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Browse 27 movies from RITCS School of Arts
Sylvie (18) runs into an old friend. They still hit it off, but then he betrays her trust.
Dec 2022
Nov 2021
A young immigrant’s life comes crashing down when he gets a distressing phone call from his home country.
Mar 2022
Bamboo plants only bloom once but if one does, all nearby plants follow suit. The same thing happens to a bunch of 13-year-old girls who are spending their summer days on an abandoned piece of land, overgrown by bamboo. When a mysterious man arrives, one by one they let go of their carefree summer.
May 2019
Jonas picks up a Flemish hitchhiker Vittal on a lonely road in Sweden. These two lost souls embark on a road trip to Stockholm where their underlying loneliness unravels.
Jan 2024
Sanaa (23) returns to Versailles, the place where she grew up, and in an attempt to reconnect with her little sister Rana (15), she promises her, to go on a journey to the seaside for the first time. A trip they've always wanted to make together.
Oct 2020
Documentary on Belgian director of greek descent Jean Daskalidès.
Jan 1980
Four months after his father's death, Tibeau tries to pick up where he left off. He mainly wants to move on. When he meets Ella, he realizes that with her, he can choose who he wants to be.
Jun 2019
An icy couple, Elias and Milou, go on a ski trip to the picturesque village of Elm in search of solace and escape from their cold, distant lives. Here they meet the local Beat. A volatile relationship blossoms between the three, revealing their hidden desires. Will this new warm breath be enough to revive their relationship or will they freeze again afterwards?
Feb 2024
Yelena, a Russian woman, is dragged off to her in-laws' vacation home for Christmas for the umpteenth time. This time, a surprise awaits: a new Flemish sister-in-law, Valerie. Her rapid integration leads Yelena to suspect there's more to the family dynamic than she thought.
May 2025
A pregnant woman and a man both wish to escape themselves, but they don’t want the other to leave. Failing to communicate with each other, they get lost in the big empty house they just bought, waiting for a new beginning. Love Drifts observes those times in which we look for meaning, the attempt to reconnect, reminisce and mourn about past lives and new ones…
Jan 2016
Take5* is a filmed series of encounters between 5 artists and 2 guests who meet for the first time in a specific city to speak about Europe, festivals, the arts and their role in society.
Sep 2025
At a desolate golf club, three people become entangled in their drive for control and perfection. When their paths cross, an unexpected opportunity for change arises.
During a boring summer vacation, new girl Willow tries to find her way in a very special boarding school. She is trying to come to terms with her traumatic past. As she meets the other residents and tries to make friends, she finds out that their dark past is exactly what ties them together.
Dec 2020
Jun 2024
Wild Youth is an ode to being young. A sensitive and intimate story of the first experiences of losing one's childlike innocence, questioning the imposed "masculinity" and (re)discovering yourself in the function of others.
Jul 2022
In a modern, concrete prison the walls are closing in on Ferran. Berker tries to tell his little daughter that daddy doesn't work in prison. Tom, a guard, counts the men behind metal doors and a dancer moves in the light that enters between the bars.
A young lady gets a call from her mother with the news that her brother has tried to kill himself.
Feb 2021
A loving and humorous observation of an extreme doubter in an increasingly complex society.
Oct 2025
For 26 years, Ben Abderrahman has been the charming owner of the Mozart Hotel in the heart of Brussels. Each evening, Ben takes to the streets of Brussels to distribute bread to the most disadvantaged and offer his empty hotel rooms to the homeless, undocumented migrants, (trans)migrants, etc. who need a place to stay and relax. Working entirely as a volunteer and motivated by the Koran, he refuses to keep his luxury for himself and shares it with all those who need it. Paradisiac is a kaleidoscopic portrait that gives a glimpse into this fragile and extraordinary ‘Mozart universe’.
Nov 2022