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 [+leggi anche:
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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 [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Joachim Trier
scheda film], 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 [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Tarzan Nasser
scheda film] by brothers Tarzan and Arab Nasser, which scooped the Best Director trophy in the Un Certain Regard section; and Sleepless City [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Guillermo Galoe
scheda film] by Guillermo Galoe which was presented in Critics’ Week. They’ll be battling it out against Polish movie Under the Volcano [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Damian Kocur
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intervista: Eva Libertad
scheda film] 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 [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Noëlle Bastin, Baptiste Bo…
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intervista: Alexe Poukine
scheda film] 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 [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Laurynas Bareiša
scheda film] by Laurynas Bareiša (awarded the Best Director and best acting prizes in Locarno), Salve Maria [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Mar Coll
scheda film] by Mar Coll (given a Special Mention in Locarno)  Lesson Learned [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Bálint Szimler
scheda film] by Bálint Szimler (scooping a Special Mention in Locarno’s Cineasti del Presente section), That Summer in Paris [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Valentine Cadic
scheda film] by Valentine Cadic (screened in Berlin’s Perspectives line-up), Nineteen [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] by Giovanni Tortorici (screened in Venice’s Orizzonti section), Cat’s Cry [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] 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.