Events

This movie from Flanders, Belgium, is based on real events in the life of Ismail Abdoul, a talented young boxer, ready to make it to the top. He’s found the love of his life, Sylvie, and is making a decent living as a bouncer. But when the opportunity for more money and power arises, he seizes it. In no time, he and his men control all the club doors in the city, including the drug traffic behind them. Abdoul becomes a living legend, both in the ring and out of it. Blinded by success, he gets caught in a web of his own lies and violent actions and is forced to fight the ultimate match: against himself.

This movie from the Netherlands takes us on a road trip to Paris! Shy, deaf Jamie (12) starts at the boarding school for the deaf. She is reluctant to make new friends. But when she is unable to go home one weekend, an unexpected plan develops with her bold classmate Imane (13). Together they set off on a road trip to Paris, but things don’t go as planned, turning the trip into an adventure. Jamie is forced to come out of her shell and the special encounters she experiences, make it a journey to remember.

This Cannes Grand Prix winner and Oscar-nominated movie from Fanders, Belgium, tells the story of Leo and Remi who are two thirteen-year-old best friends, whose close friendship is thrown into disarray when their schoolmates notice their intimacy, causing a rift between them. When their seemingly unbreakable bond is suddenly, tragically torn apart, Leo struggles to understand what has happened. Close is an emotionally transformative and unforgettable portrait of the intersection of friendship and love, identity and independence, and heartbreak and healing.