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Maryam Touzani

Maria, an elderly widow, has lived in Tangier for her whole life. She loves the city with heart and soul. Her daughter Clara comes to visit her with bad news. She wants to sell Maria’s apartment. Maria faces a difficult choice: move in with her daughter in Madrid, or in a retirement home in Tangier.

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Nina Knag

Eva leads a quiet life in a small village on the North West coast, where she is a popular teacher at a local high school and is married to the local mayor. Her orderly world is disrupted when she meets the 18-year-old Amir that results in an unexpected connection between the young asylum seeker with a talent for poetry and a middle-aged woman. Their mutual affection grew into a forbidden relationship, with far-reaching consequences for both of them. Gradually, an unequal power dynamic unfolds, blurring the line between naivety and exploitation.

Larry Yang

In this ambitious action thriller, the surveillance expert Wong Tak-chong is called out of retirement - and his side job as a dog walker - after a series of crypto heists in Macau. He becomes entangled in a violent cat-and-mouse game with his arch enemy, a mysterious master criminal known as ‘The Shadow’ (Tony Leung Ka-fai). In a world full of Artificial Intelligence and cryptovaluta, Wong Tak-chong teaches his young team to trust their instincts and track down criminals in an ‘old school’-way.

During the festival, talented makers can follow extensive courses in our industry section.

Every year FFO brings together (inter)national film professionals in Ostend during various film screenings and industry events.

Many young talents take their first steps in the film industry through short films. The Ostend Film Festival also gives new makers the chance to present fresh, surprising and aesthetic productions to the general public and, since 2018, organises a competition for Flemish short films.

FFO is the film event that combines an extensive range of Flemish film and television productions with a high-quality international selection.