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Seventy years after French mountaineer Marie-Louise Chapelle became the first French woman to reach an unclimbed Himalayan peak, filmmaker Ellen Vermeulen traverses snow landscapes that have been drastically transformed by time and climate, and finds herself confronted with her own questions and uncertainties.
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After being screened and acclaimed at festivals all around the world, Tóc, Giấy và Nước… (Hair, Paper, Water...) comes to Brussels for the “En Ville !” Festival. This poetic, heartwarming documentary, a unique sensory experience, returns to Belgium after competing in the official selection of Film Fest Gent last October, where it had its Belgian premiere. The screening at “En Ville !”, on 30 January at Cinema Galeries in the presence of Nicolas Graux, is a great opportunity to discover Hair, Paper, Water... months ahead of its official release in Belgian cinemas this spring.
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Melrick, a thirteen-year-old boy, spends his summer vacation with his grandmother Nicole in Cayenne, French Guiana. His desire to learn to play the drum brings back the specter of Lucas, his uncle, also a drummer, who died in tragic conditions eleven years earlier.
Melrick, a thirteen-year-old boy, spends his summer vacation with his grandmother Nicole in Cayenne, French Guiana. His desire to learn to play the drum brings back the specter of Lucas, his uncle, also a drummer, who died in tragic conditions eleven years earlier.
Melrick, a thirteen-year-old boy, spends his summer vacation with his grandmother Nicole in Cayenne, French Guiana. His desire to learn to play the drum brings back the specter of Lucas, his uncle, also a drummer, who died in tragic conditions eleven years earlier.
The chaotic settlement of a Polish Jewish family in Brussels in 1947. A brooding yet restrained biographical journey, the only feature film of the all-too-brief career of the talented Samy Szlingerbaum.
The chaotic settlement of a Polish Jewish family in Brussels in 1947. A brooding yet restrained biographical journey, the only feature film of the all-too-brief career of the talented Samy Szlingerbaum.
The chaotic settlement of a Polish Jewish family in Brussels in 1947. A brooding yet restrained biographical journey, the only feature film of the all-too-brief career of the talented Samy Szlingerbaum.
The chaotic settlement of a Polish Jewish family in Brussels in 1947. A brooding yet restrained biographical journey, the only feature film of the all-too-brief career of the talented Samy Szlingerbaum.
The chaotic settlement of a Polish Jewish family in Brussels in 1947. A brooding yet restrained biographical journey, the only feature film of the all-too-brief career of the talented Samy Szlingerbaum.
The chaotic settlement of a Polish Jewish family in Brussels in 1947. A brooding yet restrained biographical journey, the only feature film of the all-too-brief career of the talented Samy Szlingerbaum.
The chaotic settlement of a Polish Jewish family in Brussels in 1947. A brooding yet restrained biographical journey, the only feature film of the all-too-brief career of the talented Samy Szlingerbaum.
An old coco merchant is making his way through the bustling market squares of the Marolles neighborhood with a large beverage dispenser on his back, serving licorice lemonade to locals. A precious document of city life in mid-century Brussels.
An old coco merchant is making his way through the bustling market squares of the Marolles neighborhood with a large beverage dispenser on his back, serving licorice lemonade to locals. A precious document of city life in mid-century Brussels.
An old coco merchant is making his way through the bustling market squares of the Marolles neighborhood with a large beverage dispenser on his back, serving licorice lemonade to locals. A precious document of city life in mid-century Brussels.
An old coco merchant is making his way through the bustling market squares of the Marolles neighborhood with a large beverage dispenser on his back, serving licorice lemonade to locals. A precious document of city life in mid-century Brussels.
An old coco merchant is making his way through the bustling market squares of the Marolles neighborhood with a large beverage dispenser on his back, serving licorice lemonade to locals. A precious document of city life in mid-century Brussels.
An old coco merchant is making his way through the bustling market squares of the Marolles neighborhood with a large beverage dispenser on his back, serving licorice lemonade to locals. A precious document of city life in mid-century Brussels.
An old coco merchant is making his way through the bustling market squares of the Marolles neighborhood with a large beverage dispenser on his back, serving licorice lemonade to locals. A precious document of city life in mid-century Brussels.
A Roma family lives in the vacant Gesù convent in Brussels. As Desiere is working on a fiction film with them, a real eviction of the residents becomes more and more likely.
A Roma family lives in the vacant Gesù convent in Brussels. As Desiere is working on a fiction film with them, a real eviction of the residents becomes more and more likely.
A Roma family lives in the vacant Gesù convent in Brussels. As Desiere is working on a fiction film with them, a real eviction of the residents becomes more and more likely.
A Roma family lives in the vacant Gesù convent in Brussels. As Desiere is working on a fiction film with them, a real eviction of the residents becomes more and more likely.
A Roma family lives in the vacant Gesù convent in Brussels. As Desiere is working on a fiction film with them, a real eviction of the residents becomes more and more likely.
A Roma family lives in the vacant Gesù convent in Brussels. As Desiere is working on a fiction film with them, a real eviction of the residents becomes more and more likely.
A Roma family lives in the vacant Gesù convent in Brussels. As Desiere is working on a fiction film with them, a real eviction of the residents becomes more and more likely.
The Marolles is a playground for kids until one day workmen shake up the neighbourhood. The children declare war on them. A film about Brussels in the 1950s, in collaboration with the inhabitants.
The Marolles is a playground for kids until one day workmen shake up the neighbourhood. The children declare war on them. A film about Brussels in the 1950s, in collaboration with the inhabitants.
Father Daens returns to Aalst, where workers suffer from poverty, child labor, and exploitation in the textile industry. Driven by his sense of justice, he takes their side, even if it means confronting the church and the upper class. A detailed historical drama about the fight for justice.
Father Daens returns to Aalst, where workers suffer from poverty, child labor, and exploitation in the textile industry. Driven by his sense of justice, he takes their side, even if it means confronting the church and the upper class. A detailed historical drama about the fight for justice.
Father Daens returns to Aalst, where workers suffer from poverty, child labor, and exploitation in the textile industry. Driven by his sense of justice, he takes their side, even if it means confronting the church and the upper class. A detailed historical drama about the fight for justice.
Father Daens returns to Aalst, where workers suffer from poverty, child labor, and exploitation in the textile industry. Driven by his sense of justice, he takes their side, even if it means confronting the church and the upper class. A detailed historical drama about the fight for justice.
Father Daens returns to Aalst, where workers suffer from poverty, child labor, and exploitation in the textile industry. Driven by his sense of justice, he takes their side, even if it means confronting the church and the upper class. A detailed historical drama about the fight for justice.
Father Daens returns to Aalst, where workers suffer from poverty, child labor, and exploitation in the textile industry. Driven by his sense of justice, he takes their side, even if it means confronting the church and the upper class. A detailed historical drama about the fight for justice.
Father Daens returns to Aalst, where workers suffer from poverty, child labor, and exploitation in the textile industry. Driven by his sense of justice, he takes their side, even if it means confronting the church and the upper class. A detailed historical drama about the fight for justice.
Jamal Hindawi, Palestinian, lives with his family in the Shatila refugee camp in Beirut, where he makes political theatre. When he starts a journey to search for an important lost theatre prop, he witnesses how the successive political and economic crises have disrupted an entire region and its people.
Jamal Hindawi, Palestinian, lives with his family in the Shatila refugee camp in Beirut, where he makes political theatre. When he starts a journey to search for an important lost theatre prop, he witnesses how the successive political and economic crises have disrupted an entire region and its people.
Jamal Hindawi, Palestinian, lives with his family in the Shatila refugee camp in Beirut, where he makes political theatre. When he starts a journey to search for an important lost theatre prop, he witnesses how the successive political and economic crises have disrupted an entire region and its people.
In a small village on the border of Vietnam and Laos, an elderly woman teaches her grandchildren the language and traditional knowledge of the Rục, an ethnic minority. This tactile, poetic documentary, filmed on grainy 16 mm, evokes a sense of quiet wonder.
In a small village on the border of Vietnam and Laos, an elderly woman teaches her grandchildren the language and traditional knowledge of the Rục, an ethnic minority. This tactile, poetic documentary, filmed on grainy 16 mm, evokes a sense of quiet wonder.
In a small village on the border of Vietnam and Laos, an elderly woman teaches her grandchildren the language and traditional knowledge of the Rục, an ethnic minority. This tactile, poetic documentary, filmed on grainy 16 mm, evokes a sense of quiet wonder.
In a small village on the border of Vietnam and Laos, an elderly woman teaches her grandchildren the language and traditional knowledge of the Rục, an ethnic minority. This tactile, poetic documentary, filmed on grainy 16 mm, evokes a sense of quiet wonder.
In a small village on the border of Vietnam and Laos, an elderly woman teaches her grandchildren the language and traditional knowledge of the Rục, an ethnic minority. This tactile, poetic documentary, filmed on grainy 16 mm, evokes a sense of quiet wonder.
In a small village on the border of Vietnam and Laos, an elderly woman teaches her grandchildren the language and traditional knowledge of the Rục, an ethnic minority. This tactile, poetic documentary, filmed on grainy 16 mm, evokes a sense of quiet wonder.
A collective poem about the burning of home countries, about the fire and the smoke of armed conflict. A conversation with five women from different diasporas: about leaving… and (never) arriving. An ode to the displaced woman.
A fictitious nature documentary narrator takes the viewer on a journey meeting Palestinian stone masons, passionate British geologists and people living on the lava fields of Fogo. A hypnotic essay film asking urgent ecological questions.
Letters filled with everyday concerns and maternal advice contrast with slow-moving images of a distant Manhattan in the 1970s. A personal account and a time capsule of a city in transformation.
Short films that emerged from the eyes and hands of the movement La Voix des Sans-Papiers and two filmmakers. Their work reflects an ongoing struggle, primarily focused on staying aligned together.
Three highly original, lovingly and playfully crafted films spanning over fifteen years. Blending documentary and fiction, these films, like the blue garden cabin that gives the trilogy its title, form an intimate oeuvre as well as a fertile space of memory and imagination.
Patient observations unfold into a carefully constructed portrait of the modest residential Hotel Monterey in Manhattan. The camera traces an upward path through the building, capturing its corridors, elevators, rooms, and inhabitants.
