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# Belgium
- URL: https://www.cascadepbs.org/show/cinema-nomad/episode/belgium-th6wbi/
- Published: 2026-08-31T20:01:18.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-09T07:30:54.000Z
- Description: In small yet mighty Belgium, we meet Lieven, an animator balancing a life of passion and stability.
- Author: Cascade PBS Staff
- Tags: Cinema Nomad, Season 2, Episode 203, #ZZZ_Episode_1aaaa967-3565-41b8-b519-339a4e803475, #episode, #ZZZ_Show_f2dbdf59-b219-4bc2-bf3f-49d07ff0f54e, #v1.16

In Belgium we meet Lieven Vanhove, an animator balancing creative passions with domesticity. Belgium is full of contrasts: a lavish history, proud monarchy; European democracy; a multi-cultural, multi-lingual population characterized by its anti-authority zeal. We trace the roots of surrealism and comic strips in a country that's been battered by wars and uplifted by a flourishing arts scene.