Pieter Embrechts

Visions of Europe (2004)

Twenty-five films from twenty-five European countries by twenty-five European directors.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Peter Greenaway  •  Małgorzata Szumowska  •  Stijn Coninx  •  Christoffer Boe  •  Šarūnas Bartas  •  Laila Pakalnina  •  Jan Troell  •  Aki Kaurismäki  •  Francesca Comencini  •  Fatih Akin  •  Tony Gatlif  •  Martin Šulík  •  Béla Tarr  •  Aisling Walsh  •  Damjan Kozole  •  Christos Georgiou  •  Miguel Hermoso  •  Teresa Villaverde  •  Constantine Giannaris  •  Theo van Gogh  •  Barbara Albert  •  Andy Bausch  •  Saša Gedeon  •  Arvo Iho  •  Kenneth Scicluna
CAST:  Alan Rees  •  Safia Aggoune  •  Abel Alves  •  Agneta Ulfsäter-Troell

Twenty-five films from twenty-five European countries by twenty-five European directors.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Peter Greenaway  •  Małgorzata Szumowska  •  Stijn Coninx  •  Christoffer Boe  •  Šarūnas Bartas  •  Laila Pakalnina  •  Jan Troell  •  Aki Kaurismäki  •  Francesca Comencini  •  Fatih Akin  •  Tony Gatlif  •  Martin Šulík  •  Béla Tarr  •  Aisling Walsh  •  Damjan Kozole  •  Christos Georgiou  •  Miguel Hermoso  •  Teresa Villaverde  •  Constantine Giannaris  •  Theo van Gogh  •  Barbara Albert  •  Andy Bausch  •  Saša Gedeon  •  Arvo Iho  •  Kenneth Scicluna
CAST:  Alan Rees  •  Safia Aggoune  •  Abel Alves  •  Agneta Ulfsäter-Troell

The Tango Singer (2010)

Helena is a talented singer in Buenos Aires. Just as she and her band get a residency at a prestigious theater in the city, the boyfriend she's mad about coldly announces that he doesn't love her any more. The film is punctuated by intense bursts of tango. Every ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Diego Martínez Vignatti
CAST:  Dora Baret  •  Patrick Descamps  •  Pieter Embrechts  •  Oscar Ferrari

Helena is a talented singer in Buenos Aires. Just as she and her band get a residency at a prestigious theater in the city, the boyfriend she's mad about coldly announces that he doesn't love her any more. The film is punctuated by intense bursts of tango. Every ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Diego Martínez Vignatti
CAST:  Dora Baret  •  Patrick Descamps  •  Pieter Embrechts  •  Oscar Ferrari

Nothing to Lose (2008)

A man convicted of killing his own father and sister escapes from a long-stay criminal hospital to track down his estranged mother, whom he believes can prove his innocence.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pieter Kuijpers
CAST:  Theo Maassen  •  Lisa Smit  •  Bob Schwarze  •  Ria Marks

A man convicted of killing his own father and sister escapes from a long-stay criminal hospital to track down his estranged mother, whom he believes can prove his innocence.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pieter Kuijpers
CAST:  Theo Maassen  •  Lisa Smit  •  Bob Schwarze  •  Ria Marks

Zus & Zo (2002)

In this Oscar-nominated comedy, three wacky sisters try to save their inheritance from their supposedly gay brother, who suddenly appears with a fiancé in tow. If he gets married, their father's will stipulates that he gets the family hotel in Portugal. So the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paula van der Oest
CAST:  Jacob Derwig  •  Halina Reijn  •  Monic Hendrickx  •  Sylvia Poorta

In this Oscar-nominated comedy, three wacky sisters try to save their inheritance from their supposedly gay brother, who suddenly appears with a fiancé in tow. If he gets married, their father's will stipulates that he gets the family hotel in Portugal. So the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paula van der Oest
CAST:  Jacob Derwig  •  Halina Reijn  •  Monic Hendrickx  •  Sylvia Poorta

Ay Ramon! (2015)

Max and Tikkelotje own an unsuccessful theatre company. When Tikkelotje notices Ramon - the faithful companion to Saint Nicholas - playing the guitar and singing, she decides to kidnap both him and Slechtweervandaag, Saint Nicholas’s trusty steed. Saint Nicholas is ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stijn Coninx
CAST:  Jan Decleir  •  Evelien Bosmans  •  Matteo Simoni  •  Tom van Dyck

Max and Tikkelotje own an unsuccessful theatre company. When Tikkelotje notices Ramon - the faithful companion to Saint Nicholas - playing the guitar and singing, she decides to kidnap both him and Slechtweervandaag, Saint Nicholas’s trusty steed. Saint Nicholas is ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stijn Coninx
CAST:  Jan Decleir  •  Evelien Bosmans  •  Matteo Simoni  •  Tom van Dyck

Wolf (2010)

Commissaris Thomas Verhaege is met zijn team een oplichter op het spoor, op het moment dat Vadim Arveladze, een zware crimineel, hun pad kruist. Een hologram met bezwarende informatie wordt de speelbal tussen politie en gewetenloze criminelen. Een bitse strijd ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stef Desmyter
CAST:  Axel Daeseleire  •  Nina Van Rompaey  •  Pieter Embrechts  •  Carry Goossens

Commissaris Thomas Verhaege is met zijn team een oplichter op het spoor, op het moment dat Vadim Arveladze, een zware crimineel, hun pad kruist. Een hologram met bezwarende informatie wordt de speelbal tussen politie en gewetenloze criminelen. Een bitse strijd ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stef Desmyter
CAST:  Axel Daeseleire  •  Nina Van Rompaey  •  Pieter Embrechts  •  Carry Goossens

Redbad (2018)

In the year of 754 AD, during a time of epic battles and bloodshed, the legend of the pagan warrior king, Rebad, is born, but so is a new weapon against his people: Christianity. Redbad must ultimately unite a Viking army powerful enough to defeat the seemingly ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roel Reiné
CAST:  Jonathan Banks  •  Lisa Smit  •  Søren Malling  •  Gijs Naber

In the year of 754 AD, during a time of epic battles and bloodshed, the legend of the pagan warrior king, Rebad, is born, but so is a new weapon against his people: Christianity. Redbad must ultimately unite a Viking army powerful enough to defeat the seemingly ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roel Reiné
CAST:  Jonathan Banks  •  Lisa Smit  •  Søren Malling  •  Gijs Naber

We (2018)

During a scorching summer in a Belgian-Dutch border village, eight teenagers play games of discovery to break the listless monotony. They challenge each other and themselves and pretty soon, their sexual curiosity starts to blur the lines between right and wrong. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rene Eller
CAST:  Pauline Casteleyn  •  Aimé Claeys  •  Gaia Sofia Cozijn  •  Axel Daeseleire

During a scorching summer in a Belgian-Dutch border village, eight teenagers play games of discovery to break the listless monotony. They challenge each other and themselves and pretty soon, their sexual curiosity starts to blur the lines between right and wrong. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rene Eller
CAST:  Pauline Casteleyn  •  Aimé Claeys  •  Gaia Sofia Cozijn  •  Axel Daeseleire

Sinterklaas en de wakkere nachten (2018)

Who's keeping the citizens of a Belgian provincial town out of their sleep? Is it Santa Clause?  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stijn Coninx
CAST:  Jan Decleir  •  Evelien Bosmans  •  Warre Borgmans  •  Els Dottermans

Who's keeping the citizens of a Belgian provincial town out of their sleep? Is it Santa Clause?  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stijn Coninx
CAST:  Jan Decleir  •  Evelien Bosmans  •  Warre Borgmans  •  Els Dottermans

Cash For Trash (2019)

The grown-ups of Tollembeek make a deal with the suspicious Igor. The Russian can dump all his garbage and toxic waste in the village for a year, and he will pay the inhabitants a whole lot of money. Urbanus seizes the opportunity to finally buy his engagement ring ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joost van den Bosch  •  Erik Verkerk
CAST:  Urbanus  •  Sven de Ridder  •  Ben Segers  •  Sien Eggers

The grown-ups of Tollembeek make a deal with the suspicious Igor. The Russian can dump all his garbage and toxic waste in the village for a year, and he will pay the inhabitants a whole lot of money. Urbanus seizes the opportunity to finally buy his engagement ring ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joost van den Bosch  •  Erik Verkerk
CAST:  Urbanus  •  Sven de Ridder  •  Ben Segers  •  Sien Eggers

Instinct (2019)

Nicoline, a criminal psychologist, begins work at a prison where one of her new cases, Idris — an apparently reformed sex offender — is preparing for release after five years of confinement. Despite her professional misgivings, she becomes infatuated with her ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Halina Reijn
CAST:  Carice van Houten  •  Marwan Kenzari  •  Marie-Mae van Zuilen  •  Pieter Embrechts

Nicoline, a criminal psychologist, begins work at a prison where one of her new cases, Idris — an apparently reformed sex offender — is preparing for release after five years of confinement. Despite her professional misgivings, she becomes infatuated with her ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Halina Reijn
CAST:  Carice van Houten  •  Marwan Kenzari  •  Marie-Mae van Zuilen  •  Pieter Embrechts

Cheese (1999)

Frans Laarmans temporarily abandons his job as an office worker to become a salesman for a big cheese company.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Orlow Seunke
CAST:  Josse De Pauw  •  Frieda Pittoors  •  Din Meysmans  •  Marie Vinck

Frans Laarmans temporarily abandons his job as an office worker to become a salesman for a big cheese company.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Orlow Seunke
CAST:  Josse De Pauw  •  Frieda Pittoors  •  Din Meysmans  •  Marie Vinck

Sinterklaas en Koning Kabberdas (2021)

Riko Tik used to be bullied as a kid, now he want revenge. He falsifies the book of the Sint so that it looks like all the kids have been naughty this year. Disguised as king Kabberdas he goes to the house of the Sint to fool the holy man with the wrong book.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stijn Coninx
CAST:  Wim Opbrouck  •  Pieter Embrechts  •  Tine Embrechts  •  Els Dottermans

Riko Tik used to be bullied as a kid, now he want revenge. He falsifies the book of the Sint so that it looks like all the kids have been naughty this year. Disguised as king Kabberdas he goes to the house of the Sint to fool the holy man with the wrong book.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stijn Coninx
CAST:  Wim Opbrouck  •  Pieter Embrechts  •  Tine Embrechts  •  Els Dottermans

Stromboli (2022)

Haunted by memories of her broken marriage and a fight with her daughter, a woman joins an intense self-help retreat when her vacation goes awry.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michiel van Erp
CAST:  Elise Schaap  •  Tim McInnerny  •  Christian Hillborg  •  Pieter Embrechts

Haunted by memories of her broken marriage and a fight with her daughter, a woman joins an intense self-help retreat when her vacation goes awry.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michiel van Erp
CAST:  Elise Schaap  •  Tim McInnerny  •  Christian Hillborg  •  Pieter Embrechts