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10 articles available in total starting from 30/09/2024. Last article published on 07/10/2024.

David Oelhoffen  • Director of The Fourth Wall

Interview: David Oelhoffen • Director of The Fourth Wall

"Art helps light to penetrate the worst of reality, in spite of everything"

We met with the French filmmaker whose adaptation of Sorj Chaladon’s novel is a reflection on the role of art in the face of conflict, with dramatically topical relevance  

07/10/2024 | Namur 2024

Red Path scoops the Golden Bayard in Namur

Red Path scoops the Golden Bayard in Namur

The feature film by Tunisian director Lotfi Achour won the top prize at the Namur International French Film Festival  

07/10/2024 | Namur 2024 | Awards

Review: Saint-Ex

Review: Saint-Ex

Pablo Agüero tackles a singular chapter in the life of Antoine Saint-Exupéry, an epic struggle that ended up sealing a friendship  

04/10/2024 | Namur 2024

Lenny and Harpo Guit • Directors of Heads or Fails

Interview: Lenny and Harpo Guit • Directors of Heads or Fails

"We wanted to create an anti-heroine that people love, despite the dirty tricks she plays on everyone"

The Belgian duo talks about their second feature, revolving around a young generation fighting to keep their heads held high and their eyes smiling in spite of their precarious lives  

04/10/2024 | Namur 2024

Antoine Besse • Director of Ollie

Interview: Antoine Besse • Director of Ollie

“Films that don’t position themselves clearly between arthouse and mainstream cinema don’t receive enough support, and that’s a real problem”

The French director tells us more about his skateboarding-themed feature debut, which was inspired by the tragic story of his friend  

03/10/2024 | Namur 2024

Bénédicte Lienard and Mary Jimenez  • Directors of Fuga

Interview: Bénédicte Lienard and Mary Jimenez • Directors of Fuga

"It’s also our responsibility to talk about the past in the present"

The directorial duo chatted to us about their new movie which sees them pursuing their journey in search of ghosts from Peru’s past  

03/10/2024 | Namur 2024

Review: The Fourth Wall

Review: The Fourth Wall

More relevant than ever, David Oelhoffen uses Sorj Chalandon’s cult novel to shed light on the inevitability of the war in the Near-East and the role played by theatre and art in human conflicts  

01/10/2024 | Namur 2024

Review: Ollie

Review: Ollie

With his first feature, Antoine Besse revisits the theme of skateboarding as the vehicle for a story about an unusual friendship between two outsiders – characters rarely represented on screen  

01/10/2024 | Namur 2024

Review: Heads or Fails

Review: Heads or Fails

Lenny and Harpo Guit rediscover their taste for provocation while trying their hand at romantic comedy and incorporating their love of outcasts  

30/09/2024 | Namur 2024

Review: Fuga

Review: Fuga

Mary Jimenez and Bénédicte Lienard’s film pores over the scars left by the conflict which tore Peru apart for over 20 years homing in on a conveyor of souls and summoning ghosts to explore society  

30/09/2024 | Namur 2024

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