Kwinten Van Laethem

A team of scientists search for the lost island of Testerep in front of the Belgian coast, venturing into artificial landscapes and virtual realities.

Some kids in Brussels play a game based upon objects that were brought back from the Congo and which were used during the Hutereau expedition.

A young woman overhears a heated argument between a man and a woman, in a language she does not understand. As she continues her walk, she is left with questions she cannot answer.

1970년대에 브뤼셀 북역 주변의 인구 밀집 지역은 모더니스트적 꿈과 함께 쌍둥이 빌딩을 그 핵심으로 하는 '리틀 맨해튼'을 만들기 위해 파괴되었다. 프로젝트는 실패했고, 빌딩과 주변 지역은 대부분 버려진 상태였다. 2017년, 개인 소유주와 정치인이 힘을 합쳐 이 지역을 재활성화하고자 했다. 감독들은 정치인, 활동가, 개인 소유주, 설계자 등 이 전환 과정에 연관된 사람들을 연기하는 배우들과 함께 영화를 만들어 토론의 장에 참여하고자 했다.

After a long day at work, fiftyeight-year-old Khadija falls asleep on the last subway train. When she wakes up at the end of the line, she has no choice but to make her way home on foot. On her nocturnal journey she finds herself compelled to ask for and give help to the other inhabitants of the night.

가사 도우미나 유모, 간병인으로 해외 취업을 계획하는 필리핀 여성들이 여기 교육센터로 모여든다. 깔끔하고 완벽한 가사 노동의 노하우는 기본이고, 외국어도 공부하고, 앞으로 당할 고난과 모멸을 예행연습하고 심지어 자살이나 성폭력을 예방하는 방법도 배운다. 는 오늘날 전 지구화된 가사 노동 시장의 가장 큰 공급처인 필리핀이 자국의 이주 여성 노동자를 어떻게 양성하고 양산하는지 그 시스템의 내부를 들여다본다. 시스템을 비판하기 위해서가 아니다. 영화의 초점은 아이러니하게도 장차 현대판 노예의 지위를 얻게 될 그녀들이 어떻게 자기 결정권을 가지고 자존을 지키며 자매애를 나누는지에 있다.

An unsettling look at a group of young people that seem to linger in a kind of perpetual twilight, while playing and getting high. Like dancing on the brink of an abyss that stares defiantly at you. A film that moves from being observational to being abstract and sensorial. The revelation of a unique talent. Precise, powerful, with a touch of techno.

The Amazon flows lazily through the goldmine-gashed landscape of northern Peru. Using real eyewitness accounts, directors Bénédicte Liénard and Mary Jiménez tell the story of a young woman who winds up in the clutches of forced prostitution when her initially hopeful attempt to escape the constrictions of her village goes wrong. Step by step, she is robbed of her moral and physical integrity. The film reconstitutes a space of dignity and returns voice and identity to a fate formally made nameless. With its powerful imagery, the girl’s traumatic odyssey embodies the destruction of life in a capitalist world in connection with horrific natural devastation.

Hélène, a struggling young actress, is trying to learn the text of the 'Lady From the Sea' by heart. At the same time she is emptying her grandmother’s apartment. The apartment, situated near the beach, becomes a place to escape in thoughts and dreams.

Young soldiers are roaming the forest aimlessly, shots are heard in the distance. But something isn’t quite right. Soviet troops, the Wehrmacht and American soldiers in Iraq seem to be co-existing in the same peaceful woods. They speak awkwardly about war memories that could never have been their own. And yet they know them by heart. A lighthearted film connecting imagination and storytelling to the reality of war.

Gus and his pregnant girlfriend Anna are on holiday. During their nightly walk to a spot near the water, Anna makes a confession. Can the couple, amidst the wildness of nature and under a full moon, overcome the conflict? Will they reach their idyllic spot?

Belgian movie-icon Marc Didden's artistic documentary about the houses he lived in throughout his life.

How do Europeans deal with their recent dark history (the wars, dictatorships and occupations)? What traces are etched?

A documentary by Wendelien van Oldenborgh.