Toronto Premiere of ‘Le Faux Soir’ Crowns Great Year for Walloon Cinema, Built on Belgian Region’s Creative Freedom, Can Do Attitude

By Rafa Sales Ross

Rafa Sales Ross

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It is no wonder Belgian cinema has risen internationally in recent years. Cinema is, after all, a language, and Belgian filmmakers come from a country built on the need to understand language as a bridge—between its regions, its people, and its idioms. The country has three official languages—Dutch, French and German—and is divided both regionally and culturally into three highly autonomous regions: Flanders, in the north; Wallonia, in the south; and the Brussels-Capital Region, right in the middle.

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