Ah, wonderful! The eclectic, exciting Brussels film festival season begins in earnest, as it has done twice previously, with OffScreen, the annual rendez-vous for extraordinary cinema enthusiasts. Taking place over three extended weekends from 4-21 March, Brussels’ Cinema Nova, Cinematek, Bozar and RITS Cinema will be buzzing with cult-film screenings, featuring rare cinematic gems including [...]
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None more black Amazing to think that some 17 years have passed since writer-directors Rémy Belvaux, André Bonzel and Benoît Poelvoorde put Belgium on the cinematic map, big time, with C’est arrivé près de chez vous (1992), n’est-ce pas? Poelvoorde has since gone on to be one of the Low Countries’ most succesful exports but has [...] ‘Good News’ for Belgian cinema An important cultural agreement between Egyptian media and entertainment company Good News Group and Brussels International Independent Film Festival was signed recently – Picturenose reports. Egyptian film producer and director Adel Adeeb (pictured) has put €3 million in the coffers for an intriguing collaboration between Belgian and Egyptian cinema, to finance 50 [...] Heart of darkness Can’t you just feel the excitement? Picturenose is approaching its 300th post (this would be number 294), so a good time to talk about Vinyan (2008), the most recent film by Belgian horror master, Fabrice Du Welz. Regular PN readers will be only too aware how well Du Welz’s first film, Calvaire (The [...] |
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