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Three young special-needs men go on a road trip to lose their virginity.

Director Geoffrey Enthoven (The Over the Hill Band, Cinequest 2010) returns to the festival in fine form with his brilliant new comedy, which deservedly won the Grand Prize of the Americas and the Audience Award at the Montreal World Film Festival.

Season:
2012
Director:
Geoffrey Enthoven
Cinematography:
Gerd Schelfhout
Cast:
Robrecht Vanden Thoren, Gilles De Schryver, Tom Audenaert, Isabelle De Hertogh
Editor:
Philippe Ravoet
Producer:
Mariano Vanhoof
Executive Producer:
Asta Philpot, Pedro Sanchez de la Nieta
Language:
Dutch, French, Spanish with English subtitles
Genre:
Comedy
Music:
Meuris & Papermouth

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Life is short. Tom is not going to let his illness get in the way of allowing him to enjoy all life has to offer.

Tom and his older brother, Luke, both suffer from cystic fibrosis. While Luke chooses to undergo a lung transplant, Tom prefers to ignore his condition, even as he is hospitalized. In the hospital, Tom meets the rebellious Xavier, who despite suffering from the same disease, keeps his joie de vivre. Xavier?s optimism and spirit rub off on Tom, who begins to see the hope of a fun-filled and free-wheeling life, including the possibility of love.

Season:
2011
Director:
Hans Van Nuffel
Cinematography:
Ruben Impens
Cast:
Stef Aerts, Wouter Hendrickx, Marie Vinck, Anemone Valcke, Rick Verheye, Maarten Mertens Gijs Scholten van Aschat, Ina Geerts, Kris Cuppens, Begir Memeti
Editor:
Alain Dessauvage
Producer:
Jean-Claude Van Rijckeghem, Dries Phlypo
Language:
Dutch with English subtitles
Genre:
Drama
Music:
Spinvis, Geike Arneaert

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Three very different Magi in a Brueghels forest encounter the miraculous and learn ?it isn?t easy being a human being.?

Lost in a forest and laden down with new wealth from Christmas caroling, three drunken beggars stumble upon a couple with a newborn baby, the Baby Jesus perhaps, and experience a spiritual conversion. Over three Christmases, some of them become religiously obsessed; others have their newfound faith sorely tempted by such offerings as ?a Latina devil, a singing transvestite and a black midget musician.? (Hollywood Reporter)

Season:
2011
Premiere status:
North American Premiere
Director:
Gust Van den Berghe
Cinematography:
Hans Bruch Jr
Cast:
Peter Janssens, Paul Mertens, Jelle Palmaerts
Editor:
David Verdurme
Producer:
Tomas Leyers
Language:
Dutch with English subtitles
Genre:
Drama
Music:
Va Fan Fahre

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Can you stop something you never could have predicted?

Sam is an ordinary man. He works at a shopping mall as a security guard and does not take his job too seriously. He has his morning routine, heads off to work and comes home at night. Repeat, endlessly. But not today. Things will never be the same as Sam arrives at work. Is it his lack of intuition, or his inability to pick up on personal cues that leaves him unaware of the troubled individual entering the mall? Boom. An incident. What has happened? Something unpredictable.

Season:
2011
Premiere status:
United States Premiere
Director:
Koen Mortier
Cinematography:
Glynn Speeckaert
Cast:

Sam Louwyck, Titus De Voogdt, Jan Hammenecker, Wim Willaert, Norman Baert, Steffi Peeters, Barbara Callewaert, Gunter Lamoot

Editor:
Nico Leunen
Producer:
Eurydice Gysel
Language:
Dutch, French with English subtitles
Genre:
Drama
Music:
The Bony King of Nowhere; Mike Gallagher

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It?s never too late to be a comeback kid.

Season:
2010
Director:
Geoffrey Enthoven
Cinematography:
Gerd Schelfhout
Cast:
Jan van Looveren, Marilou Mermans, Lut Tomsin, Lea Couzin, Lucas van den Eynden, Michel Israël, Barbara Sarafian, Jurgen Delnaet, François Beukelaers, Greg Timmermans, Robrecht Vanden Thoren, Veerle Baetens
Editor:
Philippe Ravoet
Producer:
Jean-Claude Van Rijckeghem, Dries Phlypo
Language:
Flemish with English subtitles
Genre:
Comedy
Music:
Philippe Ravoet

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Sometimes you have to get lost to find the way to what you really want and what you really need.

Season:
2010
Premiere status:
North American Premiere
Director:
Caroline Strubbe
Cinematography:
Nicolas Karakatsanis
Cast:
Lisbeth Gruwez, Sam Louwyck, Kimke Desart, Zoltán Miklós Hajdu, Rik Van Uffelen, Frans De Jong, Ine Pieters, Vincenzo Cardia
Editor:
Frédéric Fichefet
Producer:
Tomas Leyers, René Goossens, Annemiek van Gorp, Patrick Quinet
Language:
English, Dutch and Hungarian with English subtitles
Genre:
Drama
Music:
Albert Márkos

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Albania: A land still all but unknown, even to its nearest neighbors in Europe. Yet, from a land where the everyday verges on the surreal, a land with no international train service, a land that has seen its population dwindle with over 600,000 of its best and brightest emigrated-comes this wild and wooly film, brimming with energy, chaos, and, amidst the detritus of change run amok, hope and love. Niku and Klara, each living with their parents in Albania's capital city, Tirana, are very much in love.

Season:
2003
Director:
Fatmir Koi
Cinematography:
Heinzi Brandner
Cast:
Nevin Meaj, Ermela Teli, Rajmonda Bulku, Robert Ndrenika, Bahar Mera, Bire Hasco
Editor:
Thomas K?hne tomk, Michel Klochendler
Producer:
Fatmir Koi, Thierry Lenouvel
Language:
German with English subtitles

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Juliette is frantically running away from a man when a car hits her. Lying in the street, semiconscious and stunned, she commences counting. She knows that if no one helps her by the time she reaches 100, something terrible will happen. But Gaspard, a paramedic, arrives, and Juliette is safely transported to the hospital. Gaspard is a classic caretaker. Transfixed by Juliette, Gaspard is determined to make sure she recovers from her accident. However, there's Guido, the man Juliette most fears. And with good reason.

Season:
2001
Director:
Harry Cleven
Cinematography:
Zvonock C.L.
Cast:
Pascal Greggory, Elina Lowensohn, Jean Henri Compere
Producer:
Patrick Quinet
Language:
French with English subtitles

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Winner ? Prize of Hope, Cannes Film Festival

There is a hell, a hell on earth, and it?s a place once known as paradise.

Season:
2009
Director:
Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire
Cinematography:
Marc Koninckx
Cast:
Christopher Minie, Daisy Victoria Vandy, Dagbeh Tweh, Barry Chernoh, Mohammed Sesay, Joseph Duo
Editor:
Stéphane Elmadjian
Producer:
Mathieu Kassovitz, Benoit Jaubert
Executive Producer:
Elisa Larrière
Language:
French (w/ English subtitles)
Genre:
Drama

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An edgy comedy about euthanasia and the confusions of the multicultural society.

Tom Naegels, a young and idealistic journalist, finds himself on the brink of commitment to his no-nonsense long-term girlfriend, when his world is suddenly turned upside down by the beautiful, free-spirited Nadia. She?s a Pakistani refugee who captures his heart and challenges him to face the deep-seated prejudices of society and his unsuspecting self.

Season:
2009
Premiere status:
United States Premiere
Director:
Jan Verheyen
Cast:
Pepijn Caudron, Sofie Van Moll, Jaak Van Assche, Sana Mouziane, Koen De Graeve, Karine Tanghe, Stany Crets
Editor:
Philippe Ravoet
Producer:
Erwin Provoost, Peter Bouckaert
Language:
Dutch (w/ English subtitles)
Genre:
Comedy
Music:
Melcher Meirmans, Merlijin Snitker, Chrisnanne Wiegel
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