Short films

The International Short Film Festival Leuven released a unique compilation DVD in the autumn of 2004: the 21 best Flemish short films from a decade of festival. Up to 4,5 hours of film! The Dutch spoken films are NOT subtitled in English!

VROUWEN WILLEN TROUWEN / Patrice Toye
OMELETTE A LA FLAMANDE / Hans Herbots
THE BLOODY OLIVE / Vincent Bal
A HARD DAYS WORK / Koen Mortier
DE SUIKERPOT / Hilde Van Mieghem
URINOIR DOGS / Willem Wallyn
TO SPEAK / Erik lamens
BXL MINUIT / Dorothée Van den Berghe
LOS TAXIOS / Lars Damoiseuax
WOOWW / Fien Troch
BLACK XXX-MAS / Pieter Van Hees
THE THREAD / Lieven Van Baelen
BELGIË-TURKIJE / Brecht Vanhoenacker
FAIT D'HIVER / Dirk Beliën
OH MY GOD?! / Christophe Van Rompaey
SNAPSHOT / Jakob Verbruggen
DjU! / Daniël Lamberts
JOSÉPHINE / Joël Vanhoebrouck
SOMETHING FISHY / Reinout Swinnen
LIKE YOU SEE / Evelien Hoedekie
MR. J. RUSSEL / Wouter Sel

This past year was a triumph for Flemish short films, as so many were nominated for prestigious awards and selected to be screened at festivals: an Oscar nomination, a Silver Mélies, a nomination for the Golden Palm, third place at the Student Academy Award. Clearly, Flemish short films continue to grow and get noticed. Selected Shorts #15 beautifully showcases the skills of Flemish film makers, both in front of and behind the camera. A must-have compilation for every avid film fan.

DEATH OF A SHADOW / Tom Van Avermaet
THE IMPORTANCE OF SWEET & SALT / Benoit De Clerck
KISS ME SOFTLY/ Anthony Schatteman
SKUNK/ Raf & Jan Roosens
NAME OF THE FATHERS/ Timothy Wennekes
ROSA, ANNA’S LIL’ SIS/ Janet van den Brand
ROBYN O. / Cecilia Verheyden
PERFECT DRUG  / Toon Aerts
CROSSROADS / Wouter Bouvijn
TSJERNOBYL HEARTS / Emilie Verhamme
HEADLONG/ Lukas Dhondt
MONT BLANC / Gilles Coulier

Flemish short films have earned a good reputation in the international film world. After numerous film festival selections and a true deluge of awards, the new batch of films is something to eagerly look forward to every year. and this year is no exception. Selected Shorts is proud to present our annual selection of 11 films bursting with guts, vision and personality, made by Flemish directors who will undoubtedly make a name for themselves in the coming years.

The box contains a DVD ánd a Bluray

Tracklist:

-Wolf's Milk (Hans Vercauter) – Jury Award, World Film Festival Montréal - 2013
-Get Ripped (Leonardo Van Dijl) - Grand Jury Award – Outfest LA – 2014
-The Way of All Flesh (Deben Van Dam) – VAF Wildcard, Jury Award, Audience Award, HUMO Award, International Short Film Festival Leuven - 2013
-Rue Royale (Malko Van den Borre)
-Houses with Small Windows (Bülent Öztürk) – Best European Short Award, Venice Film Festival, Ensor for Best Short - 2014
-De Honger (Benoit De Clerck) - Official Selection, Clermont-Ferrand - 2014
-Bad Hunter (Sahim Omar Kalifa) - Jury Award - World Film Festival Montréal – 2014
-Prey (Jonas Baekeland)
-Sonnet 81 (Maaike Neuville) - VAF Wildcard, Award for Best Newcomer, International Short Film Festival Leuven - 2013
-Charlotte's Songs (Brian Windelinckx)
-Lilith (Maxim Stollenwerk) - Silver Mélies, Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival - 2014

This past year was yet again an excellent year for Flemish short films and therefore this edition of Selected Shorts is a must-have for every avid film fan. Selected Shorts presents 11 films that have gained excellent reputation in Belgium and abroad and give evidence to the many talents of Flemish film industry.

Short films:

- De Smet - Wim Geudens & Thomas Baerten
- Perdition Country - Raphaël Crombez 
- August - Jeroen Perceval 
- De Vijver (The Pond) - Jeroen Dumoulein 
- L'infini (Infinity) - Lukas Dhont 
- Le Pli dans l'Espace (When I close my eyes) - Ann-Julie Vervaeke 
- Cadet - Kevin Meul 
- Aller-Retour - Mikael Beddeleem 
- In de Naam van de Kater (In God We Trash) - Thijs De Block 
- Wien For Life - Alidor Dolfing 
- Billy the Bully - Wannes Destoop 

Cast: Tom Audenaert, Stefaan Degand, Sven De Ridder, Flor Decleir, Wim Willaert, Thomas Ryckewaert, Mieke Dobbels, Jan Hammenecker, Jeroen Perceval, Barbara Sarafian and many others.