Belgium, 7th Art and Golden Palm

We can only start talking about the Belgian Cinema from the end of the first World War onwards, but it's the pioneers from those days who will allow the birth of the documentary school with Henri Storck (Misère au Borinage, 1933) and of course much later, the emergence of exceptional film makers including those in the category of animated film.

André Delvaux introduces the modern period of Belgian fiction cinema and opens the doors towards international recognition with "l'Homme au Crâne Rasé" (1966) or "Rendez-vous à Bray" (Prix Louis Delluc in 1971) but also the Dardenne brothers with "Rosetta" (Golden Palm in Cannes in 1999), Jaco Van Dormael with "Toto le Héros" (Golden Camera in Cannes and César in 1991), Gérard Corbiau and his "Farinelli" or the "Maître de Musique", Alain Berliner and "Ma Vie en Rose" (1997), Rémy Belvaux and "C'est Arrivé près de Chez Vous" (1992), and also Chantal Akerman, Marion Hansel, Jean-Jacques Andrien ...so many talented people, too many to name them, but they have all left their mark on international cinema.

These film makers wouldn't be anything without the quality of the actors, playwrights, composers who come from our regions and esp