Deluge of European films hit screens
Nine new titles hit screens this week, seven of which are European, including many Flemish productions (see news ).
Wednesday’s national release is, nonetheless, a Francophone co-production between the Belgian Banana Films, the French Libris Films and the Luxembourg Hémisphères Films. Already selected at numerous festivals, including the latest San Sebastián Festival, Stéphan Carpiaux’s Red Ants [+see also:
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Played by Déborah François (The Child [+see also:
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A European title not to be missed is Fatih Akin’s The Edge of Heaven [+see also:
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Following its inclusion in official competition at the latest Berlinale (see report), and after winning the Golden Hitchcock Award at the 18th Dinard British Film Festival (see news ), David Mackenzie’s Hallam Foe [+see also:
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Norwegian film Trigger by Gunnar Vikene, screened at the Brussels European Film Festival, is a family comedy distributed by Jekino and co-produced by Cinenord , Miso Film (Denmark) and company Cinenord Stockholm (Sweden) .
The final two European releases of the week are French films: Julien Leclercq’s ambitious futuristic thriller Chrysalis [+see also:
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(Translated from French)
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