A MAN DRESSED IN BLUE IS WAITING IN A POORLY VENTILATED ROOM. HE IS REALLY THIRSTY. ALL OF A SUDDEN, A MAN DRESSED IN RED ENTERS THE ROOM WITH A WATER TANK. HE DEFINITELY WON’T SHARE IT WITH ANYONE.
LISA SALLUSTIO
LISA SALLUSTIO IS A YOUNG BELGIAN FILM DIRECTOR BORN IN THE WALLOON PROVINCE OF HAINAUT, CALLED “BORINAGE”.
GRADUATED IN POLITICAL SCIENCES AT THE FREE UNI- VERSITY OF BRUSSELS (ULB) AND IN DRAMATIC MISE- EN-SCÈNE AT THE INSAS FILM SCHOOL IN BRUSSELS, SHE THEN JOINED THE FÉMIS, THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PROFESSIONAL IMAGE AND SOUND IN PARIS.
IN 2020, SHE GRADUATES WITH HER MOVIE “LES PU- NAISES”, AN ALLEGORICAL TALE ABOUT THE EXPLOITA- TION OF LABOUR. CANAL + BOUGHT THE MOVIE WHICH TOURED MANY FESTIVALS AROUND THE WORLD. THE FILM WON FOURTH PLACE IN THE CILECT PRIZE IN 2021.
WATER COOLER WAR IS HER FIRST PROFESSIONAL SHORT FILM. AGAIN, THE MOVIE IS A TALE, BUT THIS TIME IT HOLDS AN ECOLOGICAL MEANING: WATER IS COMMON GOOD AND SERIOUS CONSEQUENCES EMERGE FROM ITS PRIVATIZATION.
