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BRAK (2015)
Character: Lucas
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).
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Lockdown (2018)
Character: N/A
In his own natural habitat, the infamous Brussels' neighbourhood Molenbeek that appeared in the international news several times after terrorist attacks in Europe, director Koen Van Sande tells a story about paranoia and misunderstandings.
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Na de Regen (2020)
Character: N/A
Cécile’s life is turned upside down after the Alzheimer diagnosis of her husband. In an attempt to keep him close, she loses herself.
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De vijver (2014)
Character: Papa
A poetic horror story, set in 1903, about a twelve year old girl who tries to unravel the frightening mystery of the black pond behind the family house.
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Back by 6 (2011)
Character: Christopher
Two young men search for a window to wash, rain jackets to take off, and various wounds to heal. They move apart, and meet up again - and have to be back by 6.
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Carlo (2004)
Character: Jipé
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.
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Crocs (2019)
Character: Richard
A former fighting dog's loyalty to her master is shattered by her recent whelping. A violent maternal instinct awakens in Magda, endangering Ian's family, who force her to separate from her puppies and return to the ring.
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Un coup de maître (2023)
Character: N/A
Arthur, a passionate Parisian art gallery owner, represents Renzo, a longtime friend, and radical figurative painter stuck in an existential crisis. Suffering from painter's block, dejected, Renzo slumps into utter boredom. To save themselves, Arthur develops a bold plan to bring them both back into the limelight.
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Clean (2026)
Character: Mathieu
'Clean' is inspired by a true story about an ambitious police officer torn between his sworn duty in the 'War on Drugs' and the desperate, personal battle to save his heroin-addicted brother. As he struggles to carry out orders, he faces gut-wrenching choices that pit his loyalty to the law against his love for family. 'Clean' is a quest to expose the pain, guilt, and hope within a man forced to choose between what is right and what is required.
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My Foolish Heart (2018)
Character: Peter
In 1988 Amsterdam, a Dutch police detective finds himself on a bittersweet journey of discovery as he investigates the mysterious demise of jazz icon Chet Baker, found dead on the street below his hotel room in the city center.
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Passion simple (2021)
Character: N/A
A man and a woman are brought together by chance for several months. He is younger than she is, married, Russian, officially a diplomat stationed in Paris. She is a beautiful teacher and researcher, with her feet firmly on the ground. The film follows the evolution of their love, from the beginning to end.
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The Birdcatcher (2019)
Character: Reichmann
Norway, 1942, during World War II. After being separated from her family, Esther, a young Jewish girl from Trondheim, arrives at an isolated farm where she must assume a new identity in order to survive the Nazi persecution.
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Entre la vie et la mort (2022)
Character: Arsen
One night, Leo, a Spaniard working in Brussels as a subway driver, sees a young man on the edge of the platform, just before he falls onto the tracks.
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L'économie du couple (2016)
Character: Friend
Marie and Boris decide to get a divorce after 15 years of marriage. Tensions rise when cash-strapped Boris must continue to live with Marie and the two children while trying to figure out how to divide the assets.
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De Behandeling (2014)
Character: Alex Simons
Inspector Nick Cafmeyer seems to have it all - looks, brains and a successful career. But a dark cloud hangs over his life: since the age of nine, he has been haunted by the unsolved disappearance of his younger brother, Bjorn. Plettinckx, a known sex offender, was questioned but quickly released. Plettinckx lives close by and takes fiendish pleasure in harassing Nick. Then, when a disturbing case comes to light involving a missing nine-year-old, Nick heads a massive search which turns into a relentless manhunt.
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Une seule chose à faire (2005)
Character: N/A
Edward Monskii, is in a very bad shape, and Botter Gaarman, obviously tired, are in the terrace of a coffee of a Mediterranean city, ready for a long time prepared mission. When a quite old man, Ernest Carpentier, joined their table, the situation becomes tense and dangerous.
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Mastemah (2022)
Character: François de Maistre
After a traumatic accident during a hypnosis seance, young psychiatrist Louise opens a new office in the middle of nowhere. When she starts analyzing Theo, a dark and mysterious man, people around her start to die.
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Redbad (2018)
Character: Charles Martel
In the year of 754 AD, during a time of epic battles and bloodshed, the legend of the pagan warrior king, Rebad, is born, but so is a new weapon against his people: Christianity. Redbad must ultimately unite a Viking army powerful enough to defeat the seemingly invincible Franks.
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Et dans mon coeur j’emporterai (2008)
Character: N/A
One night, a man in his thirties wanders all alone in the streets of Brussels. He’s dragged into a Korean karaoke bar by a drunk businessman.
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Rookie (2021)
Character: Christophe
Nicky, a young ambitious and confident pure blooded motorcyclist. He always puts his life on the line while racing, not for the money but for kicks, respect and fame. When he gets into an accident, his world crumbles apart, not sure whether he’ll ever be able to race again. He has trouble accepting this new life and turns to his sister-in-law Vero and her son Charlie to start over. But the adrenaline junkie inside him rears his ugly head and Nicky tries relive his dream by coaching his nephew Charlie. It quickly becomes clear though, that they’re not cut from the same cloth.
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Storm: Letters van vuur (2017)
Character: Schout
The film is set in 1521 Antwerp, in a Europe ravaged by religious wars, and during the early years of the Reformation. It tells the story of the twelve year old, Falko Voeten – a printer’s son. When Falko’s father, Klaas Voeten, a printer of forbidden literature, is caught by the Inquisition for printing a letter written by Maarten Luther; Falko is unwittingly propelled into helping his father and into searching for the letter. Threatened by the Inquisition but aided by Marieke, a Catholic orphan girl from the underground sewers, Falko is faced with a race against time if he is to save his father from being executed for heresy.
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Rundfunk: Jachterwachter (2020)
Character: Man met de Raaf
The harried manager of a rundown RV park gets pulled into chaos after a troubled former child star arrives with problems in tow.
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Oorlogswinter (2008)
Character: Duitse Soldaat Redding
During World War II in the freezing winter of 1944-45 the western Netherlands are in the grip of a famine. Many people move east to provide for their families. Fourteen year old Michiel can't wait to join the Dutch resistance, to the dismay of his father, who, as mayor, works to prevent escalations in the village.
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L'Étreinte (2020)
Character: Till Rosensthiel
Recently widowed fifty-something Margaux looks to start chapter two. Moving in with her sister, she re-enrolls at university for pursuits she’d never realized. However, Margaux begins to experience another kind of awakening, the compulsions of which begin to take over.
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L’Autre Laurens (2023)
Character: Jige
Gabriel Laurens, fifty years old, is a «private investigator». When his fifteen-year-old niece Jade comes into his life and asks him to investigate her father’s death, the detective is confronted with memories he thought were buried forever. Confronted with the ghosts of his past, Gabriel Laurens finds himself caught up in a strange investigation involving pretense, fantasy and drug trafficking.
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L'Envahisseur (2011)
Character: Kris
An African immigrant living illegally in Belgium is desperate to find his own sense of belonging.
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Tueurs (2017)
Character: Santo
Frank Valken, high-flying robber, has just made a final masterful break. At least that’s what he believes… Ideal suspects, Valken and his gang find themselves involved in a criminal case of thirty years. It seems that the crazy killers are back.
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Swooni (2011)
Character: Guillaume, Anna's lover
In a luxurious hotel, the lives of 6 people cross. A story about love, life and the search for happiness.
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Rundskop (2011)
Character: Antony De Greef
A young cattle farmer is approached by an unscrupulous veterinarian to make a shady deal with a notorious beef trader.
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Caffè (2016)
Character: Policeman
For the sommeliers, coffee has three flavors: bitter, sour and a bit of fragrant towards the end. Through the common element of this so evocative product, this movie tells three stories set in three very different parts of the world. In Belgium, during some riots, a precious coffeepot gets stolen from Hamed's shop. He'll decide, once discovers the identity of the thief, to take vengeance alone. In Italy, Renzo, a young Latte Art expert, is involved in a robbery in a coffee shop, but things don't go as planned. In China, Ren Fei, a brilliant manager, finds out that his factory risks destroying a valley in the Yunnan, the beautiful region on the border with Laos.
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Les chevaliers blancs (2015)
Character: Peter Demineur
Jacques Arnault, head of Sud Secours NGO, is planning a high impact operation: he and his team are going to exfiltrate 300 orphan victims of the Chadian civil war and bring them to French adoption applicants. Françoise Dubois, a journalist, is invited to come along with them and handle the media coverage for this operation. Completely immersed in the brutal reality of a country at war, the NGO members start losing their convictions and are faced with the limits of humanitarian intervention.
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Zwart Water (2010)
Character: Mertens
Nine-year-old Lisa discovers her sinister new friend is the ghost of the dead twin of Lisa's mother. Then Lisa's father also begins to suspect his wife of hiding a terrible secret, resulting in deadly consequences…
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Dode Hoek (2017)
Character: Ozgur
Dode Hoek (Blind Spot) is the story of Jan Verbeeck, the uncompromising commissioner of the Antwerp drug squad. Known as Mr. Zero Tolerance, he is hugely popular with the people and the media. The country is thrown into commotion when he announces that he is leaving the police force just before the elections to join the extreme right party, VPV. On his last day as a policeman, he leads an investigation that takes him to Charleroi where a raid on a drug lab sets in motion a series of unforeseeable and fatal events.
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