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- DirectorErik LamensStarsGene BervoetsVeerle DobbelaereAxel DaeseleireIn 1997, the Belgian public was in shock when judge Koen A. was convicted for the S&M relationship with his wife. Although their life was destroyed by the verdict, Koen and his wife Magda remain together today. The film is a story about dark sexuality and true love, told from the lover's unique point of view.
- DirectorLudo CoxStarsChris van den DurpelGeena LisaJaak Van AsscheKamiel lives a quiet life with his dog Walter on a remote farm. The mayor announces the building of a recreational area on Kamiel's fields. He does not yield to pressure, but then Walter is dognapped.
- DirectorChristophe Van RompaeyStarsBarbara SarafianJurgen DelnaetJohan HeldenberghMatty, a 41-year old mother of three with a husband in his midlife-crisis, meets 29-year old Johnny, a truck driver, who takes an interest in her.
- DirectorErik Van LooyStarsKoen De BouwFilip PeetersMatthias SchoenaertsFive close friends, all of them married, share a loft to meet their mistresses. One day they find the body of a young woman in the loft. Since there are only five keys to the loft, the five men begin to suspect each other of murder.
- DirectorDominique DeruddereStarsChris van den DurpelJan DecleirAnnick ChristiaensA retired boxing champion takes a young apprentice from an immigrant family under his wing
- DirectorJan VerheyenStarsKoen De BouwWerner De SmedtBlerim DestaniVincke and Verstuyft are detectives of the Antwerp police department. This time they have to deal with the Albanian mob and some problems in their own police division.
- DirectorFrank van MechelenStarsFilip PeetersEls OlaertsKyoko ScholiersIn August 1996, bus drivers Marcel Van Loock and Wim Moreels are apprehended by the Moroccan Customs for drug trafficking. Inside their bus, hidden behind a false compartment, they have discovered 700 pounds of hashish. Although the owner of the bus company is arrested as well and makes a full confession clearly indicating that both drivers were unaware of the hidden drugs, the Moroccan judge sentences both men to 5 years in the Moroccan prison of Tangiers. Nothing could have prepared the two men for life inside a Moroccan prison. Without food, clothes or medical care, they must learn how to take care of themselves to survive their stay in prison. Corrupt guards, corrupt lawyers and judges, a consul who doesn't care and frequent beatings are only part of the terrible prison. Meanwhile their families at home are left without any information, any help or any hope - finding out that their own government doesn't care for Belgian people in prisons abroad.
- DirectorStijn ConinxStarsJan DecleirGérard DesartheAntje de BoeckIn the 1890s, Father Adolf Daens goes to Aalst, a textile town where child labor is rife, pay and working conditions are horrible, the poor have no vote, and the Catholic church backs the petite bourgeoisie in oppressing workers. He writes a few columns for the Catholic paper, and soon workers are listening and the powerful are in an uproar. He's expelled from the Catholic party, so he starts the Christian Democrats and is elected to Parliament. After Rome disciplines him, he must choose between two callings, as priest and as champion of workers. In subplots, a courageous young woman falls in love with a socialist and survives a shop foreman's rape; children die; prelates play billiards.
- DirectorErik Van LooyStarsTom Van LanduytMathias SercuTom Van BauwelCollege initiation rites on one Belgian campus end in tragic death of one freshman. His friends are determined to see the justice done.
- DirectorHans HerbotsStarsElla-June HenrardThomas RyckewaertKalina MalehounovaFifteen year old Deborah wants to escape her dull suburb and enjoy the luring city of Antwerp. Her new eighteen year old friend Jennifer leads her into the sparkling downtown nightlife. When Jennifer admits she's an escort girl, Deborah is intrigued by what appears to be an easy way of getting cash. Under the alias Bo, she takes her first steps into a world she can't handle yet. The downward spiral leads her to cheap thrills, drugs and into a juvenile institution. To escape this spiral, Deborah can only count on herself.
- DirectorJan VerheyenPieter Van HeesStarsIlya Van MalderghemJoke DevynckFilip PeetersGilles, a 12-year-old boy from the Brussels region, is a football (soccer) player. His dream is to become a member of the Belgian National Squad, the so called "Red Devils".
- DirectorFelix van GroeningenStarsKenneth VanbaedenValentijn DhaenensKoen De GraeveA thirty-something novelist and impending father looks back on his all-too-formative years in the hapless, alcohol-ridden milieu of his youth in 1980s rural Flanders, Belgium.
- DirectorNabil Ben YadirStarsNader BoussandelMourade ZeguendiMounir Ait HamouIn Brussels, three friends lead a life of pleasant apathy. They spend their days loafing around in unhurried torpor, bantering between each other and adhering to the theory that the fewer steps one takes, the richer one's interior life.
- DirectorMabrouk El MechriStarsJean-Claude Van DammeValérie BodsonHervé SogneJean-Claude Van Damme gets involved in a bank robbery with hostages situation and reflects about his life during it.
- DirectorJan VerheyenStarsTom Van LanduytMichael PasAxel DaeseleireThe story centers around a group of friends (and girlfriends) who have been playing football together for over 10 years, and who are now getting everything ready for their 500th match.
- DirectorJan VerheyenStarsWarre BorgmansAxel DaeseleireHilde De BaerdemaekerTime is not standing still for the teammates of soccer team 'Eendracht Vooruit'. Erik (Tom Van Landuyt), the team captain, tries to keep them together since a lot of the player getting children. In particular, Jean-Marc who's having triplets but has difficulties to handle them and Franky Leemans who can't have children and tries to adopt one.
- DirectorMichaël R. RoskamStarsMatthias SchoenaertsJeroen PercevalJeanne DandoySint-Truiden, Belgium. Jacky, a young cattle farmer who is constantly pumped on steroids and hormones, is approached by a veterinarian to make a deal with a notorious beef trader.
- DirectorRobbe De HertStarsEric ClerckxBlanka HeirmanWilly VandermeulenThe second movie version, now in color, of Flemish (heimat-)author Ernest Claes' classical novel, titled after the nickname (Dutch 'the White', referring to a blond male) of the main character. The smart but naughty farmhands son's eternal mischief, pranks and disobedience drive his elders (especially teachers, family and father's grumpy employer, a rich farmer, but also neighbors and even the kind curate whose liturgical server he is) and classmates to despair in a time when a boy's punishment was still inevitable, swift and often severe; thus when his mother catches him skinny dipping she takes all his clothes home, forcing him to a long walk of shame, dreading dad's wrath all the way. This version also stresses the story's social and Flamingant aspects.
- DirectorFrank van MechelenStarsStany CretsTiny BertelsMichel van DousselaereGermaine Debruycker is 18 when the workers at the Vieille Montagne factory, including her father, go on strike to obtain a 10 franc raise. The turbulent strike lasts for 9 weeks and changes their lives forever. Based on a true story.
- DirectorKadir Ferati BalciStarsBurak BalciCharlotte VandermeerschNihat AltinkayaExploring the lives of immigrants who find themselves torn between two lands and cultures, with roots in neither, this messy, moving and joyous romantic drama introduces a trio of Turkish brothers living in Belgium who redefine family dynamics after their father's death.
- DirectorKoen MortierStarsDries VanhegenNorman BaertGunter LamootThree handicapped losers who form a band ask famous writer Dries to be their drummer. He joins the band and starts manipulating them.
- DirectorJan VerheyenStarsPepijn CaudronKoen De GraeveSana MouzianeTom, a young and idealistic left wing journalist, is about to settle with his girl friend when his life and views get shaken up by the young and beautiful Pakistani refugee Nadia. At work his ideals are more and more confronted with the harsh reality of modern urban society, while his flamboyant grandfather fights his last personal battle - a battle for his right to die. Cut Loose is a funny, heartfelt and emotional film about very serious issues. Cut Loose is the first comedy about euthanasia and the confusions of the multicultural society.
- DirectorGert EmbrechtsStarsJelte BlommaertPeter Van den BeginBarbara SarafianThe eleven year old cycling talent Freddy is the son of a butcher in an idyllic village in no man's land. His isolated life is turned upside down completely in 1975 when the first supermarket in the village opens its doors. To mark the opening the supermarket organizes a cycling race and the winner of that match will meet Eddy Merckx. Freddy's father is a fervent opponent of the supermarket and the competition, but Freddy subscribes behind his back. By participating in the race a new world opens, not only for Freddy, but also for all those around him.
- DirectorHilde Van MieghemStarsEls DottermansMatthias SchoenaertsVeerle BaetensShy, gentle half-wit Dennis, whose only obsession is train-spotting, is released early on account of good behavior after a rape sentence. His parents who run a modest barbershop, skeptic André and Rita, desperately try to keep him out of girl trouble, but his victim's sister Barbara starts a hate campaign. After another girl reports abuse, Dennis is jailed and beaten black and blue daily. Barbara's boyfriend, lawyer Thomas Verelst, accepts to help 'pro deo' (no cost) and pleads that Dennis belongs in a mental institution.
- DirectorEric WirixStarsAnn TutsBen RottiersMarijn De ValckDe Kampioenen travel to France to play a friendly soccer match against the team of one of Boma's business partners. What had to become a nice holiday, ends up totally different than De Kampioenen expected.
- DirectorFelix van GroeningenStarsVeerle BaetensJohan HeldenberghNell CattrysseElise and Didier fall in love at first sight, in spite of their differences. He talks, she listens. He's a romantic atheist, she's a religious realist. When their daughter becomes seriously ill, their love is put on trial.
- DirectorPatrick Le BonStarsGaston BerghmansLeo MartinJan Van DykeGaston and Leo are members of the motorized police. They are both not very clever and after yet another bungle, they are forced to conduct foot patrols. Meanwhile, a mysterious villain is kidnapping women. Gaston and Leo try to apprehend the criminal by themselves to prove the commissioner that they can do more than create panic. But the duo's wives don't make it easy on them.
- DirectorRobbe De HertStarsGaston BerghmansLeo MartinYvonne VerbeeckGaston grew up on the edge of society and avoids people. Leo is a good man living beyond his means. Fate drives them together.
- DirectorFreddy CoppensStarsJacques VermeireGreet RouffaerDanni HeylenMax sells trophies, but is much more interested in dancing than in selling.
- DirectorRudi Van Den BosscheStarsRuud De RidderNicole LaurentSven De RidderClaire and Pierre are nice civilised, slightly elderly people, living in their nice pool-lined-villa in their nice neighbourhood. Claire is a lifelong housewife, Pierre is a fin-de-carrière insurance agent. All is well untill... the new neighbours arrive. Barely recovered from the move of their good friends and former neighbours (who have emigrated recently to the sunny paradise of Southern France) they now have to face their worst nightmare come true: Hilda and (Fran)çois, neighbours from hell. Unwanted visits, loud parties, a total lack in manners... 'Hell On Earth' gets a total different meaning. But things seem to look up: a wealthy realtor makes a very generous offer on their home. Pierre is eager to accept and head out for France himself but Claire, who deals with the whole situation remarkably well, says 'no' and stands her ground this once. End of story? Not quite. Pierre decides to go down with a fight. But it ain't over till it's over.
- DirectorJean-Paul LilienfeldStarsUrbanusRenée SoutendijkHilde Van MieghemSamuel's life is a mess. His girlfriend just left him and he is out of a job. Having hit rock bottom, he decides suicide will be the only way out. While attempting to kill himself, he rescues the life of his neighbor Charlyne. Trying to cheer her up, he tells her he is sent from heaven to make her happy again.