DOK.network Africa
THIS IS MY MOMENT
Belgien, Frankreich, Niederlande 2024 – Director: Lieven Corthouts – Original version with English subtitles – Length: 104 min.
Cycling fans are elated when Biniam Girmay becomes the first cyclist from an African country to win a stage of the Giro d’Italia in 2022. The film accompanies Girmay over two years on his difficult path through this still deeply European sport: as a young talent from Eritrea via the world federation training camps to his first moments of success. Daniel Sponsel
Biography
Lieven Corthouts is a self-taught filmmaker who travelled the world before living in Ethiopia for 10 years, during which time the two feature documentaries MY FUTURE and LITTLE HEAVEN were made. Together with academy award winning director Orlando von Einsiedel he made the Netflix documentary CONVERGENCE: COURAGE IN A CRISIS.
Filmography (selection)
CONVERGENCE: COURAGE IN A CRISIS, 2021, 113 min.
THE INVISIBLE CITY [KAKUMA], 2016, 70 min.
LITTLE HEAVEN, 2011, 70 min.
MY FUTURE, 2009, 50 min.
No youth rating
Writer: Lieven Corthouts. Camera: Lieven Corthouts. Editing: Dieter Diependaele. Music: Lander Gyselinck. Production: Cassette for timescapes. Producer: Emmy Oost, Magalie Dierick.
