07/12/2005

Three local productions reach the screens this week, demonstrating once more the creativity of Belgium in cinema. The French Kirikou and the wild beast by Michel Ocelot and Bénédicte Galup distributed by Alternative Films which had an impressive release of 30 prints (and we can see why, having released French previews which were all full) and these three films eclipse two American productions and a Korean film.

After San Sebastian, Gand and three prizes at the Thessalonica Festival (read news), the first feature by Flemish Fien Troch Someone else's happiness [+see also:
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Distributed by Cinéart, the other first feature of the week is the collective film by Dominique Abel, Fiona Gordon and Bruno Romy, interpreted by the first two and produced by all three (Courage mon amour). Burlesque tender comedy, which tells the story of a woman’s search for something else, harassed by the absurdity of her daily life, takes on the, the Iceberg [+see also:
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Finally there is Friday or an other day by Yvan Le Moine (read critique), screened at Namur in September where Imagine Film Distribution acquired the rights, completing this Belgian panorama.

(Translated from French)