North Sea Port Audience Award - Top 10
1
BXL
Monir Ait Hamou, Ish Ait Hamou
Two brothers, Tarek (26) and Fouad (12), unexpectedly get a chance to escape their current lives, but their chances turn faster than expected. In addition to brotherly love and big dreams, brothers Ish and Monir Ait Hamou show in their directorial debut BXL the fierce battle ...
4.93/5
2
Les dames blanches (Dance Me to the End)
Camille Ghekiere
Camille Ghekiere's first feature hybrid documentary takes us beyond the walls of a residential care centre in Ghent, where an intern gradually wins the trust of the elderly residents while realising our society's rigid view on them. Through daily banal interactions and a ...
4.88/5
2
The Jacket
Mathijs Poppe
The Jacket is a portrait of Jamal Hindawi, a Palestinian man who lives in exile with his family in the Shatila Refugee camp in Beirut, Lebanon. When Jamal embarks on a journey to search for an important lost theatre prop, he witnesses how the successive political and economic ...
4.88/5
3
No Other Land
Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Yuval Abraham, Rachel Szor
No Other Land records the systematic destruction of Palestinian activist Basel Adra's home on the West Bank and his unlikely friendship/alliance with Israeli journalist Yuval Abraham. Their powerful Palestinian-Israeli collective, with co-directors Hamdan Ballal and Rachel Szor, ...
4.84/5
4
Milano
Christina Vandekerckhove
After her acclaimed documentary Rabot, Christina Vandekerckhove transitions to fiction with Milano, a poignant tale about a father and his deaf son, starring Matteo Simoni and newcomer Basil Wheatley. Set in a social housing neighborhood, the film explores the emotional strains ...
4.78/5
5
Memoir of a Snail
Adam Elliot
Fifteen years after his beguiling yet wholesome feature debut Mary and Max, Oscar-winning animator Adam Elliot writes and sculpts a new 100% CGI-free "clayography", telling the Dickensian tale of Grace Pudel, a snail-hoarding woman whose life is a series of unfortunate events. ...
4.77/5
6
Kneecap
Rich Peppiatt
Mythologizing the the story and ambition of West Belfast hip hop trio Kneecap known for their use of the Irish language, Rich Peppiatt's music biopic (not a documentary!) follows the three real-life band members Mo Chara, Móglaí Bap and DJ Próvaí on the road to becoming the ...
4.72/5
7
Eno
Gary Hustwit
There is arguably no better subject for a documentary that changes with each screening than visionary musician and artist Brian Eno. A generative documentary assembled by newly developed software sounds like science fiction - but its endless iterations are definitely worth every ...
4.71/5
8
L'histoire de Souleymane (The Story of Souleymane)
Boris Lojkine
A young Guinean in Paris tries to survive as a food deliverer. At the same time, he does everything in his power to obtain legal status. With his tender drama, reminiscent of the Dardennes, director Boris Lojkine confronts us with a reality that is too easily forgotten. ...
4.69/5
10
Monsieur Aznavour
Mehdi Idir, Grand Corps Malade
He was almost deemed immortal, but in 2018, at the age of 94, French-Armenian singer-actor Charles Aznavour passed away. In the rise-to-stardom biopic Monsieur Aznavour, Golden Globe-nominated actor Tahar Rahim transforms into the music legend who fought to succeed as an ...
4.67/5