The Belgium and us

The history of the Faito Doc Festival is closely linked to Belgium. List of Belgian films, artists, specialists linked to the festival :

Founding members

Turi Finocchiaro, Nathalie Rossetti, Bénédicte Rossetti, Francesco Paolo Mancini.

Partner

INSAS, HELB, Sabam, La Médiathèque (now Point Culture), Municipality of Ixelles (mobility office), Ham Sessions.be (hamsessions.be), Paradocs (https://paradocsasbl.com), the main Ateliers of the Fedération Wallonie- Brussels (CBA, WIP, La Cambre and Graphoui).

Selectors

Dinnie Martin, Salvatore Fronio, Elias Preszow, Milena Bochet, Maria Hermosillo, Abdullah Karasu
and programming consultants such as Nina Toussaint and Marilyne Watelet.

Some staff members

have participated and continue to participate regularly: 
Philippe Andrejevic, Laurent Gaudry, Pascale Gastout, Yael Fattal, Fabienne de Smet, Bénédicte Rossetti, Maïlyse Hermans, Stefania Vanoussis, Sébastien Calvez, Seda Sat.

HONORARY COMMITTEE (established in 2017)

Michel Baudour, Massimo Iannetta, Nina Toussaint, Olivier Smolders, Hugues Le Paige, Carine Bratzlavsky, Marilyn Watelet, Isabelle Rey.

Special Belgium guests

  • Michel Hermans (opening night about Werner Herzog – 2007 – Brotherhood)
  • Amel Bouzid (jury 2012 – Folly)
  • Nina Toussaint (jury 2012 – Folly)
  • Michel Baudour (photography direction masterclass – 2012 – Folly)
  • CRICOU (Christian Courtois, guest sculptor – 2012 – Folly)
  • Marc Bastien (jury – 2013 – Movement)
  • Nacho Carranza (jury – 2013 – Movement)
  • Milena Bochet (jury – 2014 – Empathy)
  • Massimo Iannetta (jury – 2014 – Empathy)
  • Inès Ramadan (jury and presentation  Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles – 2014 – Empathy)
  • MÔLO SAYAT (Môlo Sayat, 7 musicians, have just signed with Belgian label Zephyrus Records) (2014 – Empathy)
  • Origan Cannella (masterclass on recording in extreme environments – 2014 – Empathy)
  • Benjamin Eppe (Faito GIOVANI (music workshops for teenagers) – 2014 – Empathy)
  • Fabienne Van Den Driessche (Faito GIOVANI (music workshops for teenagers) – 2014 – Empathy)
  • Katia Rossini (jury – 2015 – Euphoria)
  • Klaas Boelen (jury – 2015 – Euphoria)
  • Martin Bolton (musician – 2015 – Euphoria)
  • Pierre André (author, composer and performer – 2015 – Euphoria)
  • Olivier Smolders (jury – 2016 – Return)
  • Hugues Le Paige (jury 2016 – Return)
  • Antonin Castel (Municipality of Ixelles (mobility support) with the organisation of the Cyclo Projection – 2016 – Return)
  • Carine Bratzlavsky (jury – 2017 – Horizons)
  • Madior Dieng (guest painter – 2018 – Vertigo)
  • Danielle Vanderstichele (Fine Arts teacher, Faito Youth – 2018 – Vertigo)
  • Tülin Ödzemir (jury – 2019 – Rythm)
  • Marilyne Wathelet (jury – 2019 – Rythm)
  • Lenka Fillnerova (jury – 2019 – Rythm)
  • La boîte à cigares (guest artists – New Orleans quartet – 2019 – Rhythm)
  • Isabelle Rey (jury – 2020 – Metamorphosis)
  • AKUMA (guest rapper – 2020 – Metamorphosis)
  • Léandre Caruso (theatre performance – 2021 – Metamorphosis)
  • Siamand Jaf (artist – pinhole photography workshop (Magic Box) – 2021 – Metamorphosis)

Belgium Films

  • Mon frère, ma soeur vendus pour quelques lires by Basile Sallustio (2007 – Brotherhood)
  • Il fare politica – chronique de la Toscane rouge by Hugues Le Paige (2007 – Brotherhood)
  • Au gré du temps by Dominique Loreau (2007 – Brotherhood)
  • Le Nain Rouge by Yvan Le Moine (2008 – Rebirth)
  • Demain J’irai mieux by Dominique Henry and Vincent Detours (2009 – Passion) Winner
  • 9TER by Céline Darmayan and Origan Cannella (2010&2011 – Identity)
  • KOR by Johanna Grudzinska (2010&2011 – Identity)
  • Manneken Pis, l’enfant qui pleut by Anne Levy-Morelle (2010&2011 – Identity)
  • Petite anatomie de l’image by Olivier Smolders (2010&2011 – Identity)
  • In purgatorio by Giovanni Cioni (2010&2011 – Identity)
  • Méandres by Charlotte Grégoire (2012 – Folly)
  • Le genre qui doute by Julie Carlier (2012 – Folly)
  • A l’intérieur by Raphaël Letoux Lungo (2012 – Folly)
  • Tao m’a dit by Léo Médard (2012 – Folly)
  • Seuls by Olivier Smolders and Thierry Knauf (2012 – Folly)
  • Pensées et Visions d’une tête coupée by Olivier Smolders (2012 – Folly)
  • La berceuse des eaux vives by Nimetulla Parlaku (2012 – Folly)
  • Derrière elle et Les pommes by Natalia Sardi (2012 – Folly)
  • La décomposition de l’âme by Nina Toussaint and Massimo Iannetta (2012 – Folly)
  • Au delà de l’Ararat by Tülin Ödzemir (2013 – Movement)
  • Voyage autour de ma chambre by Olivier Smolders (2013 – Movimento)
  • Cheveux rouges et café noir by Milena Bochet (2013 – Movement) Winner
  • Bateau Ivre by Chafik Allal and Claudio Capanna (2013 – Movement) Winner
  • Garen by Farzad Moloudi (2013 – Movement) Winner
  • Safar by Talheh Daryanavard (2013 – Movement) Winner
  • Los abrazos del Rio by Nicolás Rincón Gille (2013 – Movement)
  • Entre leurs mains by Céline Darmayan and Origan Cannella (2014 – Empathy)
  • Zone zero by Farzad Moloudi (2014 – Empathy)
  • La pianiste by Sung-A Yoon (2014 – Empathy)
  • Lettre à Mohammed by Christine Moderbacher (2014 – Empathy)
  • Little Heaven by Lieven Corthouts (2014 – Empathy)
  • La fabuleuse histoire de Andon et Sevgi by Nathalie Rossetti (2014 – Empathy)
  • Cochihza by Khristine Gillard (2015 – Euphoria)
  • Vecinas by Natalia Sardi (2015 – Euphoria)
  • Yaar by Simon Gillard (2015 – Euphoria) Winner
  • Gandhi dans les bois by Pierre Devreese (2016 – Return)
  • De Lola à Laila by Milena Bochet (2016 – Return) Winner
  • Mécanique de la routine by Sébastien Calvez (2016 – Return) Winner
  • Il segreto del serpente by Mathieu Volpe (2016 – Return)
  • Papiers d’Arménie by Ornella Macchia (2016 – Return)
  • The silence of Ani by Francis Alÿs (2016 – Return)
  • Girls facts by Maël Lagadec (2016 – Return)
  • Silence Radio by Valéry Rosier (2017 – Horizons)
  • Corps by Benjamin d’Aoust (2017 – Horizons
  • L’immenso retour by Manon Coubia (2017 – Horizons)
  • Ortho by Nathalie Sartiaux (2017 – Horizons)
  • Angelika by Léopold Legrand (2017 – Horizons)
  • Saule Marceau by Juliette Achard (2018 – Vertigo) Winner
  • Belle de Nuit : Grisélidis Réal by Marie-Eve de Grave (2018 – Vertigo)
  • Kalès by Laurent Van Lancker (2018 – Vertigo)
  • Dark Waves by Ismaël Joffroy Chandoutis (2018 – Vertigo)
  • Vertiges by Nathalie Rossetti and Elias Preszow (2018 – Vertigo)
  • Joséphine Baker, première icône noire by Ilana Navarro (2019 – Rythm)
  • Kinshasa Beta Mbonda by Marie-Françoise Plissart (2019 – Rythm)
  • Axolotl by Olivier Smolders (2019 – Rythm) Winner
  • Vigilant Guardian by Sébastien Lhereux (2019 – Rythm)
  • Le héros aux milles visages by Juliette Joffé (2019 – Rythm)
  • Purples boy by Alexandre Siqueira (2020 – Metamorphosis)
  • Les autres by Manon Longo (2020 – Metamorphosis)
  • Machini by Frank Mukunday and Tétshim (2020 – Metamorphosis)
  • Bal(l)ades by Lisa Sallustio (2020 – Metamorphosis) Vincitore
  • Métamorphoses 2020: un film à sketch by Seda Sat and Nathalie Rossetti (2020 – Metamorphosis)
  • Les lunes rousses by Tülin Ödzemir (2021 – Metamorphosis)
  • Sans frapper by Alexe Poukine (2021 – Metamorphosis)
  • Dans la maison by Karima Saïdi (2021 – Metamorphosis)
  • Je ne me souviens que de l’avenir by Lisa Sallustio (2021 – Metamorphosis)
  • J’ai faim, j’ai froid by Chantal Akerman by Marilyne Wathelet (2021 – Metamorphosis)

In 2023, in cooperation with SABAM, under the patronage of the SIAE, the second Faito Doc Pitching reserved for authors of projects at the writing and advanced development stage will be promoted.

In 2023, a future collaboration with the Millenium Festival is in place for an upcoming twinning.