Charles Dekeukeleire

A visual travel diary on the expedition led by Brondeel in 1934. This expedition to Belgian Congo, by truck, became a testimony to the social conditions of Africans during the colonial era.

A documentary about the first Belgian king, Leopold I.

Two journalists drop by the Waterloo studios, where a director shows them a rough cut of a pacifist film. In it, a botched atomic test in Belgium creates a clay cloud that spreads world peace, causing stock markets to crash and weapons manufacturers to lose their jobs.The journalists roast the movie for being unrealistic, but the director defends it as a wake-up call to maintain peace. Afterward, they tour the studios, giving a cool look behind the scenes.

Promotional documentary about missionary work in the Belgian Congo.

The film depicts a local Flemish festival.

The original screenplay told the story of a young man from the countryside with a city education: a boorish, violent character filled with a desperate, purely urban unease. Dekeukeleire transformed him into a butcher who commits an act of rebellion during a political demonstration at the foot of the Yser Tower (with authentic images of the 1930 meeting) which is being suppressed brutally by the authorities. White Flame secretes a drifting air of unreality straight out of Buñuel, born out of 'carnal' close-ups and an editing style which owes a great deal to Soviet films of that period.

A visual travel diary on the expedition led by Brondeel in 1934. This expedition to Belgian Congo, by truck, became a testimony to the social conditions of Africans during the colonial era.

A documentary about the first Belgian king, Leopold I.

Two journalists drop by the Waterloo studios, where a director shows them a rough cut of a pacifist film. In it, a botched atomic test in Belgium creates a clay cloud that spreads world peace, causing stock markets to crash and weapons manufacturers to lose their jobs.The journalists roast the movie for being unrealistic, but the director defends it as a wake-up call to maintain peace. Afterward, they tour the studios, giving a cool look behind the scenes.

Promotional documentary about missionary work in the Belgian Congo.

Promotional documentary about missionary work in the Belgian Congo.

The film depicts a local Flemish festival.

The film depicts a local Flemish festival.

The original screenplay told the story of a young man from the countryside with a city education: a boorish, violent character filled with a desperate, purely urban unease. Dekeukeleire transformed him into a butcher who commits an act of rebellion during a political demonstration at the foot of the Yser Tower (with authentic images of the 1930 meeting) which is being suppressed brutally by the authorities. White Flame secretes a drifting air of unreality straight out of Buñuel, born out of 'carnal' close-ups and an editing style which owes a great deal to Soviet films of that period.

Dekeukeleire's film evokes the notion of impatience via fragmented images of a revving motorcyle, a woman's expressions, and roads of a mountainous landscape.

Dekeukeleire's film evokes the notion of impatience via fragmented images of a revving motorcyle, a woman's expressions, and roads of a mountainous landscape.

A short documentary funded by the Belgian Ministry for foreign affairs showing the manufacturing and transportation of Belgian locomotives.

Short documentary on the wool industry.

No synopsis available yet.

A short government funded industrial documentary showing the hard work and craftsmanship of labourers in the leather industry that otherwise goes unnoticed, (deserving as much attention as the exploits of a famous boxer).

Short documentary about the Belgian leather industry.

Short documentary about the Gentse Floralien.

Documentary on the annual report, between 1941 and 1942, of Winter Aid, a national-socialist organisation that took over all social assistance works during World War Two.

Documentary on the annual report, between 1941 and 1942, of Winter Aid, a national-socialist organisation that took over all social assistance works during World War Two.

This story is built up with filmed documents in an experimental fashion.

An avant-garde montage of a boxing match, based on a poem by Paul Werrie.

An avant-garde montage of a boxing match, based on a poem by Paul Werrie.

Presentation of the activities of Secours d'Hiver (Winter Aid) in Belgium. Winter Aid was the national-socialist organisation that took over all social assistance works, as they were exercised by government and church, in the occupied territories during World War Two.

A documentary about flowers.

No synopsis available yet.

A documentary about urbanisation.

Short documentary on the Antwerp Ford Motor Company plant.

A short film about the way that Brueghel and other Flemish painters depicted the lives of their countrymen. The faces of living locals are compared to their now-immortal artistic counterparts. The film won the first prize for documentary at the 1938 Venice Film Festival.

Short documentary showing the chain of production in Belgium.

No synopsis available yet.

About Belgian state railways.

About Belgian state railways.

Traditional manual and individual work vs. modern machine and mass production in the context of social development and quality of life.

Traditional manual and individual work vs. modern machine and mass production in the context of social development and quality of life.

When a wanderer arrives in a village in the East Flanders countryside, strange events begin to unfold. The villagers, unsettled by his presence, come to believe he is an evil spirit. In truth, he is searching for his long-lost lover. Years ago, the two of them had committed a terrible crime: the killing of an illegitimate child. They had then planned to end their own lives by drowning. Yet the wanderer failed to keep his part of the pact and survived the suicide attempt. Ever since, he has been desperately seeking the woman he once loved, haunted by the past that refuses to let him go.

When a wanderer arrives in a village in the East Flanders countryside, strange events begin to unfold. The villagers, unsettled by his presence, come to believe he is an evil spirit. In truth, he is searching for his long-lost lover. Years ago, the two of them had committed a terrible crime: the killing of an illegitimate child. They had then planned to end their own lives by drowning. Yet the wanderer failed to keep his part of the pact and survived the suicide attempt. Ever since, he has been desperately seeking the woman he once loved, haunted by the past that refuses to let him go.

Short documentary tracking the installation of oil infrastructure in Antwerp.

Government ordered Industrial short documentary on the production of linen.

Charles Dekeukeleire, then a questioning Catholic, was spurred into making this documentary on a pilgrimage with the Catholic Young Workers’ Movement. The director’s approach is one of critical reflection; A film emotional and fervent, even acerbic.

Charles Dekeukeleire, then a questioning Catholic, was spurred into making this documentary on a pilgrimage with the Catholic Young Workers’ Movement. The director’s approach is one of critical reflection; A film emotional and fervent, even acerbic.

Promotional film for Victoria chocolate products that delves into the past.