The craziest landlady in the country is undoubtedly Barbara Sarafian. With her rich life experience and powerful personality, she takes care of seven students in Ghent for an entire academic year. Barbara lives with them in their student room for 10 months, where life's greatest lessons arise and where they navigate a rollercoaster of heartbreak, exam stress, growing pains and partying together. Is Barbara the strict mother or more of a warm friend? Will there be a generational clash or will she become one of them? And how does Barbara stay afloat among the lively Gen Zers?
Young Yazidi Kurd immigrant Avesta is seven months pregnant. Freshly escaped from the hellish underworld of ISIS, she has just one thought in mind: getting revenge on the man who forced her into slavery. When she arrives in Brussels, she locates and attacks members of his family in order to force him out of his ISIS-linked hiding and bring him before the courts. At the same time, Avesta finds sanctuary at a refugee centre in Brussels. Despite her post-traumatic mutism, she meets Yassemine, an interpreter of Kurdish origin who offers her support and tries to get her to talk. Yassemine helps Avesta take her first steps in Belgium and brings her to see Babette, a nurse in the city centre. The exam shows that her unborn baby is doing well, but horrible scars are revealed on Avesta's body.
It's 1997. Frank Verstraeten, a computer genius with a nose for business, a fascination for nightlife and an unhealthy urge to prove himself, only wants one thing: his own disco that not only outperforms the competition but simply humiliates it. The futuristic mega discotheque Zillion is a fact and Frank turns from computer dealer to the pivotal figure of the Antwerp nightlife. He parades with the most beautiful women in Belgium and forges an alliance with Dennis Black Magic, the porn king who provides the spicy extras. Unfortunately, beautiful songs don't last long either.
A look at the multi-billion dollar business surrounding international professional football where players are bought and sold at the end of the English Super League season.
In a community bound by an age-old tradition, how possible is it to revamp a business for the dead? A Moroccan-Belgian entrepreneur attempts to find out.
In this bittersweet satire about what life has in store for those who pursue only their own happiness, self-made ice cream boss Phil 'Frisco' Druyts values his employees more than his family. When he discovers his family’s plan to sell his business, he takes matters into his own hands, creating turmoil for them and unleashing a nationwide manhunt.
In "Déjà-Vu" we follow Florence Fierens, a busy career woman and radio host. With her own morning radio show, she reaches a national audience and is committed to women's rights and against domestic violence. However, her seemingly carefree life is turned upside down when her 15-year-old daughter Louise unexpectedly steps out of life. Grief-stricken, Florence searches for answers, together with her ex-husband and son. More and more it appears that Florence's life was not as perfect as she told herself.
March 6, 1987. A masked guy robs a local superette, but finds out there's hardly any money there. As the cops are on their way, he takes the owner and his family hostage. Meanwhile, the Herald of Free Enterprise is quickly sinking - but what's the connection and how will it affect the robbery in place?
Everyday, three sex workers cross the border from France into Belgium to practice their trade. At the end of one particularly hot summer, all three share a secret that will bind them together forever.
Barbara Sarafian is a Belgium actress born on April 16, 1968 in Ghent.