Discoveries from Belgium World Cinema

After 'Holly woont' (2014), 'Holly werkt' (2017) en 'Holly engageert zich' (2019), Holly this time ends up in education with a short film as the result.

Two young men, Karim and Nassim, live in the same neighborhood. One is a youth worker, the other is a drug dealer. One is religious, the other is frivolous. Their path will lead them to an inevitable conflict.

Cowboy Pas Fatigué keeps watch at Brussels South Station. He is not like other cowboys: this former Congolese wrestler aims to set his students on the right path by teaching them his art.

A devout priest meets JESUS in the flesh. Their unexpected partnership leads to an absurd, comedic and supernatural adventure.

A woman named Bonnie lives in Newburgh, New York with her profoundly mentally handicapped brother and blind dog. A fireman moves in next to her, and they get in a dispute over him throwing leaves on her property. The dispute turns into her being gang stalked by all her neighbors and she decides to move to Oceanside, California. But once in California, Bonnie notices the gang stalking hasn’t stopped – the color red becomes her focus point. On May 29th, the color black is added to Bonnie’s radar, and then, in mid-July, the color white. Bonnie begins to document and post online what she perceives as Exit/Entry Gang Stalking: as she pulls in or out of their driveway, comes in or out of her house to pick up her mail or takes out the garbage.

Three siblings set off to find the place where their adoptive parents met. This journey, subject to improvisation, questions the notion of family. A joyful, playful film that highlights the importance of transmission and learning.

Two children from the opposite ends of the earth meet in a story of exchange and friendship.

Bobel, a poisonous little mushroom, dreams of becoming a cook at his village market. But the prejudices of the villagers will make his task difficult.

Three childhood friends travel to the South of France to party, drink and bike up the Mont Ventoux. A trip that was meant to bring them closer together, reveals their inability to talk about an incident that continues to haunt them.

Guinaw Rail, a forgotten neighbourhood on the outskirts of Dakar, is emptying out. Bulldozers are demolishing houses along the route of the ‘Train Express Regional’, the symbol of President Macky Sall's “Emerging Senegal”.

A super cool nature documentary about the rugged nature of the Meetjesland.

Portraying a seemingly downtrodden stand-up comedian with a cynical sense of humour, Mosquito’s persona attempts to tell absurd comedic anecdotes in the setting of a typical Flemish cafe. The stories are confounding, the humour falls so flat its beguiling. But more broadly, When Changing Your Mind Gets You Killed can be seen as a meditation on the negative ways in which we perceive the altering of opinions in society today, and our capacity to offer and accept apologies.

In 1969, Léon G., a weirdo who believes himself to be Captain Nemo, is locked up in an asylum. There he discovers the pleasures of animated films...

André, a wanderer, gets picked up by the guardians of an old castle. They ask him to be the new guardian but keep feeding him a mysterious porridge and a strange wound appears on his neck...

In a twisted tale of terror, a girl unveils a magical and cursed suitcase to her mother, warning her to resist opening it.

What does the world look like to people who can no longer see? What is there in this endless night, in this profound darkness, that we all imagine?

On October 31, 1953, your first television was broadcast in our country and we are even proud of that. TV icon Luc Appermont guides us as an announcer during 7 decades of television. He looks back on October 31, 1953 and then jumps forward 10 years. In each case there is also a link with the present.

Registration of the sixth solo theatre program by the Flemish comedian Wim Helsen. An absurdist story.

In a village where only blind people live, they hear a distant rumbling and hissing sound at night. Since generations they have never left the village since it’s believed that outside their safe village walls a monster is lurking on them. One day the young Amin feels a light burning on his eyes. No one believes him, till one day he decides to leave the village for the very first time.

In a small rural village, a young boy befriends Fernand and Andrée, a farmer couple who, at 80 years old, find themselves at trouble feeding their remaining livestock. The boy doubles his efforts to help them but can't avoid the inevitable: they are forced to take the terrible decision to first give up their donkey, than their cherished cows, sold to the livestock-market.

Sylvie (18) runs into an old friend. They still hit it off, but then he betrays her trust.

Folk musicians Anna and Joel built a solar-powered stage on the roof of their veggie-oil-propelled tour bus. Their dream of driving the bus from Arkansas to Argentina comes to an abrupt end when two cars smash into them head-on.

Agulana, February 29th, 3 P.M... That day, a concert took place at the Opera, broadcasted on radio and speakers set up in the streets. The entire population was captivated. So they didn't notice when strange incidents started to happen... (kg)

Inspired by a mime show ("Panem en circenses"), the film is a series of comical situations based on the absurd. Burlesque situations experienced by two tramps in a vague location. They don't know each other but have both chosen to spend the night there. The film tells of them approaching each other, at times being charming, at others jeering and being aggressive.

A football-and-piano qui pro quo. In this Belgian comedy, a young man practising hard for an entrance exam to one of the leading schools of music must temporarily set aside his metronome, passages and études to step into the role of a Georgian football talent.

My name is Lilith. I am the first woman, created alongside Adam. My encounter with Eve will shatter every stereotype that we’ve been trapped in.

In this VR film, two little sisters prepare for the Day of the Dead in the mystic mountains of Mexico, remembering the stories their shaman granny used to tell. A portal opens as the Mazatec community celebrates and we enter the interactive universe of their ancestors and the spirits of nature, each keeping a secret world to be unveiled.

A man and his small, irascible puppet friend search for parking in a busy city.

Documentary about Paul Klee on the occasion of his retrospective at the Palais des Beaux-Arts in Brussels.

Join us aboard the luggage rack of my bicycle to enjoy a sensory roller coaster as it passes through a territory full of tricks.

After a Christian priest traumatises her, Robin turns to Black Metal to rebel and feel free. But when a cult lures and traps her in a ritual that binds her to their leader and God, she fights desperately to regain control of her life.

The excessive nights, the good atmosphere and the camaraderie reign in the apartment of Gill, Rémi, Alwin and Patrick. They thought that their virile friendship was foolproof, but Patrick hides an unsettling secret that could disrupt the balance of the group and distress the whole world.

The film follows residents who refuse to abandon their homes despite shrinking communities, closed services, and growing isolation. Through intimate conversations, daily routines, and personal reflections, the documentary examines: • What it means to hold onto a disappearing way of life • The emotional cost of staying when others leave • The strength and identity tied to land, family history, and community • The quiet resilience of those who remain behind Rather than portraying rural life nostalgically, it presents a grounded, human portrait of individuals adapting to change while preserving dignity, belonging, and continuity in places slowly fading from the map.

This video is based on a photograph dating from 1932, taken at the opening of the new Antonio Sant’Elia kindergarten in Como, Italy. We see children playing in the school’s functionalist garden (designed by the architect Giuseppe Terragni). The light is cold and it seems as if the sun is low, creating the long shadows of early spring. The image of the children remains in between a spontaneously captured moment and a composed picture. The movement of the young trees suggests that the image is frozen, while it simultaneously continues to melt further into motion, as though undecided in which direction to go.

For women, body is such sensitive issue that touches secret, joy, pain, imagination... In this humid and mystery space, four women share part of their intimacy of body stories.

Piet, an elderly man in a nursing home, finds himself limited in his actions when he suddenly begins to transform into a bird. Although he is still accepted within the group, he feels that it's time to join a new flock.

Olivier is a hypochondriac pharmacist who regularly consults his fellow doctors. Unable to answer the recurring question about his own family medical history, he decides to investigate his biological roots. Obsessed with his research and worried about the answers he finally finds out, he forgets what matters most…

From Brussels to São Paulo, letters are sent to someone who never answers them and may not even receive them. With the streets collapsing and the police sirens ringing incessantly, a cry for help.

Big Wolf lives quite contentedly alone under his tree. One day he sees a Little Wolf approaching him who seems determined to keep him company. But Big Wolf has no need for his company. He likes the quiet life and his routine. At least, that’s what he thought… Loosely based on the kid’s book by Nadine Brun-Cosme & Olivier Tallec, published by Flammarion jeunesse

A man and a boy are in the middle of a desert that used to be the bottom of the largest river in the world. Together, they start a search for the last drop of water.

“In the land of the blind, I am the one-eyed king.”, says Wilfried. This country is in prison Merksplas and the blind, they are the internees. The only thing they have in common is their date of release: 31/12/9999. This film tells the story of some mentally ill criminals not being held responsible for their actions but still locked down. Without treatment and without an end date. ‘9999’ descends into the limbo of Belgium and looks some internees who are pining away in a prison, straight in the eye. The film disappears under lock and key, where time loses all common sense, and tells us of an unreal injustice. We end up in a narrow world where imagination is obliged to transcend reality and we wander through landscapes of senses of men on the edge of society.

The postcard obviously begins with a map. Posted in the Caribbean, it is addressed by a father to his son. We quickly understand that the mother and her child are preparing to leave for the funeral mass of the father in question. Confident in his father's life and good health, the boy refuses to believe that the coffin is occupied and, indifferent to the solemn atmosphere of the moment, he worries about a young woman standing apart from the procession.

A young Congolese man works as a nurse at a health center lost in the jungle. He falls in love with the daughter of the local king and convinces her to forget her prejudices and ancestral rites. The elders, who oppose the wedding, burn down the health center.

In the cold of the Berlin winter, regulars gather every evening in a timeless bar: ‘the Kaktus’. In this increasingly rare kind of place, where everything is an excuse to play and have fun, everyone finds warmth and a place to share their secrets.

A documentary made especially for the release of the DVD box set containing Parabola, The Monkey's Meal, and A Reality Per Second, telling the story of Okayss Prod through archive footage and interviews about the numerous shoots that took place over 10 years.

Chantale and Paulin, a brother and sister born of rape, meet for the first time in an orphanage in Kivu, far from their home village. Driven by the need to understand their roots, they set out in search of their mother and a sense of identity. Around them, other children, all scarred by the war in eastern Congo, share their stories of loss and displacement. In this orphanage run by Sister Clothilde, who is sometimes away on distant missions, the young people learn to support one another and rebuild their lives, forming a chosen family defined by resilience and hope.

Singer and actor Timo Descamps visits Het Huis Anubis to film interviews and promote the cast’s first album. But instead of staying professional, he tries to charm one of the girls into a date. The Anubis boys quickly catch on and sabotage his attempts with playful interference. Between interviews, six music clips from the first album are featured...

Alias is a small figure who dares to ask big questions. He is brought to life by a boy using scissors, glue and a lot of imagination. The boy wants to tell his story, but without others knowing who he is. His dad did something wrong and is in prison. Together, Alias and the boy go in search of answers. Is dad a crook? Is feeling sorry enough? And when will dad come home?