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ADMIRAL: MICHIEL DE RUYTER ORIGINAL TITLE / MICHIEL DE RUYTER
PITCH / Mid-17th century. After the death of the legendary Admiral Maarten Tromp, Michiel de Ruyter is his designated successor, but politically the Dutch nation is divided as the house of Orange and the republicans fight for power. Republican Johan de Witt is the most powerful man in the Netherlands and is determined to win the war against the English, crushing the English fleet by using an ingenious strategy...
CO-PRODUCTION
PITCH / Young Johannes’ “Wiplala” is no imaginary friend, he’s as real as a four-inch-tall wizard can be. Wiplala befriends the family until he shrinks all of its members. Oops... the spell can’t be undone! Thrills and adventure ahead!
THE AMAZING WIPLALA ORIGINAL TITLE / WIPLALA
IN POST-PRODUCTION
PITCH / Brothers Dave and Kenneth both bear the scars of a shared past but handle it very differently. Their love for the same woman leads to a confrontation that climaxes when they must travel to the Ardennes to bury a corpse.
GENRE / historical
CAST / Frank Lammers, Sanne Langelaar, Barry Atsma, DIRECTED BY / Roel Reiné
SCRIPTED BY / Alex van Galen, Lars Boom
CO-PRODUCTION (FLANDERS) / Ciné Cri de Coeur LANGUAGE / Dutch, English, French RUNNING TIME / 151’
YEAR OF PRODUCTION / 2015
CONTACT (FLANDERS) / Jacqueline de Goeij / jacqueline@cinecridecoeur.be INT’L SALES / Arclight Films / clay@arclightfilms.com
GENRE / fantasy, family
CAST / Geza Weisz, Sasha Mylanus, Kee Ketelaar, Peter Paul Muller, Paul Kooij DIRECTED BY / Tim Oliehoek SCRIPTED BY / Tamara Bos CO-PRODUCTION (FLANDERS) / Ciné Cri de Coeur LANGUAGE / Dutch RUNNING TIME / 100’ YEAR OF PRODUCTION / 2014 CONTACT (FLANDERS) / Jacqueline de Goeij / jacqueline@cinecridecoeur.be INT’L SALES / Attraction Distribution / info@attractiondistribution.ca GENRE / thriller, drama
CAST / Kevin Janssens, Jeroen Perceval, Veerle Baetens DIRECTED BY / Robin Pront
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SCRIPTED BY / Robin Pront, Jeroen Perceval PRODUCTION (FLANDERS) / Savage Film LANGUAGE / Dutch, French RUNNING TIME / tba
YEAR OF PRODUCTION / 2015
CONTACT / Bart Van Langendonck / info@savagefilm.be ETA / Winter 2015/16
THE ARDENNES
IN PRODUCTION
ORIGINAL TITLE / D’ARDENNEN
AY RAMON! ORIGINAL TITLE / AY RAMON!
PITCH / Max and Tikkelotje own an unsuccessful theatre company. When Tikkelotje notices Ramon (the faithful companion to Saint Nicholas) playing the guitar and singing she decides to kidnap both him and Slechtweervandaag, Saint Nicholas’s trusty steed. Saint Nicholas is devastated, but eventually he pulls himself together and goes around the houses to collect the children’s wish lists. An adventure involving assorted people then ensues as he tried to beat the clock to rescue the hapless pair.
GENRE / family, adventure
CAST / Jan Decleir, Pieter Embrechts, Frans Van der Aa, Els Dottermans, Lucas Van den Eynde DIRECTED BY / Stijn Coninx SCRIPTED BY / Hugo Matthysen PRODUCTION (FLANDERS) / Sylvester Productions LANGUAGE / Dutch RUNNING TIME / 85’ YEAR OF PRODUCTION / 2015 CONTACT / Nele Hendriks / nele@sylvesterproductions.be ETA / Fall 2015
IN POST-PRODUCTION
PITCH / Two people meet again after more than 40 years. Once they were lovers but their lives took different paths: she married his best friend; he married another woman. Now, they are both single again and fall in love for a second time. Is it possible to experience a love you left 40 years ago?
GENRE/ drama
PITCH / Two brass bands, the Flemish ‘St. Cecilia’ and Walloon ‘En Avant’, are contenders for national pre-selection for the final of the European Union’s Best Brass Band contest. The Walloons are blown into the final by Hugues, their exceptionally talented trumpet player; while Willy of the Flemish band hits the highest note after the band’s final chord, but afterwards drops dead on stage. Elke, daughter of St. Cecilia’s conductor, has an idea about how to beat the competition.
GENRE / musical comedy
CAST / Chris Lomme, Jo De Meyere DIRECTED BY / Cecilia Verheyden SCRIPTED BY / Michaël De Cock
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PRODUCTION (FLANDERS) / Eyeworks LANGUAGE / Dutch
RUNNING TIME / tba
YEAR OF PRODUCTION / 2015
CONTACT / Peter Bouckaert / peter.bouckaert@eyeworks.tv ETA / Winter 2015/16
BEHIND THE CLOUDS ORIGINAL TITLE / ACHTER DE WOLKEN
BELGIAN RHAPSODY
ORIGINAL TITLE / BRABANÇONNE
PITCH / Two brothers start a bar and get swept up in its success in the midst of Belgium’s nightlife scene.
CAST / Amaryllis Uitterlinden, Arthur Dupont, Tom Audenaert DIRECTED BY / Vincent Bal SCRIPTED BY / Vincent Bal, Pierre De Clercq PRODUCTION (FLANDERS) / Eyeworks LANGUAGE / Dutch, French RUNNING TIME / 95’ YEAR OF PRODUCTION / 2014 CONTACT / Peter Bouckaert / peter.bouckaert@eyeworks.tv INT’L SALES / Be For Films / pamela@beforfilms.com GENRE / drama
CAST / Tom Vermeir, Stef Aerts
DIRECTED BY / Felix van Groeningen
SCRIPTED BY / Felix van Groeningen, Arne Sierens
IN POST-PRODUCTION
PRODUCTION (FLANDERS) / Menuet LANGUAGE / Dutch
RUNNING TIME / 105’
YEAR OF PRODUCTION / 2015
CONTACT / Dirk Impens / info@menuet.be
INT’L SALES / The Match Factory / info@matchfactory.de ETA / Winter 2015/16
BELGICA
ORIGINAL TITLE / BELGICA
IN POST-PRODUCTION
PITCH / When Mavela, a member of notorious youth gang Black Bronx, falls madly in love with a boy from a rival gang, she is forced to choose between loyalty and love. This will have dramatic repercussions.
BLACK
ORIGINAL TITLE / BLACK
DIRECTORS’ FORTNIGHT / CO-PROD
PITCH / God exists. He lives in Brussels. He’s a bastard. He’s horrible to his wife and his daughter. We’ve heard a lot about his son, but very little about his daughter. His daughter, that’s me. My name is Ea and I’m 10 years old. I took my revenge by sending on Internet the death dates of everybody…
THE BRAND NEW TESTAMENT
ORIGINAL TITLE / LE TOUT NOUVEAU TESTAMENT
GENRE / action, drama
CAST / Aboubakr Bensaihi, Martha Canga Antonio, Emmanuel Tahon DIRECTED BY / Adil El Arbi, Bilall Fallah SCRIPTED BY / Nele Meirhaeghe, Adil El Arbi, Bilall Fallah PRODUCTION (FLANDERS) / Caviar LANGUAGE / French, Arabic, Lingala, Dutch RUNNING TIME / 90’ (tbc) YEAR OF PRODUCTION / 2015 CONTACT / Ivy Van Haecke / ivy.vanhaecke@caviarcontent.com ETA / Fall 2015 GENRE / surreal comedy CAST / Pili Groyne, Benoît Poelvoorde, Yolande
Moreau, Catherine Deneuve, François Damiens, Laura Verlinden DIRECTED BY / Jaco Van Dormael SCRIPTED BY / Thomas Gunzig, Jaco Van Dormael CO-PRODUCTION (FLANDERS) / Caviar LANGUAGE / French RUNNING TIME / 105’ YEAR OF PRODUCTION / 2015 CONTACT (FLANDERS) / Ivy Van Haecke / ivy.vanhaecke@caviarcontent.com INT’L SALES / Le Pacte / c.neel@le-pacte.com ETA / Fall 2015
IN POST-PRODUCTION
BROTHER
PITCH / Pretending to be his deceased brother, Mark travels to Ireland where the very wealthy Grace wants to revive a 20-year-old affair. Accompanied by Ronnie, a younger sidekick who forced his company on him, Mark’s intention is to screw Grace like his brother screwed his wife, reap her fortune and posthumously inflict the ultimate revenge on his brother.
GENRE / drama
CAST / Koen De Bouw, Titus De Voogdt, Koen De Graeve, Udo Kier, Alison Doody, Elva Trill DIRECTED BY / Geoffrey Enthoven SCRIPTED BY / Pierre De Clercq PRODUCTION (FLANDERS) / Fobic Films LANGUAGE / Dutch, English RUNNING TIME / 115’ YEAR OF PRODUCTION / 2015 CONTACT / Mariano Vanhoof / mariano@fobicfilms.com ETA / Spring 2016
IN POST-PRODUCTION
ORIGINAL TITLE / BROER
CAFARD
IN POST-PRODUCTION
ORIGINAL TITLE / CAFARD
CAFÉ DERBY
ORIGINAL TITLE / CAFÉ DERBY
PITCH / August, 1914. While Jean Mordant is away winning the title of Wrestling Champion of the World in Buenos Aires, his daughter Mimi is raped by German soldiers in Ostend. Determined to avenge this crime Jean, along with his coach and young nephew, enrols in the prestigious ACM (Armoured Car Division). War is ruthless, however, and he and his friends embark on a dramatic journey that will ultimately drag them around the world. PITCH / 1985: Georges is a born stallholder who can sell anything to anyone. Always. When he hears that the Pope is coming to Belgium, he senses his chance as tens of thousands of believers will be attending a Holy Mass and the adjacent Café Derby is up for rent. Georges is convinced that a fortune can be made there, but his worldweary wife and five children have seen it all before…
DIRECTORS’ FORTNIGHT / CO-PROD
PITCH / A father sets out to find his missing daughter with the help of his son.
COWBOYS
ORIGINAL TITLE / LES COWBOYS
In 1931, at the height of his artistic powers, Soviet filmmaker Sergei Eisenstein travels to Mexico to shoot a new film to be titled Que Viva Mexico. Freshly rejected by Hollywood and under increasing pressure to return to Stalinist Russia, Eisenstein arrives at the city of Guanajuato. Chaperoned by his guide Palomino Cañedo, he experiences the ties between Eros and Thanatos, sex and death - happy to create their effects in cinema but unhappy to suffer them in life.
CO-PRODUCTION
PITCH /
EISENSTEIN IN GUANAJUATO
ORIGINAL TITLE / EISENSTEIN IN GUANAJUATO
GENRE / animation, drama
VOICE CAST / Wim Willaert, Dinara Drukarova,
Sebastien Dewaele, Maarten Ketels
DIRECTED BY / Jan Bultheel SCRIPTED BY / Jan Bultheel
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PRODUCTION (FLANDERS) / Tondo Films
LANGUAGE / Dutch, French, English, Russian, Chinese, Mongolian RUNNING TIME / 84’ YEAR OF PRODUCTION / 2015 CONTACT / Arielle Sleutel / arielle@tondofilms.be ETA / Fall 2015 GENRE / coming-of-age
CAST / Chloë Daxhelet, Wim Opbrouck, Monic Hendrickx DIRECTED BY / Lenny Van Wesemael 1 SCRIPTED BY / Lenny Van Wesemael, Geert Verbanck PRODUCTION (FLANDERS) / Menuet LANGUAGE / Dutch RUNNING TIME / 90’ YEAR OF PRODUCTION / 2015 CONTACT / Dirk Impens / info@menuet.be ETA / Fall 2015
GENRE / drama CAST / François Damiens, Finnegan Oldfield,
Agathe Dronne, Ellora Torchia DIRECTED BY / Thomas Bidegain 1 SCRIPTED BY / Noé Debre and Thomas Bidegain CO-PRODUCTION (FLANDERS) / Lunanime LANGUAGE / French RUNNING TIME / 114’ YEAR OF PRODUCTION / 2015 CONTACT (FLANDERS) / Annemie Degryse / annemie@lunanime.be INT’L SALES / Pathé International / muriel.sauzay@pathe.com ETA / Fall 2015 GENRE / drama
CAST / Elmer Bäck, Luis Alberti, Lisa Owen DIRECTED BY / Peter Greenaway SCRIPTED BY / Peter Greenaway
CO-PRODUCTION (FLANDERS) / Potemkino LANGUAGE / English
RUNNING TIME / 105’
YEAR OF PRODUCTION / 2015
CONTACT (FLANDERS) / Peter De Maegd /
pdm@potemkino.be
INT’L SALES / Films Boutique / info@filmsboutique.com
IN POST-PRODUCTION
FALLOW
PITCH / Fortress Europe has collapsed and Northern Europeans are forced to migrate. A middle-class man gets stranded in a coastal village in search of a passage to a promised land. There he meets a girl and a dilemma arises: whether to stay with her in this fallow place, or continue his overseas quest at an immoral price.
GENRE / drama
PITCH / When a nurse discovers that her partner is the father of a new-born twin, she decides to steal the baby girl and separate her from her brother, who subsequently grows up in a street gang. Ten years later, however, the children’s paths cross. They are attracted to each other but ultimately discover that neither of them is able to escape their past.
GENRE / drama
CAST / Tibo Vandenborre, Aurora Marion DIRECTED BY / Laurent Van Lancker
SCRIPTED BY / Elvis Peeters, Laurent Van Lancker PRODUCTION (FLANDERS) / Polymorfilms LANGUAGE / Dutch, English, French RUNNING TIME / 75’ (tbc)
YEAR OF PRODUCTION / 2015
CONTACT / Ellen Meiresonne / contact@polymorfilms.be ETA / Winter 2015/16
IN POST-PRODUCTION
ORIGINAL TITLE / BRAK
GALLOPING MIND
ORIGINAL TITLE / GALLOPING MIND
CO-PRODUCTION
PITCH / Four Belgian rockers are confronted with a bald, moustachioed soldier who claims to be their late (male) singer’s secret lover. After a night of heavy drinking, the five men board a plane that takes off for Los Angeles for one last tour. They will never arrive.
I’M DEAD BUT I HAVE FRIENDS
ORIGINAL TITLE / JE SUIS MORT…MAIS J’AI DES AMIS
PITCH / Eva, an ambitious young journalist investigating the Brussels riots, becomes fascinated by her guide Lahbib and his world. Despite Eva’s efforts, her editors aren’t pleased and threaten to stop her.
IMAGE
ORIGINAL TITLE / IMAGE
JOHNNY WALKER
ORIGINAL TITLE / JOHNNY WALKER
PITCH / A washed up Hollywood director is trapped in a remote castle by his own fears until the arrival of a mysterious woman offers him possible salvation. Inspired by Dostoevsky’s ‘Notes from the Underground’, Johnny Walker attempts to answer the burning question: Is living a long life vulgar, immoral or just plain bad manners?
CAST / Jerry Killick, Imola Kezdi, Orsi Toth, Natali Broods DIRECTED BY / Wim Vandekeybus SCRIPTED BY / Wim Vandekeybus PRODUCTION (FLANDERS) / Savage Film LANGUAGE / English, Hungarian RUNNING TIME / 100’ (tbc) YEAR OF PRODUCTION / 2015 CONTACT / Bart Van Langendonck / info@savagefilm.be ETA / Winter 2015/16 GENRE / road movie, comedy
CAST / Bouli Lanners, Wim Willaert, Lyes Salem, Serge Riaboukine, Eddy Leduc DIRECTED BY / Guillaume and Stéphane Malandrin SCRIPTED BY / Guillaume and Stéphane Malandrin CO-PRODUCTION (FLANDERS) / Minds Meet LANGUAGE / French RUNNING TIME / 90’ YEAR OF PRODUCTION / 2015 CONTACT (FLANDERS) / Tomas Leyers / tomas@mindsmeet.be INT’L SALES / Be For Films / pamela@beforfilms.com ETA / Summer 2015 GENRE / drama
CAST / Laura Verlinden, Nabil Mallat, Gène Bervoets, Geert Van Rampelberg, Wouter Hendrickx, Sanäa Alaoui DIRECTED BY / Adil El Arbi, Bilall Fallah 1 SCRIPTED BY / Adil El Arbi, Bilall Fallah PRODUCTION (FLANDERS) / A Team Productions / Eyeworks LANGUAGE / Dutch, French, Arabic RUNNING TIME / 90’ YEAR OF PRODUCTION / 2014 CONTACT / Hendrik Verthé / hendrik@ateamproductions.be / Peter Bouckaert / peter.bouckaert@eyeworks.tv INT’L SALES / Axxon Films / films@axxon-media.com GENRE / dark comedy
CAST / Hank Botwinik, Mieke Daneels, Eric Godon, Astrid Whettnall, Christelle Cornil, Udo Kier DIRECTED BY / Kris De Meester SCRIPTED BY/ Kris De Meester, Bruce Geduldig PRODUCTION (FLANDERS) / Zoffa LANGUAGE / English, French, Dutch RUNNING TIME / 85’ YEAR OF PRODUCTION / 2014 CONTACT / Kris De Meester/ info@zoffa.com INT’L SALES / Minds Meet / info@mindsmeet.be
CO-PRODUCTION
PITCH / When the holiday starts, Bo is kidnapped and his safe and carefree world is turned upside down. During a long cross-country trip, Bo and his abductor Fred, a gruff lovable loser, forge a strange friendship. Bo discovers in Fred the father that he misses and learns to stand up for himself, while Fred is confronted with his past and learns to become a father.
KIDNAP - BO’S MOST EXITING HOLIDAY EVER
IN POST-PRODUCTION
ORIGINAL TITLE / KIDNEP
THE LAND OF THE ENLIGHTENED
ORIGINAL TITLE / THE LAND OF THE ENLIGHTENED
PITCH / A group of Kuchi children live in a mine-field surrounding Bagram airforce base, digging out anti-personnel mines in order to sell the explosives to child workers in a lapis lazuli mine. The trajectory of the blue gemstones goes towards Tajikistan and China through an area controlled by child soldiers. When they are not waging their own mini-wars in the daily madness of life in Afghanistan, the children escape into personal fantasies and dreams.
IN POST-PRODUCTION
PITCH / When two totally different people have completely different musical tastes, there is always a Plan B: loving one another. A romantic tragicomedy about rock dreams, crooner passion and an unpredictable love story.
LEE & CINDY C.
ORIGINAL TITLE / LEE & CINDY C.
ECRANS JUNIORS COMPÉTITION
PITCH / Calabria, 1948. Salvatore Granata has to leave Italy for a job as a coalminer in Belgium. Struggling to adapt to his new home, his spirited 10-year-old son Rocco starts doing what he does best: playing music.
MARINA
CO-PRODUCTION
ORIGINAL TITLE / MARINA
MOONWALKERS
ORIGINAL TITLE / MOONWALKERS
PITCH / What if Apollo 11 never actually made it? What if, in reality, Stanley Kubrick secretly shot the famous images of the moon landing in a studio, working for the US administration? The premise of a totally plausible conspiracy theory that takes us to swinging sixties London, where a stubborn CIA agent will never find Kubrick but instead is forced to team up with a lousy manager of a seedy rock band to develop the biggest con of all time.
GENRE / comedy, family CAST / Martin van Waardenberg, Teun Stokkel,
Steven van Watermeulen, Ruth Becquart, Marcel Musters, Katrien van Beurden DIRECTED BY / Diederik Ebbinge SCRIPTED BY / Karen van Holst Pellekaan CO-PRODUCTION (FLANDERS) / Menuet LANGUAGE / Dutch RUNNING TIME / 87’ YEAR OF PRODUCTION/ 2015 CONTACT (FLANDERS) / Dirk Impens / info@menuet.be INT’L SALES / Dutch Features Global Entertainment / pim@dutchfeatures.com GENRE / documentary
DIRECTED BY / Pieter-Jan De Pue SCRIPTED BY / Pieter-Jan De Pue
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PRODUCTION (FLANDERS) / Savage Film
LANGUAGE / English, Farsi, Pashtu, Waghi, ... RUNNING TIME / tba
YEAR OF PRODUCTION / 2015
CONTACT / Bart Van Langendonck / info@savagefilm.be ETA / Winter 2015/16
GENRE / romantic comedy
CAST / Bert Verbeke, Nathalie Meskens, Ann Van den Broeck DIRECTED BY / Stany Crets 1 SCRIPTED BY / Stany Crets PRODUCTION (FLANDERS) / Eyeworks LANGUAGE / Dutch RUNNING TIME / tba YEAR OF PRODUCTION / 2015 CONTACT / Peter Bouckaert / peter.bouckaert@eyeworks.tv ETA / Summer 2015 GENRE / romantic comedy
CAST / Matteo Simoni, Evelien Bosmans, Luigi Lo Cascio DIRECTED BY / Stijn Coninx SCRIPTED BY / Stijn Coninx, Rik D’hiet PRODUCTION (FLANDERS) / Eyeworks LANGUAGE / Dutch, Italian RUNNING TIME / 110’ YEAR OF PRODUCTION / 2013 CONTACT / Peter Bouckaert / peter.bouckaert@eyeworks.tv INT’L SALES / Media Luna New Films / info@medialuna.biz GENRE / comedy
CAST / Ron Perlman, Rupert Grint, Robert Sheehan DIRECTED BY / Antoine Bardou-Jacquet SCRIPTED BY / Dean Craig
CO-PRODUCTION (FLANDERS) / Potemkino LANGUAGE / English RUNNING TIME / 93’
YEAR OF PRODUCTION / 2014
CONTACT (FLANDERS) / Peter De Maegd /
pdm@potemkino.be
INT’L SALES / Kinology / gmelin@kinology.eu ETA / Summer 2015
IN PRODUCTION
PITCH / My First Highway tells the story of a boy who does everything for love - but perhaps does too much. It’s a tale of love and lost innocence: a love story with a bitter twist set in the world of teenagers. Everything remains the same, but somehow everything changes…
MY FIRST HIGHWAY
IN POST-PRODUCTION
ORIGINAL TITLE / MY FIRST HIGHWAY
PARADISE TRIPS
PITCH / Holiday coach driver Mario has spent his entire life shuttling old age pensioners to the sunny south. Today, on the verge of his own retirement, he has to bring a motley crew of partygoers to an electronic music festival in Croatia. His journey soon turns into a lifechanging trip that confronts him with his long lost son.
ORIGINAL TITLE / PARADISE TRIPS
CO-PRODUCTION
PITCH / Leo, an 11-year-old, is seriously ill in hospital. But he has the ability to leave his body at will and can fly and pass through walls like a phantom, invisible to all. Thanks to him, an injured police officer and an intrepid journalist will assume the roles of guardian angels when a disfigured gangster is threatening the city.
PHANTOM BOY
IN POST-PRODUCTION
ORIGINAL TITLE / PHANTOM BOY
PROBLEMSKI HOTEL ORIGINAL TITLE / PROBLEMSKI HOTEL
PITCH / The cross-frontier migrant’s life ‘within the system’ - an endless, featureless, futureless round of queues - becomes even bleaker in December. Bipul doesn’t want to admit it, but the arrival of Lidia, a Russian girl makes a difference. Hope? Surely not! A future? Get real! December is also the ninth month of Martina’s pregnancy. But, just when the situation seems hopeless, help is at hand. A Christmas story.
IN POST-PRODUCTION
PITCH / What would you do if you could change the past? Viktor, a brilliant young professor discovers a way to manipulate time. Now he can finally change the past and help his beloved Lena. But as Viktor soon learns, changing the past is not without risk.
THE SUM OF HISTORIES ORIGINAL TITLE / TERUG NAAR MORGEN
GENRE / coming-of-age drama
CAST / Aäron Roggeman, Romy Louise Lauwers, Natali Broods, Mathias Sercu, Ruth Becquart, Charlie Vanhoof DIRECTED BY / Kevin Meul 1 SCRIPTED BY / Kevin Meul PRODUCTION (FLANDERS) / Fobic Films LANGUAGE / Dutch RUNNING TIME / 90’ YEAR OF PRODUCTION / 2015 CONTACT / Mariano Vanhoof / mariano@fobicfilms.com ETA / 2016 GENRE / tragi-comedy
CAST / Gene Bervoets, Jeroen Perceval, Cedric Van Den Abbeele DIRECTED BY / Raf Reyntjens 1 SCRIPTED BY / Raf Reyntjens PRODUCTION (FLANDERS) / Caviar LANGUAGE / Dutch RUNNING TIME / 90’ YEAR OF PRODUCTION / 2015 CONTACT / Ivy Van Haecke / ivy.vanhaecke@caviarcontent.com ETA / Summer 2015 GENRE / animation VOICE CAST / Audrey Tautou, Jean-Pierre Marielle DIRECTED BY / Jean-Loup Felicioli, Alain Gagnol SCRIPTED BY / Alain Gagnol CO-PRODUCTION (FLANDERS) / Lunanime LANGUAGE / several versions RUNNING TIME / 78’ YEAR OF PRODUCTION / 2014/15 CONTACT (FLANDERS) / Annemie Degryse /
annemie@lunanime.be / INT’L SALES / Doc & Film International / sales@docandfilm.com ETA / Fall 2015 GENRE / drama
CAST / Tarek Halaby, Evgenia Brendes, Gökhan Girginol DIRECTED BY / Manu Riche 1 SCRIPTED BY / Steve Hawes, Manu Riche PRODUCTION (FLANDERS) / Cassette for Timescapes LANGUAGE / various RUNNING TIME / 110’ YEAR OF PRODUCTION / 2015 CONTACT / Emmy Oost / emmyoost@telenet.be ETA / Winter 2015/16
GENRE / romance, science-fiction
CAST / Koen De Graeve, Matteo Simoni, Robrecht Vanden Thoren DIRECTED BY / Lukas Bossuyt 1 SCRIPTED BY / Lukas Bossuyt PRODUCTION (FLANDERS) / Caviar LANGUAGE / Dutch RUNNING TIME / 90’ YEAR OF PRODUCTION / 2015 CONTACT / Ivy Van Haecke / ivy.vanhaecke@caviarcontent.com ETA / Fall 2015
CO-PRODUCTION
THE SURPRISE
PITCH / Fed up with his boring life, Jacob decides to hire a firm that specialises in assisted, seemingly accidental suicides. But after signing up he meets the incredibly beautiful Anne and his black and white world is suddenly flooded with colour. Although Jacob now has something to live for, the contract he signed is irreversible, so he and Anne must use their wits to outsmart it.
ORIGINAL TITLE / DE SURPRISE
CO-PRODUCTION
PITCH / Pierre is one of the plantation managers pouring chemicals into the poor region of Misiones. In love with a young militant he tries to step back. But with the social war going on, switching sides is not easy.
LA TIERRA ROJA
CO-PRODUCTION
ORIGINAL TITLE / LA TIERRA ROJA
TRIPLE TROUBLE
PITCH / A team of three pets - a playful ferret, a sweet canary and a know-itall stick insect - head out to ask Saint Nicolas for presents for their animal friends and themselves. The journey is filled with adventures and their relationships become severely tested – especially Fred the ferret who has to choose between his love of toys and his love for his friends.
GENRE / drama, comedy
CAST / Jeroen van Koningsbrugge, Georgia Verbaan, Jan Decleir, Heny Goodman DIRECTED BY / Mike Van Diem SCRIPTED BY / Mike Van Diem CO-PRODUCTION (FLANDERS) / Prime Time LANGUAGE / Dutch, English, Hindi RUNNING TIME / 111’ YEAR OF PRODUCTION / 2015 CONTACT (FLANDERS) / Nino Lombardo / nino@prime-time.be INT’L SALES / Content Media Corp / judith.baugin@contentmediacorp.com GENRE / drama
CAST / Geert Van Rampelberg, Eugenia Ramírez Miori DIRECTED BY / Diego Martinez Vignatti
SCRIPTED BY / Diego Martinez Vignatti, Nicolas Saad, Mélanie Delloye CO-PRODUCTION (FLANDERS) / A Private View LANGUAGE / Spanish RUNNING TIME / 100’ YEAR OF PRODUCTION / 2015 CONTACT (FLANDERS) / Dries Phlypo / dries@aprivateview.be INT’L SALES / Latido Films / latido@latidofilms.com GENRE / animation
DIRECTED BY / Albert ‘t Hooft, Paco Vink
SCRIPTED BY / Michiel Snijders, Arnoud Rijken CO-PRODUCTION (FLANDERS) / Vivi Film LANGUAGE / Dutch
RUNNING TIME / 67’
YEAR OF PRODUCTION / 2014
CONTACT (FLANDERS) / Veerle Appelmans / veerle@vivifilm.be INT’L SALES / Attraction Distribution / info@attractiondistribution.ca
ORIGINAL TITLE / TRIPPEL TRAPPEL
PITCH / Sarah follows in her father’s footsteps as an art-restorer and is confronted with the forging of masterpieces. She decides to look for the ugly truth inside the art world she idealises.
VANITAS
ORIGINAL TITLE / VANITAS
IN PRODUCTION
PITCH / A suicidal young man is obsessed by the end of the world. His crazy French aunt decides to cure him by showing him the beauty of life.
VINCENT AND THE END OF THE WORLD ORIGINAL TITLE / VINCENT EN HET EINDE VAN DE WERELD
GENRE / drama
CAST / Manon Verbeeck, Laura Verlinden, Dirk Roofthooft, Benjamin Ramon, Pjeroo Roobjee, Erico Salamone DIRECTED BY / Oscar Spierenburg 1 SCRIPTED BY / Oscar Spierenburg PRODUCTION (FLANDERS) / Picoux Productions LANGUAGE / Dutch, French RUNNING TIME / 98’ YEAR OF PRODUCTION / 2014 CONTACT / Willemijn de Krey / art.oscar@gmail.com INT’L SALES / Alibi Communications / brigittaportier@alibicommunications.be GENRE / dramatical comedy
CAST / Spencer Bogaert, Alexandra Lamy, Barbara Sarafian, Geert van Rampelberg DIRECTED BY / Christophe Van Rompaey SCRIPTED BY / Jean-Claude Van Rijckeghem, Pat Van Beirs PRODUCTION (FLANDERS) / A Private View LANGUAGE / Dutch, French RUNNING TIME / 100’ YEAR OF PRODUCTION / 2015 CONTACT / Dries Phlypo / dries@aprivateview.be ETA / Spring / Summer 2016
/ This story follows five very different men and their struggles with women, family and work. Wouter is a loveably chaotic fellow, whose professional dreams have just fallen apart. His brother Tim, though, has always done everything right, but is he happy? This question doesn’t even occur to heartthrob Vincent... His life is one sensual rush. Then there’s Bruno, desperately seeking someone to belong to; and abandoned train driver Roland, fighting to get his family back…
IN POST-PRODUCTION
PITCH
WHAT MEN WANT ORIGINAL TITLE / WAT MANNEN WILLEN
/ In a desperate attempt to leave her past behind, Nina wanders the motorways of Europe. She meets Matthias, a German truck driver, and joins him on his journeys. Nina doesn’t reveal much about who she is, though. Gradually it becomes clear that Nina’s drive to hang around in the truckers’ scene is a result of the pain caused by the ultimate betrayal that has befallen her.
CO-PRODUCTION
PITCH
ZURICH
ORIGINAL TITLE / ZURICH
CANNES SCREENINGS*
SCREENING AT THE MARKET
SELECTED FILMS
ADMIRAL: MICHIEL DE RUYTER 16 May, 9.45, Palais C
THE BRAND NEW TESTAMENT (Directors’ Fortnight) 17 May, 11.30, Théâtre Croisette 17 May, 19.30, Théâtre Croisette market screenings: tbc
INT’L SALES / Arclight Films
THE AMAZING WIPLALA 15 May, 13.30, Palais D 17 May, 14.00, Palais C
INT’L SALES / Le Pacte
INT’L SALES / Attraction Distribution
COWBOYS (Directors’ Fortnight) 18 May, 12.15, Théâtre Croisette 18 May, 20.45, Théâtre Croisette 19 May, 17.00, Le Raimu 19 May, 22.30, Arcades 1 23 May, 09.00, Théâtre Croisette
BELGIAN RHAPSODY 15 May, 15.30, Olympia 7
INT’L SALES / Pathé International
MARINA (Ecrans Juniors Competition) 18 May, 14.00, Le Raimu 19 May, 9.00, Studio 13 20 May, 9.00, Alexandre III
INT’L SALES / Media Luna New Films
world première
GENRE / drama CAST / Wende Snijders, Sascha Alexander Gersak,
Barry Atsma
DIRECTED BY / Sacha Polak SCRIPTED BY / Helena Van der Meulen CO-PRODUCTION (FLANDERS) / A Private View LANGUAGE / Dutch, German RUNNING TIME / 89’ YEAR OF PRODUCTION / 2015 CONTACT (FLANDERS) / Dries Phlypo /
dries@aprivateview.be INT’L SALES / Beta Cinema / thorsten.ritter@betacinema.com
IMAGE 19 May, 16.00, Gray 5
INT’L SALES / Axxon Films
JOHNNY WALKER 15 May, 16.00, Gray 5
INT’L SALES / Minds Meet
KIDNAP – BO’S MOST EXITING HOLIDAY EVER 14 May, 13.30, Palais H
MOONWALKERS 14 May, 11.30, Star 4
EISENSTEIN IN GUANAJUATO 14 May, 12.00, Olympia 4 16 May, 09.30, Gray 2 INT’L SALES / Films Boutique
I’M DEAD BUT I HAVE FRIENDS 15 May, 10.00, Riviera 1 17 May, 12.00, Riviera 3
international première
CAST / Jonas Van Geel, Evelien Bosmans, Ben Segers, Tom Audenaert, Adriaan Van den Hoof DIRECTED BY / Filip Peeters 1 SCRIPTED BY / Willem Wallyn PRODUCTION (FLANDERS) / Marmelade Films LANGUAGE / Dutch RUNNING TIME / 98’ YEAR OF PRODUCTION / 2015 CONTACT/ Yoshi Aesaert / info@marmeladefilms.be ETA / Fall 2015
INT’L SALES / Dutch Features Global Entertainment
INT’L SALES / Be For Films
INT’L SALES / Be For Films
GENRE / romantic comedy
INT’L SALES / Kinology
PHANTOM BOY 13 May, 17.30, Riviera 2 19 May, 10.00, Riviera 3
INT’L SALES / Doc & Film International
ROSENN 19 May, 20.30, Palais K 20 May, 17.30, Palais F INT’L SALES / Artisan Films
market première
market screening
THE SURPRISE 13 May, 15.30, Olympia 9
INT’L SALES / Content Media Corp
LA TIERRA ROJA 15 May, 11.30, Riviera 2 INT’L SALES / Latido Films
TRIPLE TROUBLE 14 May, 16.00, Palais C 17 May, 17.30, Palais D
INT’L SALES / Attraction Distribution
ZURICH 16 May, 14.00, Palais I 18 May, 17.30, Palais F INT’L SALES / Beta Cinema
*This publication was closed on 30 April 2015. Please check daily screening schedule for last-minute programme changes.
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