features PITCH / After a long day at work, QUINZAINE DES RÉALISATEURS
58-year-old Khadija falls asleep on the last subway train. When she wakes up at the end of the line, she has no choice but to make her way home on foot. On her nocturnal journey she finds herself compelled to ask for help from the other inhabitants of the night.
CANNES 2019
GENRE / drama
DIRECTED BY / Bas Devos SCRIPTED BY / Bas Devos CAST / Saadia Bentaïeb
LANGUAGE / French, Dutch RUNNING TIME / 84’
PRODUCTION / Quetzalcoatl YEAR / 2019
CONTACT / Marc Goyens / marc@quetzalcoatl.be
GHOST TROPIC
ORIGINAL TITLE / GHOST TROPIC
PITCH / The story of a self-help group
POST-PRODUCTION
of terminally ill patients led by a therapist without any experience.
ALL OF US
GENRE / drama
2
DIRECTED BY / Willem Wallyn SCRIPTED BY / Willem Wallyn
CAST / Maaike Neuville, Barbara Sarafian, Joke Devynck, Tom Vermeir LANGUAGE / Dutch RUNNING TIME / 120’ PRODUCTION / Willem Wallyn / W2 STATUS / in post-production, ETA Fall 2019 CONTACT / Willem Wallyn / willem.wallyn@mac.com
ORIGINAL TITLE / ALL OF US
PITCH / How the last King of the
POST-PRODUCTION
Belgians becomes the first Emperor of Europe.
THE BAREFOOT EMPEROR ORIGINAL TITLE / THE BAREFOOT EMPEROR
PITCH / Dorien has every reason to
be happy. But when she discovers a year-long affair involving her parents and her husband turns out to be very close with a colleague, she begins to doubt herself. A phone call bearing bad news is the last straw.
THE BEST OF DORIEN B.
ORIGINAL TITLE / THE BEST OF DORIEN B.
GENRE / dramatic comedy
DIRECTED BY / Jessica Woodworth, Peter Brosens SCRIPTED BY / Jessica Woodworth, Peter Brosens
CAST / Peter Van den Begin, Lucie Debay, Udo Kier, Geraldine Chaplin, Titus De Voogdt, Bruno Georis LANGUAGE / English, Dutch, French, German RUNNING TIME / 97’ PRODUCTION / Bo Films STATUS / in post-production, ETA Summer 2019 CONTACT / Peter Brosens / peter@bofilms.be SALES / Be For Films / pamela@beforfilms.com
GENRE / dramedy
DIRECTED BY / Anke Blondé
SCRIPTED BY / Anke Blondé,
1
Jean-Claude van Rijckeghem CAST / Kim Snauwaert, Jelle De Beule, Katelijne Verbeke, Dirk van Dijck LANGUAGE / Dutch RUNNING TIME / 100’ PRODUCTION / Dries Phlypo, Jean-Claude van Rijckeghem / A Private View STATUS / 2019 CONTACT / Dries Phlypo / dries@aprivateview.be SALES / Be For Films / pamela@beforfilms.com
PITCH / Binti, an 11-year-old vlogger,
plots a scheme with her new friend Elias. She wants to bring their single parents together, in order to save her future.
GENRE / family
DIRECTED BY / Frederike Migom SCRIPTED BY / Frederike Migom
1
CAST / Bebel Tshiani Baloji, Mo Bakker,
Joke Devynck, Baloji
LANGUAGE / Dutch
RUNNING TIME / 90’
PRODUCTION / Katleen Goossens / Bulletproof Cupid YEAR / 2019
CONTACT / Katleen Goossens /
BINTI
info@bulletproofcupid.be
ORIGINAL TITLE / BINTI
SALES / LevelK / tine.klint@levelk.dk PITCH / Tokyo. Asuka, a young
cleaning lady working the nightshift, is ready to pay a high price to achieve her dream of becoming a music star.
GENRE / drama, music
DIRECTED BY / Hendrik Willemyns SCRIPTED BY / Hendrik Willemyns
1
CAST / Natsuko Kobayashi, Maro Akaji,
Kazuhiko Kanayama
LANGUAGE / Japanese RUNNING TIME / 90’
PRODUCTION / Hans Everaert / Menuetto YEAR / 2019
CONTACT / hans.everaert@menuettofilm.be
BIRDSONG
SALES / Ricardo Monastier / MPM Premium
ORIGINAL TITLE / BIRDSONG
PITCH / The story of a village
confronted by environmental and financial crises. Urbanus and the children rebel and take power.
GENRE / animation
DIRECTED BY / Joost Van den Bosch, Erik Verkerk
SCRIPTED BY / Urbain Servranckx, Jimmy Simons
ORIGINAL VOICE CAST / Urbanus, Sven De Ridder,
Ben Segers, Frances Lefebure, Ron Cornet, Sien Eggers
LANGUAGE / Dutch
RUNNING TIME / 72’
PRODUCTION / Peter Bouckaert / Eyeworks Film & TV Drama YEAR / 2019 CONTACT / drama.belgium@eyeworks.tv
CASH FOR TRASH
ORIGINAL TITLE / URBANUS DE VUILNISHELD
PITCH / After a hit-and-run accident
POST-PRODUCTION
which killed her parents, 17-year-old Cleo seeks refuge with the older, mysterious Leos.
CLEO
ORIGINAL TITLE / CLEO
PITCH / Attempting to follow in his
father’s footsteps, Felix signs up for an Italian semi-pro cycling team but soon discovers that his body is not made for the game.
GENRE / drama
DIRECTED BY / Eva Cools SCRIPTED BY / Eva Cools
CAST / Anna Franziska Jäger, Roy Aernouts,
Yolande Moreau, Natali Broods, Martha Canga Antonio, Lucie Debay, Ishaq El Akel LANGUAGE / Dutch, French RUNNING TIME / 110’ PRODUCTION / Annemie Degryse, Jan De Clercq / Lunanime STATUS / in post-production, ETA Summer 2019 CONTACT / Annemie Degryse / annemie@lunanime.be SALES / Be For Films / pamela@beforfilms.com GENRE / drama, sport
DIRECTED BY / Kenneth Mercken
COUREUR
1
SCRIPTED BY / Kenneth Mercken, Monica Stan CAST / Niels Willaerts, Koen De Graeve,
Nicola Rignanese, Fortunato Cerlino, Karlijn Sileghem
LANGUAGE / Dutch, French, Italian RUNNING TIME / 96’
ORIGINAL TITLE / COUREUR
1
PRODUCTION / Eurydice Gysel, Koen Mortier / Czar Film & TV YEAR / 2018 CONTACT / Eurydice Gysel / eurydice.gysel@czar.be SALES / Intramovies / marco.fusco@intramovies.com
PITCH / Three very different people
deal with the aftermath of the terrorist attacks in Brussels in March 2016. The same question that seems to haunt the city looms over their lives: where do we go from here?
GENRE / drama
DIRECTED BY / Bas Devos SCRIPTED BY / Bas Devos
2
CAST / Willy Thomas, Alba Rohrwacher,
Hamsa Belarbi, Lubna Azabal
LANGUAGE / Dutch, French, Italian, English RUNNING TIME / 87’
PRODUCTION / Tomas Leyers / Minds Meet YEAR / 2019
CONTACT / Tomas Leyers / tomas@mindsmeet.be
HELLHOLE
SALES / Alice Lesort / Les Films du Losange / a.lesort@filmsdulosange.fr
ORIGINAL TITLE / HELLHOLE
PITCH / Patrick is the handyman on
POST-PRODUCTION
his father’s naturist camping site. After his father dies, he realises that nothing in the real world can ever be simple.
GENRE / drama, comedy
DIRECTED BY / Tim Mielants
1
SCRIPTED BY / Tim Mielants, Benjamin Sprengers CAST / Kevin Janssens, Hannah Hoekstra,
Pierre Bokma, Jermaine Clement
LANGUAGE / Dutch, French, English RUNNING TIME / 90’
PRODUCTION / Bart Van Langendonck / Savage Film STATUS / in post-production, ETA Fall 2019
CONTACT / Bart Van Langendonck / bart@savagefilm.be
PATRICK
SALES / Beta Cinema / thorsten.ritter@betacinema.com
ORIGINAL TITLE / DE PATRICK
PITCH / Born as a human magnet,
POST-PRODUCTION
Lucien secretly dreams of a life as an artist but his father doesn’t allow him to show off his magic talent. So he runs away from home and joins a small travelling circus.
GENRE / drama, comedy
DIRECTED BY / Gust Van den Berghe SCRIPTED BY / Gust Van den Berghe
CAST / Danny Ronaldo, Isolda Dychauk Jan Bijvoet,
Mieke Dobbels, Bruno Vanden Broecke
LANGUAGE / Dutch, French, Luxembourgish RUNNING TIME / 102’
PRODUCTION / Tomas Leyers / Minds Meet
STATUS / in post-production, ETA Summer 2019
CONTACT / Tomas Leyers / tomas@mindsmeet.be
RAIN ANYWAY
SALES / Coproduction Office / sales@coproductionoffice.eu
ORIGINAL TITLE / WEES BLIJ DAT HET REGENT
PITCH / An intimate tragicomedy
about Marie Killer who has to fight for the love of her life when he decides to cut her out.
GENRE / comedy, drama
DIRECTED BY / Emilie Verhamme SCRIPTED BY / Emilie Verhamme
2
CAST / Maaike Cafmeyer, Dimitri Verhulst,
Hilde Heijnen, Marijke Pinoy, Charlotte Timmers
LANGUAGE / Dutch
RUNNING TIME / 80’
PRODUCTION / Denzzo & Holden Wallace YEAR / 2019
CONTACT / Emilie Verhamme /
SINNER
emilie.verhamme@gmail.com
ORIGINAL TITLE / SINNER
PITCH / After his release from jail
POST-PRODUCTION
Jonathan, an introverted and kindhearted young man, forms a close friendship with a 10-year-old girl and begins to struggle with his desires...
GENRE / drama
DIRECTED BY / Patrice Toye
SCRIPTED BY / Patrice Toye, Peter Seynaeve
CAST / Tijmen Govaerts, Julia Brown, Ina Geerts,
Line Pillet
LANGUAGE / Dutch
RUNNING TIME / 89’
PRODUCTION / Antonino Lombardo / Prime Time STATUS / in post-production, ETA Fall 2019
TENCH
ORIGINAL TITLE / MUIDHOND
CONTACT / Antonino Lombardo / nino@prime-time.be SALES / Be For Films / pamela@beforfilms.com
PITCH / Wim, an accountant who
GENRE / drama
suffers from mild depression, gets his monthly visit from his half-brother Gert who has a surprise: Lise, a foulmouthed, chubby escort.
DIRECTED BY / Bruno Vanden Broecke, Ruth Beeckmans, Matteo Simoni 1 SCRIPTED BY / Bruno Vanden Broecke, Ruth Beeckmans, Matteo Simoni CAST / Bruno Vanden Broecke, Ruth Beeckmans, Matteo Simoni LANGUAGE / Dutch RUNNING TIME / 94’ PRODUCTION / Brutteo YEAR / 2019 CONTACT / Ilse Schooneknaep / ilse.s@finderskeepers.be
PITCH / World War II. A gang of rebels
GENRE / action, adventure, war
TRIO
ORIGINAL TITLE / TRIO
DIRECTED BY / Sven Huybrechts 1 SCRIPTED BY / Sven Huybrechts, Johan Horemans CAST / Koen De Bouw, Thure Riefenstein, Ella-June Henrard,
POST-PRODUCTION
gets a dangerous, secret mission: travel to the Belgian Congo to embark on a stolen German U-Boat carrying an extremely important cargo to the United States...
Joren Seldeslachts
LANGUAGE / Dutch, English, German RUNNING TIME / 110’ PRODUCTION / Hendrik Verthé, Kobe Van Steenberghe /
a team productions STATUS / in production, ETA Fall 2019 CONTACT / Hendrik Verthé / hendrik@ateamproductions.be SALES / Atlas International Film / mvandewalle@atlasfilm.com
U-235
ORIGINAL TITLE / TORPEDO
PITCH / An orgy of blood, action and
GENRE / horror, comedy
DIRECTED BY / Lars Damoiseaux
comedy in which a young couple travel to a shabby Eastern European hospital for cheap plastic surgery.
1
SCRIPTED BY / Eveline Hagenbeek, Lars Damoiseaux CAST / Maaike Neuville, Bart Hollanders,
POST-PRODUCTION
Benjamin Ramon, Clara Cleymans
LANGUAGE / English, Dutch RUNNING TIME / 100’
PRODUCTION / Hendrik Verthé, Kobe Van Steenberghe / a team productions STATUS / in post-production, ETA Fall 2019 CONTACT / Hendrik Verthé / hendrik@ateamproductions.be
YUMMY
ORIGINAL TITLE / YUMMY
CANNES 2019
RUNNING TIME / 84’
RUNNING TIME / 26’
PRODUCTION / Ellen De Waele / Serendipity Films
CONTACT / Marc Goyens / marc@quetzalcoatl.be
YEAR / 2019
CONTACT / ellen@serendipityfilms.be
DANCE OF LIFE
of terminally ill patients led by a therapist without any experience.
GENRE / drama
BAMBOE
forgotten pyramid, Mahmoud saddles his horse Asefa beside a desert race track. This is how they prepare for their daily training. Friday, all eyes will be on them. Mahmoud senses the fear inside him. Will he be able to win the race one more time?
CAST / Maaike Neuville, Barbara Sarafian,
POST-PRODUCTION
RUNNING TIME / 120’
PRODUCTION / Willem Wallyn / W2
STATUS / in post-production, ETA Fall 2019
CONTACT / Willem Wallyn / willem.wallyn@mac.com
ALL OF US
LANGUAGE / Arabic
RUNNING TIME / 25’
PRODUCTION / Grégoire Verbeke YEAR / 2019
CONTACT / verbekegregoire@gmail.com
SALES / Some Shorts / Wouter Jansen / info@
someshorts.com
I FEEL YOUR EYES ON ME
ORIGINAL TITLE / ALL OF US
PITCH / A group of young non-actors
GENRE / documentary, human interest
POST-PRODUCTION
Belgians becomes the first Emperor of Europe.
GENRE / dramatic comedy
suitcase full of 16mm footage from a mysterious doctor who filmed all kind of insects for nearly 40 years, taking notes and dissecting them. Why such a morbid fascination for those little creatures?
CAST / Peter Van den Begin, Lucie Debay, Udo Kier, Geraldine Chaplin, Titus De Voogdt, Bruno Georis LANGUAGE / English, Dutch, French, German RUNNING TIME / 97’ PRODUCTION / Bo Films
CONTACT / Peter Brosens / peter@bofilms.be
RUNNING TIME / 24’
PRODUCTION / LUCA School of Arts YEAR / 2018
CONTACT / antoine_fontaine@hotmail.fr
INSECTOPEDIA
SALES / Be For Films / pamela@beforfilms.com
be happy. But when she discovers a year-long affair involving her parents and her husband turns out to be very close with a colleague, she begins to doubt herself. A phone call bearing bad news is the last straw.
GENRE / dramedy
DIRECTED BY / Anke Blondé
SCRIPTED BY / Anke Blondé,
CAST / Kim Snauwaert, Jelle De Beule, Katelijne Verbeke, Dirk van Dijck LANGUAGE / Dutch
RUNNING TIME / 100’
PRODUCTION / Dries Phlypo,
Jean-Claude van Rijckeghem / A Private View
STATUS / 2019
CONTACT / Dries Phlypo / dries@aprivateview.be SALES / Be For Films / pamela@beforfilms.com
paintings, drawings and personal objects of Philippe Vandenberg - an immersion into his life and into the abyss of artistic creation.
RUNNING TIME / 19’
PRODUCTION / LUCA School of Arts YEAR / 2018
CONTACT / Julian Wolf / ssxwolf@hotmail.com SALES / Dalton Distribution /
LANGUAGE / Dutch
RUNNING TIME / 20’
PRODUCTION / Bart Van Langendonck,
Vincent Metzinger / Savage Film
YEAR / 2019
CONTACT / Nils Dezaeger / nils@savagefilm.be
KAMIKAZE
SALES / L’agence belge du court métrage /
ORIGINAL TITLE / KAMIKAZE
identity, migration and transitory memories.
DIRECTED BY / Guillaume Vandenberghe, Neel Cockx SCRIPTED BY / Peter Verhelst, Neel Cockx
info@agenceducourt.be
info@daltondistribution.be
PITCH / A poetic documentary about
GENRE / documentary
CAST / Johan Leysen (narrator)
GENRE / comedy, drama, realism
DIRECTED BY / Julian Wolf SCRIPTED BY / Julian Wolf CAST / Arber Aliaj, Samy Filali, Tine Roggeman, Ashley Ntangu LANGUAGE / Arabic, Dutch, French
ORIGINAL TITLE / MELI MELO
PITCH / A film exploring the archives,
1
Jean-Claude van Rijckeghem
YEAR / 2018
CONTACT / louisianamees@gmail.com
THE MISH MASH
ORIGINAL TITLE / INSECTOPEDIA
FLANDERS WILDCARDS
PITCH / Dorien has every reason to
CAST / Jacques Simha, Viky Maidanoglou, LANGUAGE / Greek
RUNNING TIME / 21’
PITCH / A story of disaffected youth in a big city, whereby they spend more time talking about their futures than actually working on them.
GENRE / documentary
DIRECTED BY / Antoine Fontaine SCRIPTED BY / Antoine Fontaine
STATUS / in post-production, ETA Summer 2019
THE BAREFOOT EMPEROR ORIGINAL TITLE / THE BAREFOOT EMPEROR
GENRE / tragic comedy
DIRECTED BY / Louisiana Mees SCRIPTED BY / Louisiana Mees
Christos Kavallaris, Yannis Sanidas, Maro Prasino
ORIGINAL TITLE / WAITHOOD
PITCH / A filmmaker discovers a
DIRECTED BY / Jessica Woodworth, Peter Brosens SCRIPTED BY / Jessica Woodworth, Peter Brosens
SCRIPTED BY / Flo Van Deuren CAST / Lotte Peeters, Fleur Van Bergen, Roos Zijlstra, Anne Coopman, Anne-Sophie Marx, Pauline Bas, Lauren Van Houtven, Yenthe Van Houtven, Frits Deruyter, Leonardo De Souza LANGUAGE / Dutch RUNNING TIME / 19’ PRODUCTION / RITCS School of Arts YEAR / 2018
PRODUCTION / KASK School of Arts
WAITHOOD
ORIGINAL TITLE / ةياج ةفصاع
PITCH / How the last King of the
from Athens yearn to forget their idle futures while playing in luxurious Airbnb’s. Nevertheless, their fate catches up with them.
DIRECTED BY / Grégoire Verbeke SCRIPTED BY / Grégoire Verbeke
GENRE / coming-of-age
DIRECTED BY / Flo Van Deuren
CONTACT / vandeurenflo@gmail.com
ORIGINAL TITLE / BAMBOE
PITCH / As the sun rises above a
2
DIRECTED BY / Willem Wallyn SCRIPTED BY / Willem Wallyn
Joke Devynck, Tom Vermeir LANGUAGE / Dutch
THE BEST OF DORIEN B.
enjoy their summer days on an abandoned piece of land. But then a mysterious man turns up.
ORIGINAL TITLE / DANCE OF LIFE
PITCH / The story of a self-help group
ORIGINAL TITLE / THE BEST OF DORIEN B.
PITCH / A group of 13-year-old girls
SCRIPTED BY / Eva Küpper CAST / Nastasia Stein, Rémy Bombled, Isaac Stein-Van Hoof, Eric Thézé, Janniek Wester LANGUAGE / Dutch
PRODUCTION / Quetzalcoatl YEAR / 2019
CANNES 2019
GENRE / documentary
DIRECTED BY / Eva Küpper
CINÉFONDATION
SCRIPTED BY / Bas Devos CAST / Saadia Bentaïeb
of Nastasia, a charismatic young dancer who is about to give birth for the first time.
LANGUAGE / French, Dutch
GHOST TROPIC
ORIGINAL TITLE / GHOST TROPIC
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PITCH / An intimate, poetic portrait
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CANNES 2019
GENRE / drama
DIRECTED BY / Bas Devos
FLANDERS WILDCARDS
QUINZAINE DES RÉALISATEURS
58-year-old Khadija falls asleep on the last subway train. When she wakes up at the end of the line, she has no choice but to make her way home on foot. On her nocturnal journey she finds herself compelled to ask for help from the other inhabitants of the night.
FLANDERS WILDCARDS / SFC
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PITCH / After a long day at work,
short
features
GENRE / creative documentary DIRECTED BY / Zaïde Bil SCRIPTED BY / Zaïde Bil
LANGUAGE / Dutch, Sranan Tongo RUNNING TIME / 41’
PRODUCTION / RITCS School of Arts YEAR / 2018
CONTACT / Dokma Film / info@dokma.be
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