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'Ninjababy', 'Rien à foutre', 'Nobody Has to Know' and 'Drive My Car' also take home prizes

'Leave No Traces' is the major winner of the 14th edition of the Ostend Film Festival

The Ostend Film Festival annually awards various films in distinct competitions. Leave No Traces was crowned the winner in the international LOOK! competition. The film took home both Best Picture and Best Production Design. In the same competition, Frank van den Eeden's cinematography for Nobody Has to Know and the screenplay for Drive My Car were also lauded for their visual excellence. Rien à foutre triumphed in the new COOP! competition and Ninjababy was the jury’s favourite in the all-new SOON! competition.

The programme of the first winter edition of the Ostend Film Festival - from January 21 to 29 - is complete. With 8 films each in the LOOK!, COOP! and SOON! competitions, 37 avant-premières, 10 short films in competition and an Alex van Warmerdam retrospective, FFO has once again put together a stunning programme, with a record number of avant-premières.

Full programma Ostend Film Festival 2022 announced

Director Dorothée Van Den Berghe will close the fourteenth edition of FFO with her latest film Aller/Retour. Van Den Berghe, who already won prizes with earlier work such as Rosie & Moussa and My Queen Karo, once again collaborated with KVS director Michaël De Cock for the screenplay of this road movie. The leads are played by Ruth Beeckmans (Albatros, Safety First) and Welket Bungué, who appeared last year in the ambitious Berlin, Alexanderplatz.

The fourteenth edition of the Ostend Film Festival (FFO) opens this year with the new film by Peter Monsaert (Offline, Le Ciel Flamand). Nowhere sketches a layered portrait with moving characters, about connection, hope and family roots. Our Master Koen De Bouw plays perhaps his most vulnerable role ever, alongside young talent Noa Tambwe Kabati.

Nowhere by Peter Monsaert opens the Ostend Film Festival: "Unprecedented performance by Koen De Bouw in perhaps his most vulnerable role ever".

On Friday 21 January, Koen De Bouw will not only kick off the first winter edition of the Ostend Film Festival, but also present his latest film Nowhere. Nowhere is directed and written by Peter Monsaert and stars Koen De Bouw (The Man Who Sold His Skin) and Noa Tambwe Kabati (wtFock, Welp). Sebastien Dewaele (Undercover, Eigen Kweek), Sofie Decleir (De Dag), Karlijn Sileghem (Home) and Ruth Becquart (Chaussée D'Amour) complete the cast. Director Peter Monsaert is extremely honoured that FFO has chosen Nowhere as its opening film:

An impressive international selection, including the Golden Lion of Venice and the winner of the Grand Prix in Cannes, and a collection of Flemish (co)productions provide Ostend with an extremely strong programme for the first winter edition from 21 until 29 January 2022. Moreover, Koen De Bouw can finally take on his Mastership of the Ostend Film Festival (FFO). As befits an FFO Master, De Bouw was given control over his own film route. He baptized his eclectic Master selection 'Going Mental' and wants to draw attention to the importance of mental health.

Ostend Film Festival announces first titles and Koen De Bouw puts mental health centre stage as Master of the fourteenth edition

Finally, Ostend is getting ready for the first winter edition of the Ostend Film Festival. The first titles for the 14th edition of FFO once again promise a varied programme where audience and film professionals can meet each other again.

Journey to a Mother’s Room wins Taste Of Europe competition – The invisible life of Eurídice Gusmão wins Best Film in LOOK! competition – special mention for Parasite and Nuestras Madres.

Filmfestival Oostende announces winners of international LOOK! and Taste of Europe competitions!

This evening Filmfestival Oostende announced the winners of the international competitions. The LOOK!-award for Best Film went to The invisible life of Eurídice Gusmão by Karim Aïnouz. Parasite was awarded Best Production Design. Nuestras Madres scored Best Camera/DOP. Journey To A Mother’s Room by young female director Celia Rico Clavellino won the Taste of Europe competition.

'Leave No Traces' is the major winner of the 14th edition of the Ostend Film Festival

Full programma Ostend Film Festival 2022 announced

Nowhere by Peter Monsaert opens the Ostend Film Festival: "Unprecedented performance by Koen De Bouw in perhaps his most vulnerable role ever".

Ostend Film Festival announces first titles and Koen De Bouw puts mental health centre stage as Master of the fourteenth edition

Filmfestival Oostende announces winners of international LOOK! and Taste of Europe competitions!

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