OEUVRE
2025
Oscar® nominated for Best Documentary Feature, Academy Awards, Los Angeles, USA
Pomona Award, King Baudouin Foundation, Brussels, BE
2024
Persistence of Vision Award, SFFILM, San Francisco, USA
Guest of Honour IDFA 2024, Amsterdam, NL
2006
Nomination Hugo Boss Prize, Solomon R. Guggenheim museum, New York, USA, 2006
1987
Foundation Paul de Vigne, Koninklijke Academie voor Schone Kunsten, Ghent
1985
Daedalus Prize of Originality, Kunst & Vliegwerk, Koninklijke Academie voor Schone Kunsten, Ghent
FILMS
Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat
2026
Best Documentary Film, René du Cinéma, Brussels, BE
2025
Best Editing & Best Sound, Cinema Eye Honors, New York, USA
Grandprix Best Music Doc, FIPADOC, Biarritz, FR
Best Film Essay, Le FIFA, Montreal, CA
Best Film & Student Jury Award, UnArchive Found Footage Fest, Rome, IT
Special Jury Prize, Festival Cinéma Méditerranéen de Tétouan, MA
Best Art Film, Rose d’Or Awards, Montreux, CH
Ja’net Dubois Award for Doc, Pan African FF, Los Angeles, USA
2024
World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award for Cinematic Innovation, Sundance Film Festival, Park City, USA
Best Documentary, Docville, Leuven, BE
Audience Award Feature Doc, Thessaloniki Film Festival, GR
Best Documentary, Sofia International Film Festival, BG
Audience Award, Cinetopia, Ann Arbor, USA
Special Mention, Encounters, Cape Town, SA
Best Music Documentary, Grossman FF, Ljutomer, SL
Persistence of Vision Award, SFFILM, San Francisco, USA
Best Documentary, Bergen FF, NO
Bruce Sinofsky Award for Doc, Montclair FF, New Jersey, USA
Silver Star for Documentary Film, El Gouna FF, EG
Best Documentary, African FF, Hamburg, DE
Best Writing, IDA, Los Angeles, USA
Doc Silver Star, El Gouna Film Festival, EG
André Cavens Award for Best Film, Belgian Film Critics Association, Brussels, BE
Best Documentary, Florida Film Critics Circle, USA
Art Film Award & Audience Award , Brussels Art Film Festival, BE
Audience Award Best Doc, In-Edit Music Doc FF, Santiago, CL
Special Mention, Movies that Matter, The Hague, NL
Best Film, Bozcaada IFF, TR
| blue orchids |
2018
The Critics’ Prize – Best Belgian Documentary, Millenium Film Festival Brussels, BE
Raymond Tallis | on tickling
2017
Nominated, Silvestre Award for Best Short, Indie Lisboa, PT
Shadow World
2017
Ultima 2017 Film, Flemish Culture Awards, BE
Ensor for Best Documentary, Film Festival Oostende, BE
2016
Best Documentary Feature, Edinburgh Int. Film Fest, UK
‘Tiempo de Historia | Time of History Award‘ (best documentary), 61ª Semana Internacional de Cine de Valladolid, ES
Special Jury Mention, Guanajuato International Film Festival, MX
Finalist for the Gucci Tribeca Documentary Fund, Tribeca Film Institute
Double Take
2010
Grand Prize New Media Film Festival, Los Angeles
Black Pearl Award for Best New Documentary Director, Middle East International Film Festival, Abu Dhabi
Nominated, Best World Documentary, Jihlava International Documentary film Festival, Jihlave Czech Republic
Special Mention, 9th Era New Horizons International Film Festival, Wroclaw
Special Mention, Image Forum Festival, Yokohama
Looking for Alfred
2007
Special mention, 10th International Video festival Videomedeja, the Museum of Vojvodina, Novi Sad
First Prize European Media Award Festival, Osnabrück
Nomination for Best Experimental Film and Best Cinematography, Byron Bay Film Festival, Australia, Feb, 2007
2006
Spirit Award Winner, Best experimental Film, Brooklyn International Film Festival, New York
First Prize Winner Canariasmediafest, Gran Canaria
2005
Winner of the Medienkunstpreis | International Media Award, EMAF, SWR / ZKM, Karlsruhe, Germany
Special mention of the Film Critics Jury, Art Film Biennale Cologne, Cologne / Goethe Institut, Barcelona
dial H-I-S-T-O-R-Y
1998
Golden Spire Winner Best Director, San Francisco International Film Festival, San Francisco
Director’s Choice Award, The Images Festival, Toronto
KOBARWENG OR WHERE IS YOUR HELICOPTER
1994
First Prize Best Videocreation, Muestra Internacional de Video de Cádiz, Cádiz
1993
First Prize, Grand Prix de la Ville de Genève, de Vidéo Saint-Gervais, Genève
1992
Award-Winner Experimental Documentary, Baltimore Filmforum, Baltimore