Belgium

Plans to build the largest power plant on the Congo plunge 17 million people into darkness and insecurity.Read More »

Jazz and decolonization are entwined in this historical rollercoaster that rewrites the Cold War episode that led musicians Abbey Lincoln and Max Roach to crash the UN Security Council in protest against the murder of Patrice Lumumba.Read More »

Synopsis:
In one fell swoop, nine-year-old David Van de Steen lost his mother, his father and his sister in an attack by the Brabant Killers in Aalst. His grandfather, Albert, has the well-nigh impossible task of giving David a new perspective on life, a future.Read More »

Pop diva Mimi Madamour’s career peaks in 2005 before spiraling downwards due to her tumultuous love affair with punk icon Billie Kohler, their passionate and rage-fueled relationship playing out on stage for half a century.Read More »

Two Belgian brass bands compete for the European title. One is Flemish (Sint-Cecilia), the other Walloon (En Avant). Sint Cecilia loses their soloist in dramatic circumstances and to ensure their participation in the contest they try to steal the very talented soloist from En Avant. The ball starts rolling and not everything will happen as planned.Read More »

Synopsis
Julie is a star player at an elite tennis academy. When her coach falls under investigation and is suddenly suspended, all of the club’s players are encouraged to speak up. But Julie decides to keep quiet.Read More »

Take a trip to A Town Called Panic, the acclaimed cult comedy phenomenon featuring Cowboy, Indian and Horse, three plastic toys sent on strange and hilarious adventures.Read More »

Slashing Through Review:

Movie: Afterman 2
By: Orlok666
Date: June 8, 2012
Born to be cult

Absurd. That is the word that springs to mind when watching the Belgian no-budget film “Afterman 2”. In the opening scene a man tries to make a call but is ratted out by a woman. So when the car arrives of the authorities a couple of muslims get out and arrest the man. Then their commander gets out -a male dressed as a SS officer- executing the woman and having the hand of the man cut off. And all that happening in the year 2012, Belgium. If that had your head spinning, read on because it gets a lot more absurd.Read More »

How do our perceptions of disease and health reflect on us as a society? Travelling throughout history and across cultures, Ira A. Goryainova’s fascinating essay offers a philosophical reflection on humankind’s view of illnesses. From the Ancient Greek theory of “black bile” to the victim-blaming language of medicine as demonstrated by Susan Sontag, Bile explores the notion of the human body as political metaphor. The Moscow-born director draws from intimate material, intertwining the story of her mother’s cancer and death in post-Soviet Russia with a vast range of medical archives. Her expert collage establishes intriguing connections between physical disorders and the social cancer of the 20th century: fascism.Read More »