Films 16

Boi

Creatura

Boi

16+

Anthony Nti, Belgium, Dutch subtitles, 15’, 2016 contact / director → Anthony Nti Bulgarian street rascals Boiko and Luka help their uncle collect scrap metal in Belgium. The smallest one is a mini-pasha, with an attractive cunning smile. The big one is a mistaken slug. They spend their days deceiving shop assistants to score paprika crisps and by tossing a coin to see which way today will go. During one of those days, their relationship is put to the test.

Creatura

16+

Giada Bossi, Italy, Dutch subtitles, 18’, 2021 contact / sales → Withstand

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Nina is a 16-year-old dancer who secretly looks up to Gio, the most popular girl in town. Much to Nina's surprise, Gio increasingly reaches out to her. But does she have good intentions?

Cryptozoo

16+

Dash Shaw, the United States, Dutch subtitles, 95’, 2021 contact / distributor Belgium → September Film contact / sales → The Match Factory

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California, 1970. While the youth engages in the sexual revolution, anti-government protests, and the Vietnam War, a different kind of battle takes place underground. Vet Lauren Gray tracks down magical creatures, rescues them from abuse and shelters them in her Cryptozoo. However, the military is no longer on her side when they decide to get their hands on the greatest cryptid of all: the dream-eating chimera Baku. It becomes their mission to harness his power and destroy the dreams of the nascent counterculture.

Da Yie

16+

Anthony Nti, Belgium, Ghana, Dutch subtitles, 20’, 2019 contact / distributor Belgium → Dalton Distribution contact / sales → Rondini In Ghana, a stranger is trusted with recruiting children for a risky job. He finds Prince and Mathilda, two brisky children, and leads them to his gang. He soon begins to question his decision out of concern how it could drastically influence the lives of the children…

Kwaku

16+

Anthony Nti, Ghana, Belgium, Dutch subtitles, 15’, 2015 contact / director → Anthony Nti 8-year-old Kwaku lives with his grandmother Nana in a small village in Ghana. Nana isn’t doing too well. Kwaku helps her with all kinds of household chores. One day he thinks of a smart way to earn some money to buy a gift for his grandma.

Love, dad

16+

Diana Cam Van Nguyen, Czech Republic and Slovakia, Dutch subtitles, 13’, 2021 contact / sales → Miyu

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A young woman rereads the letters her father sent her from prison fifteen years ago. His words are full of love and affection. Never again were they to be that close. Now she tries to answer him, writing down what couldn’t be said until now.

Ninjababy

16+

Yngvild Sve Flikke, Norway, Dutch subtitles, 103’, 2021 contact / distributor Belgium → Cherry Pickers contact / sales → TrustNordisk

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Rakel wanted to be an astronaut, forest-keeper, or cartoonist. Anything but a young mother. She’d rather get drunk and party, so who's gonna win: her or the baby?

Le sang de la veine

16+

Martin Jauvat, France, Dutch subtitles, 17’, 2021 contact / sales → Ecce Films

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Summer in the suburbs of Paris. Rayan is bored to death in his room. But thanks to a Tinder date, the story

Da Yie

Kwaku

Love, dad

Ninjababy

Le sang de la veine

The threatened love

Traverser takes a surprising turn of events. Melancholy, alienation and romance in the banlieues. With the kind permission of ARTE.

The threatened love El amor amenazado

16+

Héctor Herce, Spain, Dutch subtitles, 15’, 2021 contact / sales → Marvin & Wayne

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In a seemingly empty and forgotten neighbourhood, Alex and Felix are waiting for the hot summer to end, while dreaming of fast cars and of Marga, the love of their lives. Both friends share the same dreams, which might threaten their friendship sooner or later.

Traverser

16+

Magali Coremans, Belgium, Dutch subtitles, 14’, 2021 contact / director → Magali Coremans

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A young woman walks through the city. Through a half-open window, she overhears a heated argument between a man and a woman, in a language she does not understand. As she continues her walk, she is left with questions she cannot answer.