDZUN, ANTLER KING and ARCHES. His work often features themes such as coping with loss and reconnecting with family and he is always searching for innovative ways to bring such themes to a large audience.

Twelve-year-old Lena rides a skateboard, listens to Angèle, is quite good at sailing and loves the ocean. She enjoys a carefree childhood by the sea, with her feet in the water and her head in the clouds. On her sailboat, she fights the winds and waves as passionately as her father did on his fishing expeditions. When he and the rest of his crew don't return one day, some say it was an accident, others say he was reckless. Lena is sure it couldn't have been her father's fault. It must have been a giant sea creature that overturned the ship. She just needs proof to prove everyone wrong. Lena's rage focuses her on a single task: to hunt down the underwater monster she believes is responsible for the disaster. This story of a teenager against a background of sadness, is based on the director's own experience. It was the opening film of the Generation Kplus section at this year's Berlinale.