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

The BRIFF lifts the veil on its second edition

The BRIFF lifts the veil on its second edition

The Brussels International Film Festival has revealed the details of the programme set to unspool at its very European sophomore edition  

06/06/2019 | BRIFF 2019

Olivier Van Hoofstadt gets stuck into the shoot for Lucky

Olivier Van Hoofstadt gets stuck into the shoot for Lucky

The Belgian helmer is currently filming his third feature, an off-the-wall comedy that boasts a five-star cast  

06/06/2019 | Production | France/Belgium

Jeanne Brunfaut • Director general, Wallonia-Brussels Federation Film and Audiovisual Centre

Interview: Jeanne Brunfaut • Director general, Wallonia-Brussels Federation Film and Audiovisual Centre

"We have to find a balance between radical film proposals and more mainstream cinema offerings"

Jeanne Brunfaut, director general of the Wallonia-Brussels Federation Film and Audiovisual Centre, looks back on the fantastic results at Cannes and discusses the Centre’s new support initiatives  

04/06/2019

Review: Our Mothers

Review: Our Mothers

CANNES 2019: Through the story of Ernesto, his family, and his friends, César Díaz paints the portrait of a collective resilience, that of the victims of the Guatemalan military dictatorship  

21/05/2019 | Cannes 2019 | Critics’ Week

Cesar Diaz • Director of Our Mothers

Interview: Cesar Diaz • Director of Our Mothers

"I didn’t want to give a history lesson, I wanted to give history a human form"

CANNES 2019: We met with Cesar Diaz, the Guatemalan director now settled in Belgium, whose first film, Our Mothers, is being presented this year during Cannes’ Critics’ Week  

21/05/2019 | Cannes 2019 | Critics’ Week

Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne • Directors of Young Ahmed

Interview: Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne • Directors of Young Ahmed

"The child is more radical than the radicals"

CANNES 2019: We met with the Dardenne brothers on the occasion of their 8th visit to the Cannes competition with yet another film, this time in the form of Young Ahmed, their 11th feature  

21/05/2019 | Cannes 2019 | Competition

Review: Young Ahmed

Review: Young Ahmed

CANNES 2019: The Dardenne brothers return to their core film values, painting a modest portrait of a child caught in the vortex of religious radicalisation  

20/05/2019 | Cannes 2019 | Competition

Jean-Yves Roubin  • Producer, Frakas Productions

Interview: Jean-Yves Roubin • Producer, Frakas Productions

"Genre cinema offers a lot of freedom in terms of form and discourse"

CANNES 2019: We met with Jean-Yves Roubin, founder of Frakas Productions, the co-producer of two films showcased in Cannes this year: Atlantics and Vivarium  

18/05/2019 | Cannes 2019 | Marché du film

Indie Sales opens Brussels-based subsidiary Best Friend Forever

Indie Sales opens Brussels-based subsidiary Best Friend Forever

The Parisian international sales agent has opened a subsidiary in Brussels, which is springing into action with a title in the Directors’ Fortnight, Oleg  

13/05/2019 | Cannes 2019 | Marché du Film

TV programmes and the web now covered by the Swiss/Wallonia-Brussels co-production agreements

TV programmes and the web now covered by the Swiss/Wallonia-Brussels co-production agreements

The co-production agreement between the Wallonia-Brussels Federation and Switzerland has been extended to encompass TV programmes and those intended for online release  

09/05/2019 | Institutions | Belgium/Switzerland

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