Sofie Benoot

Sofie Benoot
Documentary Film Directing
Instructor and Mentor (2021)

Sofie Benoot (b. 1985, Bruges) lives and works in Brussels.

Her films are patchworks of different stories, carefully assembled to reveal hidden connections.

Fronterismo (2007), Blue Meridian (2010) and Desert Haze (2014) played at internationally renowned film festivals such as Visions du Réel (Switzerland), Camden International Film Festival (USA), Torino Film Festival (Italy), Doclisboa (Portugal) and BAFICI (Argentina).

Together with Liesbeth De Ceulaer and Isabelle Tollenaere, she directed Victoria (2020), which premiered at the Berlin Film Festival in the Forum programme and won the Caligari Prize.

Benoot teaches in the Master's programme at LUCA School of Arts in Brussels.

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DOC NOMADS Erasmus Mundus Masters Course is aimed to students from all over the world with a BA degree in Film Studies, in Arts or in Media Communication studies.

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