The Belgian Ensors Are Back: F*** You Very, Very Much and Aller/Retour Receive 7 Nominations
More great news for Bert Scholier’s hit series ‘F*** You Very, Very Much’ and Dorothée Van Berghe’s Buddy Road Trip film ‘Aller/Retour’, which has received 7 nominations at this year’s Belgian Ensors Awards. The nominations include 6 Ensors for the second season of F*** You Very, Very Much for Best Director, Best Script, Best Sound, Best Edit, Best Art Direction and Best Make-up, with ‘Aller/Retour’ also taking home a Best Supportive Cast nomination for Anemone Valcke’s role as Kiki.
‘F*** You Very, Very Much is a 2021 Flemish Comedy produced by Caviar Brussels for local streaming service Streamz, which is written and directed by Belgian director Bert Scholiers. The series has been praised by fans for the crazy adventures of best friends An (played by Frances Lefebure), Flo (played by Evelien Bosmans) and Violet (played by Daphne Wellens) who all try to find themselves while navigating careers, strange families and modern dating. Previously the show was nominated for 12 Ensors for its first season, and earlier last year released its highly anticipated second season after being re-commissioned due to its successful debut.
Aller/Retour is the latest feature of Flemish director Dorothée Van Berghe and follows the story of Erika (played by Ruth Beeckmans), a female Truck Driver who discovers refugee Idy (played by Welket Bungué) while on the road, causing the two to form an unlikely friendship. The film was recently chosen as part of the Official Selection at the 2023 Film Festival Oostende and Female Filmmakers Festival in Berlin, where it was warmly received and had an exclusive Q&A with Dorothée about the creation of the film.
The Belgian Ensor Awards are due to take place next month on February 4th in Oostende.
Watch the trailers below for both nominated works below and watch all episodes of F*** You Very, Very Much now on Streamz and Play4 in Belgium, or via Amazon Prime in the Netherlands.