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Vincent Lannoo
Vincent Lannoo is a Belgian film director and writer. Career After developing an interest in filmmaking, Lannoo enrolled at the Institut des Arts de Diffusion in Brussels and graduated from there in 1995. His first short film, ''I Love the Movies'' (1998), was screened at the 1999 Brussels Film Festival, where it won both the Crystal Star for Best European Short and the Golden Iris for Lannoo. Lannoo made his feature-length debut in 2001 with ''Strass'', an experimental film in which elements of reality and fiction are mixed together at a drama school. ''Strass'' is the twentieth film in the Dogme 95 film movement and its title is a reference to American acting teacher Lee Strasberg. It premiered at the 2001 Namur Film Festival, where it competed for the Bayard d'Or for Best Film and went on to win Best First Screenplay. His film '' In the Name of the Son'' starred Astrid Whettnall as a Catholic radio host who stands up against the hypocrisy of the Catholic Church after the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brussels
Brussels (french: Bruxelles or ; nl, Brussel ), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) (french: link=no, Région de Bruxelles-Capitale; nl, link=no, Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest), is a region of Belgium comprising 19 municipalities, including the City of Brussels, which is the capital of Belgium. The Brussels-Capital Region is located in the central portion of the country and is a part of both the French Community of Belgium and the Flemish Community, but is separate from the Flemish Region (within which it forms an enclave) and the Walloon Region. Brussels is the most densely populated region in Belgium, and although it has the highest GDP per capita, it has the lowest available income per household. The Brussels Region covers , a relatively small area compared to the two other regions, and has a population of over 1.2 million. The five times larger metropolitan area of Brusse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
