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Why we fight?

Directed by Mirjam Devriendt & Alain Platel, 2022

Main Info

Creative documentary, Belgium

Synopsis

WHY WE FIGHT? is a cinematographic film that tries to understand the violence around us, but also within ourselves, in order to better cope with the world today.

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Screening

Now available on VOD:
in Belgium on Dalton.be (NL)
worldwide on Vimeo (ENG)

Read about our impact campaign in collaboration with Filmpact here. Dutch only.

Press

“an impressive film”

De Standaard

“an intimate mix of violence and extreme tenderness”

La Libre Belgique

“a complex and visually stunning feature documentary”

Business Doc Europe

Press Kit

Credits

Written and directed by Mirjam Devriendt & Alain Platel

Inspired by the dance performance Nicht Schlafen by Alain Platel

Editor Dieter Diependaele

DOP Mirjam Devriendt

Sound Jean-François Levillain

Composer Steven Prengels

Poster image by Chris Van der Burght

Producer Emmy Oost

Co-producers Christian Beetz & Tuan Lam, Gebrueder Beetz (DE) & Onomatopee Films (BE)

In co-production with ZDF in association with ARTE, VRT Canvas, RTBF Télévision belge – Unité Documentaire

With the support of Flanders Audiovisual Fund (VAF), Centre du Cinéma et de l’Audiovisuel de la Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles, Creative Europe MEDIA of the European Union, The Pascal Decroos Fund, City of Ghent, Culture Ghent, The Tax Shelter of the Belgian federal government via Flanders Tax Shelter, The Corona Emergency Fund of the Flanders Government