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EFM 2019 #featuresfromflanders
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?
PANORAMA
PITCH / Three
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 SALES / Alice Lesort / Les Films du Losange /
HELLHOLE
a.lesort@filmsdulosange.fr
ORIGINAL TITLE / HELLHOLE
PITCH / The
story of a self-help group of terminally ill patients led by a therapist without any experience.
GENRE / drama
DIRECTED BY / Willem Wallyn SCRIPTED BY / Willem Wallyn
2
CAST / Maaike Neuville, Barbara Sarafian, Joke Devynck,
POST-PRODUCTION
Tom Vermeir
LANGUAGE / Dutch
RUNNING TIME / 110’
PRODUCTION / Willem Wallyn / W2
STATUS / in post-production, ETA 2019
CONTACT / Willem Wallyn / willem.wallyn@mac.com
ALL OF US ORIGINAL TITLE / ALL OF US
PITCH / Two lost souls – a world-renowned but discredited sportsman and a young prostitute whose only hope is to escape her situation and survive – have a passionate romance during a holiday in Senegal.
GENRE / drama
DIRECTED BY / Koen Mortier
SCRIPTED BY / Koen Mortier, Dimitri Verhulst
CAST / Vincent Rottiers, Fatou N’Diaye, Paul Bartel,
Aïcha Cissé
LANGUAGE / French, Dutch, Wolof RUNNING TIME / 105’
PRODUCTION / Eurydice Gysel / Czar Film & TV YEAR / 2018
CONTACT / Eurydice Gysel / eurydice.gysel@czar.be
ANGEL
SALES / Oration Films / timothy@orationfilms.com
ORIGINAL TITLE / UN ANGE
PITCH / When
Daan and his mother invite the homeless Radja to stay in their house as a replacement for his dead brother, dysfunctional family relationships dissolve even further.
GENRE / psychological thriller
DIRECTED BY / Mathieu Mortelmans
1
SCRIPTED BY / Jan Pepermans, Stefanie Vanhecke
CAST / Spencer Bogaert, Bjarne Devolder, Tine Reymer,
Koen De Bouw
LANGUAGE / Dutch
RUNNING TIME / 105’
PRODUCTION / Yoshi Aesaert / Marmalade YEAR / 2018
BASTARD ORIGINAL TITLE / BASTAARD
CONTACT / Marmalade / lieve.hendriks@marmalade.tv SALES / Incredible Film / danielle@incrediblefilm.nl
How the last King of the Belgians becomes the first Emperor of Europe.
PITCH /
GENRE / comedy, drama
DIRECTED BY / Jessica Woodworth & Peter Brosens SCRIPTED BY / Jessica Woodworth & Peter Brosens CAST / Peter Van den Begin, Géraldine Chaplin,
POST-PRODUCTION
Udo Kier, Lucie Debay LANGUAGE / English, Dutch, French, German RUNNING TIME / 94’ PRODUCTION / Bo Films STATUS / in post-production, ETA April 2019 CONTACT / Peter Brosens / peter@bofilms.be SALES / BE For Films / pamela@beforfilms.com
THE BAREFOOT EMPEROR ORIGINAL TITLE / THE BAREFOOT EMPEROR PITCH / Dorien
has every reason to be happy. But when she discovers a yearlong affair concerning 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.
an 11-year-old vlogger, plots a scheme with her new friend Elias. She wants to bring their parents together, in order to save her future.
POST-PRODUCTION
PITCH / Binti,
GENRE / dramedy
DIRECTED BY / Anke Blondé
1
SCRIPTED BY / Anke Blondé, 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 YEAR / 2019 CONTACT / Dries Phlypo / dries@aprivateview.be SALES / BE For Films / pamela@beforfilms.com 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 STATUS / in post-production, ETA April 2019
CONTACT / Katleen Goossens / info@bulletproofcupid.be
BINTI
SALES / LevelK / tine.klint@levelk.dk
ORIGINAL TITLE / BINTI PITCH / A
dark fairy-tale set in the Japanese music business.
GENRE / drama
DIRECTED BY / Hendrik Willemyns SCRIPTED BY / Hendrik Willemyns
1
CAST / Natsuko Kobayashi, Maro Akaji, POST-PRODUCTION
Kazuhiko Kanayama
LANGUAGE / Japanese RUNNING TIME / 90’
PRODUCTION / Hans Everaert / Menuetto Film
STATUS / in post-production, ETA February 2019 CONTACT / Hans Everaert /
BIRDSONG
hans.everaert@menuettofilm.be
SALES / Ricardo Monastier / MPM Premium
ORIGINAL TITLE / BIRDSONG PITCH / Because
of the greed of the adults, everyone in the town of Tollembeek has lost their savings. Urbanus and the children rebel and take power.
GENRE / animation
DIRECTED BY / Joost Van den Bosch, Erik Verkerk SCRIPTED BY / Urbain Servranckx, Jimmy Simons CAST / Urbain Servranckx, Sven De Ridder,
Frances Lefebure, Sien Eggers, Ben Segers, Tom Van Dyck
PRODUCTION
LANGUAGE / Dutch
RUNNING TIME / 70’
CASH FOR TRASH ORIGINAL TITLE / URBANUS, DE VUILNISHELD
PRODUCTION / Peter Bouckaert / Eyeworks Film & TV Drama STATUS / in production, ETA February 2019 CONTACT / Peter Bouckaert / peter.bouckaert@eyeworks.tv
PITCH / After
a hit-and-run accident which killed her parents, 17-year-old Cleo seeks refuge with the older, mysterious Leos.
GENRE / drama
DIRECTED BY / Eva Cools SCRIPTED BY / Eva Cools
1
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 YEAR / 2019 CONTACT / Annemie Degryse / annemie@lunanime.be SALES / BE For Films / pamela@beforfilms.com
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, sport
DIRECTED BY / Kenneth Mercken
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’
PRODUCTION / Eurydice Gysel, Koen Mortier / Czar Film & TV YEAR / 2018 CONTACT / Eurydice Gysel / eurydice.gysel@czar.be SALES / Intramovies / marco.fusco@intramovies.com
COUREUR ORIGINAL TITLE / COUREUR PITCH / After
nine-year-old David Van de Steen lost his mother, his father and his sister in an attack by the so-called Brabant Killers in Aalst, his grandfather must help him carry on and fight to bring the killers to justice.
GENRE / drama, based on true events
PITCH / Patrick
GENRE / drama, comedy
DON’T SHOOT
DIRECTED BY / Stijn Coninx
SCRIPTED BY / Rik D’hiet, Stijn Coninx
CAST / Jan Decleir, Viviane De Muynck, Mo Bakker,
Kes Bakker, Jonas Van Geel, Inge Paulussen, Tom Van Dyck, Elke Van Mello LANGUAGE / Dutch RUNNING TIME / 139’ PRODUCTION / Peter Bouckaert / Eyeworks Film & TV Drama YEAR / 2018 CONTACT / Peter Bouckaert / peter.bouckaert@eyeworks.tv
ORIGINAL TITLE / NIET SCHIETEN
POST-PRODUCTION
is a handyman on his father’s naturist camping site. After his father dies, he realises that nothing in the real world can ever be simple.
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 February 2019
CONTACT / Bart Van Langendonck / bart@savagefilm.be
PATRICK
SALES / Beta Cinema / thorsten.ritter@betacinema.com
ORIGINAL TITLE / DE PATRICK
as a human magnet, Lucien secretly dreams of a life as an artist but his father doesn’t allow him to show off his magic talent. He runs away from home and meets a small travelling circus.
POST-PRODUCTION
PITCH / Born
GENRE / drama, comedy
DIRECTED BY / Gust Van den Berghe SCRIPTED BY / Gust Van den Berghe
CAST / Danny Ronaldo, Jan Bijvoet, Isolda Dychauk,
Mieke Dobbels, Bruno Vanden Broecke
LANGUAGE / Dutch, French, Luxembourgish RUNNING TIME / 100’
PRODUCTION / Tomas Leyers / Minds Meet
STATUS / in post-production, ETA April 2019
RAIN ANYWAY
ORIGINAL TITLE / WEES BLIJ DAT HET REGENT
CONTACT / Tomas Leyers / tomas@mindsmeet.be
SALES / Coproduction Office / office@coproductionoffice.eu
After a 10-year passionate relationship with Nathan, Marie discovers that his ex-girlfriend Carine has moved back to town.
POST-PRODUCTION
PITCH /
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 STATUS / in post-production, ETA 2019
CONTACT / Bea Catteeuw / bea@denzzo.be
SINNER
ORIGINAL TITLE / SINNER
his release from jail, Jonathan forms a close friendship with a 10-year-old girl and begins to struggle with his desires...
POST-PRODUCTION
PITCH / After
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 2019
CONTACT / Antonino Lombardo / nino@prime-time.be
TENCH
ORIGINAL TITLE / MUIDHOND PITCH / Wim,
an accountant who suffers from mild depression, gets his monthly visit from his half-brother Gert who has a surprise: Lise, a foulmouthed, chubby escort.
TRIO
ORIGINAL TITLE / TRIO
War II. A gang of rebels 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...
PRODUCTION
PITCH / World
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 GENRE / action, adventure, war
DIRECTED BY / Sven Huybrechts
1
SCRIPTED BY / Sven Huybrechts, Johan Horemans
CAST / Koen De Bouw, Thure Riefenstein, Ella-June Henrard,
Joren Seldeslachts, a.o.
LANGUAGE / Dutch, English, German RUNNING TIME / 110’
PRODUCTION / Hendrik Verthé, Kobe Van Steenberghe / a team productions STATUS / in production, ETA October 2019 CONTACT / Hendrik Verthé / hendrik@ateamproductions.be SALES / Atlas International Film / mvandewalle@atlasfilm.com
U-235
ORIGINAL TITLE / TORPEDO
is an orgy of blood, action and fun in which a young couple travel to a shabby Eastern European hospital for a cheap plastic surgery.
PITCH / Yummy
POST-PRODUCTION
GENRE / drama
GENRE / horror, comedy
DIRECTED BY / Lars Damoiseaux
1
SCRIPTED BY / Eveline Hagenbeek, Lars Damoiseaux
CAST / Maaike Neuville, Bart Hollanders, Benjamin Ramon,
Clara Cleymans
LANGUAGE / English, Dutch RUNNING TIME / 100’
YUMMY ORIGINAL TITLE / YUMMY
PRODUCTION / Hendrik Verthé, Kobe Van Steenberghe / a team productions STATUS / in post-production, ETA December 2019 CONTACT / Hendrik Verthé / hendrik@ateamproductions.be
upon real testimonies, this hybrid film tells the story of Tania, a teenage girl forced into prostitution in the gold mining regions of Peru.
GENERATION 14PLUS
co-productions
PITCH / Based
GENRE / documentary
DIRECTED BY / Mary Jiménez, Bénédicte Liénard SCRIPTED BY / Mary Jiménez, Bénédicte Liénard LANGUAGE / Spanish RUNNING TIME / 85’
PRODUCTION (FLANDERS) / Hanne Phlypo / Clin d’oeil films YEAR / 2019
CONTACT / Hanne Phlypo / hanne@clindoeilfilms.be SALES / Pluto Film / info@plutofilm.de
BY THE NAME OF TANIA ORIGINAL TITLE / BY THE NAME OF TANIA PITCH / While
in the final phase of her rehabilitation, Mette is visited by Miller and tries to get her to testify against Frank, Miller’s boyfriend, who apparently put Mette in a wheelchair...
GENRE / psychological drama DIRECTED BY / Esther Rots SCRIPTED BY / Esther Rots
CAST / Circé Lethem, Lien Wildemeersch,
Martijn van der Veen
LANGUAGE / Dutch
RUNNING TIME / 131’ FORUM
PRODUCTION (FLANDERS) / Ellen De Waele /
Serendipity Films
YEAR / 2018
CONTACT / Ellen De Waele / ellen@serendipityfilms.be
RETROSPEKT ORIGINAL TITLE / RETROSPEKT
God is a film about a young mother from London who must pick up the pieces after an acid attack leaves her with severe facial burns.
PITCH / Dirty
GENRE / drama
DIRECTED BY / Sacha Polak SCRIPTED BY / Sacha Polak
CAST / Vicky Knight, Katherine Kelly, Eliza Brady-Girard,
Rebecca Stone, Bluey Robinson, Dana Marineci
LANGUAGE / English
RUNNING TIME / 105’
PRODUCTION (FLANDERS) / Jean-Claude van
Rijckeghem, Dries Phlypo / A Private View
YEAR / 2019
CONTACT / Dries Phlypo / dries@aprivateview.be
DIRTY GOD
SALES / Independent Film Sales / mail@independentfilmcompany.com
ORIGINAL TITLE / DIRTY GOD PITCH / Young
storyteller Mia gets a job dubbing a role in a Japanese anime series, starring superheroine Kimiko. Mia’s newfound superpowers sharpen her awareness of an impending danger: that Hamburg is under threat of a super blackout and only she can avert the catastrophe...
ELECTRIC GIRL ORIGINAL TITLE / ELECTRIC GIRL PITCH / Twelve-year-old
kickboxing talent Bo discovers new things in herself and in life after her parents’ divorce.
FIGHT GIRL ORIGINAL TITLE / VECHTMEISJE
GENRE / drama
DIRECTED BY / Ziska Riemann
SCRIPTED BY / Dagmar Gabler, Angela Christlieb, Ziska Riemann, Luci van Org CAST / Victoria Schulz, Hans-Jochen Wagner, Svenja Jung, Björn von der Wellen, Oona von Maydell, Irene Kugler, Victor Hildebrand LANGUAGE / German PRODUCTION (FLANDERS) / Dries Phlypo, Jean-Claude van Rijckeghem / A Private View YEAR / 2018 CONTACT / Dries Phlypo / dries@aprivateview.be
GENRE / youth drama DIRECTED BY / Johan Timmers SCRIPTED BY / Barbara Jurgens CAST / Aiko Beemsterboer, Noa Farinum, Imanuelle Grives,
Bas Keizer, Hilde De Baerdemaeker, Ali Ben Horsting, Dioni Jurado-Gomez LANGUAGE / Dutch RUNNING TIME / 84’ PRODUCTION (FLANDERS) / Jean-Claude van Rijckeghem, Dries Phlypo / A Private View YEAR / 2018 CONTACT / Dries Phlypo / dries@aprivateview.be SALES / Attraction Distribution / info@attraction.ca
PITCH / Twenty
years after a nuclear war ravaged the Earth, what’s left of humanity lives in a crumbling base on the Dark Side of the Moon… but they can’t survive there much longer.
GENRE / science fiction, comedy DIRECTED BY / Timo Vuorensola SCRIPTED BY / Dalan Musson
CAST / Udo Kier, Lara Rossi, Vladimir Burkalov, Tom Green,
Julia Dietze, Kit Dale
LANGUAGE / English
PRODUCTION (FLANDERS) / Peter De Maegd,
Tom Hameeuw / Potemkino
YEAR / 2019
CONTACT / Lize Lefaible / lize@potemkino.com
IRON SKY THE COMING RACE ORIGINAL TITLE / IRON SKY THE COMING RACE PITCH / A
struggling mother takes her teenage son on a journey by horse across Kyrgyzstan, where they face the magnificent hostile natural environment, its dangers, its rewards, its people… and above all each other.
GENRE / drama
DIRECTED BY / Joachim Lafosse
SCRIPTED BY / Joachim Lafosse, Thomas Van Zuylen CAST / Virginie Efira, Kacey Mottet Klein LANGUAGE / French
RUNNING TIME / 81’
PRODUCTION (FLANDERS) / Antonino Lombardo /
Prime Time
YEAR / 2018
CONTACT / Antonino Lombardo / nino@prime-time.be SALES / Le Pacte / le-pacte.com
KEEP GOING ORIGINAL TITLE / CONTINUER PITCH / When
a sudden tragedy uproots the lives of two women and their families, they begin to question the relationships they once held so dear.
MOTHER’S INSTINCT ORIGINAL TITLE / DUELLES PITCH / Two
Mossad agents on an existential voyage across Europe. Success means everything. Failure means death.
SPIDER IN THE WEB ORIGINAL TITLE / SPIDER IN THE WEB
world première
market screening
GENRE / psychological thriller DIRECTED BY / Olivier Masset-Depasse SCRIPTED BY / Olivier Masset-Depasse, Giordano
Gederlini, François Verjans CAST / Veerle Baetens, Anne Coesens, Mehdi Nebrou, Arieh Worhalter, Jules Lefebvre, Luan Adam LANGUAGE / French RUNNING TIME / 97’ PRODUCTION (FLANDERS) / Bart Van Langendonck / Savage Film YEAR / 2018 CONTACT / Bart Van Langendonck / bart@savagefilm.be SALES / Indie Sales / info@indiesales.eu GENRE / thriller DIRECTED BY / Eran Riklis SCRIPTED BY / Gidon Maron, Emmanuel Naccache CAST / Ben Kingsley, Monica Bellucci, Itay Tiran, Itzik Cohen,
Filip Peeters, Hilde Van Mieghem, Makram J. Khoury, Mathijs F. Scheepers, Marcel Hensema, Wouter Van Lierde, Luk Wyns LANGUAGE / English RUNNING TIME / 107’ PRODUCTION (FLANDERS) / Jacqueline de Goeij / Ciné Cri de Coeur YEAR / 2019 CONTACT / Ciné Cri de Coeur / info@cridecoeur.be SALES / Film Constellation / info@filmconstellation.com
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