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Brussels Movie Days celebrates cinema

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Described as "an all-encompassing cinema event", Brussels Movie Days is taking place in the Wolubilis Cultural Centre from September 12-16. The new event offers to young and old filmgoers from all backgrounds a collection of films; a true celebration of cinema that has a pleasant mix of free open-air screenings, films, recreational workshops, a scriptwriting workshop, debates and concerts.

The competition-free festival opens this evening with Atonement [+see also:
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by UK director Joe Wright and continues with the screening of Dirty Dancing, chosen by the listeners of the event’s radio partner.

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The open-air screenings will give visitors a chance to see again French California [+see also:
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, as well as popular hits Odette Toulemonde [+see also:
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and Hunting and Gathering [+see also:
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Children, to whom the event is dedicated, can discover various feature-length films, as well as animated titles, such as U [+see also:
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and Piccolo, Saxo & Cie [+see also:
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, animal documentary The Besieged Fortress [+see also:
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and docu-fiction The Story of the Weeping Camel.

The majority of sneak previews at the event are European. Director Raphael Fejtö will present L'Age d'Homme…Maintenant ou jamais [+see also:
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, starring French actor Romain Duris. Other films include I Served the King of England [+see also:
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by Czech director Jiri Menzel and Italian title The Unknown [+see also:
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by the great Giuseppe Tornatore.

British director Michael Winterbottom’s A Mighty Heart [+see also:
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will be the focus of a debate held in collaboration with Reporters Without Borders.

The festive programme is expected to close with a first for the Brussels music scene: an iPod Battle, which will see a Belgian team face off against a team from London, refereed by the public.

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(Translated from French)

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