Two low-budget Belgian debut films in cinemas
Screened in the "Venice Days" section at the 2005 Venice Film Festival, Parabola [+see also:
film review
film profile] by Karim Ouelhaj has finally arrived on screens.
Produced by the self-taught director very quickly and without any funding, this bitter and seething debut feature – Ouelhaj´s breakthrough film (see article) – is being released by Cinéart-Cinélibre.
The second Belgian release of the week is Guillaume Malandrin´s debut feature, I Don´t Care If Tomorrow Never Comes. The film, already screened at several festivals before being presented at the ACID Days at Cannes (see interview), is being released by BFD (BFD) in one theatre in Brussels.
These two debut and self-produced features owe their theatrical releases to their festival screenings and glowing reviews from critics.
In total, 11 new films open in Belgian theatres this week, including two French titles: The Page Turner [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Denis Dercourt
interview: Michel Saint-Jean
film profile] by Denis Dercourt (see Focus) (dist. Lumière) and comedy If You Love Me Follow Me [+see also:
trailer
film profile] by Benoît Cohen (dist. Les Films de L'Elysée).
Two Spanish-speaking films are also being released: Spanish animated film by Angel De La Cruz and Manolo Gomez and Midsummer Dream [+see also:
trailer
film profile] and Tapas by José Corbacho and
Juan Cruz, a Argentinean/Mexican/Spanish co-production by Filmax International (Abc Distribution).
Meanwhile, German sea thriller Adrift directed by Hans Horn and produced by Kinepolis Film Distribution also arrives on Belgian screens.
Among last week’s releases were some beautiful European arthouse titles: A Perfect Couple [+see also:
trailer
film profile] by Nobuhiro Suwa, co-produced by France´s Comme des Cinémas and Japan´s Bitters End and released by Imagine Film Distribution; the highly acclaimed The Death of Mr Lazarescu [+see also:
trailer
film profile] by Romania´s Cristi Puiu and French title One Summer [+see also:
trailer
film profile] by Florence Moncorgé-Gabin (Cinéart).
(Translated from French)
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