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The Ardennes | Belgica | Black | The Brand New Testament | Cafard | Marina | Phantom Boy | Vanitas | What Men Want
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ADMIRAL: MICHIEL DE RUYTERORIGINAL TITLE / MICHIEL DE RUYTER
THE AMAZING WIPLALA ORIGINAL TITLE / WIPLALA
THE ARDENNESORIGINAL TITLE / D’ARDENNEN
AY RAMON! ORIGINAL TITLE / AY RAMON!
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...
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!
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.
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 / historicalCAST / Frank Lammers, Sanne Langelaar, Barry Atsma,DIRECTED BY / Roel ReinéSCRIPTED BY / Alex van Galen, Lars BoomCO-PRODUCTION (FLANDERS) / Ciné Cri de CoeurLANGUAGE / Dutch, English, FrenchRUNNING TIME / 151’YEAR OF PRODUCTION / 2015CONTACT (FLANDERS) / Jacqueline de Goeij / [email protected]’L SALES / Arclight Films / [email protected]
GENRE / fantasy, familyCAST / Geza Weisz, Sasha Mylanus, Kee Ketelaar, Peter Paul Muller, Paul KooijDIRECTED BY / Tim OliehoekSCRIPTED BY / Tamara BosCO-PRODUCTION (FLANDERS) / Ciné Cri de CoeurLANGUAGE / DutchRUNNING TIME / 100’YEAR OF PRODUCTION / 2014CONTACT (FLANDERS) / Jacqueline de Goeij / [email protected]’L SALES / Attraction Distribution /[email protected]
GENRE / thriller, dramaCAST / Kevin Janssens, Jeroen Perceval, Veerle BaetensDIRECTED BY / Robin ProntSCRIPTED BY / Robin Pront, Jeroen PercevalPRODUCTION (FLANDERS) / Savage FilmLANGUAGE / Dutch, FrenchRUNNING TIME / tbaYEAR OF PRODUCTION / 2015CONTACT / Bart Van Langendonck / [email protected] / Winter 2015/16
GENRE / family, adventureCAST / Jan Decleir, Pieter Embrechts, Frans Van der Aa, Els Dottermans, Lucas Van den EyndeDIRECTED BY / Stijn ConinxSCRIPTED BY / Hugo MatthysenPRODUCTION (FLANDERS) / Sylvester ProductionsLANGUAGE / DutchRUNNING TIME / 85’YEAR OF PRODUCTION / 2015CONTACT / Nele Hendriks / [email protected] / Fall 2015
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BELGIAN RHAPSODYORIGINAL TITLE / BRABANÇONNE
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 comedyCAST / Amaryllis Uitterlinden, Arthur Dupont, Tom AudenaertDIRECTED BY / Vincent BalSCRIPTED BY / Vincent Bal, Pierre De ClercqPRODUCTION (FLANDERS) / EyeworksLANGUAGE / Dutch, FrenchRUNNING TIME / 95’YEAR OF PRODUCTION / 2014CONTACT / Peter Bouckaert / [email protected]’L SALES / Be For Films / [email protected]
BELGICAORIGINAL TITLE / BELGICA
PITCH / Two brothers start a bar and get swept up in its success in the midst of Belgium’s nightlife scene.
GENRE / dramaCAST / Tom Vermeir, Stef AertsDIRECTED BY / Felix van GroeningenSCRIPTED BY / Felix van Groeningen, Arne SierensPRODUCTION (FLANDERS) / MenuetLANGUAGE / DutchRUNNING TIME / 105’YEAR OF PRODUCTION / 2015CONTACT / Dirk Impens / [email protected]’L SALES / The Match Factory / [email protected] / Winter 2015/16
BLACKORIGINAL TITLE / BLACK
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.
GENRE / action, dramaCAST / Aboubakr Bensaihi, Martha Canga Antonio, Emmanuel TahonDIRECTED BY / Adil El Arbi, Bilall FallahSCRIPTED BY / Nele Meirhaeghe, Adil El Arbi, Bilall FallahPRODUCTION (FLANDERS) / CaviarLANGUAGE / French, Arabic, Lingala, DutchRUNNING TIME / 90’ (tbc)YEAR OF PRODUCTION / 2015CONTACT / Ivy Van Haecke / [email protected] / Fall 2015
THE BRAND NEW TESTAMENTORIGINAL TITLE / LE TOUT NOUVEAU TESTAMENT
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…
GENRE / surreal comedyCAST / Pili Groyne, Benoît Poelvoorde, Yolande Moreau, Catherine Deneuve, François Damiens, Laura Verlinden DIRECTED BY / Jaco Van DormaelSCRIPTED BY / Thomas Gunzig, Jaco Van DormaelCO-PRODUCTION (FLANDERS) / Caviar LANGUAGE / FrenchRUNNING TIME / 105’YEAR OF PRODUCTION / 2015CONTACT (FLANDERS) / Ivy Van Haecke / [email protected]’L SALES / Le Pacte / [email protected] / Fall 2015
BEHIND THE CLOUDS ORIGINAL TITLE / ACHTER DE WOLKEN
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/ dramaCAST / Chris Lomme, Jo De MeyereDIRECTED BY / Cecilia VerheydenSCRIPTED BY / Michaël De CockPRODUCTION (FLANDERS) / EyeworksLANGUAGE / DutchRUNNING TIME / tbaYEAR OF PRODUCTION / 2015CONTACT / Peter Bouckaert / [email protected] / Winter 2015/16IN
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CAFARDORIGINAL TITLE / CAFARD
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.
GENRE / animation, dramaVOICE CAST / Wim Willaert, Dinara Drukarova, Sebastien Dewaele, Maarten KetelsDIRECTED BY / Jan BultheelSCRIPTED BY / Jan BultheelPRODUCTION (FLANDERS) / Tondo FilmsLANGUAGE / Dutch, French, English, Russian, Chinese, Mongolian RUNNING TIME / 84’YEAR OF PRODUCTION / 2015CONTACT / Arielle Sleutel / [email protected] / Fall 2015
COWBOYS ORIGINAL TITLE / LES COWBOYS
PITCH / A father sets out to find his missing daughter with the help of his son.
GENRE / dramaCAST / François Damiens, Finnegan Oldfield, Agathe Dronne, Ellora TorchiaDIRECTED BY / Thomas BidegainSCRIPTED BY / Noé Debre and Thomas BidegainCO-PRODUCTION (FLANDERS) / LunanimeLANGUAGE / FrenchRUNNING TIME / 114’YEAR OF PRODUCTION / 2015CONTACT (FLANDERS) / Annemie Degryse / [email protected]’L SALES / Pathé International / [email protected] / Fall 2015
EISENSTEIN IN GUANAJUATO ORIGINAL TITLE / EISENSTEIN IN GUANAJUATO
PITCH / 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.
GENRE / dramaCAST / Elmer Bäck, Luis Alberti, Lisa OwenDIRECTED BY / Peter GreenawaySCRIPTED BY / Peter GreenawayCO-PRODUCTION (FLANDERS) / PotemkinoLANGUAGE / EnglishRUNNING TIME / 105’YEAR OF PRODUCTION / 2015CONTACT (FLANDERS) / Peter De Maegd / [email protected]’L SALES / Films Boutique / [email protected]
BROTHERORIGINAL TITLE / BROER
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 / dramaCAST / Koen De Bouw, Titus De Voogdt, Koen De Graeve, Udo Kier, Alison Doody, Elva TrillDIRECTED BY / Geoffrey EnthovenSCRIPTED BY / Pierre De ClercqPRODUCTION (FLANDERS) / Fobic FilmsLANGUAGE / Dutch, EnglishRUNNING TIME / 115’ YEAR OF PRODUCTION / 2015CONTACT / Mariano Vanhoof / [email protected] / Spring 2016
CAFÉ DERBYORIGINAL TITLE / CAFÉ DERBY
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 world-weary wife and five children have seen it all before…
GENRE / coming-of-ageCAST / Chloë Daxhelet, Wim Opbrouck, Monic HendrickxDIRECTED BY / Lenny Van WesemaelSCRIPTED BY / Lenny Van Wesemael, Geert VerbanckPRODUCTION (FLANDERS) / MenuetLANGUAGE / DutchRUNNING TIME / 90’YEAR OF PRODUCTION / 2015 CONTACT / Dirk Impens / [email protected] / Fall 2015
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GALLOPING MIND ORIGINAL TITLE / GALLOPING MIND
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 / dramaCAST / Jerry Killick, Imola Kezdi, Orsi Toth, Natali BroodsDIRECTED BY / Wim VandekeybusSCRIPTED BY / Wim VandekeybusPRODUCTION (FLANDERS) / Savage FilmLANGUAGE / English, HungarianRUNNING TIME / 100’ (tbc)YEAR OF PRODUCTION / 2015CONTACT / Bart Van Langendonck / [email protected] / Winter 2015/16
I’M DEAD BUT I HAVE FRIENDSORIGINAL TITLE / JE SUIS MORT…MAIS J’AI DES AMIS
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.
GENRE / road movie, comedyCAST / Bouli Lanners, Wim Willaert, Lyes Salem, Serge Riaboukine, Eddy Leduc DIRECTED BY / Guillaume and Stéphane MalandrinSCRIPTED BY / Guillaume and Stéphane MalandrinCO-PRODUCTION (FLANDERS) / Minds MeetLANGUAGE / FrenchRUNNING TIME / 90’YEAR OF PRODUCTION / 2015CONTACT (FLANDERS) / Tomas Leyers / [email protected]’L SALES / Be For Films / [email protected] / Summer 2015
IMAGEORIGINAL TITLE / IMAGE
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.
GENRE / dramaCAST / Laura Verlinden, Nabil Mallat, Gène Bervoets, Geert Van Rampelberg, Wouter Hendrickx, Sanäa AlaouiDIRECTED BY / Adil El Arbi, Bilall FallahSCRIPTED BY / Adil El Arbi, Bilall FallahPRODUCTION (FLANDERS) / A Team Productions / Eyeworks LANGUAGE / Dutch, French, ArabicRUNNING TIME / 90’YEAR OF PRODUCTION / 2014CONTACT / Hendrik Verthé / [email protected] / Peter Bouckaert / [email protected]’L SALES / Axxon Films / [email protected]
JOHNNY WALKERORIGINAL 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?
GENRE / dark comedyCAST / Hank Botwinik, Mieke Daneels, Eric Godon, Astrid Whettnall, Christelle Cornil, Udo KierDIRECTED BY / Kris De MeesterSCRIPTED BY/ Kris De Meester, Bruce GeduldigPRODUCTION (FLANDERS) / ZoffaLANGUAGE / English, French, DutchRUNNING TIME / 85’YEAR OF PRODUCTION / 2014CONTACT / Kris De Meester/ [email protected]’L SALES / Minds Meet / [email protected]
FALLOW ORIGINAL TITLE / BRAK
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 / dramaCAST / Tibo Vandenborre, Aurora MarionDIRECTED BY / Laurent Van LanckerSCRIPTED BY / Elvis Peeters, Laurent Van LanckerPRODUCTION (FLANDERS) / PolymorfilmsLANGUAGE / Dutch, English, FrenchRUNNING TIME / 75’ (tbc)YEAR OF PRODUCTION / 2015CONTACT / Ellen Meiresonne / [email protected] / Winter 2015/16
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THE LAND OF THE ENLIGHTENEDORIGINAL 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.
GENRE / documentaryDIRECTED BY / Pieter-Jan De PueSCRIPTED BY / Pieter-Jan De PuePRODUCTION (FLANDERS) / Savage FilmLANGUAGE / English, Farsi, Pashtu, Waghi, ...RUNNING TIME / tbaYEAR OF PRODUCTION / 2015CONTACT / Bart Van Langendonck / [email protected] / Winter 2015/16
MARINAORIGINAL TITLE / MARINA
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.
GENRE / romantic comedyCAST / Matteo Simoni, Evelien Bosmans, Luigi Lo CascioDIRECTED BY / Stijn ConinxSCRIPTED BY / Stijn Coninx, Rik D’hietPRODUCTION (FLANDERS) / EyeworksLANGUAGE / Dutch, ItalianRUNNING TIME / 110’YEAR OF PRODUCTION / 2013CONTACT / Peter Bouckaert / [email protected]’L SALES / Media Luna New Films / [email protected]
MOONWALKERSORIGINAL 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 / comedyCAST / Ron Perlman, Rupert Grint, Robert Sheehan DIRECTED BY / Antoine Bardou-JacquetSCRIPTED BY / Dean CraigCO-PRODUCTION (FLANDERS) / PotemkinoLANGUAGE / EnglishRUNNING TIME / 93’YEAR OF PRODUCTION / 2014 CONTACT (FLANDERS) / Peter De Maegd / [email protected]’L SALES / Kinology / [email protected] / Summer 2015
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.
GENRE / comedy, familyCAST / Martin van Waardenberg, Teun Stokkel, Steven van Watermeulen, Ruth Becquart, Marcel Musters, Katrien van BeurdenDIRECTED BY / Diederik EbbingeSCRIPTED BY / Karen van Holst PellekaanCO-PRODUCTION (FLANDERS) / MenuetLANGUAGE / DutchRUNNING TIME / 87’YEAR OF PRODUCTION/ 2015CONTACT (FLANDERS) / Dirk Impens / [email protected]’L SALES / Dutch Features Global Entertainment / [email protected]
LEE & CINDY C.ORIGINAL TITLE / LEE & CINDY C.
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.
GENRE / romantic comedyCAST / Bert Verbeke, Nathalie Meskens, Ann Van den BroeckDIRECTED BY / Stany CretsSCRIPTED BY / Stany CretsPRODUCTION (FLANDERS) / EyeworksLANGUAGE / DutchRUNNING TIME / tbaYEAR OF PRODUCTION / 2015CONTACT / Peter Bouckaert / [email protected] / Summer 2015
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KIDNAP - BO’S MOST EXITING HOLIDAY EVERORIGINAL TITLE / KIDNEP
PARADISE TRIPSORIGINAL TITLE / 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 life-changing trip that confronts him with his long lost son.
GENRE / tragi-comedyCAST / Gene Bervoets, Jeroen Perceval, Cedric Van Den AbbeeleDIRECTED BY / Raf ReyntjensSCRIPTED BY / Raf ReyntjensPRODUCTION (FLANDERS) / Caviar LANGUAGE / DutchRUNNING TIME / 90’YEAR OF PRODUCTION / 2015CONTACT / Ivy Van Haecke / [email protected] / Summer 2015
PHANTOM BOY ORIGINAL TITLE / PHANTOM BOY
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.
GENRE / animationVOICE CAST / Audrey Tautou, Jean-Pierre MarielleDIRECTED BY / Jean-Loup Felicioli, Alain GagnolSCRIPTED BY / Alain GagnolCO-PRODUCTION (FLANDERS) / LunanimeLANGUAGE / several versionsRUNNING TIME / 78’YEAR OF PRODUCTION / 2014/15CONTACT (FLANDERS) / Annemie Degryse / [email protected] / INT’L SALES / Doc & Film International /[email protected] / Fall 2015
PROBLEMSKI HOTELORIGINAL 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.
GENRE / dramaCAST / Tarek Halaby, Evgenia Brendes, Gökhan GirginolDIRECTED BY / Manu RicheSCRIPTED BY / Steve Hawes, Manu RichePRODUCTION (FLANDERS) / Cassette for TimescapesLANGUAGE / variousRUNNING TIME / 110’YEAR OF PRODUCTION / 2015CONTACT / Emmy Oost / [email protected] / Winter 2015/16
THE SUM OF HISTORIESORIGINAL TITLE / TERUG NAAR MORGEN
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.
GENRE / romance, science-fictionCAST / Koen De Graeve, Matteo Simoni, Robrecht Vanden ThorenDIRECTED BY / Lukas BossuytSCRIPTED BY / Lukas BossuytPRODUCTION (FLANDERS) / CaviarLANGUAGE / DutchRUNNING TIME / 90’YEAR OF PRODUCTION / 2015CONTACT / Ivy Van Haecke / [email protected] / Fall 2015
MY FIRST HIGHWAYORIGINAL TITLE / MY FIRST HIGHWAY
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…
GENRE / coming-of-age dramaCAST / Aäron Roggeman, Romy Louise Lauwers, Natali Broods, Mathias Sercu, Ruth Becquart, Charlie VanhoofDIRECTED BY / Kevin MeulSCRIPTED BY / Kevin MeulPRODUCTION (FLANDERS) / Fobic FilmsLANGUAGE / DutchRUNNING TIME / 90’YEAR OF PRODUCTION / 2015CONTACT / Mariano Vanhoof / [email protected] / 2016
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LA TIERRA ROJAORIGINAL TITLE / LA TIERRA ROJA
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.
GENRE / dramaCAST / Geert Van Rampelberg, Eugenia Ramírez MioriDIRECTED BY / Diego Martinez VignattiSCRIPTED BY / Diego Martinez Vignatti, Nicolas Saad, Mélanie DelloyeCO-PRODUCTION (FLANDERS) / A Private ViewLANGUAGE / SpanishRUNNING TIME / 100’YEAR OF PRODUCTION / 2015CONTACT (FLANDERS) / Dries Phlypo / [email protected] INT’L SALES / Latido Films / [email protected]
VANITASORIGINAL TITLE / VANITAS
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.
GENRE / dramaCAST / Manon Verbeeck, Laura Verlinden, Dirk Roofthooft, Benjamin Ramon, Pjeroo Roobjee, Erico SalamoneDIRECTED BY / Oscar SpierenburgSCRIPTED BY / Oscar SpierenburgPRODUCTION (FLANDERS) / Picoux ProductionsLANGUAGE / Dutch, FrenchRUNNING TIME / 98’YEAR OF PRODUCTION / 2014CONTACT / Willemijn de Krey / [email protected]’L SALES / Alibi Communications / [email protected]
VINCENT AND THE END OF THE WORLDORIGINAL TITLE / VINCENT EN HET EINDE VAN DE WERELD
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.
GENRE / dramatical comedyCAST / Spencer Bogaert, Alexandra Lamy, Barbara Sarafian, Geert van RampelbergDIRECTED BY / Christophe Van RompaeySCRIPTED BY / Jean-Claude Van Rijckeghem, Pat Van BeirsPRODUCTION (FLANDERS) / A Private ViewLANGUAGE / Dutch, FrenchRUNNING TIME / 100’YEAR OF PRODUCTION / 2015CONTACT / Dries Phlypo / [email protected] / Spring / Summer 2016
THE SURPRISEORIGINAL TITLE / DE 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.
GENRE / drama, comedyCAST / Jeroen van Koningsbrugge, Georgia Verbaan, Jan Decleir, Heny GoodmanDIRECTED BY / Mike Van DiemSCRIPTED BY / Mike Van DiemCO-PRODUCTION (FLANDERS) / Prime Time LANGUAGE / Dutch, English, HindiRUNNING TIME / 111’YEAR OF PRODUCTION / 2015CONTACT (FLANDERS) / Nino Lombardo / [email protected]’L SALES / Content Media Corp / [email protected]
TRIPLE TROUBLEORIGINAL TITLE / TRIPPEL TRAPPEL
PITCH / A team of three pets - a playful ferret, a sweet canary and a know-it-all 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 / animationDIRECTED BY / Albert ‘t Hooft, Paco VinkSCRIPTED BY / Michiel Snijders, Arnoud RijkenCO-PRODUCTION (FLANDERS) / Vivi FilmLANGUAGE / DutchRUNNING TIME / 67’YEAR OF PRODUCTION / 2014CONTACT (FLANDERS) / Veerle Appelmans / [email protected]’L SALES / Attraction Distribution / [email protected]
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WHAT MEN WANTORIGINAL TITLE / WAT MANNEN WILLEN
ZURICH ORIGINAL TITLE / ZURICH
PITCH / 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…
PITCH / 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.
GENRE / romantic comedyCAST / Jonas Van Geel, Evelien Bosmans, Ben Segers, Tom Audenaert, Adriaan Van den HoofDIRECTED BY / Filip PeetersSCRIPTED BY / Willem WallynPRODUCTION (FLANDERS) / Marmelade FilmsLANGUAGE / DutchRUNNING TIME / 98’YEAR OF PRODUCTION / 2015CONTACT/ Yoshi Aesaert / [email protected] / Fall 2015
GENRE / dramaCAST / Wende Snijders, Sascha Alexander Gersak, Barry AtsmaDIRECTED BY / Sacha PolakSCRIPTED BY / Helena Van der MeulenCO-PRODUCTION (FLANDERS) / A Private ViewLANGUAGE / Dutch, GermanRUNNING TIME / 89’YEAR OF PRODUCTION / 2015CONTACT (FLANDERS) / Dries Phlypo / [email protected]’L SALES / Beta Cinema / [email protected]
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SELECTED FILMS
THE BRAND NEW TESTAMENT(Directors’ Fortnight)17 May, 11.30, Théâtre Croisette17 May, 19.30, Théâtre Croisettemarket screenings: tbcINT’L SALES / Le Pacte
COWBOYS(Directors’ Fortnight)18 May, 12.15, Théâtre Croisette18 May, 20.45, Théâtre Croisette19 May, 17.00, Le Raimu19 May, 22.30, Arcades 123 May, 09.00, Théâtre CroisetteINT’L SALES / Pathé International
MARINA(Ecrans Juniors Competition)18 May, 14.00, Le Raimu19 May, 9.00, Studio 1320 May, 9.00, Alexandre IIIINT’L SALES / Media Luna New Films
SCREENING AT THE MARKET
ADMIRAL: MICHIEL DE RUYTER16 May, 9.45, Palais C INT’L SALES / Arclight Films
THE AMAZING WIPLALA15 May, 13.30, Palais D17 May, 14.00, Palais CINT’L SALES / Attraction Distribution
BELGIAN RHAPSODY15 May, 15.30, Olympia 7INT’L SALES / Be For Films
EISENSTEIN IN GUANAJUATO14 May, 12.00, Olympia 4 16 May, 09.30, Gray 2INT’L SALES / Films Boutique
I’M DEAD BUT I HAVE FRIENDS15 May, 10.00, Riviera 117 May, 12.00, Riviera 3INT’L SALES / Be For Films
IMAGE19 May, 16.00, Gray 5INT’L SALES / Axxon Films
JOHNNY WALKER15 May, 16.00, Gray 5INT’L SALES / Minds Meet
KIDNAP – BO’S MOST EXITING HOLIDAY EVER14 May, 13.30, Palais HINT’L SALES / Dutch Features Global Entertainment
MOONWALKERS14 May, 11.30, Star 4INT’L SALES / Kinology
PHANTOM BOY13 May, 17.30, Riviera 219 May, 10.00, Riviera 3INT’L SALES / Doc & Film International
ROSENN19 May, 20.30, Palais K20 May, 17.30, Palais FINT’L SALES / Artisan Films
THE SURPRISE13 May, 15.30, Olympia 9INT’L SALES / Content Media Corp
LA TIERRA ROJA15 May, 11.30, Riviera 2INT’L SALES / Latido Films
TRIPLE TROUBLE14 May, 16.00, Palais C17 May, 17.30, Palais DINT’L SALES / Attraction Distribution
ZURICH16 May, 14.00, Palais I18 May, 17.30, Palais FINT’L SALES / Beta Cinema
*This publication was closed on 30 April 2015.Please check daily screening schedule for last-minute programme changes.
