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Original title: En waar de sterre bleef stille staan
Original version: Dutch
Minds Meet Tomas Leyers
Director: Gust Van den Berghe
Running time: 74’
Kerkeveldstraat 103
Cast: Jelle Palmaerts, Paul Mertens, Peter Janssens
Format: DCP, 1:1.85,
BE-1020 Brussels
Original screenplay: Gust Van den Berghe
Dolby SR, B/W
M +32 2 476 46 00 15
Photography: Hans Bruch Jr
Year of production: 2010
tomas@mindsmeet.be
Editing: David Verdurme
MINDS MEET PRESENTS
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Sound: Matthias Hillegeer
PRODUCTION
Music: Va Fan Fahre
Production company: Minds Meet Flemish producer: Tomas Leyers Supported by: VAF, Theater Stap,
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Erasmushogeschool Rits, Gemeente Kasterlee
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The three beggars Suskewiet, Pitje Vogel and Schrobberbeeck are tired of being poor and hungry, so go out singing Epiphany on Christmas Eve. Money, food and drink are thrust upon them, but on their way home they get lost in the woods and witness the birth of Little Baby Jesus. Dazzled by this miracle, they give away all their gains. When Christmas next comes around, they decide to sing again. But puzzled about last year’s experience, they start to quarrel over their gifts. Eventually they fall out and go their own way.
ABOUT THE DIRECTOR
ABOUT THE PRODUCER
Gust Van den Berghe (°1985) is a multidisciplinary artist. Through a great love for music he discovered dance, and quickly grew to become a notorious breakdancer. He danced in theater pieces including for Praga Khan, the Royal Ballet of Flanders, Robert Groslot and Marc Bogaerts. He studied audiovisual arts at the RITS academy in Brussels. His first feature film Little Baby Jesus of Flandr is developed from his graduation project. Currently he’s developing his next feature film together with Minds Meet.
Tomas Leyers co-founded Minds Meet with Caroline Strubbe. Based in Brussels, the production company specialises in the creation of artistic European cinema and the set up of unique live events. Besides producing these large events, he started his EAVE workshops in 2006 and was a Producer on the Move in Cannes 2007. In 2008 he produced Caroline Strubbe’s first feature Lost Persons Area (Cannes, International Critics Week 2009) and the short Kaïn (Berlinale 2009) by Kristof Hoornaert. Meanwhile he co-produced several films like The Day God Walked Away by Phillipe Van Leeuw (Toronto 2009) and La cantante de tango (Locarno 2009) by Diego Martinez Vignatti. He picked up Little Baby Jesus of Flandr (Cannes, Directors Fortnight 2010) by Gust Van den Berghe and is developing a couple of features films, documentaries and shorts.