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200 articles available in total starting from 17/06/2005. Last article published on 30/10/2025.

Johan Grimonprez • Director of Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat

Interview: Johan Grimonprez • Director of Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat

“I used to be fascinated by Khrushchev’s shoe-banging incident, yet I never realised it had to do with the politics of my own country”

In the Belgian director’s new documentary, music meets politics – and the results are explosive  

23/01/2024 | Sundance 2024 | World Cinema Documentary Competition

Review: Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat

Review: Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat

Mid-century American jazz soundtracks anti-colonial struggles in Johan Grimonprez’s study of the Congo Crisis and Patrice Lumumba’s CIA-backed assassination  

23/01/2024 | Sundance 2024 | World Cinema Documentary Competition

Episode 61: Close (Belgium/France/Netherlands)

Episode 61: Close (Belgium/France/Netherlands)

The producers of the film by Lukas Dhont are invited to speak about their collaboration and the financing of their film, which has received Eurimages support  

07/12/2023 | The Co-production Podcast

Review: Crossing

Review: Crossing

Dutch director Jacqueline van Vugt presents a simple yet successful debut film about the fear of loss and the violence of everyday life  

29/11/2023 | Seville 2023

Gust Van den Berghe  • Director of The Magnet Man

Interview: Gust Van den Berghe • Director of The Magnet Man

"I thought it would be interesting, in the era of superhero movies, to create a superhero who is actually not useful"

The director of the Best Original Score winner at Tallinn breaks down his film about a human magnet who struggles to find his place as an artist  

19/11/2023 | Black Nights 2023 | Competition

Review: The Magnet Man

Review: The Magnet Man

Gust Van den Berghe’s latest feature is a melancholic fairytale paying homage to circus and cinema  

17/11/2023 | Black Nights 2023 | Competition

First Cut Lab Belgium and First Cut Lab Netherlands open their calls

First Cut Lab Belgium and First Cut Lab Netherlands open their calls

The two labs are ready to welcome new films for their fourth edition, while the initiative’s international team has expanded  

25/10/2023 | First Cut Lab 2024

Eight pubcasters launch New8, the biggest drama collaboration in Europe

Eight pubcasters launch New8, the biggest drama collaboration in Europe

The group of Northern and Western European broadcasters will share their best drama shows with each other  

11/10/2023 | MIA 2023

Review: Wil

Review: Wil

With this historical film, a kind of tragic farce whose style and tone are unexpected, Tim Mielants casts a frank and uncompromising eye over the history of Belgium  

27/09/2023 | Films | Reviews | Belgium/Netherlands/Poland

Fien Troch • Director of Holly

Interview: Fien Troch • Director of Holly

“My strength has to do with making people wonder what’s real and what’s not”

VENICE 2023: The Belgian director keeps viewers guessing in her new film, about a shy girl who may or may not have mysterious powers  

08/09/2023 | Venice 2023 | Competition

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