Ruben Impens

여덟 개의 산과 바다를 여행하는 자와, 태산의 정상에 오른 자 중에 누가 더 큰 깨달음을 얻었을까? 멀리 네팔을 떠도는 피에트로는, 후자의 삶을 갈망했던 아버지와 산의 무게를 껴안은 친구 브루노의 삶을 생각한다.

어린 시절 교통사고로 뇌에 티타늄을 심고 살아가던 한 소녀가 기이한 욕망에 사로잡혀 일련의 사건에 휘말린다. 그러던 어느 날, 그녀가 10년 전에 실종된 아들을 찾고 있는 한 남자를 만나게 되면서 벌어지는 이야기다. 호러, SF, 스릴러, 범상치 않은 러브스토리. (제26회 부산국제영화제)

몸의 절반 이상이 흉터로 뒤덮인 비키, 염산으로 피부가 녹아버린 뒤 그녀의 삶은 모든게 바뀌었다. 새로운 삶의 조건을 찾아가는 여정 속 그녀는 자신의 정체성을 새로이 정립한다.

부인을 폭행해 불구로 만든 죄로 12년 째 복역 중인 중죄수, 심리치료사의 권유로 야생마 길들이기 5주 프로그램에서 참여하게 된다. 아버지를 원망하는 임신한 딸, 이를 미끼로 마취약을 요구하는 동료 죄수, 감옥내 폭력 등으로 맘편할 날이 없는 로만은 갓 잡힌 야생마를 길들이면서 조금씩 마음을 열기 시작하는데...

아들 닉과 친구처럼 지내온 데이비드. 모든 것을 알고 있다고 생각했던 아들에게는 비밀이 있었다. 어린 나이에 마약에 중독된 닉은 재활원 입원과 탈출을 반복하며 죽음의 고비를 이어간다. 데이비드는 망가진 아들의 삶이 자신의 탓이라 자책하지만 눈물 흘리며 포기하는 대신, 서로의 가장 소중한 전부이자 모든 것인 닉에 대한 희망을 잃지 않는데… “그곳이 지옥이라도 난 널 포기하지 않아, 제발 다시 돌아와주렴, 나의 아름다운 소년아”

젊은 양치기, 자그로스는 임신한 아내 하빈과 소중한 딸과 함께 쿠르드 마을에 살고 있다. 그러던 어느 날, 그의 아버지는 하빈이 다른 남자와 바람을 피운다는 소문이 돌고 있다고 전한다. 자그로스는 아내를 믿기 때문에 흘려 듣지만, 얼마 지나지 않아 자신의 가족들이 하빈을 집에 가둬두고 추궁했다는 소식을 듣는다. 자그로스가 집에 돌아왔을 때는 아내와 딸은 가족들의 괴롭힘을 이기지 못해 이미 벨기에로 떠난 상태다. 하빈이 결백하다는 것, 그리고 함께 새 출발을 할 수 있을 거라고 믿은 자그로스는 벨기에로 밀입국을 시도한다. 천신만고 끝에 아내와 딸을 다시 만난 자그로스. 하지만 그의 마음에 자리 잡힌 의심의 싹은 걷잡을 수 없이 커져만 간다.

부모와 언니까지 가족 모두가 채식주의자인 저스틴은 언니 알렉스가 다니는 대학 수의학과에 입학한다. 억지로 동물의 내장을 먹어야만 하는 혹독한 신고식 이후 저스틴은 자신도 모르게 고기에 대한 강렬한 식욕을 느끼게 되는데… 칸과 토론토의 관객들을 경악과 충격에 빠뜨렸던 줄리아 뒤쿠르노 감독의 피에 젖은 데뷔작.

After her brother's death, Alice leave France for Japan and takes refuge in a small village just above the cliffs. Her brother Nathan said to her before he died that he finally founded peace there thanks to a certain Daïsuké. Following his footsteps, Alice will in fact find herself, in a strange and hostile but warm place.

The story of two brothers who, even though they have absolutely nothing in common, open a bar together that quickly becomes a regular hangout for nighthawks. Despite the success, they must soon face up to the difficulties inherent in running a family business. Their brotherhood turns into rivalry, through no fault of their own.

1985. Georges is a born market vendor. As a driven salesman he sells anything, anytime, to anyone. When he hears that the Pope is coming to Belgium, he smells his chance. In addition to the grounds, where tens of thousands of believers will attend an open-air mass, Café Derby is for rent. Georges is sure to earn a small fortune. But his wife and five children are not convinced. It would be another move in too short a time. But as George puts his mind to something...

A photographer travels around the world. In Amsterdam, where he lives, he meets Iris, who is ten years younger. He is fascinated by her and slowly their relationship grows. Even though they are passionate about each other, their lifestyle and vision on the world appear to be too differentiated.

Belgrade, 1999. People go in and out of cafés, and lively conversation echoes all around. As if no one expects the NATO bombings. As if they never even started. But there is tension nonetheless, behind the eyes of people who suppress their fear at any cost. It is in this time and place that Ana, Sloba and Bojan construct their own sense of normality in order to retain their sanity. Three ways to deal with fear. One random sky above.

She is a quick-tempered and feisty Turkish woman; he, a shy and reticent, young Flemish man. Their respective families hold strong – perhaps too strong – opinions on the imminent marriage, and, on the big day, chaos ensues, making the young couple question their own readiness to commit to a union for life. Are their backgrounds really so different to tear them apart?

Manager Pascaline and chef Angelo have been, for several years, striving toward earning the coveted "chef's hat" in the Gault Millau restaurant guide. Tonight is Valentine's Day: one of the busiest nights of the year. Angelo provides an appropriate menu and Pascaline lovingly sets the tables. As always, Pascaline has everything under control. Her customers expect a lot tonight. For every couple that has won a table they expect to get love on their plate. Hopefully nothing goes wrong.

A man attempts to reclaim the life that prison took from him but his dark past threatens to ruin everything.

한 마리 나비처럼 아름답고 순수한 타투이스트 아가씨 ‘엘리제’ 블루그래스 음악을 사랑하는 자유로운 영혼의 뮤지션 ‘디디에’ 두 사람은 첫 눈에 서로에게 끌려 뜨겁게 사랑하고 용감하게 결혼을 감행한다. 뜻밖의 임신이었지만 귀여운 딸 메이벨의 탄생으로 부모가 되는 기쁨을 나눈 두 사람. 행복은 이 아름다운 커플을 감싸며 완벽한 원을 이루는 것 같았는데… 갑자기 사랑스러운 딸 메이벨이 암으로 죽자, 거칠 것 없어 보이던 두 사람의 사랑과 행복이 흔들리기 시작한다.

A famous writer is violated in a sex-movie-theatre. He had a date with Roos, a young student who works also as a prostitute. Quickly it becomes clear that more students are active in the prostitution. Enough reason for Hannah and her team to go undercover in club Sin City, a port for everyone who avoids the daylight and for girls who pick up their customers. When Hannah and her team investigate that the owner of both the sex-theatre as Sin City are Roos' uncle, the whole case takes a personal turn. In the first place for Hannah, because she knows as no-one else how heavy family secrets can weigh....

When isolated teenager Ben becomes friends with the charismatic Tom, they experience a summer full of music, alcohol and drugs.

A trio of Turkish brothers immigrants find themselves torn between two lands and cultures, with roots in neither.

"Beyond the steppes" tells the story of a woman's forced journey to the steppes of Central Asia.

Two young man share an incurable illness. Is their love for the women in their lives strong enough to conquer their fear of dying?

13-year-old Gunther Strobbe grows up surrounded by alcohol, trash and his completely useless father and uncles. Slowly but surely, he's being prepared for the same hapless life. Can he defy his destiny?

‘Moscou’ is a densely populated working class neighbourhood on the outskirts of Ghent, Belgium. Matty, mother of three, bumps her car into a truck on the parking lot of a supermarket. Johnny climbs down from the cabin. He is infuriated by the dent in his front bumper and yells at Matty. Although impressed by the accident, Matty fights back with sharp words. Their discussion turns into a row, and the police have to intervene. Matty goes home, the trunk of her car dancing up and down. Back in her apartment, Matty takes a hot bath to recover from the afternoon’s emotionswhen the phone rings. It’s Johnny, apologizing for his behaviour on the parking lot. Matty tells him to stay out of her life. A dramatic comedy begins about a woman whose soul is full of dents and bruises.

When Black Kelly gets back from New York, she discovers that more has changed than just her hair color while she's been away. Frederic found himself a girlfriend and plans to move. Kurt and Blonde Kelly live together with their one-year-old child. And Patrick's gone. Reunited with the old gang, Black Kelly realizes that life went on during her absence and that things will never be the same...

Merel is a young girl with a lot of talent. She excels at school, is good on the springboard and is careful too. Her severely handicapped brother Kasper gets a lot of attention. Merel also has talent for singing. It is no surprise that she is asked for the school musical. But maybe Merel is a bit too convinced of herself. When people perform solos, she likes to sing along loudly. This doesn't fall on good ground though. People start ignoring her and she is getting bullied. All of the sudden Merel's life isn't that easy anymore, it will be hard to keep herself together.

A story about two struggling people who are trying to find their own place in the world. He is a small-time crook recently released from prison and she is a prostitute craving some love and affection. They find each other in an obscure part of Gent. Jean-Claude is responsible for their meeting ; he is also an ex-inmate who has just traded the low-life crime scene for life as a pimp. Will their love survive?

A film about the things of life: girls, boys, scooters… Anyway, you know how it is.

The film is based on the popular Dutch childrens book by Chris van Abkoude. In a Dutch port in 1921 lives a 10-year-old orphan boy known to everyone simply as Little Crumb. His poverty-stricken mother Lize van Dien filled with shame was forced to turn him over to Mrs. Koster soon after he was born. Foster mother Mrs. Koster, who has cared for him since he was a baby, is very poor too, unable to support him by herself and proves to be a cruel taskmaster who insists Crumb bring her money before shell feed him. Somehow he must earn his keep out on the streets and can only go home after he has earned enough money. Crumb becomes an urchin stealing from the streets barrows and the shops to stay alive, sleeping in churches or huddled in doorways. Sometimes he has to run off from the police and he has earned the enmity of the most grownups around him.