Direction: Jaco Van Dormael

Direction Jaco Van Dormael

Cast Jared Leto · Sarah Polley · Diane Kruger · Linh Dan Pham

Synopsis A young boy stands on a station platform. The train is about to leave. Should he go with his mother or stay with his father? An infinity of possibilities rise from this decision. As long as he doesn’t choose, anything...

Direction Jaco Van Dormael

Cast Michel Bouquet · Jo De Backer · Gisela Uhlen · Mireille Perrier

Synopsis Thomas and Alfred were born around the same time; a fire in the nursery had nurses scrambling to save the newborns. Because he felt that he deserved Alfred's good fortune at being born into a wealthy family, Thomas conceives the...

Direction Jaco Van Dormael

Cast Daniel Auteuil · Pascal Duquenne · Miou-Miou · Sabrina Leurquin

Synopsis The Eighth Day tells the story of the friendship that develops between two men who meet by chance. Harry (Daniel Auteuil), a divorced businessman who feels alienated from his children, meets Georges (Pascal Duquenne), an institutionalised man with Down's syndrome,...

Direction Jaco Van Dormael

Cast Pili Groyne · Benoît Poelvoorde · Marco Lorenzini · Yolande Moreau

Synopsis God exists. He lives in Brussells. He's horrible to his wife and daughter. A lot's been said about his son, but almost nothing about his daughter. That's me; I'm his daughter. I'm called Ea and I'm ten years old. To...

Direction Abbas Kiarostami · Hugh Hudson · David Lynch · John Boorman

Cast Romane Bohringer · Pascal Duquenne · Bruno Ganz · Neil Jordan

Synopsis In celebration of the 100th anniversary of the Lumière brothers' first films, filmmakers Sarah Moon and Philippe Poulet challenged 39 renowned international directors to each complete a 52-second film using the original Cinematographe camera under the conditions endured by the...

Direction Jaco Van Dormael

Cast Michèle-Anne De Mey · Gregory Grosjean · Jaco Van Dormael · Frauke Marien

Synopsis An experience on several levels. Onstage, two dancers moving their hands. On the screen, a film made in real time, where the tiny sets become the background for a life-size story unfolding before their eyes.

Direction Isabella Rossellini · Étienne Chatiliez · Pierre Jolivet · Rachid Bouchareb

Synopsis Statements today, solutions tomorrow… To bring about change, innovation, and collaboration, 30 directors from all the continents offer their own 2-minute take on the environment. From the Far North to Peru and from India to Burkina Faso, each has applied...

Direction Jaco Van Dormael

Cast Nico D'Oreye · Julie Dubart · Colette Forton · Marie-Josée Megank

Synopsis While his parents are away, a little city boy goes to the countryside. This stay will be one of initiations and forbidden games in the company of Maedeli, a little girl who is not afraid.