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FOCUS ON BELGIUM
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Programme 1
Programme 2
Programme 3
Love
Mystery
The Daily Life of Belgians Surreal
You Will Find It
Programme 4
Sundays
Carlo
Mumbler
Sunday 11th | 2.30pm | Gate Cinema | 78mins
Monday 12th | 4.30pm | Gate Cinema | 93mins
Tuesday 13th | 4.30pm | Gate Cinema | 87mins
Wednesday 14th | 4.30pm | Gate Cinema | 75mins
Argentine Tango
The Bloody Olive
The Sunflyers
Wooww
Guido Thys | 2006 | 13mins
Vincent Bal | 1997 | 10mins
Tim Mielants | 2005 | 14mins
Fien Troch | 1999 | 15mins
Despite the faceless and cold atmosphere at his work place, an office clerk tries to make his colleagues happy. Instead of the classical cliché Christmas gifts, he wants to give his colleagues something real and precious. Academy Award® nomination – Best Live Action Short Film, 2008
Christmas Eve 1951: Werner and Mylène prepare for a cosy evening when the unexpected occurs.
The final game for the aeromodelling club ‘The Sunflyers’. Producer Sint-Lukas Hogeschool Brussel Print Source timmielants@gmail.com
Wooww shows the absurd sides of violence within human relationships and the way it affects children. Alienation rules, but emotions and humour are still present.
Sundays
Producers Karel Ringoet, Fien Troch, Ludo Troch
The Wallet
Valéry Rosier | 2011 | 16mins
Print Source troch.mertens@skynet.be
Producers Anja Daelemans, Dries Phylpo Print Source ad.idea@pandora.be
Vincent Bierrewaerts | 2003 | 10mins
Damien Chemin | 2005 | 10mins
A man who has just missed a job opportunity finds a wallet on his way home. A part of him takes it while the other continues on his way.
The End Of The World
Double Chicken
Sundays or how Mankind faces the passage of time. That free time we are trying to fill at all costs. That same time we look at passing by, with laughter or boredom.
Choosing from a menu can be harder than you think.
Producer Arnaud Demuynck Print Source ademuynck@euroanima.net
Producer Erwin Provoost Print Source info@mmg.be
Producer Michel De Kempeneer Print Source m.dekemp@polygone-av.com
Forever Juliet
Jonas Govaerts | 2005 | 13mins
Nathalie Teirlinck | 2008 | 19mins
Anton, a slick, successful creative man, gets a tattoo to prove his wild streak to his girlfriend. A car accident with the tattoo artist results in a terrible curse...
A lively wedding on the beach of the restless North Sea. Everyone is happy except the young bride, Juliette. While smoking a cigarette she recalls a childhood memory of an innocent and early love. Producer Tim Blancke Print Source nathalie.teirlinck@hotmail.com
Alice And I Micha Wald | 2003 | 19mins
Simon has to drive his old aunt and two of her friends to the seaside. While driving, he gets a call from his girlfriend, Alice, which turns into an argument. Producer Jacqyes-Henri Bronckart Print Source info@versusproductions.be
For You I Will Fight Rachel Lang | 2010 | 21mins
Here you are only a docile body. We say to you who you are, why you are there, what you have to do. Your time and your space are marked out in squares, managed by others. Producer Annette Wauthoz Print Source wauthoz@iad-arts.be
Producers Wim Reygaert, Dimitri Karakasanis Print Source info@workfilms.net
Plot Point
Wannes Destoop | 2010 | 15mins
Nicolas Provost | 2007 | 15mins
Chantal, a chubby girl of 12, only feels at home in the local pool. Winner Jury Prize – Cannes Film Festival 2011.
In Plot Point all the actions and characters are real people, in real life, filmed with a hidden camera. Producer Nicolas Provost Print Source info@argosarts.org
Michael Havenith | 2010 | 10mins
Serge, a security agent in a supermarket, hopes to win the heart of Aline, a young cashier more concerned by the state of planet than by Serge’s advances. One evening, lightning strikes and plunges the store into darkness, leaving Serge to contain the hysterical customers. Producer Jean-Luc Van Damme Print Source jeanluc@bananafilms.eu
Mumbler Marc Roels, Wim Reygaert | 2012 | 20mins
Swimsuit 46
Producers Katleen Goossens, Wannes Destoop Print Source wannesdestoop@hotmail.com Website www.badpakje46.be
A withdrawn young man living with his mother in a little house in Flanders is upset by a surreal encounter with the nightmarish inhabitants of the region. Producers Wim Reygaert, Marc Roels Print Source prod@t42films.com
A Famous Day Jean Marie Buchet | 2005 | 11mins
Plan B Robin Pront | 2008 | 20mins
A fast and hard gangster movie.
You Will Find It
Producers Nicolas Guiot, Valéry Rosier, Fred De Loof Print Source urzzia@gmail.com
Producer Robin Pront Print Source frank@fonk.be
Jessie De Leeuw | 2011 | 17mins
While the life of 29-year-old Cilia passes quietly by behind the mini-supermarket checkout, she secretly is a master of escapism. In her dreams she escapes from dull reality and creates a colourful, musical world.
Carlo
Producer Jessie De Leeuw Print Source jessiedl@hotmail.com
Producer Ellen De Waele Print Source info@cccp.be
Michael R. Roskam | 2004 | 18mins
Carlo, a young butcher, finds out that life is a tragi-comic game where coincidence plays the part of the cynical key player.
Gridlock Dirk Beliën | 2002 | 7mins
A young manager causes irreparable damage to his wife by calling her on his new phone. Academy Award® nomination – Best Live Action Short Film, 2003 Producer Ellen De Waele Print Source info@cccp.be
The Big Game Sylvestre Sbille | 2011 | 20mins
In the Hildebrandt’s home, they are aware of the woes of the world, but they still enjoy their small comforts. During a birthday celebration, a surprise guest arrives...
Jean leaves his place. He looks at what the weather is like. He closes the door and leaves. Suzanne buys a kilo of Saveloy. Robert is having a walk. Louise has lost her house. What can be done? Producer Patrice Baudinet Print Source pbcpictures@ibelgique.com
Producer André Logie Print Source delphine@anga.be
The Fantastic Night Flatlife
Stéphane Elmadjian, Didier Poiraud, Thierry Poiraud, Hughes Poulain,
Jonas Geirnaert | 2004 | 11mins
Vincent Tavier, Adam Wolny | 2003 | 19mins
Hanging a painting on the wall, doing laundry, watching TV; all ostensibly innocent actions for four people who live next to each other.
When a general’s leg has been blown off by a grenade during a game of golf, he also loses his favourite golf shoe, the famous Wenston size 44. A group of soldiers is sent out to find the missing shoe.
Producer Nathalie Meyer Print Source thomasjans1@gmail.com
Producer Nicolas LeClercq Print Source anni.vanparys@laparti.com