'The Waves at Night' follows Nadiya, a twenty-year-old Ukrainian woman in search of a sense of belonging. She leaves conventional society behind and encounters temporary alternative communities against the backdrop of a touristic island. The people she meets live in caves, huts and tents near the ocean, where they cook, dumpster dive, do circus arts, make music, and live according to their own rhythm. As she navigates both the possibilities and limitations of this way of life, and the complexity of human relationships, Nadiya starts to reshape her connection to the world.

The Waves at Night

Pero yo soy el Río 

Desertion

Montage & Dramaturgy

After eight years, a young woman returns to Hong Kong, where her father lives part-time. His sudden hospitalization turns a brief visit into a period of worry and confrontation with her deepest fear: losing him. In his village home, despite tensions, they rediscover a fragile bond

every time, for everything

In the aftermath of a loss, a young mother juggles between her different roles. Both intimate and playful, this documentary serves as a reflection on contemporary motherhood and the ways in which lived hardships find their place within it. Captured through the soft gaze of her sister, it offers a glimpse of a woman's life within the shell of her home.

Elle fait ça comme un chef

Libre comme l'art

Connecting continents, voices and events that are seemingly unrelated, The Apologist asks how we live with the scars of shared violence. A Belgian actor works with a Belgian-Congolese collaborator to confront their country's colonial past, while a political commission wrestles with reconciliation. In El Salvador, a ritual honours those lost to a massacre. Unexpected voices cut through the noise, asking the questions we might not think to ask ourselves. We search for reparation in different ways: through theatre, political process, song, or the careful work of stitching memory so it is not lost. Brutal and gentle by turns, The Apologist traces the fragile spaces between memory, pain and reconciliation, asking what it means not only to seek forgiveness, but to receive it.

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Montage LUCA MATTEI co-montage AARON MINNEBO

The Apologist

Nu eest comen ter dagheraet,
So dattie dou te vallene en bestaet;
Die voghele en songhen niet,
Dat haerde selden es ghesciet
Na dien tijt van haren eersten sanghe;
De nachtegale sweech van bedwanghe
Ende van rouwe, die nakende was.
Vele liede mercten das,
Dat de daghesterre eerst verscoot
Ende dandere lichten noch al bloot,
Doe die dagheraet up stoet;
Soe snelde haer met groter spoet
Voor den daghe te hove waert,
Ghelijc of soe ware vervaert.
Die dagheraet was haerde lanc,
Die sonne rees aen haren danc,
Teerst dat soe was up ghestaen,
Woude soe wederkeren saen;
Maer goods ghebot wasser weder.
Ay, god here, doe keren weder
Die sonne, of een wile staen!
Want soe sal bederven saen
Die sonne van der werelt al.
Maer, weet god, dat ongheval
Ende die wile soe was bi
Dat die edele deghen vri
Dat venijn moeste ontfaen,
Dies hi niet en mochte ontgaen.

Jacobs Geesten

Golden Hour

Schuim en As

Five years ago I made a short documentary about my great uncle, Ome Han, who has lived on the same farm all his life. Since then, a lot has changed in both our lives. A few months before I became a mother myself, now almost a year ago, it was discovered that Uncle Han is sick. The making of this film now gives me the opportunity to spend time with him again and meanwhile reflect on both his life and the future I wish for myself and my young family.

Applaus voor Ome Han

After years of absence, a man returns to the house where he grew up in the Groningen countryside. The house is empty and dilapidated by earthquakes due to gas extraction. As he starts to restore the house, memories pass by. The minimally lit interiors are in stark contrast to the vast and open landscape.

Mijn Vaders Huis heeft vele Kamers

A pregnant woman is told by a Belgian abortion center that she must endure a mandatory 6-day reflection period before undergoing the procedure. Those 6 days of isolation trigger memories and doubts about the future. While trying to give her decision a place, she reflects on what it is like to be a woman in the cultures she is a part of.

Wunderground Film Festival 2026 @Verbeke Foundation

Because We Are Born Girls

La Voie de la Rose' translated to 'The way/voice of the rose' is a documentary about love and politics in which the rose is considered 'the woman' in addition to its multifaceted symbolism. We see the rose as a carrier of meaning at protests, in a café, in a garden, dried on a bulletin board, in a drag show.

La Voie de la Rose

Shot over a 2-year period, The Invasion portrays the life of the civilian population all over Ukraine and presents a unique and ultimate statement of Ukrainian resilience in the face of a barbaric invasion. In the second part of his Ukrainian diptych, Loznitsa paints a monumental canvas of a nation determined to defend its right to exist.

The Invasion

Jazz and decolonization are entwined in this historical rollercoaster that rewrites the Cold War episode that led musicians Abbey Lincoln and Max Roach to crash the UN Security Council in protest against the murder of Patrice Lumumba.

Soundtrack to a coup d'état

Prem, the charismatic host of a popular radio show offering advice on matters of the heart, is himself plagued by heartache. He seeks solace in the rugged mountains. As he goes through his own emotional upheaval, desperate calls from listeners asking him for advice echo through the wilderness. Both Prem and his audience try to navigate their way through the treacherous terrain of love. A gripping tale of emotional turmoil and self-discovery.

Hamburg International Short Film Festival, 2024

DOXA Documentary Film Festival Vancouver, 2024

International Documentary and Short Film Festival of Kerala, 2024

Svaneti International Film Festival, 2024

Chicago International Film Festival, 2024