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1551 articles available in total starting from 19/03/2008. Last article published on 11/07/2025.

Madly in Life and Playground dominate the Belgian Cinema Magritte awards

Madly in Life and Playground dominate the Belgian Cinema Magritte awards

Two first films –one by Ann Sirot and Raphaël Balboni, and the other by Laura Wandel - scooped almost all the trophies at the awards ceremony’s 11th edition  

14/02/2022 | Festivals | Awards | Belgium

Review: Dreaming Walls

Review: Dreaming Walls

Amélie Van Elmbt and Maya Duverdier deliver a documentary portrait of the legendary Chelsea Hotel, paying a historic, fantasy visit to this bohemian New York Mecca  

12/02/2022 | Berlinale 2022 | Panorama

Benoit Mariage is part of the Be For Films line-up

Benoit Mariage is part of the Be For Films line-up

The Brussels-based international sales company Bruxelles is heading to the Berlinale with a few cards up its sleeve, including Habib  

09/02/2022 | Berlinale 2022 | EFM

Bénédicte Lienard and Mary Jimenez are currently filming Fuga

Bénédicte Lienard and Mary Jimenez are currently filming Fuga

The directors continue their cinematic exploration of Peru with a hybrid feature film that mixes documentary and fiction  

09/02/2022 | Belgium/Peru/Netherlands/France

Best Friend Forever to lay siege to Berlin armed with Bertrand Bonello’s latest offering

Best Friend Forever to lay siege to Berlin armed with Bertrand Bonello’s latest offering

The sales agent is tackling this year’s Berlinale with the French director’s newest movie, the tantalising Coma  

08/02/2022 | Berlinale 2022 | EFM

Jan Bucquoy • Director of The Last Temptation of the Belgians

Interview: Jan Bucquoy • Director of The Last Temptation of the Belgians

“My film is a counter-attack against our tragic fate”

The unclassifiable and iconoclastic artist, filmmaker, poet provocateur and agitator is offering up the 3rd instalment of his cinematic autobiography which is deeply rooted in Belgium  

02/02/2022 | /Belgium

Review: The Last Temptation of the Belgians

Review: The Last Temptation of the Belgians

Unpredictable director Jan Bucquoy adds the final touch to his autobiography, following on from La Vie Sexuelle des Belges and Camping Cosmos, in the form of a drama flirting with humour  

01/02/2022 | Films | Reviews | Belgium

Thierry Michel  • Director of Empire of Silence

Interview: Thierry Michel • Director of Empire of Silence

"We can’t just stand back and watch forever, without saying or doing anything"

The director uses his documentary to look back on 25 years of war in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and the blind eye and deaf ear turned by the international community  

19/01/2022 | /Belgium

Review: Empire of Silence

Review: Empire of Silence

Thierry Michel looks back on a drama which has lasted almost 30 years, unfolding in one of the richest countries in the world whose people are one of the poorest  

18/01/2022 | Films | Reviews | Belgium

Ramdam unveils a programme brimming with Belgian premieres

Ramdam unveils a programme brimming with Belgian premieres

Despite all the doubts hovering over the process of organising the festival, it’s back this year, unspooling from 15-25 January in Tournai  

11/01/2022 | Festivals | Awards | Belgium

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