Flemish documentary filmmaker Lode Desmet is currently touring in Canada with his film War Is Not A Game (A la guerre comme à la guerre). After its recent selection for the prestigious IDFA 2011 line-up, Desmet was invited for a screening tour by the Canadian Office National du Film. 
The documentary will be shown at 12 venues across the country, two of which are military bases. The film enjoyed a winning streak in Canada at the end of last year, grabbing awards at two fests: the NFB Colin Low Award for Most Innovative Canadian Documentary at the DOXA Documentary Film Festival in Vancouver (6-15 June 2011) and the Golden Sheaf for Best Documentary on History at the Yorkton Film Festival (26-29 May 2011).
War Is Not a Game investigates the relevance of the guidelines stipulated at the Geneva Convention of 1949, in which lines of conduct were prescribed on how to make wars less inhumane. The documentary discusses the ways in which these 60-year-old guidelines are still important for present-day conflicts.
War Is Not a Game has also been sold to The Documentary Channel in the US and to the Israeli DSB. On 13 February of this year, the film aired at the Royal Military Academy of Belgium. War Is Not a Game was produced by Kathleen de Bethune for Simple Production.