Johan Leysen

Inspired by actual events taking place during the reign of King Louis XV, Brotherhood of the Wolf revisits one of the rare French myths, that of the "Beast of Gevaudan" which killed a number of persons before being vanquished under mysterious circumstances. (Universal Focus)

Lorenzo, a milanese astrophysicist, has recently inherited a country house in Sicily and has it restored by Salvatore, an introverted carpenter. Salvatore starts his job with the help of his handicapped son. Since work seems to be very slow Lorenzo goes and checks on them and finds out that Salvatore has turned the house into a therapeutic community for troubled people. At first he's very angry but then his good heart prevails.

German horror about a serial killer who likes ... TATTOOS!

This haunting and powerful comedy is both the story of a village's dream and a suspenseful tale of great escape. (Paramount Classics)

Moonlight relates the story of the teenage Claire, who discovers a wounded and bleeding boy her age in her family's garden shed. The boy is a young drug courier from Afghanistan, shot and wounded after serving his purpose as human packing material. Claire decides to keep the boy a secret. He slowly recovers under her care. They fall in love. When things get too difficult for them, they decide to flee. On the run from criminals they live their lives in the fast lane. (Indican Pictures)

The story of a close-knit group of young kids in Nazi Germany who listen to banned swing music from the US... (imdb)

Eric is a lonely voyeur who is thrilled when a strange couple, Fabienne and Tom, move in next door. Will Eric stop being a mere spectator at last? (imdb)

In the 1890s, Father Adolf Daens goes to Aalst, a textile town where child labor is rife, pay and working conditions are horrible, the poor have no vote, and the Catholic church backs the petite bourgeoisie in oppressing workers. He writes a few columns for the Catholic paper, and soon workers are listening and the powerful are in an uproar... (imdb)

A village outside Brussels in rocked by the hit-and-run killing of a child. (imdb)

One winter's day Jacob and his sister Marie are left behind in the woods by their unemployed father. In his coat Jacob finds a note from his mother urging them to go to their uncle in Spain. They arrive in Spain only to find that their uncle has died. Marie meets Diego, a rich surgeon, and falls in love with him... (imdb)

Tsintsadze's drama focuses on a loner whose life changes dramatically, when he gets to know a beautiful, but strange girl.

The McBee family has erected a government over a future 'colony', that looks like a run-down Paris divided into sectors by the Berlin Wall. All male family members suffer from a mysterious disease and are in urgent need of organ transplants. The perfect donor, Tykho Moon, probably has been killed in a fire, but according to rumours he's still alive. Although assassins stalk the family members, the McBees start a hunt for Tykho. (imdb)

Aging opera singer Joachim Dallayrac retires from the stage and retreats to the countryside to school two young singers, Sophie and Jean. Although the rigorous training takes its toll on both teacher and students, there is plenty of time for relationships to develop between the three. Based on their teacher's reputation, Sophie and Jean are invited to participate in a singing contest staged by Prince Scotti. (imdb)

According to an ancient Indian tale a giant monster embryo residing in a crystal vase is predetermined to fertilize a blue-eyed woman. She will give birth to something evil to unleash horror and destruction upon human kind. Ugly septuplet brothers reproduced within the framework of mysterious genetic experiments terrorize a young innocent girl who seems to be chosen for the sinister predestination. (imdb)

A biography of Belgian nun Jeannine Deckers, who became a popular singer in the early 1960s and came out of the closet. (imdb)

Jonas, a teenager who is doing badly at school, meets Pierre, a man in his thirties, who is moved by his situation and takes him under his wing. On the strength of this special bond, Jonas drops out of school. Incapable of setting limits on their relationship, the cost of continuing his education keeps rising for Jonas.

Based on Philippe Beaussant's biography of Jean-Baptiste Lully. The film, presenting libertine and pagan Lully as a natural ally of the early Enlightenment figure Louis XIV of France in his conflicts with the Catholic establishment, focuses on Lully's personal and possibly romantic relationship with the King, as well as his camaraderie with Molière and rivalry with Robert Cambert.

At England's prestigious Oxford University, it's a matter of honor to win against its long-standing rival, Cambridge, in the annual rowing competition. But when the team (played by Johan Leysen, Dominic West, Dylan Baker, Geraldine Somerville and Josh Lucas) is served up a heartbreaking defeat, they must pull together and find a way to reclaim the top spot. That won't be easy, however, as they bicker over ways to become the best once again.

On the island Texel, photographer Bob, who makes a photo shoot for a magazine, meets the mysterious Kathleen. Her free spirit and lust for life intrigues Bob, who has suffered a very traumatic experience shortly before. Her life is not so simple as it seems, however. Through Kathleen, Bob gets entangled in a dangerous network (imdb)

An assassin hides out in Italy for one last assignment.

In the sixteenth century, Spain occupies Flanders and Inquisition enforces the faith. Aging writer and philosopher, Zénon Ligre, comes to Bruges using a false name and papers to serve as a physician to the poor, establishing a clinic and steam bath. (imdb)

A young woman, Anna, in desperate need of money, takes a job as a stenographer for Fyodor Dostoyevsky--forty-five, epileptic, and in debt. The terms of her employment are extraordinary: she must stay at his apartment during the next month while he dictates a new novel to her. As the novel unfolds, Anna goes through a passage of discovery, a shedding of innocence and convention, as she comes face to face with her own eroticism. (Amazon)

The story of Hannie Schaft, Dutch Resistance, told in flashback as they try to bring collaborators and criminals to justice in 1945. (imdb)

After World War II, Romania was swiftly integrated into the Soviet empire, but not before journalist George Vlaicu (Johan Leysen) could write and disseminate an article decrying the death of democracy. He spends eleven years in prison, emerging in 1959 after a secret policeman promises him that, if he will write a weekly summary of the events of his life (which need not include anything the policeman doesn't already know), he can go free. (allmovie.com)

Story of unrequited love, and the loss of youth and beauty. (bfi)

The portrait of a 17 years-old girl, in 4 seasons and 4 songs. (imdb)

When his wife's murderer is released due to a procedural error, Luc Segers decides to take justice into his own hands and will then compete with the constitutional state which let him down. (flandersimage.com)

The central character in Rooksporen is a woman who finds herself facing an interrogator. Around these interrogation scenes are scenes in which 26 witnesses (from A to Z) are introduced: first in their houses and then in a space adjacent to the interrogation room. (imdb)

Eline Vere is a neurotic young woman with a turbulent family. (imdb)

A married woman has an affair. She gets pregnant by her lover and they live serenely together, although war is thundering towards their city. Despite lineups, traffic jams and shortages they manage to live a peaceful life with their little girl. (imdb)

The film depicts the period between Joan of Arc's capture and her execution in 1431. (Wikipedia)

Lei, descendant of an unemployed coal miner, is an aimless man in his fifties, living a hand to mouth existence. When Lei's son Jeffrey discovers that Lei has a long-drawn debt with Vester, a charismatic crime boss, he does what every loving son would do: He reckons his father's problems as his own.

A week before its delivery, a baby warns his pregnant mother he doesn't want to come out in this world and prefers to die instead. (imdb)

A member of the British Government is sent to Brussels to become British Commissioner to the European Community. He is made aware of a web of political and industrial corruption through a series of anonymous letters. Despite his own history of political expediency, the Commissioner rises to the moral challenge and faces off with the evil forces responsible. (imdb)

Did you know that God is alive and lives in Brussels with his daughter? (imdb)

Lens returns to Paris to find his only true love, Madeleine. As his search for her continues, he finds himself getting sucked into the dark and cruel underworld of the porn industry. (imdb)

A forgotten European Song Contest singer, fading away in a pâté factory, falls in love with a young aspiring boxer. Together they decide to attempt her comeback. (imdb)

1948 - Louis-Ferdinand Céline in Denmark, in exile, accused of collaboration with the Nazis during the occupation of the France. He is accompanied by Lucette, his wife and his cat Bebert.

18-year old Valerie and her mother Trudy live together in rural Oostdijk, a quiet little village near Amsterdam. When Trudy comes home one night, she gets run over by a car. Dead. The autopsy reveals she has never bore a child. Soon after more strange facts are beginning to turn up. While police inspector Mellema hunts down the car driver, Valerie starts searching for her real parents, both leading to the same sad truth (IMDB (Swie Tio))

When a man suffering from dementia is left by his wife, his daughter moves back into the parental home. Her concern appears to be not all that altruistic, however, when memories of her damaged childhood and the reality of her marital crisis surface to burst the bubble of her seemingly perfect life (De Mensen)

An old man who isolated himself from civilization receives an unexpected visitor. (imdb)

While Frank Valken makes a fabulous break, a killer squad goes into action and executes all the witnesses. Among the corpses is that of the magistrate who is investigating the Mad Snipers case. Thirty years later, they seem to be back. Arrested and faced with media pressure, Frank has no choice but to escape to try to prove his innocence.

A baker who feels out of place in the world, gets acquainted with a woman from far away through letters.

Hilde lives with her son and her lover, after the boy's father left for the seas. When the father returns complications ensue.

A cheese promoter by day, manicurist by night, a 19-year-old woman dreams of opening a beauty salon. (imdb)

TV series in three episodes shows the current politico-social drama as a result of the fall of the enclave Srebrenica, as seen through the eyes of three protagonists. Eight years after date, the former Bosnian Dutchbat interpreter Hadzic, the Serbian sergeant Bokan and the Dutch Minister of Defence Terhoef are confronted with each other at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in The Hague. The thread through this triptych is Hadzic's story. He works at the The Hague Trib

Short film awarded a Golden Calf in 1990 about the Schrödinger paradox. What happens if you put a cat in a box and then fill it with gas? Short film in which Mr. Schrödinger (Bruno Ganz) returns to his flat in the Bijlmer on an autumn day, gets a heart attack and dies. At the same time, the Schrödinger paradox is presented in a classroom: What happens if you put a cat in a box and then fill the box with gas? The teacher explains that as long as you do not see it with your own eyes, the cat m

One year after their father has died mysteriously at the Wadden Sea, two brothers visit the same place where their father died. Hidden feelings about each other come to the foreground.

When a young woman receives the absurd news from her father that he's had enough of life and wants it to come to an end, she is forced to search for a way to deal with his last wish.

An elderly man writes a letter with the best intentions and full of sage advice to a kindergarten class, in this short adaptation of a story by Tommy Wieringa. What on earth can an adult, childless man write to a kindergarten class? When a lone wolf finds a balloon with a note attached, he seizes the opportunity to pass on his hard-learned life lessons to the unknown infant that sent it. Lessons that do not necessarily line up with a pre-schooler’s experiences, but which may be valuable to him

Strange intersection between a thriller and a love story with a beautiful Van Tilborgh as an ex-Dolle Mina, but now an annoying, separate hairdresser in The Hague who helps the mysterious terrorist Leysen. Fairly successful cinema debut film from Uitvlugt, which worked with many trial and error for four years. Slow, sometimes fun, nicely photographed and with excellent interpretations of the duo of Tilborgh-Leysen.

Noise.

Insolent, spontaneous, funny. Pamela, a young Roma, is different from other girls in her community. A single mother, she lives with her grandmother and her little girl in a small hut where the three of them share a bed. Pamela embarks on a journey into the unknown, breaking away from the traditions that suffocate her. "Lapin, pizza, amour". All she has are three words in French and the hope that marriage will change her and her daughter's destiny. (unifrance.org)

Unexpected twists, maximum tension, and a surprising conclusion characterize the eleven episodes of this drama series. The show is based on stories by American author Henry Slesar, but adapted to the contemporary Dutch setting. Marc Nelissen is among those responsible for the adaptation.

Television drama about events in the prison, filmed at the Bijlmer prison. Prison guard André is fully committed to helping the inmates, including assisting them in overcoming drug addiction. Due to his deep involvement, he becomes entangled in a prison riot

Released in Holland as Gebroken Spiegels, Broken Mirrors is set for the most part in an Amsterdam brothel. Lineke Ripman and Henriette Tol play two whores who begin to rebel against their lot in life. Their story is counterpointed by a subplot involving housewife Edda Barends, who is kidnapped by one of the brothel's customers; as Barends starves to death, her captor takes photographs of her last days on earth. Somehow her demise is meant to be as much a "liberation" as Ripman and Tol's refusal

In Under the Naked Sky we follow ten-year-old Elvie, who lives with her mother on a camping site run by her grandfather. Elvie's mother is mentally impaired, having the mind and manners of a four-year-old.

Guido Coppis’ debut feature Bijt has lost all colour, except for the sombre orange hues that imbue the film. Dark clouds seem to gather on the soundtrack as well – as if roaring thunder is about to break out. Is there even a shimmer of hope? Reinout Scholten van Aschat is Mark, a young man whose life seems an utter failure. He is socially inept – to put it mildly, brimming with repressed feelings and a sense of self-hatred close to boiling point. The dismal bleakness of his living environment

A story of friendship, love, crime and death. All followed by a vulture named Nanga.

Nine years after her son is killed in a road accident, Marie-France poses as the killer's assistant and gets herself involved in his life to seek revenge from him and his family. (imdb)

A reporter who's soon to receive the Journalist of the Year Award hits a young hare on his way home. He gets out of the car to see if it's ok, but the hare runs off deeper into the forest, taking him on adventure of self-discovery. (imdb)