Catalogue des films de « Nico Leunen »

Through a coming-of-age story, "Anbessa" captures one boy taking on modernization on his own terms, revealing a unique and magical perspective on the myth of "progress" that entraps us all. Ten-year-old Asalif and his mother have been displaced...

lm essay "Battles" reveals the traces left behind by recent conflicts in the landscapes and communities at four different sites across Europe. A bomb, a bunker, a tank, a soldier – four archetypes of warfare lead us chapter by chapter to places...

The American West. We have arrived in a world where human life would seem to be impossible: an arid, mythical landscape characterized by absence. Absence of water, trees, life. In the beginning there was nothing. But then traces start appearing....

In the mid-20th century, Raymond Borremans left his native France for Africa, where he devoted his life to writing the continent’s first encyclopedia. He had reached the letter N when he died in 1988; his unfulfilled ghost haunts West Africa...

Seven year-old Vibe lives with her grandparents. On weekends, she travels many kilometres to see her parents; the magic of childhood disappears, making way for reality and a delicate moment for me to ask her how her situation came to be. Vibe’s...

At the end of "The Pilgrim", Chaplin, escaped from Sing Sing prison, is faced with a formidable choice: either cross the Mexican border thus regaining his freedom but losing the woman he loves, or stay in Texas near his loved one and return to the...