Valentijn Dhaenens
Acting
Biography
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Born: November 28, 1976
Place of Birth: Gent, Flanders, Belgium
Known For
Gloria
Nine year old Gloria receives a cardboard city from her dad. Soon the city comes alive in her imagination. In this happy world she experiences crazy adventures, but it is also confronts her with the harsh reality of life.
The Boy is Gone
A young boy pursues his dream of being a pilot and becomes instrumental to a nation's nightmare.
Our Girls
A near-fatal accident involving their teen daughters upends the lives of two families as they consider how far they're willing to go to save their child.
The Misfortunates
13-year-old Gunther Strobbe grows up surrounded by alcohol, trash and his completely useless father and uncles. Slowly but surely, he's being prepared for the same hapless life. Can he defy his destiny?
Girl
A promising teenage dancer enrolls at a prestigious ballet school while grappling with her gender dysphoria.
Rupel
Code 37
Female detective Hannah Maes leads a police squad, specialized in sexual offenses. A smaller, but important part of the story is about the private quest of Hannah. She investigates a past robbery at her home and the subsequent brutal rape of her mother.
Becoming Mona
Life is what happens when you stop living for others and start living for yourself. This poignant tragicomic journey of courage follows Mona from early childhood, when she is inculcated to be a quiet, obedient presence in the world. She blossoms into a talented young artist, but years of repressing her feelings have impaired her emotionally, binding her to unhealthy relationships at work and at home. Still, there is a fierce, independent spirit that lies inside her, waiting to be liberated. Assured direction coaxes flawless, seamlessly connected performances from actresses Tanya Zabarylo and Olivia Landuyt in the title role as a young woman and young girl respectively.
Patrick
Patrick is the handyman on his father's naturist campsite. The remaining time he dedicates to his hobby, designing and creating wooden furniture. When Patrick loses his campsite hammer, his quest to retrieve it takes him to the farthest corners of the camping grounds.
WILL
Two young police officers find themselves torn between collaboration and resistance as they navigate the Nazi-occupied Antwerp during World War II.
Filmography
as Eric
as Emiel
as Gust
as Volontaire secours
as Antoine
as Gordon Hearst
as Sysiphus
as Louis
as Marcel & Hotel clerk
as Carl
as Rechercheur
as Hans
as Dr. Pascal
as Dad
as Guy Verhofstadt
as Narrator (voice)
as Gunther Strobbe
as Max Serneels
as Thomas
as Quinten Foullier
as Alex Stuyck
as Giuseppe Miccoli
as Mich Vantongeren