After a degree in Business Management, Valéry decided to give film directing a chance and graduated from IAD (Bel- gian film school in Louvain- la-Neuve) in 2005. He started by working as an assistant on many full-length films. In 2008, he directed the short film Bonne nuit (Good Night), which was awarded in about ten festivals and nominated for the European Film Awards in 2009. In 2011, he finished a new short film, Dimanches (Sun- days), which wins the « Prix Découverte » (Discovery Price) at the 2012 Cannes Festival (in the Semaine de la Cri- tique). This short was select- ed in many festivals and won many prizes.