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28 Jan – 7 Feb 2027

Johan Leysen

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Johan Leysen at IFFR

  • A Lapse of Memory

    Fiona Tan | 26' | Netherlands | World premiere

    In a layered story about an old man in the deserted palace in Brighton, reality and fiction get mixed up.
  • The Crossing

    Nora Hoppe | 91' | Denmark | -

    Bâbak, a refugee from Afghanistan, has lived in Brussels for twenty years. The meeting with another foreigner in the kitchen of his tumbledown lodging
  • Een ander zijn geluk

    Fien Troch | 98' | Belgium | -

    Oppressive psychological drama, sublimely acted and photographed, not lacking in black humour, around the unfortunate death of a child in een village
  • West Point

    Laurence Rebouillon | 57' | France | World premiere

    Elegant, layered narrative essay shot in Super-8 and 16mm in which loss, love and melancholy pass us by. Brother and sister remember their childhood a
  • Élève libre

    Joachim Lafosse | 105' | Belgium | None

    A teenager ends up in shady territory in a relationship with a private teacher. This teacher steers him towards extreme sexual candour. Lafosse, who s
  • Schussangst

    Dito Tsintsadze | 102' | Germany | -

    Poetic thriller about a young pacifist who takes defending his girl too seriously or the magic of a Georgian film maker in Germany.
  • Malgré la nuit

    Philippe Grandrieux | 156' | Canada | International premiere

    The term is used too often, but the stylish Malgré la nuit really is a Lynchian film, about loss and jealousy. Lenz returns to Paris…
  • De grot

    Martin Koolhoven | 90' | Netherlands | -

    Psychological thriller. Geography teacher smuggles a case of heroin for a friend. Based on a novel by Tim Krabbé.
  • Rihla

    Gerbrand Burger | 11' | Netherlands | European premiere

    Through the story of a man travelling from East to West, Rihla presents a kaleidoscopic vision of the West.
  • Rooksporen

    Frans van de Staak | 105' | Netherlands | -

    The central character in Rooksporen is a woman who finds herself facing an interrogator. Around these interrogation scenes are scenes in which 26 witnesses (from…