Teenager Clément flees into his fantasy world on his bicycle. He puts on loud music to forget his parents’ fighting, until the battery of his headphones dies. Escape is no longer a possibility.

The filmmaker searches for the remedy of homesickness by wandering around in an African quarter in Brussels

Police officers, martial arts instructors, and civil demonstrators share their training while reflecting on where we draw the line for a potentially dangerous person and how we learn to attack or defend in consequence. Along with rehearsals and archive fo

A meeting between two strangers sparks a desire to understand each other through the medium of film. They both simultaneously start recording their surroundings on camera, crafting the resulting footage, they, Elettra from Italy and Hazem from Gaza, becom

Aardkruipers wants to put a world in the spotlight that exists right under our noses, but is overlooked by everyone. A documentary that tries to escape human interpretations and projections, by looking for a purer form of observation in which objectivity

Marrakech was in 1940 the hometown to 25.000 Jews, today only about 100 remain. This essay documentary makes an intimate journey into the world of Paulette, one of the last remaining Jews who decided to stay and is reflecting on a universal question: wher

A conceptual short film about the global issue of abortion laws. Zofia Nowak has an unwanted pregnancy and wants an abortion. When the law in her own country does not allow it, she looks for a law that does apply to her body.

The nine-year-old Anne lives on her father's farm. When she finds out that her favorite calf is about to go to the slaughter, she devises a plan and does everything to save her calf.

Where to flow with all my liquidity? Atopia is an introspective essay about the search for a place that exists between reality and imagination: a placeless place made up out of dreams and a longing for gender fluidity. Slowly, the grains of the compresse

Blue Bed follows a couple in the intimate frame of their bed. In their dynamic we discover the beauty of young love and the obstacles that come with it. This youthfull documentary tells a unique yet recognizable story of two people who love each other but

Laura's grandpa has been living in his house for the past 25 years. Due to his old age affecting his mobility, all he wished for was to enjoy a cigarette in front of a beautiful sunset by the beach. Sharing the same love for painting, together Laura and g

An artificial summer rules the greenhouse. Carnations are tended to by workers’ hands. In a multitude of splendid colours they grow towards the sun, until they’re ready to fulfill their cut flower destiny.

A sick child spends its numbered days confined to bed, waiting for Death to come. Silence slowly fills its room. The curtains veil the nights in blue. As Death moves closer, a series of strangely familiar visitors pass by. We are taken on a fantastical jo

For one night the viewer becomes a shapeshifter led by a few unsuspecting teenagers. Throughout the movie new ways of seeing beyond the human are explored.

Rhena’s father tells a story about Atlas, a forest-entity who whispers the stories of the death to his trees. That same night he disappears into this forest. Rhena does everything in her power to get her father back.

Frustrated by how the world keeps trying to end, a girl runs away to space to meditate on loss and its role in life.

Everyone wants exactly what everybody else has. When a man falls from the roof of a large building, he is rescued by a superhero. Now everyone wants to be saved.

A Romanian guy living in Brussels returns to his native country and experiences a psychological crisis.

A Lebanese filmmaker living in Portugal learns that his father has been diagnosed with cancer. The medicine needed to cure his father’s illness, however, is not available in Lebanon. The filmmaker starts looking for the medicine needed by his father in Po

A filmmaker who struggles with her fear of insects meets a neurologist with a peculiar obsession for beetles. Curious about what his passion can teach her, she decides to join him on his expeditions into the Hungarian woods. Exoskeletons is a sensorial c

At a spring party, a conflict between their children forces two sisters into an old rivalry. As distrust, jealousy and guilt take hold of Eva and Kristien, both their ugliest and most human traits are revealed.

Sitting in the back of the car, Issam is clinging to his blankie as he listens in on his father musing about manhood to his teenage brother. An unexpected phone call brings them to a parking lot. Issam and his brother wait for their father's return, tryin

70-year-old Thomas looks back on the last evening he and his lost friend Mari spent together. An evening in which they with their partners drank wine, dined, listened to piano playing and danced. As the hours pass before his eyes, Thomas contemplates the

The self-righteous and proud-parading Kamil is an employee of a heavenly company, where their job is to take people's lives when their destined time has come. This office brings all its own facets with it: dull folders, grumpy desk ladies and a clear hier

Indéfini is a short film about Sylvie, an 18-year old girl, who lives in social housing with her mother and younger sister. Sylvie celebrates the beginning of the summer with her friends at the park where she and Nicolas (an old friend) meet again after a

A masters graduation project, originally shown in an art installation on two separate screens. Isaiah is about the Christian version of the Welsh Mari Lwyd and her connection to Virgin Mary. ?A story of two mothers dealing with loss and opportunities fo

The documentary Karma provides an intimate view into the healthcare facility Widar, a community where both people with and without a mental disability work and live together in harmony. You meet the founders as the documentary takes you on a dive into the

A man crawls out of a banana and explains how he found himself in that fruit. Meanwhile a fish is contemplating her own beauty. These two stories are observed and dissected and cause a reaction that cracks the reality the observer is in.

Everytime dusk settles, a dog passes by Isaak asking him to come south. Living in isolation with his parents and their increasingly annoying behaviour. The proposition is getting more and more attractive..

A maker, at a crossroads in his life, travels to the campsite where he fell in love for the first time.

Letting go is a short film about Helena. A young woman with a mental disorder who is trying to come to terms with her recent break-up. Helena travels on her scooter every day to the company where she, several friends but also her ex-partner Timmy work. Ti

A film about a mother-daughter relationship. About lost memory, and the legacy of ancient wars. A story about collective memory, in a divided world. Lilly, a 40-year old politician who fights against immigration, returns to the family house to take car

A Vietnamese filmmaker who recently emigrated to Belgium portrays his relationship with his French partner in their shared apartment. Their story is accompanied by a letter sent back to Vietnam addressing the filmmaker's father. He receives news about his

Four newcomers from Colombia, Syria, Dominican Republic and Morocco try to integrate in Ghent, Belgium, and wonder how to deal with love and friendship in this grey country. A moving portrait of lively youngsters, who connect and express themselves throug

>>Tijdelijke versie<< De film wordt afgewerkt voor Film Fest Gent. Ik upload een nieuwe versie rond 17 oktober 2021. Alvast bedankt voor jullie begrip. De nacht is blauw en de maan is geel. Een gerenommeerd privé-detective wordt ingehuurd om een e

In a Portuguese dormitory town, an invisible moon eclipse is about to happen. An observational comedy about the pleasure of looking, in a place where there is seemingly nothing to look at.

'On the way home you always come across something new' is an abstract film that starts from the bicycle. The film was made by rethinking the bike every week and making different images. Due to the repetitiveness of the process, the bicycle is broken into

Somewhere in a village at the edge of the Walloon Ardens a bunch of medievalists craft their own reality. 'Où les granges sont des navires' sheds a lush light onto their already existing relationships through vague memories of a literary classic. Love, c

Paradisiac is a kaleidoscopic portrait of the majestic Hotel Mozart, located in the heart of Brussels. For 26 years, the charming Ben Abderrahman has been the owner of the hotel. Every night, Ben goes out into the streets of Brussels, to distribute bread

2 young adults leave the student life behind and start their search for what comes next.?What do they take with them? How can they, in this brand-new stage of life, find happiness? Friends and family share advice; this creative documentary tells our sto

9 year old Aso and his family live in a poor village in northern Iraq. The country is under attack from ISIL, and everyday life is characterized by unjustified violence and murder. When he and his older sister are left home alone when their mother joins t

Inspired by Mark Fisher's book capitalist realism, the story follows an alien like creature who searches for meaning through meaningless worlds. Even though they move themself forward through these worlds in search of meaning if they stand still, the worl

Saïd, a young twenty-something of Moroccan descent, was taught from an early age by his father that he should always keep a cool head in order to avoid conflict. As the number of confrontations and conflicts pile up in quick succession, Saïd’s frustration

The students run, the coffee flows and the leaves rustle. The school. The teacher - his mission, his vocation. The wind carries away the cries of the courtyard. End of the poem. The plants are made of plastic — but they need water. The bell, the uniforms,

During one of his many travels, Spaceman Bruce finds a map which leads him to the temple of Oyche. Unbeknownst to him, he is being followed by Vinnie, another scavenger eager for riches. When Bruce finally arrives at the temple, he gets ambushed by Vin

Stray examines being on the road. The question also arises as to what being at home means. How do you carry home with you when you leave? My character carries a house on his head and wades through unknown landscapes. With oil paint, these landscapes come

A room full of objects, somewhere in Brussels, closes its blinds, away from the human eye, these objects come alive.

A mysterious basilica casts a spell over a young woman. Caught in a state of vertigo, she encounters the building's enigmatic soul. Guided by dream logic and fairy tale tropes, ‘The Dark Fortress of an Unknown God' combines fantasy with a documentary port

The lead singer of the Metal band Reject the Sickness, has to deal with pain and loss within his family, teaching grief to his young daughter in the process. A generational portrait of masculinity within the metal culture.

Bogdan is a Romanian immigrant who with the help of his older cousin, Ovi, gets a job in a restaurant in Belgium. This way he can provide some financial stability for his newborn child and girlfriend who still live in Romania. But while on the job he get

A knightly pilgrim wakes up in an unknown world, searching an old tomb. On his journey, he has to fight monsters and resist insanity while he meets a small individual seemingly made of tar. Is the pilgrim's goal more valuable than friendship?

Fluctuating between dream and reality, between memories of the past, observations of the present, and visions of the future, Demain looks at the world through a highly subjective lens, like a child discovering its environment for the first time, fascinate

Shadows are our companions; they grow alongside us, they change with us, we can inherit them just as our ancestors left us their names- Nahua belief. ?From her birth, Alma inherited her grandmother’s shadow, however, growing up she began to feel distant f

As she struggles to communicate with her girlfriend during sex, a young woman dives back into a childhood memory that troubles her.

How to find your own voice within the given patterns of your environment? TUSSEN ONS GEZEGD EN GEZWEGEN (BETWEEN YOU AND ME) sketches the portrait of Kobe, a native of West Flanders, who feels locked in his daily life. He gradually loses contact with h

Tutto a posto follows Mimmo and his friends in Maasmechelen, a place that feels abandoned for them. The documentary shows how they creatively spend their summer and how they deal with boredom. They do this between the streets and former remains of the min

Early in the morning, between the crackling of the oven, bakers knead dough balls into loaves. In the meantime, a young woman reflects on what it means to be vulnerable. She takes us on a journey in which shaping who we are, is similar to the uncertainty

Le poids de la Terre en gramme, or 5.148 × 1018, comes from a desire to explore a world that is both alien and familiar. This is a kind of introspection documentary where by filming parts of a an unknown environment, I would be able to make connections wi

A sensitive portrait of the lives of mothers. Their daily life, in which they wander back and forth between happiness and misery, is a complex, detailed, sweet-and-bitter reality. A group of mothers will talk about their experiences of being a mother for

WORK IN PROGRESS! (grading day 2, mixing, voiceover) Edirne’s city dump, home of many strays, is cleared for the construction of a city prison. Filmmaker reflects on the human animal; his desire to transform wilderness into the civilization and his sup

How can you help someone with heavy metal complaints? And what goes on in the head of someone with depression? Due to the growing depression figures increasingly more people are ask ing theirself these questions. By combining different art forms we aim to