Sam Louwyck

Elsa, 23, has always been very close to her older brother Franck, an astronaut who mysteriously disappeared 3 years earlier during a space mission. Elsa cannot grieve and her life is on hold. One day, she is contacted from space by an unknown life form who claims to be able to bring her brother back to Earth. But there is a price to pay…

Lili has left everything behind to travel to the edge of the earth and accomplish her dream, fishing the Northern seas. She persuades Ian, the captain of a trawler by the name of Rebel, to give her a chance and let her join the crew. The only woman on board, they call her Sparrow. Hidden behind a frail appearance is a will of steel, and her courage and determination ultimately win over their respect. Adopted into this world of often unfortunate individuals, Lili will conquer her right to live differently, free. Debut film.

An older man begins to work in a modern dairy factory. He feels distant and does not identify with the place, the people and even the society. Little by little, he is approaching cows and oxen, transforming into an animal and returning to his ancestry.

소설가 마르셀 벨메르와 출판사 사장인 그의 아내 잔느의 저택에 가사도우미로 고용된 미스터리한 소녀 글로리아는 대체 어떤 사람일까? 마르셀의 베스트셀러 「멈출 수 없는」은 어떤 비밀을 감추고 있는 걸까? 안그래도 자신의 거짓말에 시달리는 마르셀에게 이젠 지옥같은 악몽이 기다리고 있을 뿐이다. (제26회 부산국제영화제)

At 19, passionate about street art, Naëlle (Najaa Bensaid) is forced to follow a reintegration project with other young people, her last chance to avoid being separated from her loved ones. Touched by the young girl, Hélène (Agnès Jaoui), the site manager and her instructor, introduces her one day to the Maison des Compagnons de Nantes, a world of traditions that promotes craftsmanship excellence and transmission between generations. Alongside Paul (Pio Marmai), a companion stained glass artist who agrees to take her for training in his studio, Naëlle discovers a universe with codes very different from hers that could give new meaning despite her difficulties in life. Naëlle will carve a place for herself in the fascinating world of stained glass and will realize that the Companions' values are not just empty words.

Prominent politician Louis Durieux is accused of having murdered his wife, found dead in their hotel room. The case blows up into an intense media storm. Is he guilty or innocent? Nobody knows. Perhaps not even him...

Marie, an independent sex worker and activist, dreams of a bright future for her son. She decides to enroll him in one of the best cooking schools in France.

Beaten and hardened by life in a Nigerian ghetto, Charity leaves for Europe to work as an illegal prostitute. She is saddled with her younger sister Happy, whom she ruthlessly initiates into the world of prostitution. Happy resists her fate, jeopardizing Charity's dream of becoming rich. Together with other unregistered women they endure hardship, exploitation and humiliation with resilience and song, until one day it all becomes too much and they revolt, singing their fury from the rooftops.

남매인 폴과 이리나는 낯선 이들에 이끌려 외딴섬 푸스트의 종교 공동체와 함께 자란다. 지하에서 비누만 만들던 이리나에게 푸스트는 청결의 상징인 히기에이아 여신의 역할을 제안하고, 누나를 위층으로 보내고 지하에 혼자 남은 폴은 하류층 아이들과 혁명을 꿈꾸는데...

An otherworldly journey through a Europe in decline - a collection of darkly humorous, fantasy tales about ill-fated characters and doomed fortune.

수줍음 많은 젊은 여성, 잔은 어머니와 함께 살면서 놀이공원에서 야간 청소부로 일한다. 자유분방한 어머니는 잔이 남자들과 어울리기를 원하지만 그는 자기만의 세계에 빠져 있다. 그러던 잔이 사랑에 빠진다. 그가 첫눈에 반한 상대는 환한 불빛을 뿜어내면서 힘차게 돌아가는 놀이기구다. 잔이 거대한 금속성 놀이기구를 성적 대상으로 여기게 된 이유는 정확히 알기 어렵지만, 확실한 건 그가 사물 성애(object sexuality)자라는 사실이다. 잔은 자신이 ‘점보’라고 이름 붙인 이 대형 놀이기구와 다정한 대화를 하며 육체적인 애정까지 나눈다. 하지만 잔의 성적 취향은 그를 진심으로 사랑하는 어머니에게조차 인정받지 못한다. 잔은 진정 변태인가? 비정상인가?

A heroic-fantasy musical.

Stella is a failed actress who loses her ability to laugh after sustaining a brain injury. Without humor, she feels she 'cant function anymore. Her neurologist advices her to meet Frank, a geologist-driller-blaster who works in a stone quarry and suffers from the same syndrome...

On the night of the strangest wedding in cinema history, a grotesque gang boss hires a stonecold killer to bring him the finger of a fading, drug-addicted jazz legend.

1849년, 기독교 교리를 따르는 캘리포니아 변두리 마을에 정착한 ‘패트릭’은 성실한 장의사 겸 목수로 주민들에게 신임을 얻고 있다. 평화롭던 어느 날, 무법자 ‘더치 알버트’가 마을에 술집을 열어 도박과 매춘을 일삼으며 매일 밤 피바람을 일으키기 시작한다. 시체가 쌓여갈수록 ‘패트릭’의 돈벌이는 늘어가지만 이웃들의 의심과 ‘알버트’ 무리의 압박이 심해지고, ‘패트릭’은 되돌릴 수 없는 파국으로 치닫게 된다.

Olaf, an engineering student, lives with his father Vincent. Once a renowned architect, now suffering from early Alzheimer’s disease. Olaf is struggling, because he wants to keep seeing Vincent as the man who knows everything. In the run-up to the birthday party Olaf organises for his dad, their surroundings grow darker; a concrete wall casts a shadow over their house from the garden and Vincent’s condition is deteriorating. Olaf will have to realise that living together in the present is more valuable than persistently clinging on to what used to be.

클럽의 가드로 일하는 ‘루카스’는 소란을 제압하던 중, 예기치 못한 사고에 휘말린다. 무엇보다 소중한 딸을 잃을 위기에 놓인 그는 양육권을 대가로 범죄 조직에 가담하라는 제안을 받게 되는데…

공원에서 숨바꼭질을 하다 길을 잃은 클레오와 폴. 쌍둥이 동생 폴을 찾기 위해 복잡한 대도시인 파리로 뛰어든 클레오는 다양한 사람들을 만나고 자신을 위협하는 세계에 맞서나간다.

One of the Baba's disappears from the face of the earth and his friends find him back. In doing so, the Baba's take it on against the evil Cordelia Zen, witch is trying to deprive all children of their spontaneity and joy of life.

최고의 슈퍼바이크 레이서를 꿈꾸는 토니, 그가 뒷골목 지하 세계에 발을 들인다. 레일라와 소피앵을 구하려면 하는 수 없다. 정해진 트랙 없는 위험한 질주가 시작된다.

Going on a safari is a dream for many. For middle-aged couple Linda and Troyer, it turns into a horribly real adventure when they get left behind in the wilderness.

A successful, city-based construction manager finds herself reconsidering her cosmopolitan life choices when her employer relocates her to a folksy seaside town.

상류층 출신의 카레이서 베네딕트를 만난 지노는 첫눈에 사랑에 빠져 열정적이고, 조건 없는, 격렬한 사랑을 한다. 지노는 잘생기고, 털털하고, 평범해 보이는 남자지만 베네딕트에게 털어놓을 수 없는 비밀이 있다. 자신과 주변 사람의 목숨을 모두 위험에 빠트릴 수 있는 그런 비밀. 과연 베네딕트와 지노는 과거를 뒤로하고 미래로 나아갈 수 있을까?

'Cargo' brings the raw story of three brothers who own a family business in the fishery and are trying to save it from destruction. The passion for their profession but also for their loved ones, however, drives them to desperate actions.

A disrupted family and a farm in decay. A sick brother and a hopeless future. In the road movie Malik, the paths of outsiders Ben and Amir cross, in extreme conditions and in an unexpected way.

Alex is fifteen years old. Back from boarding school for the weekend, he reconnects with his little country village and his family, a family which seems to care more for its dogs than for Alex. This of course annoys him. He's better off without them. He's better off down at the cross-country motorbike track with Kader and the turning bikes. But he's obliged to take his grandmother's dog with him and it disappears into the forest.

20세기 초 레위니옹 섬, 부유한 부르주아들의 자식들로 비행을 일삼는 5명의 10대 소년들이 주인공이다. 자신들이 저지른 범죄의 대가로 유배형을 받은 이들은 네덜란드인 선장의 지휘에 따라 기이한 여행을 하게 된다. (2018년 제19회 전주국제영화제)

A teenage hypochondriac and his equally peculiar mother, father and adolescent sister set out on a tumultuous road trip from Amsterdam to Spain when a family member falls severely ill.

A young girl struggles to reconnect with her older brother as he moves back home after a failed suicide attempt.

A man's hypochondriacal relationship with his mother.

Galicia, Spain, during the Second World War The life of Manuela, a mysterious miner who was branded a witch, changes with the arrival of an Allied commando, in charge of sabotaging the production of tungsten, a vital mineral for the continuity of the war effort of Nazi Germany.

혀가 잘려 말을 하지 못하는 리즈가 조산사로 일하고 있는 황무지 마을에 새로 목사가 부임하고, 그녀는 긴장한다. 강렬한 카리스마를 선보이는 목사의 얼굴에는 깊은 칼자국이 있다. 리즈를 천형과 같이 따라다니는 그는 과거 자신의 얼굴에 칼자국을 남긴 그녀를 찾아 응징을 위해 이 황무지까지 찾아왔고, 지옥과 같은 잔혹함으로 끊임없이 그녀를 고통스럽게 한다. 자신과 사랑하는 딸을 지키기 위해 리즈는 최선을 다하고, 그녀의 기개와 용기 그리고 살아남고자 하는 강한 생존본능은 그녀를 피해자가 아닌 생존자로 만든다. 리즈는 더 이상 위협 앞에 두려워하는 어린 소녀가 아니라 놀랄 만한 용기로 자신과 자신의 딸을 지키기 위해 더 나은 삶을 요구하며 자신 앞에 끝임없이 나타나는 악마 같은 잔혹함과 맞선다.

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.

After a stormy night, 50ish Marco's mistress 20ish Vali decides that it is time to settle accounts with her lover.

춤과 노래로 모두 즐거움에 들떠있던 마을 축제날, 한 가족의 딸이자 누나였던 소녀 켈리가 돌연 자취를 감춘다. 아버지 알랭(프랑소아 다미앙)과 남동생 키드(피네건 올드필드)는 삶의 모든 것을 내던진 채 그녀의 행방을 찾아 나서지만 뚜렷한 단서를 찾지 못하고, 남겨진 가족의 일상은 지금까지와는 전혀 다른 방향으로 흘러가게 되는데…

A handful of migrants without papers decide to start a hunger strike. Day by day, overcoming the violence that they inflict upon themselves, they discover the greatness of their true cause. From this realisation they learn to affirm their common humanity.

Fortress Europe has collapsed. North-Europeans are forced to migrate. Lucas, a middle-class man gets stranded in a coastal village in search of a passage to a brighter elsewhere. Through the difficulties and dilemmas he faces, BRAK explores how far the end justifies the means and how the price we are prepared to pay, can turn a sacrifice into betrayal. This debut fiction film by documentary filmmaker Laurent Van Lancker mixes contemporary realities with predictions of a possible nearby future. BRAK is based on a novel by Elvis Peeters and filmed on location in real settings (refugee camps and the abandoned city of Doel, Belgium).

A brutal home-jacking goes hopelessly wrong. Dave, one of the two robbers, manages to run off, leaving his brother Kenneth behind. Four years later, Kenneth is released from prison and much has changed. Dave has his life back on track and is trying to help Kenneth however possible, but is witnessing how the highly strung Kenneth tries to win back his ex-girlfriend Sylvie.

렌즈는 갑자기 사라진 마델레인느를 찾기 위해 파리로 돌아왔다가 어린 아들을 잃고 비탄에 빠져있는 간호사 헬레나와 만나게 된다. 자기파괴와 질투로 점철된 열병과 같은 사랑이야기. (2016년 제17회 전주국제영화제)

Belgian Disaster.

When Thanatos meets a lonely birdwatcher, a special friendship ensues. But he knows in advance that a farewell will be inevitable.

맥심과 멜라니는 서툴지만 격정적으로 서로를 탐닉하던 중 임신사실을 알게 된다. 이를 불운으로만 여겼던 맥심은 곧 아버지가 될 결심을 한다. 그렇게 둘은 15살의 나이로 부모가 될 준비를 한다.

Jérôme, a senior executive, has just left his company. Determined to never work for nobody else ever again, he attempts to set up his own company, come what may, even ignoring the reluctance of his wife Laura. Ugo, their 11-year-old son, is a tennis player and a promising champion. To reach his goal, he must make it into the Roland Garros national training centre. Just like his dad, he’s willing to do whatever it takes to make it. Together, Ugo and Jérôme will realize that not all rules can be bent in the quest for success.

Gelsomina’s family works according to some special rules. First of all, Gelsomina, at twelve years of age, is head of the family and her three younger sisters must obey her: sleep when she tells them to and work under her watchful eye. But the world, the outside, mustn’t know anything about their rules, and must be kept away from them. They must learn to disguise themselves.

A mother and young daughter are coerced into joining her ex-husband on a stolen yacht bound for the west coast of Africa. Five days into the journey a raging storm engulfs them, forcing the family to abandon the yacht. Trapped in a tiny life raft with little food or water they find themselves pitted not only against the elements but also against each other. Based on a true story.

Tibo has a serious condition: boredom. He works as a nurse on a palliative care floor, and all he can think of lately is money. Once and a while, he tries to break the routine by placing bets with his co-workers on the last breath of dying patients. All in vain. One day, his colleague Anouk asks him for a favor. Whether Tibo would like to spend the day with Frans Claeskens, the only patient without any friends or family, because today Frans will undergo euthanasia. A big ask for everyone who knows the racist and perverted Frans Claeskens.

해외출장에서 돌아와 아내가 실종된 것을 발견한 한 회사원이 수소문에 나선다. 그러나 아내를 찾으려 하면 할수록 남자는 악몽 같은 무자비한 세상과, 어쩌면 영원히 빠져 나오지 못할 수도 있는 분열의 세계로 점점 빠져들어간다. 로 화제를 뿌렸던 감독들이 내놓은 이 신지알로는 영화 내내 보는 이를 바짝 긴장하게 만드는 맛이 있다. 아마추어 탐정 역할을 하는 외지에서 온 주인공, 원색의 배경 속에서 난도질하는 수수께끼의 살인마, 비밀스러운 스토리와 통로들을 뒤에 감춘, 생명을 가진 유기체 같은 건물, 그 외 다수 익스트림 클로즈업 샷들이 마리오 바바와 다리오 아르젠토 등 지알로 거장들의 수작을 지시한다. 그러나 복제라는 장치의 반복, 살을 에는 듯한 소름 끼치는 음향의 포화, 영화를 관통하는 뒤틀린 관능이 어우러져 생산되는 분열적 세계는 이 감독들의 개성과 재능에 해당한다. 형사와 집주인은 주인공의 분신이기도 하며, 로라라는 미지의 여자 또한 여러 얼굴로 구현된다. 끝까지 관객의 몫으로 남는 풀리지 않는 수수께끼는 이 영화의 치명적 매력을 배가한다. (2013년 제18회 부산국제영화제/이수원)

Nine year-old Thomas spends most of his days at the flea market closely observing the Wheeling's and dealings of the market's sellers . His desire to be one of them leads him to embark on a one-night adventure that overwhelms him.

"Our homage to the man whose ability to change whilst remaining himself has been a massive influence on us. There are many legends in the music industry but for us, there is no greater than the mighty Dave. We've included all things Bowie, whether that is original songs, covers, backing vocals, production work or reworks we made, to attempt to give you the full scope of the man's genius. "For the visual side to this mix our friend Wim Reygaert (who also made the amazing film for Into The Vortex) came up with the most ambitious film for RSWX, taking us on a fever dream time travel through the man's career starring the amazing Hannelore Knuts as Dave. We've got to extend a special thank you to the cast and crew and everyone involved for putting so much time and energy and heart and soul into this amazing film, it is a pure labour of love for the phenomenon that is Bowie." - Soulwax

Villagers find their situation growing increasingly desperate when their community becomes engulfed in an endless winter.

A young Russian travels to Belgium to achieve his boyhood dream of becoming a pro cyclist. His team boss pressurizes him into the use of doping products. Slowly but surely, he loses his grip on reality and is drawn into the dark side of the sport

A young cattle farmer is approached by an unscrupulous veterinarian to make a shady deal with a notorious beef trader.

As the highly pregnant Susanne crashes through the doors of the hospital emergency entrance, thoroughly unprepared for the birth ahead, she begins to panic. In a fit of hysteria – the contractions are just setting in – she has an vision: she need not worry, this child is predestined. Twelve years later, Susanne is looking forward to a fresh start. After years of abstention, she is hoping for a steady relationship. But her son, whom she since the vision believes to be a genius, is writing unreadable essays in school and his teacher wants to put him in special ed. Susanne and Jonathan wrestle for their life.The film is a collaboration between the director Johan Carlsen and Cornelia and Christopher Kwanka, a mother and son living in Berlin-Lichtenberg. Conny and Christopher act out scenes from Johanʼs childhood and their own experience. They play Johnny and Susanne, a mother and son fighting for recognition and balance. (Johan Carlsen)

Nightly meetings imply a return. A return that should make a departure a whole lot easier.

Sam wakes up, gets ready and goes to do his daily job. And then the unexpected happens. A bomb explodes in the center of the shopping mall where he works. He drags himself towards the entrance to save the victims. One by one he pulls them out, until something terrible takes place. In complete hysteria he runs off till he falls down from exhaustion. A woman's voice makes him raise his head. She's one of the victims he saved. She wants to know why the suicide bomber did it. This encounter projects him back in history and even in a surreal world. Thereafter he runs into everyone he saved and feels that their defeat shows many parallels with his own. Even his confrontation with the wrongdoer isn't that straightforward as he thought it would be and confronts him with the fact that guilt and innocence can be pretty much alike.

A man trying to keep himself afloat and marry the woman he loves sees all that's dear to him threatened in this drama. Marcus (Sam Louwyck) works as a maintenance man for a Belgian power company, keeping lines and electrical towers in repair along a thinly populated area with a few low-income neighborhoods scattered across the plains. Marcus has been living with his pretty girlfriend Bettina (Lisbeth Gruwez) for quite some time; she runs a diner, and they have a nine-year-old daughter Tessa (Kimke Desart) who seems to live in a world of her own. Marcus's boss is Hungarian émigré Szabolcs (Zoltan Miklos Hajdu), and when Marcus is seriously injured on the job, Szabolcs steps in to do his work. However, after meeting Bettina, Szabolcs decides to move into Marcus's personal life as well as his professional life.

Mario and Tom are two street punks who want to rob a bank. They ask the young Turkish Emin to be their driver that day. Emin can use the money and accepts, but he doesn't have a getaway car.

Three handicapped losers who form a band ask famous writer Dries to be their drummer. He joins the band and starts manipulating them.

Nicky breaks both of his feet, and asks his cousin Carlo to stand in for him during a footballmatch. But when Carlo is picked up on the day of the match, he gets in the wrong car.

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 young girl wakes up in the trunk of a car. This is not how she imagined her birthday...

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

A motorcyclist draws a red line in the middle of the desert. The line must never be broken, nor be passed.

Two men take a journey through crowded Parisian streets, interacting and disrupting everyday life.

A young girl seeks revenge against Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, for the death of her father.