No Belgian Olympic Team performed better than the one that travelled to London three years after World War II. London had four weeks to organise the 14th Olympic Summer Games. Sixty years after these first Post War Olympic Summer Games ‘Belga Sport’ brought together the members of the 1948 Belgian Olympic Team. In a cinema complex in Brussels they watched the recently discovered official film made of their Olympics. The oldest athlete, a fencer, was 99. And while outside the gusty winds blew everything away, inside the warmth of everlasting friendship and sweet memories created an unforgettable atmosphere.
Belgium | 2008 | col and b&w | 50 mins | dirs. Luc Kempen, Alain Van Driessche and Luc Lemaitre | in Dutch and French with English subtitles
The screening will be preceded by a free drink, and followed by a Q&A with 83-year-old Olympic athlete Yvonne Van Bets.
Booking
Thu 23 Feb, 8.15pm
£5, conc. £3
Ciné lumière (17 Queensberry Place, London SW7 2DT)
Book online or T. 020 7871 3515