Acknowledgements; Introduction: Exploring Nationalisms in Belgium, Brussels and Wallonia; Chapter 1: The (francophone) Belgian film ecosystem: trends in production, distribution and exhibition; Chapter 2: ‘No Future’: social marginalisation, social precariousness and depictions of Seraing in Le gamin au vélo (Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, 2011) and Deux jours, Une nuit (Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, 2014); Chapter 3: ‘Stills’ and fragmented families: contemplating the private sphere in Joachim Lafosse’s Wallonia; Chapter 4: From slag heaps to cliffs: the ‘marked’ regional landscape in Cages (Olivier Masset-Depasse, 2006); Chapter 5: The francophone Belgian road movie: Eldorado (Bouli Lanners, 2008) and Ultranova (Bouli Lanners, 2005); Chapter 6: Lucas Belvaux’s return: the thriller genre and heists in Liège; Conclusion; Works Cited; Filmography