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With the help of thousands of women, the Isala citizen-science project of the microbiology lab at the University of Antwerp is going on a journey of discovery into the vagina: what microorganisms can be found there, what are they doing there and what can we learn from them? The social relevance of this pioneering work cannot be underestimated.

Mythical like a dragon, but also real, we grew attached to ideas of what a dinosaur could have been. A team of VUB researchers set out to find definite proof of what caused the end of the dinosaur era. One fine line in the rockbed holds knowledge to the minute, of that fateful day, 66 million years ago. This is not an impossible love story, it’s a true crime, set in deep time.

Three friends will experience their last summer together before they start at different high schools. Helping each other to ride their longest wheelie (riding a bike with one wheel in the air), they realise how important their friendship is to them.

As Simeon, a young Dominican caregiver now living in Belgium, grows closer to a couple of ladies at a retirement home, events take an increasingly magic-realistic turn. A touching and inspiring documentary about caring and taking care.

A team of scientists search for the lost island of Testerep in front of the Belgian coast, venturing into artificial landscapes and virtual realities.

Together with a Belgian research team, a young Sri Lankan scientist and mother tries to uncover the secret of migrating coral larvae, in order to protect the coral reefs and people of her country.

Young Sana has two big passions, boxing and baking. When they start taking up more and more place in her life, will she manage to juggle both and succeed in finding the right footing? A short and engaging children's documentary.

Zaad (Seed) is the story about a man dealing with the heredity of his father’s mental illness. This poignant film offers a personal and in-depth exploration of the impact of bipolar disorder across three generations.

Where the Kurdish struggle for freedom is embedded within one family’s heritage, dreams get lost as sacrifices need to be made… ‘The Pasha, my mother and I’ is Nevine’s personal journey revisiting her rich Kurdish family history with the help of her activist mother Pervine.

Paralympic champion Marieke Vervoort’s time is running out. Liberated by the legal permission to die, Marieke rediscovers the freedom of living and competing. Her acceptance of death becomes an affirmation of life.

Nelly & Nadine is the unlikely love story between two women falling in love on Christmas Eve, 1944, in the Ravensbrück concentration camp. For many years their relationship was kept a secret.

Coming out of the lockdown, 10-year-old Aiko discovers other children in her neighbourhood who express their feelings through music, rhythm and dance. A multi-coloured musical city trip. A short and fun children's documentary.

A girl, poised between child and adolescent, dreams of making a name for herself in the world of breakdancing. A beautiful short documentary for children and young adults.

Romy's family circus will spend the entire summer performing in a French amusement park. She shares the ups and downs of her life in a letter to her classmates. A short documentary for kids.

Felix uses his radio show as a means of coming to terms with his autism and the problems it creates at school. This short children's doc was also Felix Heremans' very first film experience.

An isolated suburban neighbourhood of (former) identical houses - constructed in the euphoric mood of the Brussels 1958 World Expo - provides the perfect arena to reflect on the urge of mankind to individualise one's surroundings.

Almost Nothing explores the extraordinary social and human experiment which is the hidden side of CERN.

A poetic view on Congo in transition, seen through the eyes of public sector workers in a railway station, post office and fire station in Kinshasa. How do people preserve their dignity when the world around them is falling apart?

The film focuses on five prisoners in Belgium's Merksplas prison, a place where time stands still and the doors are always closed. Mentally ill criminals in Belgium are not held responsible for their actions but become separated from society. Their criminal acts range from murder to setting fire to a bike. Due to the lack of places in psychiatric hospitals, mentally ill criminals end up in prison without any possibility for therapy nor end date. Their files mention as date of release: 31/12/9999.