Brussels International Film Festival 2022
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2. Three Thousand Years of Longing (2022)
R | 108 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance
A lonely scholar, on a trip to Istanbul, discovers a Djinn who offers her three wishes in exchange for his freedom.
Director: George Miller | Stars: Tilda Swinton, Idris Elba, Erdil Yasaroglu, Sarah Houbolt
Votes: 61,192
3. E.T. (1982)
PG | 115 min | Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi
A troubled child summons the courage to help a friendly alien escape from Earth and return to his home planet.
Director: Steven Spielberg | Stars: Henry Thomas, Drew Barrymore, Peter Coyote, Dee Wallace
Votes: 437,714 | Gross: $435.11M
4. Man Bites Dog (1992)
NC-17 | 95 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A film crew follows a ruthless thief and heartless killer as he goes about his daily routine. But complications set in when the film crew lose their objectivity and begin lending a hand.
Directors: Rémy Belvaux, André Bonzel, Benoît Poelvoorde | Stars: Benoît Poelvoorde, Jacqueline Poelvoorde-Pappaert, Nelly Pappaert, Hector Pappaert
Votes: 43,738 | Gross: $0.21M
5. Bohemian Rhapsody (2018)
PG-13 | 134 min | Biography, Drama, Music
The story of the legendary British rock band Queen and lead singer Freddie Mercury, leading up to their famous performance at Live Aid (1985).
Director: Bryan Singer | Stars: Rami Malek, Lucy Boynton, Gwilym Lee, Ben Hardy
Votes: 593,179 | Gross: $216.43M
6. Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022)
R | 139 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
A middle-aged Chinese immigrant is swept up into an insane adventure in which she alone can save existence by exploring other universes and connecting with the lives she could have led.
Directors: Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert | Stars: Michelle Yeoh, Stephanie Hsu, Jamie Lee Curtis, Ke Huy Quan
Votes: 533,521 | Gross: $72.86M
7. Before, Now & Then (II) (2022)
103 min | Drama, History
Nana, a gentle, beautiful young woman, escapes a violent anti-communist purge. Afterwards she lives comfortably as the second wife of a rich Sundanese man but her past re-emerges in her dreams.
Director: Kamila Andini | Stars: Happy Salma, Laura Basuki, Arswendy Bening Swara, Ibnu Jamil
Votes: 656
8. A E I O U: A Quick Alphabet of Love (2022)
105 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Love story of a speaking skills teacher and her student.
Director: Nicolette Krebitz | Stars: Sophie Rois, Udo Kier, Milan Herms, Nicolas Bridet
Votes: 423
9. Sundown (I) (2021)
R | 82 min | Drama
Neil and Alice Bennett are the core of a wealthy family on vacation in Mexico until a distant emergency cuts their trip short. When one relative disrupts the family's tight-knit order, simmering tensions rise to the fore.
Director: Michel Franco | Stars: Tim Roth, Albertine Kotting McMillan, Samuel Bottomley, Charlotte Gainsbourg
Votes: 6,713
10. Beautiful Beings (2022)
Unrated | 123 min | Drama
Addi, a gifted boy raised by a clairvoyant mother, decides to adopt a bullied misfit into his gang of outsiders. Left to their own devices, the boys discover aggression, violence, loyalty, and love.
Director: Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson | Stars: Birgir Dagur Bjarkason, Áskell Einar Pálmason, Viktor Benóný Benediktsson, Snorri Rafn Frímannsson
Votes: 2,424
11. The Night of the 12th (2022)
115 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
It is said that every investigator has a crime that haunts them, a case that hurts him more than the others, without him necessarily knowing why. For Yohan that case is the murder of Clara.
Director: Dominik Moll | Stars: Bastien Bouillon, Bouli Lanners, Théo Cholbi, Johann Dionnet
Votes: 9,577
12. Chile '76 (2022)
95 min | Drama
Chile, 1976. Carmen heads off to her beach house. When the family priest asks her to take care of a young man he is sheltering in secret, Carmen steps onto unexplored territories, away from the quiet life she is used to.
Director: Manuela Martelli | Stars: Aline Küppenheim, Nicolás Sepúlveda, Hugo Medina, Alejandro Goic
Votes: 1,854
13. 15 Ways to Kill Your Neighbour (2022)
98 min | Comedy
José and Lucie live a beautiful marriage together, however, one day, boredom sets in and Lucie goes to see a therapist to save their marriage, while her husband goes to see Jean-Claude, their neighbour.
Director: Santiago Mitre | Stars: Daniel Hendler, Vimala Pons, Sergi López, Melvil Poupaud
Votes: 527
14. Dragon Women (2022)
83 min | Documentary
Women in finance represent a minority - yet they are often called 'Dragons'. This documentary, shot in Europe and Asia, presents a series of intimate portraits of various senior women in ... See full summary »
Director: Frederique De Montblanc
Votes: 17
15. A Parked Life (2022)
76 min | Documentary
A Parked Life is an intimate portrait of Petar Bonchev, one of the hundreds of thousands of Eastern European truck drivers who work in the west.
Director: Peter Triest
Votes: 61
16. Krump (2022)
72 min | Comedy, Drama
After a former porn star sees his daughter kidnapped, he turns to a friend for help.They start out on a crazy trip with a huge ransom to pay.
Director: Cédric Bourgeois | Stars: Babetida Sadjo, Olivier Bisback, Barbara Hellemans, Jean-Jacques Rausin
Votes: 8
17. Austral (2022)
97 min | Documentary
At the end of the world, three men face the southern sea and its dangers. They leave their families, brave the cold and the storms to meet isolated fishermen in the sadly famous islands of the far south of Chile.
Director: Benjamin Colaux
Votes: 14
18. Easy Tiger (2022)
Unrated | 60 min | Drama
An unexpected moment in a session with a client confronts a psychologist with his own inner world. Alienated by the isolation of his seemingly perfect city life, the psychologist encounters... See full summary »
Director: Karel Tuytschaever | Stars: Evgenia Brendes, Giada Castioni, Mickaël Pelissier, Benjamin Ramon
Votes: 99
19. Entre la vie et la mort (2022)
100 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A contemporary urban thriller about the bloody journey of a Brussels subway driver.
Director: Giordano Gederlini | Stars: Antonio de la Torre, Marine Vacth, Olivier Gourmet, Fabrice Adde
Votes: 655
20. The Hole (2021)
93 min | Drama
The extraordinary adventure of the young members of the Piedmont Speleological Group who, having already explored all the caves of Northern Italy, changed course in August 1961 and went South to explore other caves unknown to man.
Director: Michelangelo Frammartino | Stars: Nicola Lanza, Antonio Lanza, Leonardo Larocca, Claudia Candusso
Votes: 1,856
21. Three Minutes: A Lengthening (2021)
PG | 69 min | Documentary, History, War
A snippet of 16mm film offers an emotionally charged, meditative glimpse into the lives of the unsuspecting Jewish citizens of a small Polish village at the precipice of World War II.
Director: Bianca Stigter | Stars: Helena Bonham Carter, Glenn Kurtz, Moszek Tuchendler
Votes: 649
22. Talking About the Weather (2022)
89 min | Drama
A woman who is trying to balance her career, relationship affair, family life and individual freedom.
Director: Annika Pinske | Stars: Anne Schäfer, Judith Hofmann, Marcel Kohler, Anne-Kathrin Gummich
Votes: 473
23. Broadway (2022)
97 min | Crime, Drama
A story about dancers and thieves in modern-day Athens.
Director: Christos Massalas | Stars: Elsa Lekakou, Foivos Papadopoulos, Stathis Apostolou, Rafael Papad
Votes: 327
24. Gentle (2022)
92 min | Drama
Edina, a female bodybuilder is ready to sacrifice everything for the dream she shares with her life partner and trainer Adam: to win the Miss Olympia. The odd love she finds on her way ... See full summary »
Directors: László Csuja, Anna Nemes | Stars: Eszter Csonka, György Turós, Csaba Krisztik, Éva Kerekes
Votes: 552
25. Will-o'-the-Wisp (2022)
Unrated | 67 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Musical
2069, an erotic year if ever there was one, but a fateful year for a king without a crown.
Director: João Pedro Rodrigues | Stars: Mauro da Costa, André Cabral, Margarida Vila-Nova, Miguel Loureiro
Votes: 982
26. Jacky Caillou (2022)
92 min | Thriller, Fantasy, Drama
Follows a young man, Jacky Caillou, who lives in a small village in the French Alps with his loving grandmother Gisele, a magnetic healer.
Director: Lucas Delangle | Stars: Thomas Parigi, Edwige Blondiau, Lou Lampros, Jean-Louis Coulloc'h
Votes: 148
27. The Young Lovers (2021)
114 min | Drama, Romance
Two lovers meet 15 years after the first encounter, in the corridor of a hospital. She's 71, he's 45. Opposed but mesmerized by each other, they reconnect. Widow, mother, grand-mother, Shauna wants to reaffirm she's a woman after all.
Director: Carine Tardieu | Stars: Fanny Ardant, Melvil Poupaud, Cécile de France, Florence Loiret Caille
Votes: 864
28. Love Meetings (1964)
Not Rated | 92 min | Documentary
Director Pasolini traverses Italy in 1963 with camera and microphone interviewing people in public places about sex, marriage and gender roles.
Director: Pier Paolo Pasolini | Stars: Lello Bersani, Alberto Moravia, Cesare Musatti, Peppino Di Capri
Votes: 2,644
29. La ragazza in vetrina (1961)
90 min | Drama, Romance
Italians migrate to Holland to make money in coal mining. After their first work accident, two friends make different future plans: one spends money on a weekend holiday; the other determines to return to Italy soon.
Director: Luciano Emmer | Stars: Lino Ventura, Magali Noël, Marina Vlady, Bernard Fresson
Votes: 381
30. Story of a Love Affair (1950)
Not Rated | 98 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Paola is a young, beautiful woman married to a wealthy entrepreneur. She meets her former lover Guido after seven years, but their relationship is marked by tragic events.
Director: Michelangelo Antonioni | Stars: Massimo Girotti, Lucia Bosè, Gino Rossi, Marika Rowsky
Votes: 3,420
31. The Conjugal Bed (1963)
Not Rated | 85 min | Comedy, Drama
A forty-year-old employee marries a seemingly quiet girl who turns into a mantis after the wedding.
Director: Marco Ferreri | Stars: Ugo Tognazzi, Marina Vlady, Walter Giller, Linda Sini
Votes: 808
32. Giorni d'amore (1954)
98 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A man and a woman would like to get married, but lack the necessary funds for the traditional "big" wedding. Thus they plan to escape to the countryside and "live in sin".
Directors: Giuseppe De Santis, Leopoldo Savona | Stars: Marcello Mastroianni, Marina Vlady, Giulio Calì, Angelina Longobardi
Votes: 254
33. Isolation (III) (2021)
104 min | Horror
Nine tales of terror weave together the story of isolated citizens around the world as they confront their darkest fears in an attempt to survive an increasingly deadly outbreak.
Directors: Alix Austin, Adam R. Brown, Larry Fessenden, Dennie Gordon, Andrew Kasch, Kyle I. Kelley, Alexandra Neary, Christian Pasquariello, Zach Passero, Bobby Roe, Keir Siewert | Stars: Alix Austin, Bob Ballou, Fine Belger, Jack Bennett
Votes: 353
34. Icarus (2022)
76 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama
On the island of Crete, under the reign of King Minos, Humans worship and fear the Gods of Olympus. Only a fool would dare to offend them.
Director: Carlo Vogele | Stars: Camille Cottin, Niels Schneider, Féodor Atkine, Wolf Van Cappellen
Votes: 372
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