Ludo Troch

Stephanie smiles as she’s applauded by the crowd. The 11-year-old gymnast just won her first international title. Her coach Patricia embraces her as they both admire the gold medal they have worked so hard for. The girl is crushed with attention, everybody wants to have a picture with her and expresses their high hopes, but the more recognition she gets, the more she realises that the game only has begun.

Burgundy, France. Solange's 60th birthday celebrations are violently interrupted by her estranged brother, Bernard. His outburst will reawaken painful memories and reveal untold stories of the Algerian War.

Um drama estrelado por Émilie Dequenne como uma enfermeira liberal de uma pequena cidade que se torna líder de um fictício partido de extrema-direita na bacia mineira de Nord-Pas-de-Calais. Aproveitando sua popularidade, os diretores do partido sugerem que ela se torne candidata às eleições municipais.

Um livro perdido reaparece na Nova Iorque atual para ligar a vida de um velho imigrante judeu, que ainda sofre a perda do amor de sua vida e uma jovem que descobre o amor pela primeira vez.

Nada (Golshifteh Farahani) volta para casa, ou pelo menos é o que achava. Quando volta para o Líbano, ela percebe que é uma estrangeira em seu próprio país, mas ainda há um lugar que ela pode chamar de casa: uma casa abandonada em ruínas, e assombrada pela presença de seu avô que desapareceu misteriosamente durante a guerra civil.

Clément (Loïc Corbery), professor de filosofia em Paris, é transferido para uma região distante, onde conhece e se apaixona por Jennifer (Émilie Dequenne), uma cabeleireira. O sentimento é recíproco, mas o abismo cultural e social entre os dois impede que o relacionamento evolua.

No início dos anos XX, a escritora Violette Leduc (Emmanuelle Devos) encontra a filósofa Simone de Beauvoir (Sandrine Kiberlain). Nasce entre as duas uma intensa amizade que dura toda a vida, ao mesmo tempo que Simone encoraja Violette a escrever mais, expondo as suas dúvidas e medos, abordando todos os detalhes da intimidade feminina.

De volta de uma viagem profissional à China, Louise descobre que uma jovem foi apunhalada na sua rua e nenhuma testemunha se manifesta. Pierre, seu marido, diz que estava no trabalho. Porém, certa noite, achando que Louise estava dormindo, ele começa a contar o que viu e escutou naquela noite.

A Fonte das Mulheres apresenta uma história que se passa em uma aldeia situada entre a África e o Oriente Médio, onde as mulheres são responsáveis por buscarem a água utilizada pelas famílias. Para isso, precisam caminhar grandes distâncias embaixo de sol escaldante, enquanto seus maridos ficam em casa bebendo e jogando. Um dos habitantes do vilarejo fica noivo de Leila, uma francesa que mora há algum tempo na região. A jovem não aceita a tradição e decide pôr fim a isso, exigindo que os homens passem a buscar água. Por se tratar de uma comunidade extremamente machista, a solução encontrada é fazer “greve de sexo”, o que, entre islamistas radicais, causa muitos problemas.

À época de Brejnev, Andrei Filipov era o maior maestro da União Soviética e dirigia a célebre Orquestra do Bolshoi. Mas, após recusar se separar de seus músicos judeus, entre os quais estava o seu melhor amigo, Sacha, Andrei foi demitido em plena glória. Trinta anos depois, ele continua a trabalhar no Bolshoi... como faxineiro. Uma noite em que Andrei fica até mais tarde, para polir a escrivaninha do diretor, ele se depara com um fax encaminhado à direção do Teatro: trata-se de uma mensagem do Teatro de Châtelet, convidando a orquestra do Bolshoi para tocar em Paris. Subitamente, Andrei tem uma ideia louca: por que não reunir seus antigos companheiros músicos, que vivem hoje de pequenos biscates, e ir com eles a Paris, fazendo-se passar pelo Bolshoi? Enfim, a ocasião tão esperada de ter a sua revanche.

The tragic story of French naïve painter Séraphine Louis aka Séraphine de Senlis (1864-1942), a humble servant who becomes a gifted self-taught painter. Discovered by prominent critic and collector William Uhde, she came to prominence between the wars grouped with other naïve painters like Henri Rouseau only to descend into madness and obscurity with the onset of Great Depression and World War II.

Maggie tenta juntar dinheiro para pagar uma operação de que seu neto precisa, mas não consegue. Ela começa então a trabalhar em um sex shop para tentar ganhar o bastante a tempo de salvar o neto.

A portrait of Rita, who claims that her mother was never a mother for her. Rita gives birth to her own five children and forces her mother to take the role of a mother.

In 1980 the black Falashas in Ethiopia are recognised as genuine Jews and are secretly carried to Israel. The day before the transport the son of a Jewish mother dies. In his place and with his name (Schlomo) she takes a Christian 9-year-old boy.

Julien and Emma are brother and sister, living in rural France with their father, who writes children's books. Julien is a gifted pianist but the loss of his mother has sucked the joie de vivre out of him; his best friend Alice knows it although their platonic relationship is more about him supporting her in bad relationship choices than anything else. When he sees a beautiful woman called Olga in a bookstore, Julien is smitten and sets about to set up someway of impressing her and winning her affection.

In 1913, a young woman starts work as a maid in a seedy Parisian boarding house full of eccentrics. When she falls in love with one of the guests, she must choose between her son and her new romance.

A young mother called Maria is returning home after a long abscence. Her kids have created their own fantasies as to why their mother has been away for such a long time.

3 generations of filmmakers tell a story about Brussels, 3 stories settled in the rue Saint Quentin, a forgotten street somewhere in the shadow of the European administration area.

A girl lives with her mother in Paris. Her life changes when she finds out that her father lives in Morocco and embarks on a journey to find him.

Jean-Batiste Lully foi um dos maiores génios da música barroca, mas a sua paixão foi sempre a dança. Encontrou no rei francês Luís XIV mais do que um mecenas: um patrono a quem devotou a sua lealdade e a sua vida. Esta é a história do compositor, dos seus rivais, amigos e da sua relação com o monarca mais famoso da história de França.

Late 17th Century: Anne de Grandcamp and Lucie de Fontenelle, two little girls from Normandy, arrive at the Saint-Cyr school founded by Madame de Maintenon for educating the daughters of impoverished nobles ruined in wars and making them into free women. Madame de Maintenon is the secret wife of Louis XIV, and empowered by his support, she offers "her" two hundred fifty girls a playful and avant-garde education. Anne and Lucie, two inseparable friends, allow themselves to be carried away by the promise of a bright future. But Maintenon has arrived at the pinnacle of power through scheming and debasing herself and she now fears the fires of hell. She is counting on her model school to atone for her past sins.

Jean (Josse De Pauw) trabalha numa fábrica e sustenta a família. Seu sonho, entretanto, é ser compositor e para isso ele aposta no talento de Marva (Eva van der Gucht), sua filha. Ele insiste em fazê-la ensaiar e a leva a todos os concursos para amadores que acontecem. Com alguns quilinhos a mais e sem voz para ser cantora, a jovem não faz o sucesso esperado, mas, quando se vê desempregado, Jean não consegue ver outra solução senão apostar todas as suas fichas na carreira artística da filha. Num encontro fortuito, seqüestra a cantora mais famosa do país e pede em resgate que Marva cante em rede de TV.

Baseado em uma história verdadeira, o filme acompanha um padre que, no século 19, se voluntariou para ir até a ilha de Molokai para cuidar dos que foram acometidos por um surto de lepra.

A modest man witnesses the deadly accident of a renowned writer and steals his manuscript. At home the man receives the sequel of the manuscript on the fax, written in the same handwriting. He decides to publish the book under his own name. He becomes very successful, until his fans start to ask for another book.

A young woman spends an adventurous winter with a trapper on Spitsbergen.

A short black comedy directed by Lars Damoiseaux.

A highly intelligent teenage girl has an affair with a 40-year-old man.

A hungover groom is not exactly enjoying his wedding day.

In the 1890s, Father Adolf Daens goes to Aalst, a textile town where child labor is rife, pay and working conditions are horrible, the poor have no vote, and the Catholic church backs the petite bourgeoisie in oppressing workers. He writes a few columns for the Catholic paper, and soon workers are listening and the powerful are in an uproar. He's expelled from the Catholic party, so he starts the Christian Democrats and is elected to Parliament. After Rome disciplines him, he must choose between two callings, as priest and as champion of workers. In subplots, a courageous young woman falls in love with a socialist and survives a shop foreman's rape; children die; prelates play billiards.

Belgium, 1980. On the banks of the Meuse river, against the background of a steel-producing city, factories close down one after another and lay off workers. One of those made redundant is Fabrice, who, at thirty-five, is proud of his trade, rendered mythical by fire and steel, but feels he has become useless. His wife, Céline, tries to renew his interest in life. Despite a few moments of rediscovered happiness, Fabrice remains trapped in his confusion and one day disappears. Céline, her intense love leading the way, goes looking for him and eventually finds him. Once again, she tries to save him from himself. Can love resuscitate a languishing man? That is Céline's wager.

Antwerp in the fifties. Robin de Hert grew up in a Catholic parochial environment; on the one hand there is his authoritarian father and the sadistic secretary of the Catholic boys technical school, on the other hand there are the 'Grieten' and the French teacher with whom Robin is getting a good band through a secret they share. If the secretary finds out about this secret, this has major implications for both the teacher and the students ...

Documentary exploring why Belgian television doesn't invest more money in Belgian cinema as is the case in e.g. the netherlands.

This is the story of a man who travels to Brussels, and meets some people with whom he spends a few days. When they all go on a day trip to the "slanting plane" of Ronquieres, all sorts of bottled up frustrations flare up.

An inspector of the Antwerp criminal investigation unit faces problems not only in his professional life, but also at home. When he is partnered with a young, over-confident colleague, he loses control over the case in hand.

Hugues cannot get over the untimely death of his wife Blanche, who made him happy for ten years. He lives alone in his house in Bruges, a city he would like to be dead like his wife. The sorrowful widower has transformed the place he lives in into a shrine dedicated to his beloved wife. One day, he meets Jeanne, a ballet dancer, who looks like Blanche.

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.

Sam starts his first week as a helper at a brickyard. He got this job because his new boss is the chairman of the local football team for which he plays. He's a talented goalkeeper. There is much resemblance between Sam and Louis, a 65-year-old who is pottering through the last days before his retirement. They both react strongly to the illegal dumping practices of a firm from the city. But also their boss' hands do not seem to be entirely clean in this business. Will Sam sink into the rut and routine that Louis is rebelling against?