Brussels International Festival of Contemporary Silent Film
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Brussels International Festival of Contemporary Silent Film one of several film festivals staged in Belgium. The festival is annual and runs in June and takes place at the Cinema Aventure, Gallery of the Center, 1 Rue des Fripiers, 1000 Brussels.
This Brussels' festival is organized by the film students of the Institut des Hautes Etudes des Communications Sociales of Brussels and the Université Libre de Bruxelles. The festival's aim is to compete with the great silent film festivals of other countries such as Canada and the United States by showing only contemporary movies both long and short. The festival is international and non-restrictive except when it comes to sound.
The 2004 festival took place in June and included the silent feature films, Cowards Bend the Knee by Guy Maddin which represented Canada, and the Revolutionary War comedy/drama, "The Deserter," by Eric Borgman, which represented the United States.