Lieven Corthouts is a self-taught filmmaker who travelled the world before living in Ethiopia for 10 years.

There he made 2 feature documentaries: My Future and Little Heaven. Both films are about teenagers and their fight to get further up in life, brought in a very intimate and optimistic way. My Future (2009, 50’) won the prize Best Debut at Miradasdoc. Little Heaven (2011, 70’) premiered at IDFA, was sold by Taskovski and obtained the Bertha Britdoc Connect Fund. Lieven has released the feature length documentary The Invisible City [Kakuma] in April 2016 and is currently working on his crossmedia project Find Me in Kakuma.

Info

Name
Lieven Corthouts
Expertise
Africa
Country
Belgium
City
Brussels

Supported projects

This is my moment

  • Sport

ASMARA - Biniam Girmay, a 17-year-old promising cyclist from the African country of Eritrea, dreams of one day riding the Tour de France, the world's most prestigious Grand Tour. 

Kakuma, The Invisible City

  • Armed conflict

How to build a home in a place called nowhere? Filmmaker Lieven Corthouts decided to stay in one of the toughest places on earth and make this camp his home.