Downside Up

Directed by Peter Ghesquière · Starring Milo Huyghebaert, Nico Sturm, Tineke Van Haute, Peter Janssens · 2016

In a world where everyone has Down syndrome, a boy is born without it and grows up as the odd one out.

A simple reversal of who counts as 'normal' makes this award-winning Belgian short quietly devastating.

Downside Up reveals a world in which everyone has Down’s syndrome. One day, Eric is born, a boy who’s different.

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