BABBS the Movie

“Brexit is breaking something inside us.”

The outcome of the UK's Brexit referendum in June 2016 came as a shock.  This was a time bomb with a long fuse: ‘business as usual’ resumed during the transition period, but reality is hitting hard as 2021 kicks off a dramatically different relationship between the UK and the EU. 

1.3 million UK nationals are settled in the EU.  Thousands of British citizens made Belgium their home and now face profound changes to their lives.  Emma and Louise set up the ‘Brexit and the Belgian Brits (BABBS)’ group on Facebook in 2017 as a support network: we now have 1,700 BABBS members and want to tell our story.

Our short documentary is designed as a community project that will highlight feelings of betrayal and bewilderment about changes not of our choosing, but also what gives us hope at this historic time.  We want to keep a record of how this shared experience affects us and use this to host screening sessions and discussions on what Brexit has taught us.

So far we have gathered some great Vlogs in response to our Casting Call, and several dozen BABBS members attended the silent vigil outside the British Embassy on 31 December (see update). We're thinking of calling the film Marooned (by Brexit)... Thanks for your help!!