Manu Bonmariage

The Belgian filmmaker Manu Bonmariage, known as the spiritual father of the Striptease show, now has Alzheimer's at 76. Although his memory plays tricks on him, his daughter Emmanuelle goes back in time to portray a direct cinema filmmaker who was always close to the characters he so loved to film.

Documentary about 2 men in the final stages of their live since they have terminal cancer and how they deal with it.

Film following a 17-year-old girl from Marseille as she prepares for a marriage arranged before she was born.

Farid is 32. A former Red Skin bullyboy and hoodlum, he is a survivor of drug "trips" in the 70’s and 80’s. It’s in drugs and rebellion that he lived his fine youth as a second generation Algerian in the Paris suburbs.

Two lovers are so passionately in love that they have done something unforgivable and killed the jealous husband.

Two lovers are so passionately in love that they have done something unforgivable and killed the jealous husband.

Two lovers are so passionately in love that they have done something unforgivable and killed the jealous husband.

A son is accused of involuntary manslaughter while his younger brother is put in a foster home... .

A son is accused of involuntary manslaughter while his younger brother is put in a foster home... .

A son is accused of involuntary manslaughter while his younger brother is put in a foster home... .

People from all over the Ivory Coast seek out prophet-healers for treatment of their medical and emotional problems. Some of these ailments may be caused by the stress of cultural change. Often Western medicine cannot cure them. This stunningly photographed film focuses on Sebim Odjo, who draws upon Moslem, Christian and traditional African beliefs in his healing ceremonies. He moderates disputes, tracks down the source of illness, and uses his powers to heal. We see a water cure used on a patient ill with spite.

In 1981, Marvin Gaye, the all time champion of soul music, took refuge in Ostend, a little town located on the Belgian coast. Marvin’s choice to lay anchor in Ostend was totally unexpected, not to say incredible. Twenty years after the making of a first 29 minute film entitled “Marvin Gaye Transit Ostend”, I decided to make this second documentary film. It’s my way of bringing to life the picture Marvin Gaye dedicated to me:

Documentary on Marvin Gaye made during his stay in Belgium, Ostende

A seemingly funny story set in a seaside shanty town consisting of cramped beach huts with no view of the sea; crying children in a car, enough luggage for an expedition to distant parts, traffic jams in the rain, a sudden swerve... There is a certain degree of seriousness behind a story whose ups and downs are determined by chance encounter. (Belgian Cinematek)