All aboard for The Boat Race
After it was released to critical acclaim in France last week, The Boat Race [+see also:
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Bernard Bellefroid’s debut feature The Boat Race powerfully explores an explosive adolescence tinged with violence, hope and self-surpassing. Backed by a highly convincing cast (including young actor Joffrey Verbruggen, seen in Unspoken [+see also:
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The film, produced by Artemis Productions, Samsa Films and Une Liaison Cinématographique, is being released by Cinéart on nine screens in Brussels and Wallonia.
This week, Belgian cinemagoers will also have the chance to discover two festival favourites from Eastern Europe. Unveiled in the latest Cannes Directors’ Fortnight, Eastern Plays [+see also:
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interview: Kamen Kalev
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Eastern Plays is the debut film by young Bulgarian director Kamen Kalev, a graduate of Femis Film School. The film, which was one of the three finalists for the European Parliament’s LUX Prize, is being released by CNC.
Meanwhile, Katalin Varga [+see also:
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Also hitting screens are Danish director Lone Scherfig’s UK film An Education [+see also:
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(Translated from French)
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