Millenium Festival Program

OPENING NIGHT

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The ceremony will be followed by the screening of the emblematic film Dernières Nouvelles du Cosmos, which extends our perception …

Dernières Nouvelles du Cosmos

Julie Bertuccelli / 2016 / 85 Min / France

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Despite being nearly 30, Hélène still looks like a teenager. She writes powerful texts with a caustic humour and is, …

Dernières Nouvelles du Cosmos

Julie Bertuccelli / 2016 / 85 Min / France

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Despite being nearly 30, Hélène still looks like a teenager. She writes powerful texts with a caustic humour and is, …

La Dernière Folie de Claire Darling

Julie Bertuccelli / 2018 / 94 Min / France

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The story is set on the first day of summer and Claire Darling’s last day on earth. In any case, …

Les Yeux Grands Ouverts

Pierre Bouquet / 2022 / 18 Min / Belgium

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Olivier is a massage therapist in Brussels living a carefree life. When he learns that he might go blind within …

Pipa & Nona

Marie Christiaens / 2021 / 11 Min / Belgium

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Once upon a time, there were Pipa & Nona, my grandparents. The story of a close-knit couple in which each …

Le Constat de La Crevette Grise

Remi Murez / 2021 / 22 Min / Belgium

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In the depths of the murky, grey North Sea, a monster of iron and gas threatens the Belgian Coast.

Cows on the Roof

Aldo Gugolz / 2020 / 80 Min / Switzerland

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At the heart of the Alps, between the goats and the cows, Fabiano and his girlfriend Eva are expecting their …

Éclaireuses

Lydie Wisshaupt-Claudel / 2022 / 90 Min / Belgium

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Marie and Juliette quit their teaching jobs to open La Petite Ecole in the heart of Brussels where children without …

Brotherhood

Francesco Montagner / 2021 / 92 Min / Italy, Czech Republic

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Three young Bosnian brothers born into a family of shepherds grew up in the shadow of their father, Ibrahim, a …

Room Without a View

Roser Corella / 2020 / 61 Min / Germany, Austria

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What about the situation of foreign female domestic workers in Lebanon?

El Circulo

Iván Roiz / 2021 / 72 Min / Spain

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A Circle of Men is a raw and at times uncomfortable portrayal of the process of deconstructing and exploring masculinity. …

Media Crash

Valentine Oberti, Luc Hermann / / 92 Min / France

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There’s what you see, what some want you to see, and what you don’t see.

Cuban Dancer

Roberto Salinas / 2021 / 97 Min / Italy, Canada, Chili

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At 15, Alexis is one of the promising dancers of the National Ballet School of Cuba.

A Declaration of Love

Marco Speroni / 2021 / 62 Min / Italy

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Curtis McCarty was sentenced to death for a crime he did not commit and spent 22 years in prison, 19 …

La Cour de Babel

Julie Bertuccelli / 2013 / 89 Min / France

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They have just arrived in France from countries including Ireland, Serbia, Brazil, Tunisia, China and Senegal.

What makes us Boys

Janet van den Brand, Timothy Josha Wennekes / 2021 / 75 Min / Belgium

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What makes us boys is a poetic documentary that follows 14-year-old Daan and his 11-year-old brother Sam, who grow up …

Dernier voyage au Laos

Manon Saysouk / 2021 / 22 Min / Belgium

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“I go back fifty years to the lost paradise where I experienced absolute happiness for five years.”

Fond des buses

Michel Sadowski / 2021 / 14 Min / Belgium

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Philibert’s life is full of twists and turns, each eventful moment being more marvellous than the other.

NENAD

Mladen Bundalo / 2020 / 22 Min / Belgium, Bosnia-Herzegovina

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We are at “Donji Garevci” in May 2018. It is early morning. The smell in the air is strong and …

Les Enfants terribles

Ahmet Necdet Çupur / 2021 / 89 Min / France, Turkey, Germany

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In an isolated village in Southern Turkey, the director delivers, through the daily life of his family, the intimate portrait …

Amazonie, dans les pas de Maufrais

Eliott Schonfeld / 2019 / 55 Min / France

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In 1949, Raymond Maufrais, aged 23, left to cross all of Guyana alone. He never returned from this expedition and …

The Object Becomes

Alexandre Humbert / 2021 / 30 Min / Belgium

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This movie tells the story of Belgian design at an historical moment that determines an important turning point in its …

Usures

Sebastien De Buyl / 2022 / 28 Min / Belgium

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Usures in the result of a meaningful encounter with Saïd, a homeless choreographer. His withdrawal from society is echoed by the …

En attendant le déluge

Chris Pellerin / 2022 / 73 Min / Belgium

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6 years of exile, 948 dialyses, 2000 injections: Meruzhan, as much as his travelling companions, awaits a transplant, a right …

I am Chance

Marc-Henri Wajnberg / 2022 / 85 Min / Belgium, DRC

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I am Chance follows the microcosm of a group of street savvy girls in the surprisingly bright, pop and artistic …

Children of the Mist

HÀ LỆ Diễm / 2021 / 92 Min / Vietnam

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Di, a 12-year-old Vietnamese village girl, belongs to the Hmong ethnic minority in which women marry at a very young …

Destiny of a Bum

Ana Kitanova / 2021 / 55 Min / Bulgaria

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75-year-old Pavi is a colourful person, who lives in a clay house in the forest without electricity and running water.

Détruire rajeunit

Benjamin Hennot / 2021 / 82 Min / Belgium

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The winter of 1960 to 1961 saw the longest general strike to ever take place in Belgium since the Second …

ON THE LINE, les expulsés de l’Amérique

Léo Mattei, Alex Gohari / 2020 / 68 Min / France

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Each year, more than 100,000 Mexicans living in the United States are deported to Mexico. Many of them have spent …

Melting Dreams

Haidy Kancler / 2021 / 84 Min / Slovenia

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Three Afghan girls get the opportunity to travel to Europe to fulfill their dream of becoming professional skiers.

Before the Dying of the Light

Ali Essafi / 2020 / 70 Min / Morocco

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In Morocco, the 1970s represent the last period where social struggles and dreams of change were a reality.

On sourira de nous

Baptiste Bogaert, Noëlle Bastin / 2021 / 65 Min / Belgium

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Four friends tired of protests are thinking about another way to shake up capitalist society. Driven by fiction, they decide …

Pleistocene Park

Luke Griswold-Tergis / 2022 / 101 Min / United States

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The clock is ticking. How can we prevent the worst-case scenario of global environmental catastrophe? Can two Russian scientists stave …

For Your Peace of Mind, Make Your Own Museum

Pilar Morena, Ana Endara Mislov / 2021 / 71 Min / Panama

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In a daring film, two directors explore new paths in the cinematic language through the story of Senobia Cerrud, who …

Lettre à Nikola

Hara Kaminara / 2021 / 50 Min / Belgium

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As a letter to her son, the filmmaker testifies her experience as a photographer aboard the Aquarius, a ship that …

On la nomme la brûlure – Au-delà du noir

Bénédicte Liénard, Mary Jiménez / 2021 / 36 Min / Belgium

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Off the Tunisian coast, a coroner examines the body of a young castaway. Searching for truth, she questions herself. What if …

Tout va bien ! le cinéma de Jan Bucquoy

Stefan Thibeau / 2021 / 75 Min / Belgium

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From the beaches near the Cosmos camping, to the Dolle Mol bar, to the fries of the Shanghai Biennale and …

Newcomers

Camille Ghekiere / 2021 / 33 Min / Belgium

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Four immigrant adolescents, Aya from Syria, Zineb from Morocco, Simeon from Dominican Republic, and Sofia from Colombia have been in …

Paradisiac

Bas Van Hoeck / 2021 / 48 Min / Belgium

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For 26 years the charming Ben Abderrahman has been the owner of Hotel Mozart, located in the heart of Brussels.

COURAGE

Aliaksei Paluyan / 2021 / 90 Min / Germany

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Maryna, Pavel and Denis belong to an underground theatre group in Minsk, Belarus.

A Small Town in Spain, triptych

Jan Vromman / 2020 / 53 Min / Belgium

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In ‘A Small Town in Spain, triptych’ we look back on the old and recent history of the small town …

Estos Muros

Alberto Pascual / 2021 / 67 Min / Spain

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A poem written on the ruins of a building near a train track in the Sierra of Madrid leads us …

Behind The Swedish Model

Viktor Nordenskiöld / 2022 / 76 Min / Sweden

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A unique behind the scenes documentary from deep within the Swedish government, following the decision makers, the management and their …

Addio Addio Amore

Jean-Michel Dehon / 2021 / 63 Min / Belgium, Italy

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75 years ago, Italy, then ruined by war, and Belgium signed an agreement to exchange labor for coal.

L’Amiral Tchoumakov

Laurier Fourniau, Arnaud Alberola / 2021 / 64 Min / Belgium, France

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Issyk-Kul, perched in the high mountains of north-east Kyrgyzstan, is one of the five deepest lakes in the world.

El silencio del Topo

Anaïs Taracena / / 91 Min / Guatemala

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How to tell a story through the voices of people who are still afraid to talk about the past? Through …

SHEPHERDS OF THE EARTH – Stories from the Cradle of Humankind

Iiris Härmä / 2022 / 75 Min / Finland

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The region surrounding lake Turkana, on the Kenya-Ethiopia border, is considered the “Cradle of Humankind”. Million-year-old primate fossils were discovered …

Young Plato

Neasa Ní Chianáin, Declan McGrath / 2021 / 102 Min / Northern Ireland, Ireland, France, Belgium

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An observational documentary set in post-conflict Ardoyne, Belfast, where a marginalized, working-class community has for generations been plagued by poverty, …

The Good Daughter

Yu-ying Wu / 2019 / 83 Min / Taïwan

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A portrait of the complicated relationship between Long, a disabled Taiwanese man, and Azhe, his Vietnamese wife.

Le chant des vivants

Cécile Allegra / 2021 / 82 Min / France

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Every year, during school holidays, Anas, Egbal, Bailo and the others go to the village of Conques, in Aveyron, France. …

Writing with Fire

Sushmit Ghosh, Rintu Thomas / 2021 / 93 Min / India

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In a country where journalism is not considered a woman’s job, Dalit women, members of India’s lowest caste, launch the …

Ghosts of Afghanistan

Julian Sher / / 89 Min / Canada

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As the Taliban took control of Afghanistan and the “good war” ends in chaos and tragedy, Graeme Smith, a war …

The Devil’s Drivers

Daniel Carsenty, Mohammed Abugeth / 2021 / 93 Min / Germany

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Chased by the Israeli army, two Bedouins smuggle Palestinian workers through the Negev desert.

Game of Truth

Fabienne Lips-Dumas / 2021 / 88 Min / Belgium, France, Ireland

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For thirty years, Northern Ireland was scarred by a conflict between Catholics and Protestants. In 1998, the Good Friday Agreement …

Dark Red Forest

Huaqing Jin / 2021 / 85 Min / China

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A spiritual journey at an altitude of 4,000 meters on the annual retreat of thousands of Tibetan nuns. Documenting the …

MAU

Benji Bergmann, Jono Bergmann / 2021 / 78 Min / Austria, USA

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Mau is the first feature-length documentary about the design visionary genius Bruce Mau.

Ce que l’œil ne voit pas

Léa Rogliano, Pierre Hujoel / 2021 / 26 Min / Belgium

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What the Eye Doesn’t See is the multimedia correspondence of two artists during the 2020 lockdown.

Au bord de la FOLIE

Tawfik Sabouni / 2021 / 30 Min / Belgium

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In Brussels, witnesses tell their experiences about police violence.

Golden Land

Inka Achté / 2022 / 82 Min / Finland, Sweden, Norway

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When Finnish-Somalian Mustafe discovers that his ancestors’ land in the horn of Africa is full of copper and gold, he …

Halal Cinema

Amine Boukhris / 2021 / 68 Min / Tunisia, Qatar

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In Ksour Essef, Tunisia, an imam cherishes the dream of breathing new life into his city by reopening a cinema that …

SOLID

Marius Vanmalle / / 60 Min / France

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Solid Mike is a guy who swaggers around. From Marseille, tall, well-built, jokester, macho man.

Tout commence

Frédéric Chofat / 2022 / 92 Min / Switzerland

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In early 2019, young people marched through the streets of Switzerland and around the world to raise awareness of the …

The Beauty of Being

Jaan Tootsen / 2020 / 64 Min / Estonia

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Fred Jüssi has built his life at the crossroads between nature and culture. He is a true philosopher of the …

My Paper Life

Vida Dena / 2022 / 80 Min / Belgium, France, Iran

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Vida Dena’s feature documentary debut is an intimate and subtly expansive portrait of a Syrian family living in a house …

A Declaration of Love

Marco Speroni / 2021 / 62 Min / Italy

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Curtis McCarty was sentenced to death for a crime he did not commit and spent 22 years in prison, 19 …

Writing with Fire

Sushmit Ghosh, Rintu Thomas / 2021 / 93 Min / India

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In a country where journalism is not considered a woman’s job, Dalit women, members of India’s lowest caste, launch the …

Erasmus in Gaza

Chiara Avesani, Matteo Delbò / 2021 / 88 Min / Palestine, Italy, Spain

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Riccardo, a final-year medical student from Italy, is going to Gaza on an Erasmus exchange to fulfil his dream: becoming …

Kashkash

Lea Najjar / 2020 / 85 Min / Germany, Lebanon, Qatar

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In the Levant, “Kash Hamam” is a pigeon game that dates back to the most remote times.

Sopro

Pocas Pascoal / 2021 / 41 Min / Portugal

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Marion and Peter lost their farm in the devastating fire of Pedrógão Grande.

Mothers and Others

Liene Linde, Armands Začs / 2020 / 58 Min / Latvia

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What does it mean for a woman to take up the role of a mother? Four Latvian women offer a unique …

On This Happy Note

Tamar Tal Anati / 2021 / 67 Min / Israel

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Anat Gov, one of the most influential playwrights in Israeli theatre, is preparing for her death. She asks Arik Kneller, …

For Your Peace of Mind, Make Your Own Museum

Pilar Morena, Ana Endara Mislov / 2021 / 71 Min / Panama

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In a daring film, two directors explore new paths in the cinematic language through the story of Senobia Cerrud, who …

Judges Under Pressure

Kacper Lisowski / / 85 Min / Poland

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In Poland, the independence of the judiciary has been seriously threatened since the coming to power of Law and Justice, …

Depuis qu’Otar est parti

Julie Bertuccelli / 2006 / 102 Min / France, Belgium

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Through a white lie, Since Otar left is a delicate portrait of three women from different generations in today’s Georgia.

Makeup Artist

Jafar Najafi / 2021 / 76 Min / Iran

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Before their wedding, Golmohammad promised Mina that she would be allowed to go to college. But following the birth of …

AWARD CEREMONY

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The award ceremony will award the best films of the Festival. We invite you to this evening to discover the …