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Three men—from China, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Palestine—live together in a squatted apartment in a seemingly abandoned building in Paris. The group is bound together by their shared experience of life in exile and the fleeting nature of their possessions, relationships, and sense of home, but the temporary safe space is threatened by outside forces and events.
Jul 2026
CHARBON depicts how Europe was built on fossil fuels over the past 100 years. And how it was torn apart by wars that were the result of these same fossil fuels. During 3 trips to Ukraine, Italy and Iraq, filmmaker Manu Riche explains how he and his French-German family are inseparably connected to the fate of the Iraqi filmmaker and refugee Hayder Helo.
Mar 2025
When they are confronted with the disease of the pater familias, all the members of the Liefhebber family have to face their fears, faults and their troubled interrelationships.
Oct 2019
Tayfun, an undertaker for the Belgian-Turkish community, must help families decide where their loved ones should be buried.
Feb 2026
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Feb 2025
Ángel is a personal trainer who, after taking a year off, has just landed a job at the most prestigious gym in the city, and life finally seems to be back on track. But everything changes when he begins to feel unwell, goes to the hospital, and receives shocking news: he’s pregnant. A trans man on the verge of completing his transition, Ángel is now confronted with a life-altering decision—one that will challenge his identity, his aspirations, and his very understanding of masculinity.
Two young police officers find themselves torn between collaboration and resistance as they navigate Nazi-occupied Antwerp during World War II.
Sep 2023
United States, 1926: Dutch 24-year-old Willy Wolters has immigrated to the American continent with her parents as a child. She dreams of becoming a conductor, but this is an ambition that no one takes seriously. Unbeknownst to her, she'll also become Antonia Brico.
Oct 2018
Ron is an astronaut living in Belgium, his girlfriend Lisa still lives in China. Set against the backdrop of the university riots in Hong Kong, The Astronaut shows a long distance relationship being put to the test.
Mar 2022
In a youth correctional facility, Joe is preparing his return to society. But William’s arrival turns his desire for freedom into desire of another kind. Behind fences and cell walls, passions begin to play havoc with the need for liberty.
May 2023
After an affair comes to light, a couple's world unravels. Through confronting painful truths, they discover their crisis becomes a path to deeper connection and a new understanding of love.
Oct 2026
Despite adversity, Sana wants her twins to have a spring vacation, but all her plans fall through. They secretly decide to stay in her former in-laws' villa on the Riviera, without telling anyone. Six days of sunshine that mark the end of innocence.
Nov 2025
A year after Russia's large-scale invasion of Ukraine, we set out with Gamlet, Ukraine's most famous street artist. When the Russians invaded Ukraine with a column of tanks, Gamlet was ordered by his commander to keep painting. Humor is his most powerful weapon. Together with his best friend Nastya, we drive through a war-torn country and meet the soldiers and artists who inspire him. They are all trying to continue their lives in an impossible situation.
Jun 2024
A Guatemalan activist battles a corrupt dictatorship in 1976 and flees to Mexico, leaving her son. Ten years later he joins her, forcing a choice between motherhood and her cause
Apr 2025
Cielo is a mother whose teenage daughter is kidnapped in Northern Mexico. When the authorities offer no support in the search, Cielo takes matters into her own hands and transforms from housewife into a vengeful militant.
Jul 2021
In The Fruit Tree a young woman, Sharleece, wanders through a house that is available to rent in the sleepy desert town where she lives, California City. Looking out of the window evokes unexpected memories of her childhood home in Los Angeles.
Aug 2022
Under pressure at home, 17-year-old Ruben has become withdrawn and remote. So, he voluntarily travels to a remote farm in the inhospitable French Cévennes, where he will spend two months staying with an unknown host family. The young people who stay in Albezon decide for themselves what to bring from their past, and what plans they make for the future. The peace and space Ruben finds there help him to find a way through his trouble.
Jan 2024