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Carl Th. Dreyer: Min metier (1995)

Actors: Axel Strøbye (actor), Clara Pontoppidan (actress), Carl Theodor Dreyer (actor), Preben Lerdorff Rye (actor), Baard Owe (actor), Birgitte Federspiel (actress), Jørgen Roos (actor), Torben Skjødt Jensen (writer), Torben Skjødt Jensen (director), Lisbeth Movin (actress), Ghita Beckendorff (editor), Anders Koppel (composer), Brian Patterson (actor), David Bateson (actor), Helle W. Remfeldt (miscellaneous crew),

Plot: Carl Theodor Dreyer is a young journalist in Copenhagen when he gets involved in the early Danish film industry. He writes scripts and inter-titles, and for some years he is the main editor at Nordisk Film. After those years of apprenticeship he gets the opportunity to direct his first film in 1917. Dreyer wanted his films to carry his personal imprints down to the smallest details, and already in his first silent movies it's possible to find stylistic traits that characterize his entire film production until his last film in 1964. The settings of his first films are naturalistic, but for Dreyer realism is not an art in itself. Only psychological realism is. His main interest is not the outer life, but the inner, emotional life of human beings. Emotions are most visible in facial expressions, and Dreyer's films are full of close-ups of human faces. By capturing the subtle, visual expressions of his characters, Dreyer tries to reveal the feelings they conceal and the storms that are raging inside them. Although many of his films end in tragedy, his intention is always to create a hymn to the triumph of the soul over life. Dreyer's own character was just as complex and contradictory as his film characters. Many of the actors he worked with describe him as a modest, amiable man, who was quiet in his statements, but intense and strong-willed inside. While his outer appearance was utterly self-effacing, he had at the same time an insistent stubbornness, which didn't accept any artistic compromises.

Brussel (1985)

Actors: Henri Erismann (editor), Frank Dingenen (actor), Paul Pourveur (writer), Jessie De Caluwe (actress), Mark Sebille (producer), Mark Sebille (writer), Mark Sebille (director), Michel Follet (actor), Paul De Ridder (actor), Johan Struye (actor), Geert Van Istendael (actor),

Plot: Struck by the non-existence of historical documentaries on Brussels, the director Mark Sebille attempts to fill that gap by evoking the history of the capital : its origins, growth and historical importance, as well as its habitants and its contemporary appearance.

Les enfants de l'oubli (1978)

Actors: João Correa (director), Bob Van Hammée (editor), Joseph Dassy (editor), Luc Bourgois (editor), Charles-Laurent Gondanoff (actor), João Tiago (editor), G. Soccio (composer),

La question royale (1976)

Actors: Eva Houdova (editor), Christian Mesnil (actor), Christian Mesnil (producer), Christian Mesnil (writer), Christian Mesnil (director), Marcel Croës (actor), Marc Ameye (composer),

Encore une... (1975)

Actors: Manu Bonmariage (editor), Manu Bonmariage (actor), Pilar Morales (editor), Manu Simon (director), Manu Simon (producer), Jean-Claude Delcroix (composer), Travailleurs de Glaverbel-Gilly (writer), Luc Delval (actor),

Encore une... (1975)

Actors: Manu Bonmariage (editor), Manu Bonmariage (actor), Pilar Morales (editor), Manu Simon (director), Manu Simon (producer), Jean-Claude Delcroix (composer), Travailleurs de Glaverbel-Gilly (writer), Luc Delval (actor),

Antarbel (1960)

Actors: Arsène Souffriau (composer), Paul Anrieu (actor), Rose Tuytschaver (editor), Frank Bastin (actor), Ludo Dillen (director),

Plot: Between 1959 and 1960 an expedition was sent to the South Pole, led by Frank Bastin and accompanied by film-maker Ludo Dilen, who had a film crew from the Ministry of National Education at his disposal. Dillen's film Antarbel provides a chronological account of this enterprise and its scientific experimentation : the transfer to the King Baudouin base, meteorological observations, the study of snow or ice-crystals, the measuring of the magnetic field etc.

Bongolo (1953)

Actors: Max Brenner (editor), Yves Furet (actor), Peter Baylis (actor), André Cauvin (writer), André Cauvin (producer), André Cauvin (director), Pierre Moulaert (composer), Sonar Senghor (actor), Petronelle Abapataki (actress), Joseph Lifela (actor),

Magie africaine (1938)

Actors: Jean Toscan (actor), Armand Denis (producer), Gunther von Fritsch (editor), Armand Denis (writer), Armand Denis (director), John Rochetti (composer), Leila Roosevelt (writer), Charles de Grandcourt (actor), Leila Roosevelt (producer), Leroy G. Phelps (editor), Leroy G. Phelps (producer),

Carillons et dentelles, chansons de rivières (1929)

Actors: Tony D'Algy (actor), Anna Lefeuvrier (actress), Suzanne Christy (actress), Gustave Libeau (actor), Pierre Du Cuvier (director), René Bernard (actor), J. Faivre (actor),