Allez, Eddy!

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ABOUT THE DIRECTOR Gert Embrechts enrolled at Sint-Lukas film school in 1987. After graduating, he worked as first assistant for directors such as Ben Sombogaart, Frank Van Passel and Peter Greenaway. Gert shot a number of award-winning short films (13, Vincent), documentaries and episodes of TV series (Kinderen van Dewindt).

He also wrote the screenplay of Stricken, the box office hit based on the novel by Dutch author Kluun.

Allez, Eddy! is Gert’s debut as a feature film director.

ABOUT THE PRODUCER

Jacqueline de Goeij worked as an independent producer in The Netherlands for more than 10 years, producing quality drama for TV and cinema. In 2002, she produced Zus & zo which was nominated for an Oscar ® for Best Foreign Language Film.

In 2009 Jacqueline founded her own Belgian independent production office Ciné Cri de Cœur, focusing on feature films and documentaries. She co-produced Alfie, the Little Werewolf in 2011 and is currently working on Chez nous, a co-production set for a 2013 release. Allez, Eddy! by Gert Embrechts is the first Flemish feature film produced by Ciné Cri de Cœur.

CREDITS Original title: Allez, Eddy!

Director: Gert Embrechts Original screenplay: Gert Embrechts Cast: Jelte Blommaert, Peter Van den Begin, Barbara Sarafian, Mathias Vergels Photography: Bert Pot Editing: Els Voorspoels Sound: Dirk Bombey Sound design: Alek Goosse Music: Gast Waltzing Art director: Wilbert Van Dorp Costumes: Kristin Van Passel Make-up: Mariel Hoevenaars, Cindi Van Looveren PRODUCTION Production company: Ciné Cri de Cœur Flemish producer: Jacqueline de Goeij Co-producers: Burny Bos, Ruud Van Der Heyde (BosBros), Jimmy De Brabant, Bob Bellion (Delux Productions), Martin Dewitte (Anchorage Entertainment), één Supported by / in co-operation with: Flanders Audiovisual Fund (VAF), Film Fund Luxembourg, NFF, Eurimages, MEDIA Programme of the European Union, the Belgian Tax Shelter

FORMAT Original version: Dutch Running time: 97’ Format: DCP - 2.35 (scope) Dolby 5.1 - Colour Year of production: 2012 INFO Ciné Cri de Cœur Jacqueline de Goeij Turnhoutsebaan 172 B-2100 Deurne Belgium/EU T +32 3 633 14 10 jacqueline@cridecoeur.be www.cridecoeur.be SALES Global Screen Olaf Aichinger Sonnenstraße 21 D-80331 München Germany/EU T +49 89 2441295 500 F +49 89 2441295 520 info@globalscreen.de www.globalscreen.de www.allezeddy.be

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