features CANNES 2016 #talentmatters / A brutal robbery goes hopelessly wrong. Dave, one of the two robbers, manages to run off leaving his brother Kenneth behind. Four years later, Kenneth is released from prison and much has changed. Dave has his life back on track and is trying to help Kenneth wherever possible, but is witnessing how his highly-strung brother tries to win back his ex-girlfriend Sylvie.
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THE ARDENNES ORIGINAL TITLE / D’ARDENNEN
/ 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?
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BEHIND THE CLOUDS
GENRE / thriller, drama
CAST / Kevin Janssens, Jeroen Perceval, Veerle Baetens, Jan Bijvoet, Sam Louwyck DIRECTED BY / Robin Pront 1 SCRIPTED BY / Robin Pront, Jeroen Perceval PRODUCTION (FLANDERS) / Savage Film LANGUAGE / Dutch, French RUNNING TIME / 92’ YEAR OF PRODUCTION / 2015 CONTACT / Bart Van Langendonck / info@savagefilm.be INT’L SALES / Attraction / xiao@attraction.ca
GENRE / drama
CAST / Chris Lomme, Jo De Meyere, Charlotte De Bruyne DIRECTED BY / Cecilia Verheyden 1 SCRIPTED BY / Michaël De Cock PRODUCTION (FLANDERS) / Eyeworks Belgium LANGUAGE / Dutch RUNNING TIME / 108’ YEAR OF PRODUCTION / 2016 CONTACT / Peter Bouckaert / peter.bouckaert@eyeworks.tv
ORIGINAL TITLE / ACHTER DE WOLKEN
BELGICA ORIGINAL TITLE / BELGICA
PITCH / The story of two brothers: charismatic and temperamental Frank and his ambitious-but-green younger brother Jo, who owns a bar called Belgica. They become business partners and quickly the bar becomes the place to be for great music, beautiful people, and debauched fun - until they learn that running a business on this scale is more complicated than they realised, and their relationship and personal lives suffer. Set to the eclectic sounds of acclaimed Belgian band Soulwax, the film shows the brothers’ intoxicating ascent to success—and the crash and burn that follows.
/ Fifteen-year-old Mavela is a member of the notorious gang Black Bronx. She falls head over heels in love with the charismatic Marwan, a boy from the rival gang 1080’ers. The two young people are brutally forced to choose between loyalty to their gang or their love for each other. An impossible choice... or not?
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BLACK ORIGINAL TITLE / BLACK
GENRE / drama
CAST / Stef Aerts, Tom Vermeir, Hélène Devos, Charlotte Vandermeersch DIRECTED BY / Felix van Groeningen SCRIPTED BY / Felix van Groeningen, Arne Sierens PRODUCTION (FLANDERS) / Menuet LANGUAGE
/ Dutch
RUNNING TIME / 126’
YEAR OF PRODUCTION / 2016
CONTACT / Dirk Impens / info@menuet.be
INT’L SALES / The Match Factory / info@matchfactory.de
GENRE / drama
CAST / Aboubakr Bensaihi, Martha Canga Antonio, Emmanuel Tahon DIRECTED BY / Adil El Arbi, Bilall Fallah 2 SCRIPTED BY / Hans Herbots, Nele Meirhaeghe, Adil El Arbi, Bilall Fallah PRODUCTION (FLANDERS) / Caviar LANGUAGE / French, Arabic, Lingala, Dutch RUNNING TIME / 90’ YEAR OF PRODUCTION / 2015 CONTACT / Ivy Vanhaecke / ivy.vanhaecke@caviarcontent.com INT’L SALES / Be for Films / pamela@beforfilms.com
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BLUE SILENCE ORIGINAL TITLE / BLUE SILENCE
BROTHER ORIGINAL TITLE / BROER
PITCH / Hakan, a 38-year old man, has spent several years in a psychiatric hospital trying to handle his post traumatic stress disorder. With the gentle help of nurse Ayla, he has been recovering from a troubled past. But now, just before Christmas, the doctors consider him fit enough to return to society. He tries to get in touch with his ex-wife and daughter, but his daughter is reluctant to see him any longer. Only Ayla, a married woman herself, tries to help him through those lonely days. Will he be able to get a grip on his past now that he has returned to normal life?
GENRE / drama
PITCH / Ex-hotel manager Mark gets an unexpected invitation from the beautiful, immensely rich Irish woman Grace who wishes to renew their old love affair of 20 years before. However, the message is not meant for him but for his brother Michel who bankrupted the parental hotel at the time and then left with Mark’s wife. Encouraged by his money-mad neighbour Ronnie, Mark decides to pose as his brother and to settle the old family score that way. But when Mark and Ronnie arrive in Ireland, it turns out that Grace has her own agenda…
GENRE / drama
/ 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.
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CAFARD ORIGINAL TITLE / CAFARD
/ Three brothers desperately try to save the family’s fishing business. But their passion for their loved ones and their determination to stay in business drive them to desperate measures.
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CARGO
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ORIGINAL TITLE / CARGO
CHARLIE AND HANNAH’S GRAND NIGHT OUT ORIGINAL TITLE / CHARLIE EN HANNAH GAAN UIT
PITCH / Antwerp. An evening in March. Charlie and Hannah, two women in their mid-twenties, are strolling through the city. Charlie is witty, guarded and - in her own words - fundamentally dialectic. Hannah is chatty, always hungry and always in love. Things take an unexpected turn when one of the girls conjures up some magical candy that makes boobs talk, pineapples fly and through which a trip to the inside of a black hole becomes the easiest thing in the world.
CAST / Teoman Kumbaracabasi, Roda Canioglu
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DIRECTED BY / Bülent Öztürk SCRIPTED BY / Bülent Öztürk
PRODUCTION (FLANDERS) / Minds Meet LANGUAGE / Turkish
RUNNING TIME / 100’
YEAR OF PRODUCTION / 2016
CONTACT / Marc Goyens / marc@mindsmeet.be ETA / Fall 2016
CAST / Koen De Bouw, Koen De Graeve, Titus De Voogdt, Udo Kier 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
GENRE / animation, drama
VOICE CAST / Wim Willaert, Dinara Drukarova,
Sebastien Dewaele, Maarten Ketels, Benoît Gob
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 / 86’ YEAR OF PRODUCTION / 2015 CONTACT / Arielle Sleutel / arielle@tondofilms.be INT’L SALES / Urban Distribution Int’l / sebastien@urbangroup.biz GENRE / drama
CAST / Sam Louwyck, Wim Willaert, Sebastien Dewaele, Chiel Vande Vyvere, Josse De Pauw, Barbara Sarafian DIRECTED BY / Gilles Coulier 1 SCRIPTED BY / Gilles Coulier, Tom Dupont PRODUCTION (FLANDERS) / De Wereldvrede LANGUAGE / Dutch RUNNING TIME / 120’ YEAR OF PRODUCTION / 2016/2017 CONTACT / Gilles De Schryver / post@dewereldvrede.be ETA / Spring 2017 GENRE / mumblecore
CAST / Daphne Wellens, Evelien Bosmans DIRECTED BY / Bert Scholiers SCRIPTED BY / Bert Scholiers
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PRODUCTION (FLANDERS) / Minds Meet LANGUAGE / Dutch
RUNNING TIME / 75’
YEAR OF PRODUCTION / 2016
CONTACT / Marc Goyens / marc@mindsmeet.be ETA / Fall 2016
/ Monique and her daughter Sylvie run a brothel on the border of West Flanders and France. Eline, Sylvie’s six-year-old daughter, is fascinated by the mysterious work of her mother and grandmother, but she is never allowed to enter the brothel. A dramatic event turns their lives upside down and the family ties are put under pressure.
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LE CIEL FLAMAND
GENRE / drama
CAST / Wim Willaert, Sara Vertongen, Esra Vandenbussche DIRECTED BY / Peter Monsaert 2 SCRIPTED BY / Peter Monsaert PRODUCTION (FLANDERS) / Lunanime LANGUAGE / Dutch, French RUNNING TIME / 114’ YEAR OF PRODUCTION / 2016 CONTACT / Annemie Degryse / mail@lunanime.be ETA / Fall 2016
ORIGINAL TITLE / LE CIEL FLAMAND
/ Jan, the most popular cop in Flanders, resigns from the Antwerp drug squad to stand as a candidate for a populist nationalist party that is on the verge of a breakthrough. Jan’s tough image and popularity with the media make him the star of the upcoming elections. On his last day of work as police chief a chase leads to a drug lab in Charleroi, where his history begins to catch up with him.
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DODE HOEK (BLIND SPOT) ORIGINAL TITLE / DODE HOEK
/ Ralph Hartman, a successful stand-up comedian, is wrestling with his worst enemy: his own negativity.
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EVERYBODY HAPPY
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ORIGINAL TITLE / EVERYBODY HAPPY
THE FAITHFUL ORIGINAL TITLE / LE FIDÈLE
PITCH / It’s love at first sight at a racing circuit when gangster Gino (‘Gigi’) meets Benedicte (‘Bibi)’, a wealthy and fearless racing driver. Fierce and loyal, Gigi and Bibi fight for their love against fate, but also against reason and their own weaknesses. But how far can endurance be stretched? How far can they go to try and save what may already be lost? Oscar®-nominated director Michaël R. Roskam’s third feature brings Matthias Schoenaerts and Adèle Exarchopoulos together in a dark romantic drama against the background of a typical Belgian crime scene.
/ 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.
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FALLOW
ORIGINAL TITLE / BRAK
GENRE / thriller CAST / Peter Van den Begin, Jan Decleir,
Soufiane Shilah, David Murgia, Ruth Becquaert, Mathijs Scheepers, Tibo Vandenborre, Bert Haelvoet, Jurgen Delnaet DIRECTED BY / Nabil Ben Yadir SCRIPTED BY / Nabil Ben Yadir, Laurent Brandenbourger PRODUCTION (FLANDERS) / Eyeworks Belgium LANGUAGE / Dutch, French RUNNING TIME / 110’ (TBC) YEAR OF PRODUCTION / 2016 CONTACT / Peter Bouckaert / peter.bouckaert@eyeworks.tv ETA / Fall 2016 GENRE / drama
CAST / Peter Van den Begin, Barbara Sarafian, Jeroen Leenders, Josse De Pauw, Kamal Kharmach DIRECTED BY / Nic Balthazar SCRIPTED BY / Nic Balthazar PRODUCTION (FLANDERS) / Eyeworks Belgium LANGUAGE / Dutch RUNNING TIME / 95’ YEAR OF PRODUCTION / 2016 CONTACT / Peter Bouckaert / peter.bouckaert@eyeworks.tv ETA / Fall 2016 GENRE / drama
CAST / Matthias Schoenaerts, Adèle Exarchopoulos DIRECTED BY / Michaël R. Roskam
SCRIPTED BY / Michaël R. Roskam, Thomas Bidegain PRODUCTION (FLANDERS) / Savage Film LANGUAGE / French, Dutch
RUNNING TIME / 120’ (TBC)
YEAR OF PRODUCTION / 2016/2017
CONTACT / Bart Van Langendonck / info@savagefilm.be ETA / 2017
GENRE / drama
CAST / Tibo Vandenborre, Aurora Marion DIRECTED BY / Laurent Van Lancker
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SCRIPTED BY / Laurent Van Lancker, Elvis Peeters PRODUCTION (FLANDERS) / Polymorfilms LANGUAGE / Dutch, English, French RUNNING TIME / 75’
YEAR OF PRODUCTION / 2015
CONTACT / Ellen Meiresonne / contact@polymorfilms.be
/ Twins, a boy and a girl, are separated at birth. The girl grows up in a bourgeois home while her brother grows up in a street gang, neither knowing about the other’s existence. Twelve years later their paths cross again and they discover their common destiny, imposed on them by adults. This is the beginning of an exciting journey to discover their roots and search for their independence. But neither is able to escape their past…
CAST / Jerry Killick, Natali Broods, Orsi Toth, Koppány Gillich DIRECTED BY / Wim Vandekeybus 2 SCRIPTED BY / Wim Vandekeybus PRODUCTION (FLANDERS) / Savage Film LANGUAGE / English, Hungarian, French RUNNING TIME / 115’ YEAR OF PRODUCTION / 2015 CONTACT / Bart Van Langendonck / info@savagefilm.be INT’L SALES / Be for Films / pamela@beforfilms.com
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GENRE / drama
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GALLOPING MIND
ORIGINAL TITLE / GALLOPING MIND
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Home portrays the struggle between two generations: teenagers who explore a thin line between trust, friendship and loyalty; and adults who seem alienated from their past younger selves. The clash proves more brutal than expected.
HOME
ORIGINAL TITLE / HOME
/ The story of the second film begins where that of DDT ended: in prison, locked away for tax fraud. At the same time when he’s released, the Champions are preparing their 25-year jubilee. It promises to be a grand party, but the return of DDT might make for some trouble. And when Xavier and Marc secretly decide to bring back former trainer Oscar Crucke - who has retreated to a monastery in Thailand - things get really interesting...
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JUBILEE GENERAL
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ORIGINAL TITLE / FC DE KAMPIOENEN II - JUBILEE GENERAL
KING OF THE BELGIANS ORIGINAL TITLE / KING OF THE BELGIANS
PITCH / King Nicolas III, a lonely soul who has the distinct feeling he’s living the wrong life, is on a state visit in Istanbul when the southern half of Belgium declares its independence. He must return home at once to save his kingdom! But a solar storm causes all airspace and communications to shut down. With the help of a British filmmaker and a troupe of Bulgarian folk singers, the King and his entourage manage to escape over the border. Incognito. Thus begins an odyssey across the Balkans during which the King discovers the real world – and himself.
/ In this seamless blend of fictional and documentary form, first-time director Pieter-Jan De Pue paints a whimsical yet haunting look at the condition of Afghanistan left for the next generation. As American soldiers prepare to leave, young boys form wild gangs to control trade routes, sell explosives from mines left over from war, and climb rusting tanks as playgrounds—making the new rules of war based on the harsh landscape left to them.
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THE LAND OF THE ENLIGHTENED
ORIGINAL TITLE / THE LAND OF THE ENLIGHTENED
GENRE / drama
CAST / Sebastian Van Dun, Loic Bellemans, Mistral Guidoni DIRECTED BY / Fien Troch SCRIPTED BY / Fien Troch PRODUCTION (FLANDERS) / Prime Time LANGUAGE / Dutch RUNNING TIME / 100’ YEAR OF PRODUCTION / 2016 CONTACT / Antonino Lombardo / info@prime-time.be ETA / Fall 2016
GENRE / comedy CAST / Marijn De Valck, Machteld Timmermans,
Danni Heylen, Tuur De Weert, An Swartenbroekx, Herman Verbruggen, Johny Voners, Loes van den Heuvel, Ann Tuts DIRECTED BY / Jan Verheyen SCRIPTED BY / An Swartenbroeckx, Johan Gevers, Bart Cooreman, Hec Leemans, PRODUCTION (FLANDERS) / Skyline Entertainment LANGUAGE / Dutch RUNNING TIME / 96’ YEAR OF PRODUCTION / 2015 CONTACT / Eric Wirix / info@demensen.be GENRE / political satire
CAST / Peter Van den Begin, Lucie Debay, Titus De Voogdt, Bruno Georis DIRECTED BY / Jessica Woodworth, Peter Brosens SCRIPTED BY / Jessica Woodworth, Peter Brosens PRODUCTION (FLANDERS) / Bo Films LANGUAGE / English, Dutch, French RUNNING TIME / 93’ YEAR OF PRODUCTION / 2016 CONTACT / Peter Brosens / peter@bofilms.be ETA / Fall 2016
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 / 87’
YEAR OF PRODUCTION / 2016
CONTACT / Bart Van Langendonck / info@savagefilm.be INT’L SALES / Films Boutique / info@filmsboutique.com
/ ‘Everything’s the same yet everything has changed.’ During the annual family holiday, Benjamin falls in love with a local girl. Is he ready for the adventure she drags him into?
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MY FIRST HIGHWAY ORIGINAL TITLE / MY FIRST HIGHWAY
/ The Belgian Prime Minister is kidnapped and released on one condition: he has to kill the person he is supposed to meet later that day. But that person happens to be the President of the United States.
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THE PRIME MINISTER ORIGINAL TITLE / DE PREMIER
/ 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.
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PROBLEMSKI HOTEL ORIGINAL TITLE / PROBLEMSKI HOTEL
/ The 3D-animated story of Tuesday, a friendly young parrot who lives on an island paradise with a quirky bunch of animal friends but dreams of discovering the rest of the world. After a violent storm, parrot Tuesday and his animal friends discover Robinson Crusoe, a strange creature washed up on their beach. The animals are going to have to tame this new arrival, which just might give Tuesday the opportunity to experience an extraordinary adventure and perhaps leave his island!
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ROBINSON CRUSOE ORIGINAL TITLE / ROBINSON CRUSOE
/ Four security guards are going to work at the world-famous dance festival Tomorrowland. While there, Luc discovers that Dirk has feelings for... a man. But no one believes him (Ingrid promised Dirk she would keep his secret many years ago and Smos is busy trying to launch his own dance hit). Luc, however, is determined to prove that Dirk is gay.
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SAFETY FIRST
ORIGINAL TITLE / SAFETY FIRST
GENRE / coming-of-age drama
CAST / Aäron Roggeman, Romy Lauwers, Mathias Sercu, Natali Broods DIRECTED BY / Kevin Meul 1 SCRIPTED BY / Kevin Meul PRODUCTION (FLANDERS) / Fobic Films LANGUAGE / Dutch RUNNING TIME / 80’ YEAR OF PRODUCTION / 2016 CONTACT / Mariano Vanhoof / mariano@fobicfilms.com INT’L SALES / Premium Films / leslie.saussereau@premium-films.com ETA / Fall 2016 GENRE / political thriller CAST / Koen De Bouw, Tine Reymer,
Charlotte Vandermeersch, Dirk Roofthooft, Stijn Van Opstal, Wim Willaert DIRECTED BY / Erik Van Looy SCRIPTED BY / Erik Van Looy, Carl Joos PRODUCTION (FLANDERS) / FBO LANGUAGE / Dutch RUNNING TIME / 90’ (TBC) YEAR OF PRODUCTION / 2016 CONTACT / Hilde De Laere / hilde.delaere@fbofilm.be INT’L SALES / The Works / international@theworksfilmgroup.com ETA / Fall 2016 GENRE / drama
CAST / Tarek Halaby, Evgenia Brendes, Gökhan Girginol DIRECTED BY / Manu Riche 1 SCRIPTED BY / Manu Riche, Steve Hawes, Dimitri Verhulst PRODUCTION (FLANDERS) / Cassette for timescapes LANGUAGE / various RUNNING TIME / 110’ YEAR OF PRODUCTION / 2015 CONTACT / Emmy Oost / emmy@timescapes.be
GENRE / animation, family
VOICE CAST / Yuri Lowenthal, David Howard
DIRECTED BY / Ben Stassen, Vincent Kesteloot
SCRIPTED BY / Domonic Paris, Lee Christopher, Graham Welldon PRODUCTION / Movi3D LANGUAGE / English RUNNING TIME / 90’ YEAR OF PRODUCTION / 2016 CONTACT / Eric Dillens / edillens@nwave.com INT’L SALES / StudioCanal / anna.marsch@studiocanal.com
GENRE / comedy
CAST / Bruno Vanden Broecke, Matteo Simoni, Ruth Beeckmans, Ben Segers, Tom Van Dyck DIRECTED BY / Tim Van Aelst 1 SCRIPTED BY / David Vennix, Tim Van Aelst PRODUCTION (FLANDERS) / Carambole LANGUAGE / Dutch RUNNING TIME / 90’ YEAR OF PRODUCTION / 2015 CONTACT / Sofie Peeters / sofie@shelter.tv INT’L SALES / Shelter / tim@shelter.tv
/ In Bolivia, the glaciers are melting. Samuel, an old ski lift operator, is looking out of a window on the rooftop of the world. Through generations his family lived and worked on the snowy mountains, but now no snow falls. While scientists are discussing and measuring ominous changes Samuel honours the mountain spirits. Will the drifting clouds bring new changes?
GENRE / documentary
/ Lilian works at a meat factory, adding bay leaves to liver patties. Once known as ‘Laura’, she was a rising star in the music industry and even took part in the Eurovision Song Contest. Now she leads a secluded life in an apartment stuffed with relics from her bygone days of glory. But then 22-year-old Jean walks into her life.
GENRE / drama
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SAMUEL IN THE CLOUDS
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DIRECTED BY / Pieter Van Eecke SCRIPTED BY / Pieter Van Eecke
PRODUCTION (FLANDERS) / Clin d’Oeil Films LANGUAGE / Spanish, Aymara RUNNING TIME / 70’
YEAR OF PRODUCTION / 2016
CONTACT / Hanne Phlypo / hanne@clindoeilfilms.be INT’L SALES / Deckert Distribution /
info@deckert-distribution.com
ORIGINAL TITLE / SAMUEL EN LAS NUBES
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SCRIPTED BY / Bavo Defurne, Yves Verbraeken,
Jacques Boon
PRODUCTION (FLANDERS) / Indeed Films LANGUAGE / French
RUNNING TIME / 95’
YEAR OF PRODUCTION / 2016
CONTACT / Yves Verbraeken / yves@indeedfilms.be
sales@patheinternational.com
ORIGINAL TITLE / SOUVENIR
ETA / Fall 2016
/ What would you do if you could change the past? This is the story of Viktor, a brilliant young professor who 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.
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SUM OF HISTORIES
ORIGINAL TITLE / TERUG NAAR MORGEN
/ Alice leads her routine life as a high-class call girl, and dodges deeper social contact. When she’s forced to take care of her son after the death of her ex, her apparent indifference seems to fade away and she is confronted with the emotional emptiness in her life.
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DIRECTED BY / Bavo Defurne
INT’L SALES / Pathé International /
SOUVENIR
TONIC IMMOBILITY ORIGINAL TITLE / TONIC IMMOBILITY
/ 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.
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CAST / Isabelle Huppert, Kévin Azaïs, Johan Leysen
VINCENT AND THE END OF THE WORLD
ORIGINAL TITLE / VINCENT EN HET EINDE VAN DE WERELD
GENRE / drama
CAST / Koen De Graeve, Matteo Simoni, Robrecht Vanden Thoren, Karina Smulders DIRECTED BY / Lukas Bossuyt 1 SCRIPTED BY / Lukas Bossuyt PRODUCTION (FLANDERS) / Caviar LANGUAGE / Dutch RUNNING TIME / 84’ YEAR OF PRODUCTION / 2015 CONTACT / Ivy Vanhaecke / ivy.vanhaecke@caviarcontent.com INT’L SALES / Media Luna New Films / info@medialuna.biz GENRE / drama
CAST / Évelyne Brochu, Zuri François, Eriq Ebouaney DIRECTED BY / Nathalie Teirlinck SCRIPTED BY / Nathalie Teirlinck
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PRODUCTION (FLANDERS) / Savage Film LANGUAGE / French
RUNNING TIME / 120’
YEAR OF PRODUCTION / 2016
CONTACT / Bart Van Langendonck / info@savagefilm.be ETA / Fall 2016
GENRE / dramatical comedy CAST / Spencer Bogaert, Alexandra Lamy,
Barbara Sarafian, Geert Van Rampelberg DIRECTED BY / Christophe Van Rompaey SCRIPTED BY / Jean-Claude van Rijckeghem PRODUCTION (FLANDERS) / A Private View LANGUAGE / Dutch, French RUNNING TIME / 120’ YEAR OF PRODUCTION / 2016 CONTACT / Dries Phlypo / info@aprivateview.be INT’L SALES / Beta Cinema / thorsten.ritter@betacinema.com ETA / Fall 2016
/ While Zagros, a young Kurdish man, is herding his sheep in the mountains his wife Havin is accused of infidelity by her in-laws. She flees to Belgium with her nine-year-old daughter, quickly followed by her husband, who believes her.
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ZAGROS
ORIGINAL TITLE / ZAGROS
/ After 10 years together, Marie and Thierry break up. She bought the apartment where they live with their two daughters, but he entirely renovated the place. Because Thierry doesn’t have the means to move, they have no other choice but to live together.
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AFTER LOVE
ORIGINAL TITLE / L’ÉCONOMIE DU COUPLE
/ Sylvia has turned a blind eye to her husband’s flourishing drugs business for too long. Now that everything is falling apart, staying is hell but leaving is no option either…
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GENRE / drama
CAST / Feyyaz Duman, Halima Ilter, Suat Usta, Elvan Kocer, Brader Musiki, Leyla Badgi DIRECTED BY / Sahim Omar Kalifa 1 SCRIPTED BY / Sahim Omar Kalifa, Jean-Claude van Rijckeghem PRODUCTION (FLANDERS) / A Private View LANGUAGE / Dutch, Kurdish RUNNING TIME / 90’ (TBC) YEAR OF PRODUCTION / 2016/2017 CONTACT / Dries Phlypo / info@aprivateview.be ETA / 2017 GENRE / drama
CAST / Bérénice Bejo, Cédric Kahn, Marthe Keller, Jade Soentjes, Margaux Soentjes DIRECTED BY / Joachim Lafosse SCRIPTED BY / Joachim Lafosse, Fanny Burdino, Mazarine Pingeot, Thomas Van Zuylen CO-PRODUCTION (FLANDERS) / Prime Time LANGUAGE / French RUNNING TIME / 100’ YEAR OF PRODUCTION / 2016 CONTACT / Antonino Lombardo / info@prime-time.be INT’L SALES / Le Pacte / contact@le-pacte.com ETA / Spring 2016 GENRE / crime drama
CAST / Jeroen van Koningsbrugge, Thekla Reuten DIRECTED BY / Tjebbo Penning
SCRIPTED BY / Carl Joos, Tjebbo Penning
CO-PRODUCTION (FLANDERS) / Eyeworks Belgium LANGUAGE / Dutch
RUNNING TIME / 108’
YEAR OF PRODUCTION / 2015
CONTACT / Peter Bouckaert / peter.bouckaert@eyeworks.tv INT’L SALES / Wide Management / infos@widemanagement.com
CLEAN HANDS
ORIGINAL TITLE / SCHONE HANDEN PITCH / Shadow World reveals how the international trade in weapons - with the complicity of governments and intelligence agencies, investigative and prosecutorial bodies and weapons manufacturers - fosters corruption, determines economic and foreign policies and undermines democracy.
GENRE / documentary
DIRECTED BY / Johan Grimonprez
SCRIPTED BY / Johan Grimonprez, Andrew Feinstein CO-PRODUCTION (FLANDERS) / Onomatopee Films LANGUAGE / English
RUNNING TIME / 100’
YEAR OF PRODUCTION / 2016
CONTACT / Emmy Oost / emmyoost@telenet.be INT’L SALES / Wide House / Anaïs Clanet /
ac@widehouse.org
SHADOW WORLD
ORIGINAL TITLE / SHADOW WORLD
/ One evening, after closing her practice for the day, young doctor Jenny hears the doorbell ring but doesn’t answer it. The next day, the police inform her that a young woman has been found dead nearby without any identification on her.
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THE UNKNOWN GIRL
ORIGINAL TITLE / LA FILLE INCONNUE
GENRE / drama
CAST / Adèle Haenel, Olivier Gourmet, Jérémie Renier, Louka Minella DIRECTED BY / Luc & Jean-Pierre Dardenne SCRIPTED BY / Luc & Jean-Pierre Dardenne CO-PRODUCTION (FLANDERS) / Savage Film LANGUAGE / French RUNNING TIME / 100’ YEAR OF PRODUCTION / 2016 CONTACT / Bart Van Langendonck / info@savagefilm.be INT’L SALES / Wild Bunch / obarbier@wildbunch.eu ETA / Fall 2016
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