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CANNES 2017

PITCH / After

his release from years in a military psychiatric hospital, Hakan, who served as an undercover agent during the Turkish-Kurdish conflict in the 1990s, must come to terms with his traumatic past before he can return to normal life.

GENRE / drama

DIRECTED BY / Bülent Öztürk SCRIPTED BY / Bülent Öztürk

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CAST / Teoman Kumbaracıbaşı, Roda Canioglu,

Korkmaz Arslan

PRODUCTION (FLANDERS) / Minds Meet LANGUAGE / Turkish RUNNING TIME / 92’

YEAR OF PRODUCTION / 2017

CONTACT / Tomas Leyers / info@mindsmeet.be

BLUE SILENCE

ORIGINAL TITLE / BLUE SILENCE

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.

IN POST-PRODUCTION

PITCH / Three

GENRE / drama

DIRECTED BY / Gilles Coulier

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SCRIPTED BY / Gilles Coulier, Tom Dupont

CAST / Sam Louwyck, Wim Willaert, Sebastien Dewaele,

Chiel Vande Vyvere

PRODUCTION (FLANDERS) / De Wereldvrede LANGUAGE / Dutch, French RUNNING TIME / 95’

YEAR OF PRODUCTION / 2017

CONTACT / Bram Versteyhe / post@dewereldvrede.be

CARGO

ETA / fall 2017

ORIGINAL TITLE / CARGO

and Hannah, two girls in their mid-twenties are strolling through the city. Things take an unexpected turn when one of the girls takes magic candy. An absurd comedy about all the anxieties, contradictions and portions of gin and tonic which shape life at 26, and about that magic nocturnal moment in which anything can happen.

IN POST-PRODUCTION

PITCH / Charlie

CHARLIE AND HANNAH’S GRAND NIGHT OUT ORIGINAL TITLE / CHARLIE EN HANNAH GAAN UIT

PITCH / Twelve-year-old Niilas lives with his

CLOUDBOY

ORIGINAL TITLE / CLOUDBOY

father and barely knows his Swedish mother. Much against his will, this summer Niilas has to join his mother and her new family amongst the Sami in Lapland. Despite a warm welcome, Niilas retreats inwards. Things start changing when Niilas joins in the search for a missing reindeer. An impressive moose keeps crossing his path at the most unexpected moments. Gradually Niias discovers his roots, which prove to be stronger than he ever could have imagined. Against all odds, it turns out as the most adventurous summer of his life.

GENRE / comedy

DIRECTED BY / Bert Scholiers SCRIPTED BY / Bert Scholiers

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CAST / Daphne Wellens, Evelien Bosmans,

Patrick Vervueren

PRODUCTION (FLANDERS) / Minds Meet LANGUAGE / Dutch, Italian RUNNING TIME / 88’

YEAR OF PRODUCTION / 2017

CONTACT / Tomas Leyers / tomas@mindsmeet.be ETA / fall 2017

GENRE / family adventure

DIRECTED BY / Meikeminne Clinckspoor SCRIPTED BY / Meikeminne Clinckspoor

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CAST / Daan Roofthooft, Sara Sommerfeld,

Geert Van Rampelberg

PRODUCTION (FLANDERS) / Bulletproof Cupid LANGUAGE / Dutch, Swedish RUNNING TIME / 78’

YEAR OF PRODUCTION / 2017

CONTACT / Katleen Goossens / info@bulletproofcupid.be INT’L SALES / LevelK / tine.klint@levelk.dk


Felix grows up as an inside spectator at veterans’ bike races - a violent, drug-infused world where his father dominates with both pedals and fists. Felix follows in his footsteps and even surpasses his talent, making his father proud but jealous at the same time. On the way to become a pro rider, Felix rebels and flees to Italy where he soon discovers that his body is not made for the game…

GENRE / drama

The once unconditional friendship between Vincke and Verstuyft hits a rough patch when they investigate a series of grim murders. They find themselves at loggerheads with each other when an enigmatic victim drives a wedge between them, while a serial killer sparks an unprecedented wave of fear throughout the country.

GENRE / police thriller

IN PRODUCTION

PITCH /

COUREUR

DIRECTED BY / Kenneth Mercken

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SCRIPTED BY / Kenneth Mercken, Monica Stan

CAST / Niels Willaerts, Koen De Graeve, Karlijn Sileghem,

Loïc Bellemans, Günther Lesage

PRODUCTION (FLANDERS) / Czar

LANGUAGE / Dutch, English, Italian RUNNING TIME / 90’

YEAR OF PRODUCTION / 2017

CONTACT / Eurydice Gysel, eurydice.gysel@czar.be ETA / 2018

ORIGINAL TITLE / COUREUR

IN POST-PRODUCTION

PITCH /

DOUBLE FACE

SCRIPTED BY / Carl Joos

CAST / Koen De Bouw, Werner De Smedt,

Greg Timmermans

PRODUCTION (FLANDERS) / Eyeworks LANGUAGE / Dutch

RUNNING TIME / 120’

YEAR OF PRODUCTION / 2017

CONTACT / Peter Bouckaert /peter.bouckaert@eyeworks.tv ETA / fall 2017

ORIGINAL TITLE / HET TWEEDE GELAAT

When a man suffering from dementia is left by his wife, his daughter moves back into the parental home. Her concern appears to be not all that altruistic, however, when memories of her damaged childhood and the reality of her marital crisis surface to burst the bubble of her seemingly perfect life.

PITCH /

IN POST-PRODUCTION

DIRECTED BY / Jan Verheyen

GENRE / drama

DIRECTED BY / Kaat Beels

2 , Nathalie Basteyns 1

SCRIPTED BY / Jan Pepermans

CAST / Natali Broods, Johan Leysen, Theo Maassen PRODUCTION (FLANDERS) / De Mensen LANGUAGE / Dutch

RUNNING TIME / 100’

YEAR OF PRODUCTION / 2017

CONTACT / Pieter Van Huyck / info@demensen.be ETA / fall 2017

FACADES

ORIGINAL TITLE / FAÇADES

HOME

ORIGINAL TITLE / HOME

KING OF THE BELGIANS ORIGINAL TITLE / KING OF THE BELGIANS

PITCH / Home focuses on the difficulties of youngsters and adults to communicate and to understand each other’s closedoff worlds. 17-year-old Kevin starts an apprenticeship at his aunt’s store and moves in with her and her family. He quickly adapts to his new home and gets along with his cousin Sammy. Through Sammy’s circle of friends he meets John who lives an unbearable situation with his mother. Kevin feels the urge to help his new friend. One evening fate intervenes and questions of betrayal, trust and loyalty start to impact on their daily lives more than ever. PITCH / The King of the Belgians is on a state visit in Istanbul when his country falls apart. He must return home at once to save his kingdom. But a solar storm causes 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.

GENRE / drama

DIRECTED BY / Fien Troch

SCRIPTED BY / Fien Troch, Nico Leunen

CAST / Sebastian Van Dun, Loïc Bellemans,

Mistral Guidoni, Lena Suijkerbuijk, Karlijn Sileghem, Els Deceukelier PRODUCTION (FLANDERS) / Prime Time LANGUAGE / Dutch RUNNING TIME / 103’ YEAR OF PRODUCTION / 2016 CONTACT / Antonino Lombardo / info@prime-time.be INT’L SALES / Doc & Film International / e.pisarra@docandfilm.com GENRE / road movie

DIRECTED BY / Jessica Woodworth, Peter Brosens SCRIPTED BY / Jessica Woodworth, Peter Brosens CAST / Peter Van den Begin, Lucie Debay,

Titus De Voogdt, Bruno Georis, Pieter van der Houwen

PRODUCTION (FLANDERS) / Bo Films

LANGUAGE / English, Dutch, French, Bulgarian RUNNING TIME / 94’

YEAR OF PRODUCTION / 2016

CONTACT / Peter Brosens / peter@bofilms.be

INT’L SALES / Be for Films / pamela@beforfilms.be


PITCH / Monique

and her daughter Sylvie run a brothel on the border of West Flanders and France. Eline, Sylvie’s sixyear-old daughter, is fascinated by the mysterious workplace of her mother and grandmother, but she is never allowed inside. A dramatic event turns their lives upside down and family ties are put under pressure.

LE CIEL FLAMAND

GENRE / drama

DIRECTED BY / Peter Monsaert SCRIPTED BY / Peter Monsaert

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CAST / Wim Willaert, Sara Vertongen,

Esra Vandenbussche,

PRODUCTION (FLANDERS) / Lunanime LANGUAGE / Dutch, French RUNNING TIME / 112’

YEAR OF PRODUCTION / 2016

CONTACT / Annemie Degryse / mail@lunanime.be INT’L SALES / UDI, sales@urbangroup.biz

ORIGINAL TITLE / LE CIEL FLAMAND

story revolves around five characters: Eva (36); her sister Elsie (42); their father Jos (71); Elsie’s daughter, Lou (12); and, last but not least, Casper (46). The only thing these five people want from life is to live, but that doesn’t seem so easy.

IN POST-PRODUCTION

PITCH / The

GENRE / drama

DIRECTED BY /Jan Matthys

SCRIPTED BY / Griet Op De Beeck

CAST / Britt Van Hoof, Viviane De Muynck,

Johan Leysen, Sara De Roo

PRODUCTION (FLANDERS) / Caviar LANGUAGE / Dutch

RUNNING TIME / 90’

YEAR OF PRODUCTION / 2017 CONTACT / Helena Vlogaert /

MANY HEAVENS

helena.vlogaert@caviarcontent.com

ETA / Fall 2017

ORIGINAL TITLE / VELE HEMELS PITCH / When

Alice’s ex-boyfriend dies in a car accident, she unexpectedly has to take care of their six-year-old son Robin, whom she had abandoned at birth. His presence not only threatens her routine existence as a luxury escort but also exposes strongly suppressed emotions. Doubt strikes again. Will she be able to be a mother this time?

PAST IMPERFECT

GENRE / drama

DIRECTED BY / Nathalie Teirlinck SCRIPTED BY / Nathalie Teirlinck

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CAST / Evelyne Brochu, Zuri François, Eriq Ebouaney PRODUCTION (FLANDERS) / Savage Film LANGUAGE / French

RUNNING TIME / 110’

YEAR OF PRODUCTION / 2016

CONTACT / Carolien Keyaerts / info@savagefilm.be

INT’L SALES / Attraction Distribution / xiao88@attraction.ca

ORIGINAL TITLE / LE PASSÉ DEVANT NOUS

IN PRODUCTION

© Saskia Vanderstichele

PITCH / Four

friends from Antwerp aspire to become real swagger legends. They foolishly get involved in high-profile drug affairs, and cause a full-out war between gangs of Amsterdam, Morocco and even Colombia.

PATSER

ORIGINAL TITLE / PATSER PITCH / 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.

GENRE / crime

DIRECTED BY / Adil El Arbi, Bilall Fallah

SCRIPTED BY / Bram Renders, Adil El Arbi, Bilall Fallah, Nabil Ben Yadir CAST / Matteo Simoni, Nora Gharib, Junes Lazaar, Saïd Boumazoughe, Nabil Mallat PRODUCTION (FLANDERS) / a team productions LANGUAGE / Dutch RUNNING TIME / 100’ YEAR OF PRODUCTION / 2017 CONTACT / Hendrik Verthé / Hendrik@ateamproductions.be ETA / spring 2018 GENRE / thriller

DIRECTED BY / Erik Van Looy

SCRIPTED BY / Erik Van Looy, Carl Joos CAST / Koen De Bouw, Tine Reymer,

Charlotte Vandermeersch

PRODUCTION (FLANDERS) / FBO LANGUAGE / Dutch, English RUNNING TIME / 115’

YEAR OF PRODUCTION / 2016

THE PRIME MINISTER ORIGINAL TITLE / DE PREMIER

CONTACT / Lore Pierreux / lore.pierreux@fbofilm.be

INT’L SALES / The Works Int’l / Clare.Crean@theworksfilmgroup.com


IN POST-PRODUCTION

PITCH / It’s love at first sight at a racing

RACER AND THE JAILBIRD

IN POST-PRODUCTION

ORIGINAL TITLE / LE FIDÈLE

RESURRECTION

GENRE / amour noir

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? Oscar®-nominated director Michaël R. Roskam’s third feature film brings Matthias Schoenaerts and Adèle Exarchopoulos together in a dark romantic drama against the backdrop of a typical Belgian crime scene.

SCRIPTED BY / Michaël R. Roskam, Thomas Bidegain, Noé Debré CAST / Matthias Schoenaerts, Adèle Exarchopoulos PRODUCTION (FLANDERS) / Savage Film LANGUAGE / French, Dutch RUNNING TIME / 120’ YEAR OF PRODUCTION / 2017 CONTACT / Carolien Keyaerts / info@savagefilm.be INT’L SALES / Wildbunch / ediederix@wildbunch.eu ETA / Fall 2017

PITCH / An

old hermit who isolated himself for years from civilisation finds a half-naked young man and takes him into his house. The young man refuses to speak but still a connection grows between them. When the police come to the door, the old man discovers that his guest killed someone. He is faced with a heartbreaking decision: what to do with the murderer in his house?

GENRE / drama

PITCH / Lilian

GENRE / romantic comedy, drama

DIRECTED BY / Michaël R. Roskam

DIRECTED BY / Kristof Hoornaert SCRIPTED BY / Kristof Hoornaert

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CAST / Johan Leysen, Gilles De Schryver, Kris Cuppens PRODUCTION (FLANDERS) / Fobic Films LANGUAGE / Dutch

RUNNING TIME / 110’

YEAR OF PRODUCTION / 2017

CONTACT / Sandra Vandamme / sandra@fobicfilms.be ETA / Fall 2017

ORIGINAL TITLE / RESURRECTION

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.

SOUVENIR

ORIGINAL TITLE / SOUVENIR PITCH / Writer

SPEECHLESS

DIRECTED BY / Bavo Defurne

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SCRIPTED BY / Bavo Defurne, Yves Verbraeken,

Jacques Boon CAST / Isabelle Huppert, Kévin Azaïs, Johan Leysen PRODUCTION (FLANDERS) / Bonjour Pictures LANGUAGE / French RUNNING TIME / 90’ YEAR OF PRODUCTION / 2016 CONTACT / Yves Verbraeken / yves@bonjourpictures.com INT’L SALES / Pathé International / muriel.sauzay@patheinternational.com

and literary icon, 55-yearold Jan Meerman’s successful life is thrown upside down when his 85-year-old mother, Josée Verbeke, unexpectedly has a severe stroke. Jan no longer recognises his once lively mother as her verbal witticisms have been replaced by pitiful cries and gibberish. Faced with this decline, he loses his grip on both his personal and professional life.

GENRE / drama

When Zagros’s family accuses his wife Havin of adultery, the Turkish Kurdish shepherd has to choose between love and honour. Havin has fled to the west with their daughter and unborn child. Zagros, believing his wife’s innocence and opposing his father, follows her.

GENRE / drama

DIRECTED BY / Hilde Van Mieghem

SCRIPTED BY / Hilde Van Mieghem, Bert Scholiers CAST / Stany Crets, Viviane De Muynck PRODUCTION (FLANDERS) / Caviar LANGUAGE / Dutch

RUNNING TIME / 100’

YEAR OF PRODUCTION / 2017

CONTACT / Alexandra Jans / alexandra.jans@caviar.tv

ORIGINAL TITLE / SPRAKELOOS

IN POST-PRODUCTION

PITCH /

ZAGROS

ORIGINAL TITLE / ZAGROS

DIRECTED BY / Sahim Omar Kalifa

SCRIPTED BY / Sahim Omar Kalifa,

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Jean-Claude van Rijckeghem CAST / Feyyaz Duman, Halima Ilter, Daria Hachem Mohamed Gulli PRODUCTION (FLANDERS) / A Private View LANGUAGE / Kurdish, Dutch RUNNING TIME / 102’ YEAR OF PRODUCTION / 2017 CONTACT / Dries Phlypo / info@aprivateview.be INT’L SALES / Global Screen / alice.buquoy@globalscreen.de ETA / fall 2017


co-productions

PITCH / Jan

Verbeeck, the uncompromising commissioner of the Antwerp drug squad is hugely popular with the people and the media. When he resigns from the police force to stand as a candidate for a populist nationalist party that is on the verge of a breakthrough, his history will catch up with him...

BLIND SPOT

ORIGINAL TITLE / DODE HOEK PITCH / Trapped

INSYRIATED

ORIGINAL TITLE / INSYRIATED

DIRECTED BY / Nabil Ben Yadir

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SCRIPTED BY / Nabil Ben Yadir, Laurent Brandenbourger,

Michel Sabbe CAST / Peter Van den Begin, David Murgia, Soufiane Chilah CO-PRODUCTION (FLANDERS) / Eyeworks LANGUAGE / Dutch, French RUNNING TIME / 101’ YEAR OF PRODUCTION / 2016 CONTACT / Peter Bouckaert / peter.bouckaert@eyeworks.tv INT’L SALES / Indie Sales / neschbach@indiesales.eu

inside her house in Damas, a city under siege, mother of three Oum Yazan, turned her flat into a safe harbour for her family and neighbours, trying to protect them from the war outside. When bombs threaten to destroy the building, when snipers turn the courtyards into deadly zones, and burglars break in to claim their dreadful bounties, maintaining the thin balance of routine inside the walls becomes a matter of life and death.

GENRE / drama

PITCH / Ploey,

GENRE / 3D animation, adventure, family

an energetic and lively plover chick, likes running through the meadows and playing in the fields with his best friend Ploveria. But when autumn comes and the annual migration south occurs, he is left behind...

IN POST-PRODUCTION

GENRE / thriller

DIRECTED BY / Philippe Van Leeuw SCRIPTED BY / Philippe Van Leeuw

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CAST / Hiam Abbas, Diamand Abou Abboud, Juliette

Navis, Mohsen Abbas

CO-PRODUCTION (FLANDERS) / Minds Meet LANGUAGE / Arabic

RUNNING TIME / 85’

YEAR OF PRODUCTION / 2017

CONTACT / Tomas Leyers / info@mindsmeet.be INT’L SALES / Films Boutique

DIRECTED BY / Ives Agemans, Árni Ásgeirsson SCRIPTED BY / Fridrik Erlingsson

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CO-PRODUCTION (FLANDERS) / Cyborn LANGUAGE / English RUNNING TIME / 80’

YEAR OF PRODUCTION / 2017

CONTACT / Iris Delafortry / iris@cyborn.be

INT’L SALES / Arrri Worldsales / mhemminger@arri.de ETA / 2017

PLOEY – YOU NEVER FLY ALONE ORIGINAL TITLE / PLOEY – YOU NEVER FLY ALONE

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