Directing
Ben De Raes
Antwerp, Belgium
Ben De Raes (1990, Antwerp) is a documentary filmmaker based in Brussels. Ben is interested in labour, communality and resistance. His films start from documentary but are influenced by fiction and experimental cinema. He holds a Master in Audiovisual Arts at KASK, Ghent, Belgium. Ben is a founding member of dagvorm_cinema, a filmmaker-collective that runs a cinema and shared post-production spaces with cooperative ideals. His films have been presented at Beursschouwburg, Visite, Working Title Film Festival and Encounters.
Acting credits
Behind the camera
NRKapital Europe portrays two migrant workers in Brussels, as they navigate a journey marked by uncertainty and singular moments of joy. Reginald, a Romanian construction worker, struggles in the city’s informal building sector and contemplates returning to Romania. Niki, a young Greek newly arrived to the city, takes up work as a bicycle courier. Their stories reveal the unyielding forces of the capitalist system at work.
Kapital Europe
2025
NRKapital Europe portrays two migrant workers in Brussels, as they navigate a journey marked by uncertainty and singular moments of joy. Reginald, a Romanian construction worker, struggles in the city’s informal building sector and contemplates returning to Romania. Niki, a young Greek newly arrived to the city, takes up work as a bicycle courier. Their stories reveal the unyielding forces of the capitalist system at work.
Kapital Europe
2025
2.0Three stories about gold, from a working mine in the Philippines, a proposed mine in a Greek forest, and a laboratory in Belgium. Together, they form a meditation on the possible meanings of value.
For What It's Worth
2023