EFM 2020 #docsfromflanders
BERLINALE FORUM
feature-length
PITCH / Lashay Warren (25) left behind his turbulent Los Angeles past to build a new life in the Mojave Desert within this grid of thousands of crumbled streets in California City.
VICTORIA
GENRE / documentary
DIRECTED BY / Sofie Benoot, Isabelle Tollenaere, Liesbeth De Ceulaer SCRIPTED BY / Sofie Benoot, Isabelle Tollenaere, Liesbeth De Ceulaer LANGUAGE / English RUNNING TIME / 70’ PRODUCTION / Corine Appelmans / Caviar YEAR / 2020 CONTACT / Liese Lettany / liese.lettany@caviar.tv SALES / Filmotor / michaela@filmotor.com
ORIGINAL TITLE / VICTORIA
PITCH / When two shy young men start to work in an all-inclusive hotel, a new absurd world opens up to them.
GENRE / creative documentary DIRECTED BY / Volkan Üce SCRIPTED BY / Volkan Üce
LANGUAGE / Kurdish, Turkish, English RUNNING TIME / 85’
PRODUCTION / Emmy Oost / Cassette for timescapes STATUS / in post-production, ETA May 2020 CONTACT / emmy@timescapes.be
ALL-IN
ORIGINAL TITLE / ALL-IN
PITCH / Exploration of the architecture of Antwerp’s Left Bank, looking both to the past and focusing on city development of the future.
GENRE / documentary, urban planning, architecture DIRECTED BY / Maarten Bernaerts SCRIPTED BY / Maarten Bernaerts LANGUAGE / Dutch, English RUNNING TIME / 71’
PRODUCTION / Bram Conjaerts, Barbara Dyck /
Diplodokus YEAR / 2019
CONTACT / Maarten Bernaerts /
maarten@diplodokus.be
ANNAPOLIS, GIANT CITY ORIGINAL TITLE / ANNAPOLIS, GIANT CITY
PITCH / A unique and intimate insight into the way the world-famous Brussels Jazz Orchestra works and how it is constantly striving for innovation.
GENRE / music documentary
DIRECTED BY / Guy Fellemans SCRIPTED BY / Guy Fellemans
LANGUAGE / Dutch, French, English RUNNING TIME / 86’
PRODUCTION / Xavier Rombaut / Bulletproof Cupid YEAR / 2020
CONTACT / info@bulletproofcupid.be
BRING IT TO THE PEOPLE: THE FILM ABOUT THE BRUSSELS JAZZ ORCHESTRA ORIGINAL TITLE / BRING IT TO THE PEOPLE: THE FILM ABOUT THE BRUSSELS JAZZ ORCHESTRA
PITCH / A documentary about two men - Ben Felten, who wants to be the fastest blind motorcycle rider in the world - and Kevin Magee, a former grand prix champion determined to help him achieve his dream.
GENRE / creative documentary DIRECTED BY / Eva Küpper SCRIPTED BY / Eva Küpper LANGUAGE / English RUNNING TIME / 90’
PRODUCTION / Ellen De Waele, Elisa Heene / Serendipity Films ETA / Summer 2020 CONTACT / Elisa Heene / elisa@serendipityfilms.be
DARK RIDER
ORIGINAL TITLE / DARK RIDER
PITCH / The Black Panther gallery in Antwerp dates back 50 years and is the oldest active art gallery in Belgium. The film tells the story of Adriaan Raemdonck, the man who started and still runs it. An intimate view into half a century of visual arts in Flanders and abroad.
GENRE / portrait, art documentary
PITCH / A documentary exploring underground locations in Europe. The Magic Mountain touches on the insatiable desire to extract natural resources from the ground, but also and more importantly, modes of knowing, sensing and seeing the world.
GENRE / experimental documentary
PITCH / An intimate portrait of two young boys growing up together, the documentary explores the world through their eyes. What Makes Us Boys is a story about childhood and most importantly brotherhood.
GENRE / creative documentary
DIRECTED BY / Jacques Servaes SCRIPTED BY / Jacques Servaes LANGUAGE / Dutch
RUNNING TIME / 74’
PRODUCTION / Hans Everaert / Menuetto YEAR / 2020
CONTACT / hans.everaert@menuettofilm.be
I PAINT WITH PAINTERS
ORIGINAL TITLE / IK SCHILDER MET SCHILDERS
DIRECTED BY / Eitan Efrat, Daniel Mann SCRIPTED BY / Eitan Efrat, Daniel Mann LANGUAGE / German, Polish, English RUNNING TIME / 67’
PRODUCTION / Sirah Foighel Brutmann / Messidor YEAR / 2020
CONTACT / sirah@messidorgroup.be
THE MAGIC MOUNTAIN ORIGINAL TITLE / THE MAGIC MOUNTAIN
DIRECTED BY / Janet van den Brand, Timothy Wennekes SCRIPTED BY / Janet van den Brand, Timothy Wennekes LANGUAGE / Dutch
RUNNING TIME / 75’
PRODUCTION / Maarten Bernaerts, Barbara Dyck / Diplodokus STATUS / in production, ETA 2021 CONTACT / maarten@diplodokus.be
WHAT MAKES US BOYS ORIGINAL TITLE / HELD
mid-length
PITCH / An isolated suburban neighbourhood of (former) identical houses - constructed in the euphoric mood of the Brussels 1958 World Expo - provides the perfect arena to reflect on the urge of mankind to individualise one’s surroundings.
EDEN
ORIGINAL TITLE / EDEN
GENRE / observational documentary DIRECTED BY / Jeroen Broeckx SCRIPTED BY / Jeroen Broeckx LANGUAGE / Dutch
RUNNING TIME / 40’
PRODUCTION / Bram Crols / Associate Directors YEAR / 2020
CONTACT / info@adirector.be
PITCH / At once travelogue, anthropological document and retro-futuristic sci-fi, and resulting from long-term research conducted in the shadow of the protocols and restrictions around the political border, Northern Drift takes the form of an investigation whose motive is never quite revealed.
GENRE / creative documentary
PITCH / A fast-food style documentary about the hunt of the YOLO (‘you only live once’) generation to find meaning and fulfilment in modern life.
GENRE / creative documentary
DIRECTED BY / Alexis Destoop
SCRIPTED BY / Alexis Destoop, Peter Eckersall LANGUAGE / English RUNNING TIME / 55’
PRODUCTION / Alexis Destoop /
An Archer A Weaver vzw
YEAR / 2020
CONTACT / alexisdestoop@gmail.com
NORTHERN DRIFT
short
ORIGINAL TITLE / NORTHERN DRIFT
DIRECTED BY / Justine Cappelle SCRIPTED BY / Justine Cappelle LANGUAGE / Dutch
RUNNING TIME / 21’
PRODUCTION / Eric Goossens, Frederik Nicolai /
Off World
YEAR / 2020
CONTACT / frederik@offworld.be
OVER THE TOP
ORIGINAL TITLE / OVER THE TOP
series
PITCH / The legal and illegal inhabitants of Almeria, the largest vegetable garden of Europe, collaborate on exposing the system of violence behind our food production.
GENRE / hybrid documentary DIRECTED BY / Moon Blaisse
SCRIPTED BY / Moon Blaisse, Thomas Bellinck LANGUAGE / Spanish, Moroccan, Bambara RUNNING TIME / 2 x 52’
PRODUCTION / Emmy Oost / Cassette for timescapes STATUS / in production, ETA 2021
CONTACT / emmy@timescapes.be
THE MIRACLE OF ALMERIA ORIGINAL TITLE / HET MIRAKEL VAN ALMERÍA
PITCH / A seven-episode documentary series with unique pictures and video footage of Belgian nature, environment and wildlife in proximity to mankind. It shows us that nature is all around us, if only we choose to look.
OUR NATURE
GENRE / nature documentary DIRECTED BY / Serge Leurs SCRIPTED BY / Joost Tack LANGUAGE / Dutch
RUNNING TIME / 7 x 45’
PRODUCTION / Nico Van de Velde / Hotel Hungaria STATUS / in production, ETA 2022
CONTACT / Line Leeters / lineleeters@hotelhungaria.be WEBSITE / onzenatuur.be
ORIGINAL TITLE / ONZE NATUUR
ket & doc
PITCH / Twelve-year-old Bertha uses her creativity and entrepreneurship as an outlet, but above all as a force to fight against Wolfram, her rare and debilitating disease.
GENRE / children’s documentary DIRECTED BY / Tijs Torfs SCRIPTED BY / Tijs Torfs LANGUAGE / Dutch
RUNNING TIME / 16’
PRODUCTION / Jurgen Buedts / Las Belgas YEAR / 2020
CONTACT / info@lasbelgas.be
BERTHA AND THE WOLFRAM ORIGINAL TITLE / BERTHA EN DE WOLFRAM
PITCH / Romy has to say goodbye to her classmates because she’s going to France. Not on holiday, but to work there: her family’s touring circus will spend the entire summer performing in an amusement park.
GENRE / children’s documentary DIRECTED BY / Nina Landau SCRIPTED BY / Nina Landau LANGUAGE / Dutch
RUNNING TIME / 15’
PRODUCTION / Bram Crols, Mark Daems /
Associate Directors
YEAR / 2020
CONTACT / info@adirector.be
CIRCUS GIRL
ORIGINAL TITLE / CIRCUS ZONDER TENT
PITCH / Kwinten’s dad’s job as the commander of a navy ship requires him to be away at sea for long periods of time. But the teenager finds it hard to fill the days and cope with the ‘missing’.
GENRE / children’s documentary
DIRECTED BY / Daphne van den Blink SCRIPTED BY / Daphne van den Blink LANGUAGE / Dutch
RUNNING TIME / 15’
PRODUCTION / Emmy Oost / Cassette for timescapes YEAR / 2020
CONTACT / emmy@timescapes.be
DAD MAGNET
ORIGINAL TITLE / PAPAMAGNEET
PITCH / Eleven-year-old Jip is in love for the first time. His little sister Fien (9) wants to know everything about it: she is curious but also a little jealous. And isn’t it stupid that Jip’s sweetheart is also called Fien?
GENRE / children’s documentary DIRECTED BY / Marie De Hert
SCRIPTED BY / Marie De Hert, Ellen Pollard LANGUAGE / Dutch
RUNNING TIME / 15’
PRODUCTION / Maarten Schmidt / Storyhouse YEAR / 2020
CONTACT / maarten@storyhousefilm.com
FIEN, JIP AND FIEN ORIGINAL TITLE / FIEN, JIP EN FIEN
PITCH / Felix has his own radio show / Radio Felix! He reports on the major world events and from his own imagination. Actually, Felix has autism. He uses his radio show to get a clearer view on the problems he encounters at school.
GENRE / children’s documentary
DIRECTED BY / Lauranne Van den Heede SCRIPTED BY / Lauranne Van den Heede LANGUAGE / Dutch
RUNNING TIME / 15’
PRODUCTION / Bram Crols, Mark Daems / Associate Directors YEAR / 2020 CONTACT / info@adirector.be
RADIO FELIX
ORIGINAL TITLE / RADIO FELIX
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BERLIN 2020 I EFM Booth G4 Flanders Image / p/a Flanders Film House Bischoffsheimlaan 38 / 1000 Brussels / Belgium/EU T +32 2 226 0630 / E flandersimage@vaf.be
world première
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