A film movement born in a Brussels classroom
Wake Up! is a short film made by a group of young people and teachers in Brussels. It follows Tom, a teenager worn down by bullying while everyone around him chooses to look away, and it asks everyone watching to do the opposite.
Ten minutes that ask a simple question: what would you do?
Tom is pushed, insulted, and isolated by classmates, while people who see it happening say nothing. Wake Up! was built from conversations with young people who lived through exactly that, and its message is aimed less at the people causing harm than at everyone standing beside them.
“Stop pretending you didn’t see it.”
Produced with young people and teachers at Lycée Mater Dei, Brussels.
From the writers' room to a packed premiere in Stockel.
Wake Up! has been featured by RTBF, La Libre, La DH, and Le CEF, who covered the campaign against bullying in Belgian schools.
From a full cinema in Stockel to the Brussels Parliament.
Brussels premiere
Wake Up! premiered at Cinema Stockel to a crowd of more than 200 people, raising over €1,100 for Théracommuni, a non-profit working against bullying in schools.
Screened in the UK
Wake Up! was selected for the Sussex International Film Festival 2026, judged by a panel of Oscar and Emmy judges, and screened at the Hailsham Pavilion in Sussex, a commercial cinema ranked among the top 5 in the UK and Ireland.
Invited to the Brussels Parliament
On 3 October 2026, Wake Up! was invited to the Brussels Parliament to represent the film in discussions on new legislation affecting more than 200,000 children in Brussels, alongside Child Focus, KiVa, Kies Kleur tegen Pesten, the Délégué général aux droits de l’enfant of the Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles, and the Vlaams Kinderrechtencommissariaat.
From the Brussels Parliament to RTBF.
Our 2026 short campaign
Bullying rarely begins with a punch. It begins with the small things people learn to ignore. Our 2026 short campaign shines a light on those early moments and asks everyone who sees them to speak up before they grow.
Our new campaign, made in five languages
A few seconds is all it takes to look away, and all it takes to step in. Our newest campaign was made in each of the five languages on this site, so the version below changes with your language.
Our campaigns are supported by the Délégué général aux droits de l’enfant of the Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles, and by Veilig Online, the online education organisation created by Child Focus and Gezinsbond to prevent cyberbullying.
The film was made by young people, for young people, and it’s meant to be watched together, then talked about. Reach out to organise a screening, or follow along as the movement grows.
