Nominated for the 2025 Lux Audience Award, see the full nominees here.

Julie (Tessa Van den Broeck) is a highly promising 15-year-old tennis player whose life revolves around the sport she has been devoted to since childhood. Julie’s regimented life at the tennis academy is brutally interrupted by the shocking news of a fellow young player’s suicide, followed by the suspension of her coach, whose has been accused of inappropriate behaviour and is the subject of a police investigation. The incident motivates other girls to come forward and share their stories but Julie choose to remain silent. Despite mounting pressure on her to discuss her relationship with her beloved mentor, the introverted teen keeps her focus on her game. Sensitive, moving, and meticulously crafted, Julie Keeps Quiet tackles pertinent questions about the silence of women confronting a calculating abuser.

Notes by David O’Mahony.