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Ruben Impens
Ruben Impens (born 18 January 1975) is a Belgian cinematographer. He is best known for his collaborations with Felix van Groeningen and Julia Ducournau, having worked as director of photography on all of their feature films. He has also worked on several documentaries, short films, and television programs. Impens received the Kodak Award for Best Cinematography at the Hamptons International Film Festival for ''The Misfortunates'' (2009). His work on the film ''The Broken Circle Breakdown'' (2012) was awarded the Ensor Award for Best Cinematography. Impens won the Magritte Award for Best Cinematography for his work on ''Titane'' (2021). Filmography *2004: ''Steve + Sky'' *2007: ''With Friends Like These (2007 film), With Friends Like These'' *2008: ''Moscow, Belgium'' *2009: ''The Misfortunates'' *2010: ''Adem'' *2010: ''Turquaze'' *2011: ''Code 37'' *2012: ''The Broken Circle Breakdown'' *2012: ''Brasserie Romantiek'' *2012: ''Offline'' *2015: ''Café Derby'' *2015: ''The Sky Ab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ghent
Ghent ( ; ; historically known as ''Gaunt'' in English) is a City status in Belgium, city and a Municipalities of Belgium, municipality in the Flemish Region of Belgium. It is the capital and largest city of the Provinces of Belgium, province of East Flanders, and the third largest in the country, after Brussels and Antwerp. It is a Port of Ghent, port and Ghent University, university city. The city originally started as a settlement at the confluence of the Rivers Scheldt and Leie. In the Late Middle Ages Ghent became one of the largest and richest cities of northern Europe, with some 50,000 people in 1300. After the late 16th century Ghent became a less important city, resulting in an extremely well-preserved historic centre, that now makes Ghent an important destination of tourism. The municipality comprises the city of Ghent proper and the surrounding suburbs of Afsnee, Desteldonk, Drongen, Gentbrugge, Ledeberg, Mariakerke, East Flanders, Mariakerke, Mendonk, Oostakker, S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Café Derby
''Café Derby'' is a Belgian film directed by Lenny Van Wesemael and released on 11 September 2015 at the Ostend Film Festival. It is based upon the true story of Van Wesemael's father. Narrative In 1985, Georges and Renée are forced to close their pub due to what they claim to be "unfair competition" when another pub opens in the neighborhood, selling drinks and food at lower prices. For a source of income, Georges sells washing powders at markets and is a sales representative for very expensive water cleaners. Without Renée's knowledge, Georges makes an appointment with a real estate agent to visit a pub in a remote neighborhood next to the airport of Sint-Denijs-Westrem. Flanders Expo is also being built in the neighborhood. After Georges learns that Pope John Paul II is to celebrate an open-air mass at the airport, he signs the lease hoping to become rich in a short period of time. There are no competitors nearby and he has been told that the organizing committee for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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Belgian Cinematographers
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Belgian may refer to: * Something of, or related to, Belgium * Belgians, people from Belgium or of Belgian descent * Languages of Belgium, languages spoken in Belgium, such as Dutch, French, and German *Ancient Belgian language, an extinct language formerly spoken in Gallia Belgica *Belgian Dutch or Flemish, a variant of Dutch *Belgian French, a variant of French *Belgian horse (other), various breeds of horse *Belgian waffle, in culinary contexts * SS ''Belgian'', a cargo ship in service with F Leyland & Co Ltd from 1919 to 1934 *''The Belgian'', a 1917 American silent film See also * *Belgica (other) *Belgic (other) Belgic may refer to: * an adjective referring to the Belgae, an ancient confederation of Celto-Germanic tribes * a rarer adjective referring to the Low Countries or to Belgium * , several ships with the name * Belgic ware, a type of pottery * Bel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alpha (2025 French Film)
''Alpha'' is a 2025 body horror drama film written and directed by Julia Ducournau. The film stars Tahar Rahim, Golshifteh Farahani, Mélissa Boros, Emma Mackey, Finnegan Oldfield, and Louai El Amrousy. It follows a teen girl who, after returning from school with a tattoo, is feared to have contracted a new lethal bloodborne disease. The film had its world premiere at the main competition of the 2025 Cannes Film Festival on 19 May, and will be theatrically released in France by Diaphana Distribution on 20 August 2025. Synopsis Alpha, a troubled 13-year-old lives with her single mother, amid the context of a strange new bloodborne disease which slowly turns its sufferers to marble. Their world collapses the day Alpha returns from school with a tattoo on her arm, leading her mother to fear that she has contracted the disease herself.Lee Marshall"‘Alpha’ review: Julia Ducournau's ‘Titane’ follow-up is set against a mysterious French plague" ''Screen Daily'', May 19, 202 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Eight Mountains
''The Eight Mountains'' () is a 2022 drama film co-directed by Felix van Groeningen and , who co-adapted the screenplay from the novel of the same name by Paolo Cognetti. The film depicts a friendship between two men who spend their childhood together in a remote Alpine village and reconnect later as adults. The title is a reference to the concept in Buddhism and ancient Indian cosmology that the world is composed of nine mountains and eight seas, specifically eight concentric circular mountain ranges separated from one another by eight seas, with the ninth and tallest mountain, Mount Meru, at the center. The film premiered in competition at the 75th Cannes Film Festival on 18 May 2022, where it won the Jury Prize tying with '' EO''. The next year it was awarded the David di Donatello for Best Film. Plot In the summer of 1984, Pietro, an 11-year-old from Turin, and his mother Francesca rent a house in a village called Grana in the Italian Alps. There they meet Bruno, the la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Mustang
''The Mustang'' is a 2019 drama film written by Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre, Mona Fastvold, and Brock Norman Brock, and directed by Clermont-Tonnerre in her feature directorial debut. It stars Matthias Schoenaerts as an incarcerated inmate who participates in a rehabilitation program centered around training of wild horses. Jason Mitchell, Gideon Adlon, Connie Britton, and Bruce Dern appear in supporting roles. ''The Mustang'' is based on an actual rehabilitation program in Carson City, Nevada. The film had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on January 31, 2019, and was released in the United States on March 15, 2019, by Focus Features. Plot Rounded up by helicopter, thousands of wild mustangs are taken from the wild to help reduce overpopulation. Of these, a few hundred are sent to prisons to be broken and later sold to support the program. A psychologist interviews Roman Coleman in a Nevada prison he's been transferred to before they reinsert him into the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beautiful Boy (2018 Film)
''Beautiful Boy ''is a 2018 American biographical drama film directed by Felix van Groeningen from a screenplay by Luke Davies and van Groeningen and based on the 2008 memoirs '' Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey Through His Son's Addiction'' by David Sheff and '' Tweak: Growing Up on Methamphetamines'' by Nic Sheff. It stars Steve Carell, Timothée Chalamet, Maura Tierney, and Amy Ryan. In the film, the father-son relationship between David Sheff (Carell) and Nic Sheff (Chalamet) becomes increasingly strained by the latter's drug addiction. ''Beautiful Boy'' is van Groeningen's English-language feature debut. The film had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 7, 2018, and was theatrically released in the United States on October 12, 2018, by Amazon Studios. It was a box-office disappointment, grossing $16 million on a $25 million budget. However, it received generally positive reviews from critics, who praised the performances of Carel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raw (film)
''Raw'' () is a 2016 coming-of-age body horror drama film written and directed by Julia Ducournau, and starring Garance Marillier, Ella Rumpf, and Rabah Nait Oufella. The plot follows a young vegetarian's first year at veterinary school, where she tastes meat for the first time and develops a craving for human flesh. The film premiered at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival on 14 May 2016 and was theatrically released in the United States on 10 March 2017 by Focus World, and in France on 15 March 2017 by Wild Bunch. The film received critical acclaim, with praise for Ducournau's direction and screenplay, though was met with some controversy for its graphic content. Plot Lifelong vegetarian Justine begins her first semester at veterinary school, the same one her older sister Alexia is attending and where their parents met. On her first night, she meets her gay roommate Adrien, and they are forced to partake in a week-long hazing ritual, welcoming the new students. They are brou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belgica (film)
''Belgica'' is a 2016 Belgian drama film directed by Felix Van Groeningen, written by Van Groeningen and . It stars , , Hélène Devos, and Charlotte Vandermeersch. The movie is based upon a true story and revolves around a group of friends trying to run a bar where rock bands come to play. ''Belgica'' has since then become a cult classic. The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on January 21, 2016. It was released in Belgium and France on March 2, 2016, by Kinepolis Film Distribution and Pyramide Distribution. Plot Jo runs “Belgica”, an artistic pub in Ghent where all kinds of people are welcome. His brother Frank is a shareholder in a second-handed car company. The brothers are estranged due to their abusive, alcoholic father. One evening, Frank visits his brother's pub. As he likes it he decides to come over more. When the adjacent warehouse is on sale, Frank convinces Jo to buy it, to convert it into a dance hall and to restyle “Belgica”. Frank and Jo decide ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Men Against Fire
"Men Against Fire" is the fifth and penultimate episode of the third series of British science fiction anthology series ''Black Mirror''. Written by series creator and showrunner Charlie Brooker and directed by Jakob Verbruggen, it premiered on Netflix on 21 October 2016, together with the rest of series three. The episode follows Stripe ( Malachi Kirby), a soldier who hunts humanoid mutants known as roaches. After a malfunctioning of his MASS, a neural implant, he discovers that these "roaches" are ordinary human beings. In a fateful confrontation with the psychologist Arquette ( Michael Kelly), Stripe learns that the MASS alters his perception of reality. The episode was first conceived under the name "Inbound" in 2010. Its storyline shifted over time, influenced by Brooker reading ''Men Against Fire'' by S.L.A. Marshall and '' On Killing'' by Dave Grossman. The episode received mixed critical reception. Positive reviews praised Kirby and Kelly's acting as well as the relev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black Mirror
''Black Mirror'' is a British anthology series, anthology television series created by Charlie Brooker. Most episodes are set in near-future dystopias containing Science fiction, sci-fi technology—a type of speculative fiction. The series is inspired by ''The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series), The Twilight Zone'' and uses the themes of technology and media to comment on contemporary social issues. Most episodes are written by Brooker with involvement by the executive producer Annabel Jones. There are 33 episodes in seven series and one special, in addition to the interactive film ''Black Mirror: Bandersnatch'' (2018). The first two series aired on the British network Channel 4 in 2011 and 2013, as did the 2014 special "White Christmas (Black Mirror), White Christmas". The programme then moved to Netflix, where five further series aired in 2016, 2017, 2019, 2023, and 2025. Two related webisode series were produced by Netflix, and a companion book to the first four series, ''Insi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
