WHAT: The Land of the Enlightened (Pieter-Jan De Pue 2016, 97′) | EN Subtitles | Live FR/NL Dubbing

WHEN: SATURDAY 31TH AUGUST – 19:30 – 23:00

WHERE: CINEMAXIMILIAAN MANCHESTERSTRAAT 36, 1080 BRUSSELS

TIMETABLE:

19:30 Dinner and bar

21:00 Screening

22:45 Q&A

FILM SYNOPSIS:

As American soldiers prepare to leave Afghanistan, we follow young boys deep into this hidden land. They form wild gangs to control trade routes, climbing rusting tanks as playgrounds, making the new rules of war in the harsh landscape left to them.

In this seamless blend of fictional and documentary form, we experience a stunning cinematic journey, shot over seven years on 16mm footage, by director Pieter-Jan De Pue.

DIRECTOR BIO:

Pieter-Jan de Pue is a photographer and independent filmmaker from Belgium. He studied at the visual arts school RITS. Pue’s first film “The Land of the Enlightened” won a World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award for Best Cinematography at the Sundance Film Festival in 2016.