email print share on Facebook share on Twitter share on LinkedIn share on reddit pin on Pinterest

Aurore Engelen


1552 articles available in total starting from 19/03/2008. Last article published on 30/07/2025.

Review: Hold on to Her

Review: Hold on to Her

Robin Vanbesien delivers an empathic, poetic and political essay film honouring the memory of Mawda, a child killed by police gunfire  

23/01 | Films | Reviews | Belgium

Review: L’acier a coulé dans nos veines

Review: L’acier a coulé dans nos veines

Thierry Michel and Christine Pireaux look back on the industrial era of steelmaking which secured Wallonia’s prosperity  

21/01 | Films | Reviews | Belgium

Teona Strugar Mitevska's Mother, starring Noomi Rapace, wraps principal photography

Teona Strugar Mitevska's Mother, starring Noomi Rapace, wraps principal photography

The Macedonian filmmaker has just wrapped shooting on her ambitious and atypical Mother Teresa biopic project  

17/12/2024 | Production | Funding | Belgium/North Macedonia/Sweden/Denmark/India

Screen Flanders supports Lukas Dhont's Coward

Screen Flanders supports Lukas Dhont's Coward

The Flemish regional audiovisual investment fund supports 14 new projects for its second 2024 session  

13/12/2024 | Production | Funding | Belgium

Principal photography under way for Manon Coubia’s Forêt Ivre

Principal photography under way for Manon Coubia’s Forêt Ivre

The young, Belgian-based French filmmaker is currently shooting her feature debut, which stars Anne Coesens, Salomé Richard and Aurélia Petit  

11/12/2024 | Production | Funding | Belgium/France

Manele Labidi • Director of Queen Mom

Interview: Manele Labidi • Director of Queen Mom

“Producing stories helps us escape from socially assigned roles”

We met with the filmmaker as she presented her new film in Cinemamed’s closing slot, and chatted with her about the way she set out to explore issues of exile and racism  

11/12/2024 | Cinemamed 2024

Ish and Monir Ait Hamou • Directors of BXL

Interview: Ish and Monir Ait Hamou • Directors of BXL

“We drill down inside of these two brothers, who dream big, no matter the cost”

We met with the filmmaking brothers as they looked back on the genesis of their first feature, which is a story blending the tumultuous fates of two Brussels-based brothers of Moroccan origin  

10/12/2024 | Cinemamed 2024

Egypt doubly rewarded in Cinemamed’s awards ceremony

Egypt doubly rewarded in Cinemamed’s awards ceremony

Seeking Haven for Mr Rambo scoops the Grand Prize in the Official Competition, The Brink of Dreams the Revolution Prize and Vermiglio the Cineuropa Award  

09/12/2024 | Cinemamed 2024 | Awards

Review: Queen Mom

Review: Queen Mom

Manele Labidi delivers a bitter-sweet family chronicle daringly venturing into fantasy film, exploring exile and identity with insolent tenderness  

06/12/2024 | Cinemamed 2024

Jawad Rhalib • Director of Since I Was Born

Interview: Jawad Rhalib • Director of Since I Was Born

“Working with the long duration of the documentary format is also moving forward into the unknown”

We met with the Belgian-Moroccan filmmaker to talk about his documentary, which focuses on the often thwarted destinies of children in the High Atlas, between tradition and rurality  

03/12/2024 | Cinemamed 2024

Privacy Policy