Violet Braeckman

Short film on Jan-Jan Van Essche’s COLLECTION#11 - ’GRACE’ (SS21)

An odyssey of a man in search of his female side

A young woman, Léa, cultivates the land and faces the sun's constant glare. She tries to silently combat the effects of climate change. Meanwhile, three motocross riders roar through the arid landscape, like riders of the apocalypse. The film brings together actors and non-actors in a landscape that suffers in silence.

With COLLECTION#13 - ZEAL the designer wants to send out a message of encouragement, starting with a note to oneself. A motivation to lift up the spirit, to reawaken dormancy and to find strength and perseverance from within. A spring & summer wardrobe of individual garments; each sheltering one’s core with the utmost tenderness.

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An icy couple, Elias and Milou, go on a ski trip to the picturesque village of Elm in search of solace and escape from their cold, distant lives. Here they meet the local Beat. A volatile relationship blossoms between the three, revealing their hidden desires. Will this new warm breath be enough to revive their relationship or will they freeze again afterwards?

When 39 people are killed prior to the European Cup at the Brussels Heysel stadium in 1985, the mayor's daughter and an Italian journalist are torn between their professional assignments, family, and human nature.

In 1888, the young Annabelle is not permitted to leave the four walls of her parents domain. One day she meets Pieter in her fathers factory and freedom suddenly seems feasible.

Panjareh is a visual novel, based on a poem by Iranian poet and filmmaker Forough Forrakhzad, about a growing young woman. Thinking back to her childhood, she suddenly realizes that she is a woman now.

Mona is left alone in a large and empty house after her lover left for the war front. She gets no news from him for months. The days are long. The old walls retain the memory of a warm love for a while. Mona waits, hopes, and wades around the abandoned house, like a shadow of who she once was.

Twelve ordinary people are called for jury duty for a controversial murder case.

Three middle-aged brothers and their families are turned upside down when an unexpected guest, a refugee from Cameroon, shows up on their doorstep.

John Beckers gains one last chance from his wife Marjan and their two children to get his life back on track. After a visit to rehab, John starts his new job at the freight company of his father-in-law. The port of Antwerp is a whole new world for the former TV star. It’s a harsh environment, but also one with its own rules and traditions. John fights his old demons as well as new temptations, but quickly enters a dangerous arena but also a very lucrative trade of the docks: cocaine. John Beckers came to work at the port, but finds increasingly extreme ways to make the port work for him.

Fed up with her banal existence, Ann ditches her life as it is. Dragging her two best friends along, she navigates a year of brutally-honest madness, enlightened by mental field trips to the Stone Age and unsolicited superhero advice.

A police inspector investigates the robbery of 66 safe deposit boxes at a private bank in Brussels.

A look at the multi-billion dollar business surrounding international professional football where players are bought and sold at the end of the English Super League season.

The series follows criminology professor Mia van der Linden who chooses a small group of students to solve cold cases. But during their work they come across a case that they are suddenly no longer allowed to investigate by higher authorities. The group of students must use the law cunningly to find justice.

When a nuclear plant is sabotaged, the power grid in Belgium crashes. Prime Minister Annemie Hillebrand is forced to prolong the blackout, otherwise her daughter -who has been kidnapped- will die. Can Michael Dendoncker of the counter terrorism unit, rescue the girl in a country that's off the grid.