Inge Coolsaet is co-founder and co-editor of the Belgian film magazine Fantômas. She currently works at argos centre for audiovisual arts in Brussels, valorising its collections through film programmes and editorial projects. She has previously worked at the Royal Film Archive of Belgium and taught classes on videographic film criticism.
Inge Coolsaet
Inge Coolsaet participated in “Greatest” Short Films of All Time 2025, a first-ever poll of its kind as a collective love letter to the art of short-form moving image. yanco and Kurzfilm Festival Hamburg, in collaboration with Talking Shorts, invited filmmakers, curators, distributors, critics, and scholars worldwide to nominate 10 audiovisual works under sixty minutes that they personally consider the “greatest” of all time. This was Inge Coolsaet’s submission:
| Movie | Original Title | Director | Country | Year | Duration | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Isle of Flowers Ilha das Flores | Jorge Furtado | Brazil | 1989 | 13’ | ||
| The Big Shave | Martin Scorsese | USA | 1967 | 6’ | ||
| The Fairy of the Cabbages La fée aux choux | Alice Guy-Blaché | France | 1896 | 1’ | ||
| Un Chant d’amour Song of Love | Jean Genet | France | 1950 | 26’ | ||
| The Seasons Տարվա եղանակները | Artavazd Peleshian | Soviet Union | 1975 | 29’ | ||
| Desistfilm | Stan Brakhage | USA | 1954 | 7’ | ||
| Nuit et brouillard Night and Fog | Alain Resnais | France | 1955 | 32’ | ||
