This is the fictional story of teenager Malou (Femke Vanhove), her personal struggles, body issues, and the relationship with her immediate family in Willebroek, Antwerp province, Belgium.  Malou is into water sports, and she may be a rowing competitor in the coming Olympic Games, meanwhile sport teammates gossip about Malou not showering again, and they are not nice to her at all.

She is a member of a middle-class European family of four, brothers Alex and Max, a distant mother (Natali Broods), and an absent father. Brothers and mother plan to celebrate Malou´s 16 birthday : she has a close relationship with her two brothers as she wears their clothes daily, and her appearance is that of a blonde curly thin boy amongst the other two.

Max (Wout Vleugels) is wooing Nouria (Lina Miftah), a Muslim girl from Brussels visiting Willebroek for the Summer. However its Malou that Nouria is attracted to and film shows their feelings and vulnerabilities, and Max’s reaction too.

Among rowing lessons from one side and burping lessons from the other,  there is the skiff of the title, an ergometer, an inflatable pool,  a biker helmet, a scooter and a SPA gift card,  that allow the story to develop.

This is an intimate portrait of infatuated boyish girl who is in the process of getting to know and accept herself. The film closes with a tender sequence  and a question from Malou to her mother that resonates loud….. and to learn what did she asked about you must watch the movie.

Directed by Cecilia Verheyden and co-written with Vincent Vanneste