Stijn Coninx (Directing)

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From the music of UK composer Anne Dudley, Belgian filmmaker Stijn Coninx crafts a story of a hearing-impaired woman on various runs, determinedly straight ahead of herself, crossing deserted forests, meadows and swamps, in different get-ups. This short film is part of the 2x25 Project of Film Fest Gent and the World Soundtrack Awards. The project commissioned 25 composers to compose a short piece of music, after which 25 filmmakers made short films that are the ultimate symbioses of music and cinematography, fitting completely within the DNA of the festival. The result: 25 exceptional films where the music inspired the form, narrative and texture.

Release Date:2023-09-15

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Sinterklaas en Koning Kabberdas

Riko Tik used to be bullied as a kid, now he want revenge. He falsifies the book of the Sint so that it looks like all the kids have been naughty this year. Disguised as king Kabberdas he goes to the house of the Sint to fool the holy man with the wrong book.

Release Date:2021-10-27

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Dag Sinterklaas

Release Date:2019-11-09

Department:Creator

Job:Creator

Hollywood on the river Scheldt

Overview of the history of cinema in Flanders.

Release Date:2018-12-27

Character:Self

Vote Count:1

Sinterklaas en de Wakkere Nachten

Who's keeping the citizens of a Belgian provincial town out of their sleep? Is it Santa Clause?

Release Date:2018-10-24

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:2

Don't Shoot

In one fell swoop, nine-year old David Van de Steen lost his mother, his father and his sister in an attack by the Brabant Killers in Aalst. His grandfather, Albert, has the well-nigh impossible task of giving David a new perspective on life, a future.

Release Date:2018-10-04

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:36

Ay Ramon!

Max and Tikkelotje own an unsuccessful theatre company. When Tikkelotje notices Ramon - the faithful companion to Saint Nicholas - playing the guitar and singing, she decides to kidnap both him and Slechtweervandaag, Saint Nicholas’s trusty steed. Saint Nicholas is devastated, but eventually he pulls himself together and goes around the houses to collect the children’s wishlists. An adventure involving assorted people then ensues as he tried to beat the clock to rescue the hapless pair.

Release Date:2015-10-21

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:3

Marina

The true story of Rocco Granata, an Italian coal miner's son who followed his passion for music against his father's wishes and social barriers.

Release Date:2013-11-06

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:87

De Sint Danst de Tango

Sint and his mischievous assistant Zwarte Piet enjoy collecting children's letters at night, but lose a whole bag.

Release Date:2011-11-23

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Anneliezen

Release Date:2010-10-15

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Episode Count:8

Vote Count:1

Sister Smile

A biography of the Belgian nun Jeannine Deckers, who became a popular singer in the early 1960s and struggled with the contradiction between the church and her true self.

Release Date:2009-04-29

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:45

To Walk Again

Documentary on the belgian triathlete Marc Herremans who ended up in a wheelchair after an unfortunate accident and since has one one dream: to one day be able to walk again.

Release Date:2007-04-25

Department:Directing

Job:Director

De Kavijaks

Release Date:2007-02-05

Department:Creator

Job:Creator

Vote Count:2

Visions of Europe

Twenty-five films from twenty-five European countries by twenty-five European directors.

Release Date:2004-05-01

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:18

Sea of Silence

1969. Nine-year old Caro lives on a pig farm in a small town with her four other siblings and another on the way. She is curious and determined to understand the mysteries of the world around her. But her devout catholic father can't explain the new world and her mother is too busy for philosophy so she converses to God. One day at school she is horrified to learn that man will soon set foot on the moon. In her eyes it's not possible that God would allow anyone to get so close to Heaven. Her clowning father agrees and, unable to cope with modern-day progress, hits the bottle. Caro is preparing for her first holy communion to become 'a bride of God' but before that she seals a pact with her father to overcome her fear of swimming in exchange, he will not touch a drop of alcohol.

Release Date:2003-09-26

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:1

Zwei Engel auf Streife

Release Date:2002-04-11

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Episode Count:4

Het Peulengaleis

Release Date:1999-09-03

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Episode Count:50

When the Light Comes

A young woman spends an adventurous winter with a trapper on Spitsbergen.

Release Date:1998-01-29

Department:Production

Job:Producer

Vote Count:7

Priest Daens

In the 1890s, Father Adolf Daens goes to Aalst, a textile town where child labor is rife, pay and working conditions are horrible, the poor have no vote, and the Catholic church backs the petite bourgeoisie in oppressing workers. He writes a few columns for the Catholic paper, and soon workers are listening and the powerful are in an uproar. He's expelled from the Catholic party, so he starts the Christian Democrats and is elected to Parliament. After Rome disciplines him, he must choose between two callings, as priest and as champion of workers. In subplots, a courageous young woman falls in love with a socialist and survives a shop foreman's rape; children die; prelates play billiards.

Release Date:1992-10-01

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:61

Koko Flanel

Placide's dad tells him on his deathbed he'll haunt Placide if he doesn't find a wife soon. Placide cautiously agrees, but he only wants to settle for a very beautiful woman. That might be easier said than done, since he is a vagabond. When he accidentally enters a photo shoot, Placide meets Sarah. He falls in love, but she is way out of his reach.

Release Date:1990-02-23

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:32

Blueberry Hill

Antwerp in the fifties. Robin de Hert grew up in a Catholic parochial environment; on the one hand there is his authoritarian father and the sadistic secretary of the Catholic boys technical school, on the other hand there are the 'Grieten' and the French teacher with whom Robin is getting a good band through a secret they share. If the secretary finds out about this secret, this has major implications for both the teacher and the students ...

Release Date:1989-03-16

Department:Directing

Job:Assistant Director

Vote Count:6

Hector

Hector's parents sent him to an orphanage in treatment for smallpox but... they never picked him up. 35 years later, he still lives in the orphanage, surrounded by children, his playmates. Till a forgotten aunt remembers that he exists. She'll get him to participate in the bakery of her husband, Achilles, to work. Hector shows his skills on the basis of unexpected inventions. So he helps Jos, the son of Achilles, to accomplish his dream to be a cycling champion. Hector's good humor and childlike manner overcomes all resistance and pulls his entire entourage along on the path to success. From now on he can learn what love is...

Release Date:1987-10-19

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:26

Exit-exil

A drama of passion and social conscience.

Release Date:1986-04-02

Department:Directing

Job:First Assistant Director

Vote Count:2

Zware jongens

Gaston grew up on the fringes of society and interacts with other people as little as possible. Leo, on the other hand, is a very bourgeois person. He lives way above his station, but has a heart of gold. Using forged cheques and unsecured credit cards, he tries to keep up appearances. By a coincidence, Gaston's fate is linked to Leo's.

Release Date:1984-01-01

Department:Directing

Job:Second Unit Director

Vote Count:8

Surfing

Short documentary on surfing.

Release Date:1982-01-01

Department:Directing

Job:Director

The End of the Journey

A 40-year-old mother struggles to deal with the anxiety of growing older after her eldest daughter moves out and the youngest distances herself.

Release Date:1981-01-01

Department:Art

Job:Set Decoration

Vote Count:2