Dirk Roofthooft

It's 1997. Frank Verstraeten, a computer genius with a nose for business, a fascination for nightlife and an unhealthy urge to prove himself, only wants one thing: his own disco that not only outperforms the competition but simply humiliates it. The futuristic mega discotheque Zillion is a fact and Frank turns from computer dealer to the pivotal figure of the Antwerp nightlife. He parades with the most beautiful women in Belgium and forges an alliance with Dennis Black Magic, the porn king who provides the spicy extras. Unfortunately, beautiful songs don't last long either.

Life does not go well the last couple of years for film director Serge Gabriëls. Since the day he chose his career above the woman of his life, things kept going downhill. When a bailiff was sent to declare his production company bankrupt, he lost all hope and perspective. Fortunately at that crucial moment he received the one phone call he has been waiting for his whole life. Out of the blue, Serge is offered the opportunity to realize the dream of his lifetime: to shoot a real love story.

Two years after the tragic loss of his older brother, 17-year-old Daan unwillingly goes along when his grieving family decides to give shelter to a homeless teenager called Radja. But as Daan witnesses how this stranger's presence deeply affects his mother, he starts to unravel Radja's mysterious past.

대기업의 화물선을 관리하는 프랭크는 회사를 위해 모든 것을 헌신하고, 그 공로를 인정받아 고위직에 오른다. 그러던 어느 날, 항해 중이던 화물선에서 선원들은 난민을 발견하게 되고, 이에 프랭크는 회사의 이익과 인간의 도리 사이에서 고민하게 된다.

The Belgian PM is abducted and he finds his wife and children taken hostage. If he wants to see them again – alive – he has to kill the person he is meeting later that day. And that person is no less than... the president of the United States.

Sarah Grégoire is a young and enthusiastic art restorer who discovers that famous paintings are being replaced by replicas.

하이네켄이 납치됐다! 600억이 걸린 전대미문의 범죄실화! 경제 불황에 타격받은 ‘코’와 ‘윌렘’은 오랜 친구들과 함께 큰 돈을 벌기 위해 재벌 ‘하이네켄’ 납치를 계획한다. 최고액의 몸값을 요구하며 성공을 앞둔 시점, 경찰이 수사망을 좁혀오자 초조해진 납치범들은 한 치 앞도 알 수 없는 최악의 상황을 맞게 되는데…

A fictional story within the historical context of the disastrous flood that engulfed the Dutch coastal province of Zeeland in 1953. When their farmhouse is destroyed by the flood, teenage mother Julia gets separated from her baby boy, whom she kept hidden in a box. She is saved from drowning by a young air force lieutenant, who agrees to go help looking for Julia's little son.

도시 한 가운데의 비밀 공간 ‘로프트’. 한 여자의 시체 그리고 다섯 명의 용의자. 가족, 명예, 돈. 모든 것을 충족한 다섯명의 중년 남성 친구들은 단 한가지 고민이 있다. 흔적을 남기지 않고 그들의 판타지를 채워 줄 공간이 필요한 것. 유능한 건축가 빈센트는 자신이 지은 건물에 비밀스런 펜트하우스를 만들고 다섯 개의 열쇠를 나누어 주며, 각자의 밀회를 즐긴다. 그러던 어느날, 로프트에서 밀회를 즐겼던 흔적과 한 여자의 시체가 발견된다. 다섯 남자들은 엄청난 충격에 빠지며 서로가 범인이 아니라고 강력히 주장하지만, 범인은 이들 중 한 명인 것이 분명하며 서로의 비밀을 폭로하고 의심하기 시작하는데..

In rural Westphalia, Franz Berger struggles to keep his inn open. On this day, a bluff, overbearing bully, Hermann Walzer, has booked the dining room for a wedding banquet for his son Mark. There's bad blood between Berger and Walzer, so when the first course, shrimp cocktail, is off, Hermann storms out with the wedding party vowing not to pay. Franz locks the loo door, taking prisoners of the bride and Hermann's wife while he also locks the estate's outer gates, leaving Hermann and the rest outside. Walzer, a pheasant hunter, lays siege; shotguns, rifles, grenades, a shovel, and other weapons leave no one safe. Will it take death to bring these men to their senses?

벨기에 앤트워프 경찰인 빙케와 프레디는 아동 성매매 사건을 수사하다 범인인 퀴퍼스를 사살하게 된다. 은퇴하고 싶어하는 늙은 살인청부업자 레다는 의뢰를 받고 판 캄프라는 사람을 살해하지만, 성매매 대상이었던 열두 살 소녀 비이케를 죽이는 것은 거부한다. 레다는 알츠하이머병에 걸려 기억을 조금씩 잃어가고 있다. 그러나 얼마 후 비이케가 시체로 발견되자 빙케와 프레디가 수사를 맡는다. 레다는 자신에게 의뢰를 했던 자들의 치부를 알게 되고 그들을 응징하기로 결심한다...

The film is a labyrinth with multiple entrances, where an unlikely Ariane in wedding gown guides and misleads the viewer in a strange world marked by metamorphosis, multiple personalities, conflicting drives, parody, ritual, surreality.

Antwerp, at the beginning of June. On a sunny Friday, eight people dream of having a different life. There's wind and music, police and paranoia, gossip and fighting. There's an old virus, an astrayed frisbee, a dead horse, and a mysterious person called Windman. In the evening there's a party …

A sea faring father, a man living on the edge of mental sanity, periodically sees his young son. During the visits, the father tells the boy stories, exotic as well as close to home, about Magonia. This is a mythical place where clouds represent impossible dreams and unfulfilled desires. But the characters in this imaginary place all curiously resemble people now living near the father.

A man with bloody hands is arrested as prime suspect in a murder case. He does not understand why and refuses to cooperate. Bernard Van de Wiele, the suspect, is a writer. One of the police inspectors comes up with the idea to give him a typewriter: an Olivetti 82. The interrogators hope that this way he will agree to share his story. Bernard begins his memoir: a long search for love and protection. Little by little the truth comes to light.

After the dead of the eldest daughter, Germaine and Gilles and their children leave for a holiday in the mountains to restore their bond. However, the killer of their daughter also resides in those mountains and Gilles wants revenge.

The true story of the 19th century Belgian priest, Father Damien, who volunteered to go to the island of Molokai, to console and care for the lepers.

Frans Laarmans temporarily abandons his job as an office worker to become a salesman for a big cheese company.

In a juvenile lockup, a new ward answers questions: she's Rosie, 13, no parents, a sister Irene, a brother Michel. In flashbacks we find out what happened. She lives with Irene, who's 27, whom Rosie knows is in fact her mother, but that's their secret. Irene's brother Michel, unemployed, a compulsive gambler, comes to stay with them. Around then, Irene meets Bernard; they come to care for each other. This leaves Rosie without attention, so she puts all her adolescent hopes and romantic fantasies into a relationship with Jimi, a good looking kid she sees on a bus. Is it adventures with Jimi that land her in juvie? Once she's there, why doesn't he answer her letters?

A businessman gets in serious financial troubles. When his mother dies, he thinks he's saved, but she only leaves 50.000 francs (1.500 USD). His brother Bruno, a customs officer, wants to use the money for her funeral, but our businessman prefers to use it to shake off his attackers. He promises them they will get through customs without problems with a certain package... Now his only problem is to convince Bruno...

Tragicomic gangster drama about a young man who robs a gas station and takes the place of the attendant during one night, with the intention to take off to paradise with the money.

A short look into the life of a loving girl with an abusive mother and a father who stands by during his wife's frequent fits of violence.

Orazbaz, who lives in Uzbek, longs to leave his tiny fishing village. He becomes a stowaway on a ship thinking that he will end up in Manhattan. Instead he ends up in Rotterdam and is taken in by a lonely woman, but he is eventually betrayed by her jealous husband.

After an argument and fight with a wealthy one night stand in a posh hotel, young hustler Chris finds himself trapped inside. With nowhere to go and the cops closing in on the hotel fast, he wanders into "Suite 16" in a fit of despair. Inside, a handicapped and wheelchair bound Glover is held captive for the evening once discovered by Chris. However, things change the next day when Glover informs Chris that the woman he slept with is now dead; and that he surely will be sought out for her murder. Lonely and bored, Glover offers to shelter Chris for awhile while the cuts and bruises from the previous nights escapades have time to heal.

A 40-year-old mother struggles to deal with the anxiety of growing older after her eldest daughter moves out and the youngest distances herself.

Liam has a terrible childhood, is neglected and abused. He grows up being an adolescent with dark thoughts and actions. As a defence mechanism he shits himself. Because of his home situation, the Social Service places him in a closed institution, away from his parents, where he meets the supervisor Paulien. She seems to influence him positively. When Liam is raped in the institution, he no longer sees a way out and reckons his past in a sinister manner.

Wilfried Wils is an auxiliary policeman in Antwerp at the start of the Second World War. The city is in the grip of violence and distrust. Wilfried does what he can for himself, avoiding paths that are too slippery. He receives attention and material support from a man who has sided with the German occupier, Meanbeard, but he also enjoys the confidence of his anti-Nazi colleague Lode, brother to Wilfried’s love Yvette. Wilfried struggles to survive as the persecution of the Jews proceeds unabated.