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A House Is Not a Home
This film explores the semiotic relationship between word and image; starting point is the notion that ambitious amateurs often add ‘relevant details’Published on: -
Jan zonder Vrees
This animated film, full of references to Old Masters like Brueghel and Bosch, tells the tale of an extremely strong farm boy battling evil. Thanks…Published on: -
The Remnant
In 1659 Jan van Riebeeck, Dutch Commander of the Cape in South Africa, planted a hedge of indigenous wild almond trees. Its remnants still exist.Published on: -
Pic-Nic
Spilliaert is fascinated by the seemingly spontaneous moments in double portraits that amateur filmmakers make of themselves. She starts her visual esPublished on: -
Reference
Kamrau focuses on the thesaurus, a series of Dutch key words that make the archive accessible for its consulting visitors. The underlying verbal strucPublished on: -
King of the Belgians
Widely praised Belgian mockumentary and road movie by IFFR regulars Brosens and Woodworth. A Belgian king hears during a state visit to Turkey that WaPublished on: -
Beau Séjour
A young girl wakes up one morning at the Beau Sejour hotel, covered with blood. She can’t remember what happened the night before and suddenly…Published on: -
Nora (Gentbrugge, 2000), Laurice & Nora (Gentbrugge, 2010), Nora (Gentbrugge, 2016)
Garabedian documented his mother at her home while she is making sarma, a time-consuming, traditional Ottoman recipe based on vine leaves. The footagePublished on: -
Grands travaux
The directors spent a year at a Flemish-speaking vocational school in Brussels, where young students have come to learn a trade. The film both documenPublished on: -
Quality Time
In a self-assured and highly satirical debut, Daan Bakker portrays a series of plodding young men and their relationships to their worried parents. UsPublished on: