Now firmly established in the European capital and beyond, the Brussels International Film Festival (BRIFF) is returning between 20 and 28 June for another edition bursting with films unearthed in the biggest international festivals and casting a keen eye on the modern world. And to kick things off with style, the event will be hosting the world premiere of the new movie by Lucas Belvaux (Home Front [+lee también:
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entrevista: Lucas Belvaux
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entrevista: Lucas Belvaux
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entrevista: Lucas Belvaux
ficha de la película]) entitled Les Tourmentés, which has been adapted from the director’s own novel published in 2022 and which stars Niels Schneider, Ramzy Bedia, Linh-Dan Pham and Déborah François in its cast. Les Tourmentés thrusts the quartet into an unexpected relationships, which gets them thinking about the worth of a human life. The audience will also get to discover new films by Jean-Pascal Zadi (Le Grand Déplacement) and Quentin Dupieux (L’Accident de Piano) in exceptional previews.

The BRIFF will likewise offer up three competitions revealing a selection of previously unreleased films. The International Competition will showcase five titles discovered several weeks ago in Cannes: Enzo [+lee también:
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entrevista: Robin Campillo
ficha de la película], Laurent Cantet’s wonderful film, directed by Robin Campillo who will be presenting the film which previously opened the Directors’ Fortnight a few days ahead of its release in Belgium; Sentimental Value [+lee también:
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entrevista: Joachim Trier
ficha de la película], which won the Grand Prize and which heralds a reunion between Norwegian director Joachim Trier and his favourite actress Renate Reinsve; The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo by Diego Céspedes, which won him the Un Certain Regard Prize; Once Upon a Time in Gaza [+lee también:
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entrevista: Tarzan Nasser
ficha de la película] by brothers Tarzan and Arab Nasser, which scooped the Best Director trophy in the Un Certain Regard section; and Sleepless City [+lee también:
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entrevista: Guillermo Galoe
ficha de la película] by Guillermo Galoe which was presented in Critics’ Week. They’ll be battling it out against Polish movie Under the Volcano [+lee también:
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entrevista: Damian Kocur
ficha de la película] by Damian Kocur (presented in Toronto) and Deaf [+lee también:
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entrevista: Eva Libertad
ficha de la película] by Eva Libertad (awarded the Panorama section’s Audience Award in the Berlinale).

The BRIFF will also be placing Belgian cinema centre stage by way of its National Competition, gathering together ten titles which are a blend of fiction and documentary films. Audiences will discover films which have already premiered in international festivals ( Jahia’s Summer [+lee también:
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ficha de la película] by Olivier Meys, On the Edge [+lee también:
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ficha de la película] by Guérin van der Vorst & Sophie Muselle, Vitrival – The Most Beautiful Village in the Worldl [+lee también:
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entrevista: Noëlle Bastin y Baptiste B…
ficha de la película] by Noëlle Bastin & Baptiste Bogaert, Petit Rempart [+lee también:
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ficha de la película] by Eve Duchemin, and Kika [+lee también:
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entrevista: Alexe Poukine
ficha de la película] by Alexe Poukine, discovered in May in Cannes’ Critics Week), as well as unreleased movies such as Rano, which is a fiction film by Valéry Rosier & Farellia Tahina Venance.

The third and final competition, Directors’ Week, will offer up a field of exploration for young European cinema, showcasing seven films hailing from Lithuania, Spain, Hungary, France, Italy, Serbia and Ukraine: Drowning Dry [+lee también:
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entrevista: Laurynas Bareiša
ficha de la película] by Laurynas Bareiša (awarded the Best Director and best acting prizes in Locarno), Salve Maria [+lee también:
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entrevista: Mar Coll
ficha de la película] by Mar Coll (given a Special Mention in Locarno)  Lesson Learned [+lee también:
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entrevista: Bálint Szimler
ficha de la película] by Bálint Szimler (scooping a Special Mention in Locarno’s Cineasti del Presente section), That Summer in Paris [+lee también:
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entrevista: Valentine Cadic
ficha de la película] by Valentine Cadic (screened in Berlin’s Perspectives line-up), Nineteen [+lee también:
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ficha de la película] by Giovanni Tortorici (screened in Venice’s Orizzonti section), Cat’s Cry [+lee también:
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ficha de la película] by Sanja Živković and Cuba & Alaska by Yegor Troyanovsky.

In addition to these three sections, the festival will also host two focus sessions on Polish and Ukrainian cinema, as well as a selection of films for younger audiences.