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The Sound of Belgium is a 2012 Belgian documentary film directed by Jozef Devillé and produced by independent Belgian production company Visualantics. [1] The film had its world premiere on 19 October 2012 at the Flanders International Film Festival Ghent. [2] The film is entirely spoken in Dutch and French, but English subtitles are shown. [3]
Cinema of Belgium refers to the film industry based in Belgium. Belgium is essentially a bi-lingual country divided into the Flemish ( Dutch -speaking) north and the French -speaking south. There is also a small community of German speakers in the border region with Germany.
For most of its history, what is now Belgium was either a part of a larger territory, such as the Carolingian Empire, or divided into a number of smaller states, prominent among them being the Duchy of Lower Lorraine, the Duchy of Brabant, the County of Flanders, the Prince-Bishopric of Liège, the County of Namur, the County of Hainaut and the County of Luxembourg.
Lower House of the Belgian Parliament passes a motion for the fortification of Antwerp. [151]: 556 1860: 9 July: Belgian consulate in Damascus destroyed during anti-Christian pogroms. [151]: 577 18 July: Civic customs duties abolished. [155] 1861: 11 June: Partial legislative elections of 1861: 1863: 12 May
Gallia Belgica ("Belgic Gaul") was a province of the Roman Empire located in the north-eastern part of Roman Gaul, in what is today primarily northern France, Belgium, and Luxembourg, along with parts of the Netherlands and Germany.
Roughly 98% of Belgium's overseas territory was just one colony (about 76 times larger than Belgium itself) – known as the Belgian Congo. The colony was founded in 1908 following the transfer of sovereignty from the Congo Free State , which was the personal property of Belgium's king, Leopold II .
Belgian artist and filmmaker Johan Grimonprez, whose “Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat” won an award at this year’s Sundance, will be the guest of honor at the 37th edition of IDFA. The ...
Belgian colonial empire (3 C, 7 P) E. Historical events in Belgium (23 C, 2 P) H. ... Pages in category "History of Belgium" The following 6 pages are in this ...