Programme edition 2021
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All-In
Volkan Üce
Two shy young men start to work in an all-inclusive hotel.
Around Rocha's Table (A Távola de Rocha)
Samuel Barbosa
Paulo Rocha has an unique perspective on life as well as on its transposition to film. Around Rocha's Table delves into the life and work of Paulo Rocha, a cutting-edge filmmaker and founder of a new film movement that would later be dubbed "the nouveau Portugese cinema".
Athens, Return to the Acropolis (Athina, epistrofi stin Akropoli)
Theo AngelopoulosB
The Beatles and India
Ajoy Bose, Peter Compton
A unique historical chronicle of the enduring love affair between The Beatles and India.
Javier Espada explores Luis Buñuel, one of the greatest precursors of surrealist cinema.
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Colors of Tobi (Tobi színei)
Alexa Bakony
There is a tiny village in Hungary, where Éva and her family live. Her 16-year-old child recently came out as transgender and lives by his chosen name of Tobi.
The Conductor
Bernadette Wegenstein
The prejudices she had to conquer to make it as conductor, but also her generosity and vision on music; it's all in this documentary about the first female Maestra.
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Director Avi Mograbi hosts the viewers in his living room and provides insights to how a colonialist occupation works, the logic behind the practices that it produces and the different modes of thought needed to be applied at different situations in order to maintain it.
Four Seasons in a Day
Annabel Verbeke
Each day, the Carlingford ferry brings people over the border between Northern-Ireland and Ireland, in an era the debate on Brexit is predominant.
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Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, A Journey, A Song
Daniel Geller, Dayna Goldfine
Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, A Journey, A Song is a definitive exploration of singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen as seen through the prism of his internationally renowned hymn, “Hallelujah.”
Herr Bachmann und seine Klasseis an intimate documentary portraying the bond between an elementary school teacher and his students.
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Juste un mouvement (Just a Movement)
Vincent Meessen
In Senegal, the name of Omar Blondin Diop is associated with an unpunished state crime. In France, he has mostly gone down in history as a Marxist activist featuring in La Chinoise.
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Laurent Garnier: Off the Record
Gabin Rivoire
A look into the life of Laurent Garnier, one of the godfathers of house music, from his emergence on the music scene in the 80's to now. The story of the last music revolution through the eyes of a pioneer.
Letter to Theo (Lettre à Théo)
Elodie LéluM
The Most Beautiful Boy In The World
Kristina Lindström, Kristian Petri
Fifty years after the premiere of Death in Venice, Björn Andrésen, the former teen star who once embodied legendary character Tadzio in Visconti’s masterpiece, takes us on a remarkable journey of personal memories, cinema history, stardust and tragedy in what could be Björn’s ...
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Out of the Box
Laurent Frapat
The most loved film poster designed in Hollywood is from Belgium: Laurent Durieux. Who is this, in his own country largely unknown, artist?
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Paolo Conte, via con me (Paolo Conte, Via Con Me (It's Wonderful))
Giorgio Verdelli
A refreshing portret of Italian singer-songwriter and pianist Paolo Conte. "Paolo Conte is sexy", said Jane Birkin.
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A powerful and transporting documentary about the Harlem Cultural Festival in the summer of 1969.The screening on 23 October in Vooruit is followed by the Film Fest Ghent Closing Party. Entrance to the film and Closing Party via a Covid Safe Ticket.
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The Taking
Alexandre O. Philippe
Another unique documentary by Alexandro O. Philippe. This time, he focuses on the iconic landscape of Monument Valley.
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Why We Fight?
Mirjam Devriendt, Alain Platel
Why We Fight? is a cinematographic film that tries to understand the violence around us, but also within ourselves, in order to better cope with the world today.
Wojnarowicz: F**k You F*ggot F**ker
Chris McKim
A title that perfectly sums up the unrestrained art of David Wojnarowicz who - some forty years ago - turned the New York Lower East Side upside dow.
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Z bratem (With My Brother)
Mattias Bavré
This short film is part of the Belgian Student Short Competition.