shorts
CLERMONT-FERRAND / BERLIN 2019
animated anthology film set in colonial Africa in the late 19th-century telling the stories of five different people.
CLERMONT-FD: NATIONAL COMPETITION
PITCH / An
THIS MAGNIFICENT CAKE!
CLERMONT-FD: LABO COMPETITION
ORIGINAL TITLE / CE MAGNIFIQUE GÂTEAU!
PITCH / A hybrid documentary about Bojaya, a river town in Colombia where the villagers have strange beliefs and celebrate the Novenario death ritual.
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GENRE / stop-motion, animated drama
DIRECTED BY / Emma De Swaef & Marc James Roels SCRIPTED BY / Emma De Swaef & Marc James Roels
VOICE CAST / Jan Decleir, Wim Willaert, Goua Grovogui, Gaston Motambe, Angelo Tijssens, Sébastien Dewaele LANGUAGE / Dutch, French, Aka, Malinka RUNNING TIME / 44’ PRODUCTION / Steven De Beul, Ben Tesseur, Koen Vermaanen / Beast Productions YEAR / 2018 CONTACT / Ben Tesseur / ben@beastanimation.com SALES / New Europe Film Sales / office@ neweuropefilmsales.com GENRE / hybrid documentary
DIRECTED BY / Juanita Onzaga SCRIPTED BY / Juanita Onzaga
CAST / Eliseo Pino Chaverra, Camilo Chaverra Cordoba,
Roberto Erlin Machado Cordoba
LANGUAGE / Spanish RUNNING TIME / 14’
PRODUCTION / Rana Films, De Chinezen YEAR / 2018
CONTACT / Juanita Onzaga / juanitaonzaga@gmail.com
OUR SONG TO WAR
SALES / Some Shorts / info@someshorts.com
ORIGINAL TITLE / NUESTRA CANCIÓN A LA GUERRA
group of young non-actors from Athens yearn to forget their idle futures while playing in luxurious Airbnb’s. Nevertheless, their fate catches up with them.
FLANDERS WILDCARDS 2018
PITCH / A
GENRE / tragic comedy
DIRECTED BY / Louisiana Mees SCRIPTED BY / Louisiana Mees
CAST / Jacques Simha, Viky Maidanoglou,
Christos Kavallaris, Yannis Sanidas, Maro Prasino
LANGUAGE / Greek
RUNNING TIME / 21’
PRODUCTION / KASK School of Arts YEAR / 2018
CONTACT / Louisiana Mees / louisianamees@gmail.com
WAITHOOD ORIGINAL TITLE / WAITHOOD
mixed group of youngsters in a big city. Stuck in a daily routine of hanging out, they talk more about their future than actually working for it. They struggle with their identity as they search for a place in modern society.
FLANDERS WILDCARDS 2018
PITCH / A
GENRE / coming-of-age, drama, comedy DIRECTED BY / Julian Wolf SCRIPTED BY / Julian Wolf
CAST / Arber Aliaj, Tine Roggeman, Samy Filali,
Ashley Ntangu
LANGUAGE / Arabic, Dutch, French RUNNING TIME / 19’
PRODUCTION / LUCA School of Arts YEAR / 2018
MELI MELO ORIGINAL TITLE / MELI MELO
CONTACT / Julian Wolf / ssxwolf@hotmail.com
FLANDERS WILDCARDS 2018
PITCH / Fifty
years ago a family left their home in Paramaribo, Surinam, to move to the Netherlands. Today the house is a subtle reminder of the bond that the family still has with their country of birth. A poetic documentary about identity, migration and transitory memories.
GENRE / creative documentary
In a Brussels flea market, the filmmaker discovers a suitcase full of 16mm footage from a mysterious Dr. Veroft who filmed all kind of insects for nearly 40 years, taking notes and dissecting them. Why such a morbid fascination for those little creatures?
GENRE / documentary
PITCH / We
GENRE / animation
DIRECTED BY / Zaïde Bil SCRIPTED BY / Zaïde Bil
LANGUAGE / Dutch, Sranan Tongo RUNNING TIME / 41’
PRODUCTION / RITCS School of Arts YEAR / 2018
CONTACT / Zaïde Bil, Dokma Film / info@dokma.be
I REMEMBER ORIGINAL TITLE / MEMRE YU
FLANDERS WILDCARDS 2018
PITCH /
DIRECTED BY / Antoine Fontaine SCRIPTED BY / Antoine Fontaine RUNNING TIME / 24’
PRODUCTION / LUCA School of Arts YEAR / 2018
CONTACT / Antoine Fontaine / antoine_fontaine@hotmail.fr
INSECTOPEDIA ORIGINAL TITLE / INSECTOPEDIA
FLANDERS WILDCARDS 2018
all have a different rhythm. Back and Forth is a dance about individual rhythms that mingle now, and then seem to clash or just stay separate.
DIRECTED BY / Lisa Foster SCRIPTED BY / Lisa Foster RUNNING TIME / 4’
PRODUCTION / KASK School of Arts YEAR / 2018
CONTACT / Lisa Foster / lisafoster1@hotmail.com
BACK AND FORTH ORIGINAL TITLE / HEEN EN WEER
animated film about Francis who, together with his mother, runs a family molecatching business. When his mother dies, everything changes.
FLANDERS WILDCARDS 2018
PITCH / An
DEAR SON
GENRE / animation
DIRECTED BY / Aagje Van Damme SCRIPTED BY / Aagje Van Damme
VOICE CAST / Andy Fontyn, Mathias Van Mieghem, Annemie Van Roey LANGUAGE / English RUNNING TIME / 6’ PRODUCTION / RITCS School of Arts YEAR / 2018 CONTACT / Aagje Van Damme / vandamme.aagje@gmail.com
ORIGINAL TITLE / DEAR SON
ship drifts in the middle of an endless sea. Aboard we find a crew of five: three Dutchmen and two Filipino sailors. They all cope with boredom some by trying to overpower it; others by escaping into a parallel universe, guided by dreams...
FLANDERS WILDCARDS 2018
PITCH / A
GENRE / docu-fiction
DIRECTED BY / Meltse Van Coillie SCRIPTED BY / Meltse Van Coillie LANGUAGE / Tagalog, Dutch RUNNING TIME / 28’
PRODUCTION / KASK School of Arts YEAR / 2018
CONTACT / Meltse Van Coillie /
meltse.vancoillie@hotmail.com
ELEPHANTFISH ORIGINAL TITLE / ELEPHANTFISH
surreal and humorous reflection on 21st-century youth, #21XOXO is about a girl and her online search for love in times of social media, speed dating, cyberlove, hipster culture and post-net attitudes.
POST-PRODUCTION
PITCH / A
GENRE / animation, post-net romantic satire DIRECTED BY / Sine Özbilge SCRIPTED BY / Sine Özbilge
CAST / Indra De Bruyn, Darya Gantura, Steven Boen LANGUAGE / English RUNNING TIME / 9’
PRODUCTION / Annemie Degryse / Lunanime STATUS / in post-production, ETA 2019 CONTACT / annemie@lumiere.be
#21XOXO ORIGINAL TITLE / #21XOXO PITCH / A
group of 13-year-old girls enjoy their summer days on an abandoned piece of land. But then a mysterious man turns up.
GENRE / coming-of-age
PITCH / A
GENRE / drama, thriller, sci-fi
BAMBOE ORIGINAL TITLE / BAMBOE
new-born baby can heal others through mutual contact with water, but at a great cost to its lifespan.
DIRECTED BY / Flo Van Deuren 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 CONTACT / Flo Van Deuren / vandeurenflo@gmail.com
DIRECTED BY / Raphaël Crombez SCRIPTED BY / Raphaël Crombez
CAST / Firat Celik, Florence Janas, Nicolas Grosrichard,
Albane Francis, Pierre Nisse, Maria Garcia Martinez
LANGUAGE / French
RUNNING TIME / 24’
PRODUCTION / Matthias Schellens / Colonel YEAR / 2018
CONTACT / Matthias Schellens / matthias@colonel.be
BLIGHT ORIGINAL TITLE / BLIGHT PITCH / An
animated film about how the onslaught of puberty threatens the friendship between two young girls.
GENRE / animation, drama, coming -of-age DIRECTED BY / Nienke Deutz SCRIPTED BY / Nienke Deutz LANGUAGE / Dutch RUNNING TIME / 9’
PRODUCTION / Annemie Degryse / Lunanime YEAR / 2018
CONTACT / Annemie Degryse / info@lunanime.be
BLOOMSTREET 11 ORIGINAL TITLE / BLOEISTRAAT 11 PITCH / A
documentary about the training of police dogs, and the intimate connection between animals and humans.
GENRE / documentary
DIRECTED BY / Nina de Vroome SCRIPTED BY / Nina de Vroome LANGUAGE / no dialogue RUNNING TIME / 24’
PRODUCTION / Lotte Van Craeynest / Blauwhuis YEAR / 2018
CONTACT / Lotte Van Craeynest / lotte@blauwhuis.be
A DOG’S LUCK ORIGINAL TITLE / HET GELUK VAN HONDEN
PITCH / An
animated film about a young artist who suddenly finds himself engulfed by a grand parade.
GENRE / animation
DIRECTED BY / Robbe Vervaeke
SCRIPTED BY / Robbe Vervaeke, Barend Weyens RUNNING TIME / 7’
PRODUCTION / Barend Weyens, Sarah D’hanens / Cinnnamon Entertainment YEAR / 2018 CONTACT / Sarah D’hanens / sarah@cinnamon-entertainment.be
FIGHTING PABLO
ORIGINAL TITLE / FIGHTING PABLO PITCH / In
an undefined setting, workers are carrying out a never-ending series of monotonous tasks, except for one person, the one in control of the cycle. What happens when the chain of work derails?
GENRE / experimental
DIRECTED BY / Thomas R Peeters SCRIPTED BY / Thomas R Peeters
CAST / Breyten Feys, Dieudonné Zouko, Paul Schrijvers,
Jo Massin
LANGUAGE / no dialogue RUNNING TIME / 13’
PRODUCTION / Bert Lesaffer / Animal Tank YEAR / 2018
CONTACT / Bert Lesaffer / bert@animaltank.be
FREQUENCIES
ORIGINAL TITLE / FREQUENCIES PITCH / A
chance conversation on a train between former surgeon Els and Palestinian refugee Sulayman changes both their lives.
GENRE / drama
DIRECTED BY / Ish Ait Hamou SCRIPTED BY / Ish Ait Hamou
CAST / Veerle Dobbelaere, Nasrdin Dchar LANGUAGE / Dutch
RUNNING TIME / 19’
PRODUCTION / Lize Lefaible / Potemkino YEAR / 2018
CONTACT / Lize Lefaible / lize@potemkino.com
SALES / Finders Keepers / ilse.s@finderskeepers.be
KLEM ORIGINAL TITLE / KLEM PITCH / When
Richard meets the mysterious Max, it looks as though his sexual fantasy of being eaten alive could come true.
GENRE / psychological horror
DIRECTED BY / Jasper Vrancken SCRIPTED BY / Jasper Vrancken
CAST / Matthieu Sys, Pascal Maetens LANGUAGE / Dutch
RUNNING TIME / 17’
PRODUCTION / Steve De Roover, Kevin Hoed / Skladanowsky YEAR / 2018
CONTACT / Kevin Hoed / kevin@skladanowsky.be
MAW
ORIGINAL TITLE / MUIL PITCH / Melanie
is obsessed with the life of her possible donor father. Is she looking for a future or a past with him?
GENRE / drama
DIRECTED BY / Jacinta Agten SCRIPTED BY / Jacinta Agten
CAST / Femke Debeule, Bruno Vanden Broecke LANGUAGE / Dutch
RUNNING TIME / 14’
PRODUCTION / Jan & Raf Roosens / Rococo Content YEAR / 2019
CONTACT / Raf Roosens / raf@rococo.be
MELANIE
ORIGINAL TITLE / MELANIE
PITCH / Springtime
in northern Albania brings the herding of goats from the lowlands up to the high mountainsides. Prek Gjoni is moving his livestock with the help of Jovalin.
GENRE / documentary
DIRECTED BY / Grégoire Verbeke SCRIPTED BY / Grégoire Verbeke LANGUAGE / Albanian RUNNING TIME / 15’
PRODUCTION / Grégoire Verbeke YEAR / 2018
CONTACT / Grégoire Verbeke / verbekegregoire@gmail.com SALES / Some Shorts / info@someshorts.com
MOUNTAIN ORIGINAL TITLE / BJESHKË PITCH / When
The Creator realises he forgot to add sound to the world he tries to remedy this by using his weird collection of animated cartoons.
THE ORIGIN OF SOUND ORIGINAL TITLE / THE ORIGIN OF SOUND PITCH / The
last conversation between two best friends during a piano concerto of Beethoven’s ‘Pathétique’.
GENRE / animation, burlesque
DIRECTED BY / Toon Loenders, Paul Driessen,
in collaboration with Kris Van Alphen
SCRIPTED BY / Paul Driessen
VOICE CAST / Herwig Ilegems, Danie Jordens, Adelheid vander Meulen LANGUAGE / English RUNNING TIME / 13’ PRODUCTION / Geert Van Goethem, Linda Sterckx / S.O.I.L. YEAR / 2018 CONTACT / Geert Van Goethem, Linda Sterckx / info@soilart.be GENRE / drama
DIRECTED BY / Yahya Terryn SCRIPTED BY / Yahya Terryn
CAST / Tom Vermeir, Koen De Graeve LANGUAGE / Dutch
RUNNING TIME / 26’
PRODUCTION / Willem Wallyn / W2 YEAR / 2018
CONTACT / W2 / willem.wallyn@mac.com
PATHETIQUE ORIGINAL TITLE / PATHETIEK PITCH / A
summer vacation in Provence proves a turning point for 11-year-old Camille and her older brother Tuur.
GENRE / coming-of-age, drama DIRECTED BY / Kato De Boeck SCRIPTED BY / Kato De Boeck
CAST / Laime De Paep, Pelle Adriaenssens,
Otis Domen, Jente Van Den Brenk, Talitha de Boer
LANGUAGE / Dutch
RUNNING TIME / 22’
PRODUCTION / RITCS School of Arts YEAR / 2018
PROVENCE
CONTACT / Kato De Boeck / katodeboeck@hotmail.com
ORIGINAL TITLE / PROVENCE
evokes the transitional space-time of a young man who finds himself on the threshold of an initiation.
PITCH / Spermaceti
GENRE / animation, coming-of-age DIRECTED BY / Jacky De Groen SCRIPTED BY / Jacky De Groen RUNNING TIME / 11’
PRODUCTION / Sarah D’hanens / Cinnamon Entertainment YEAR / 2018 CONTACT / Sarah D’hanens / sarah@cinnamon-entertainment.be
SPERMACETI ORIGINAL TITLE / SPERMACETI
PITCH / A
film essay based on the director’s correspondence with Thomas, a jailed child abuser.
GENRE / experimental, film essay
DIRECTED BY / Eva van Tongeren SCRIPTED BY / Eva van Tongeren LANGUAGE / Dutch
RUNNING TIME / 18’
PRODUCTION / Brecht Van Elslande / Animal Tank & Koen Bleuzé / De Imagerie YEAR / 2018 CONTACT / Brecht Van Elslande / brecht@animaltank.be
STILL FROM AFAR
ORIGINAL TITLE / VAN VER STAAT HET STIL PITCH / An
elderly cowboy and an eightyear-old girl embark on a peculiar journey where all is not what it seems...
GENRE / drama, with surreal western elements DIRECTED BY / Alexander Decommere SCRIPTED BY / Alexander Decommere CAST / Patrick Pevenage, Lisa Lelieur,
Robrecht Vanden Thoren, Anne-Laure Vandeputte, Titus De Voogdt, Peter Van den Eede, Tom Ternest, Wolvin Hoorelbeke LANGUAGE / Dutch RUNNING TIME / 16’ PRODUCTION / Veerle Appelmans / Vivi Film YEAR / 2018 CONTACT / Veerle Appelmans / veerle@vivifilm.be
THIS NO LAND
ORIGINAL TITLE / THIS NO LAND
explores Belgian postwar history, with sound and images relating to awakening, emancipation and decay.
PITCH / Trinitite
GENRE / film essay, experimental
DIRECTED BY / Fanny Zaman, Dominik Daggelinckx SCRIPTED BY / Fanny Zaman LANGUAGE / French
RUNNING TIME / 20’
PRODUCTION / Fanny Zaman / trope-editions YEAR / 2018
CONTACT / trope-editions / tropeeditions@gmail.com
TRINITITE
ORIGINAL TITLE / TRINITITE PITCH / Interweaving
three stages of their girlhood, Us Three captures the childlike swiftness that is sustained in Anna, Nele and Sarah’s lives, from children to young independent women.
GENRE / dance film
DIRECTED BY / Jonas Baeckeland
SCRIPTED BY / Jonas Baeckeland, Anne-Lore Baeckeland CAST / Anna-Ganesha Gering, Nele Theuwissen,
Sarah Huppermans
LANGUAGE / no dialogue RUNNING TIME / 29’
PRODUCTION / Sieber Marly, Lotte Van Craeynest / Blauwhuis YEAR / 2018
CONTACT / Lotte Van Craeynest / lotte@blauwhuis.be
US THREE
ORIGINAL TITLE / NOUS TROIS PITCH / A
story about losing your love and creating routines to cope with your loss.
GENRE / animation, drama
DIRECTED BY / Glenn D’Hondt, Birger Platteeuw SCRIPTED BY / Glenn D’Hondt, Birger Platteeuw LANGUAGE / no dialogue RUNNING TIME / 9’
PRODUCTION / Sylvia Meert, Glenn D’Hondt, Birger Platteeuw / Eugene and Louise Studio YEAR / 2018 CONTACT / Sylvia Meert / sylvia@eugene-and-louise.com
VELO
ORIGINAL TITLE / VELO
PITCH / An
old man of Maori descent crosses the space between dream and reality in the footsteps of his grandfather, who died in Belgium during the First World War.
GENRE / poetic animation film
DIRECTED BY / Laurent Leprince
SCRIPTED BY / Laurent Leprince, Philippe Carreau LANGUAGE / English, Maori RUNNING TIME / 15’
PRODUCTION / Geert Van Goethem, Linda Sterckx / S.O.I.L. YEAR / 2019
CONTACT / Geert Van Goethem, Linda Sterckx /
info@soilart.be
WAKA HUIA ORIGINAL TITLE / WAKA HUIA PITCH / She’s
looking for something to hold on to. In a savage landscape where nature has free rein. A place as yet untouched by man. A wilderness.
GENRE / fiction
DIRECTED BY / Benjamin Sprengers SCRIPTED BY / Benjamin Sprengers
CAST / Inge Paulussen, Bruno Vanden Broecke LANGUAGE / Dutch
RUNNING TIME / 18’
PRODUCTION / Marc Goyens / Quetzalcoatl YEAR / 2018
CONTACT / Marc Goyens / marc@quetzalcoatl.be
WILDERNESS ORIGINAL TITLE / WILDERNIS
A day in the life of a young man in a random city, where his days are split between domestic rituals and his connection with other people.
PITCH /
GENRE / drama
DIRECTED BY / Louay Dabous SCRIPTED BY / Louay Dabous CAST / Bilan Gumus
LANGUAGE / no dialogue RUNNING TIME / 18’
PRODUCTION / Cinemaximiliaan YEAR / 2018
CONTACT / cinemaximiliaan@gmail.com
AFTER LIFE ORIGINAL TITLE / AFTER LIFE PITCH / A
film exploring the dysfunctional relationship between a mother and daughter.
GENRE / drama
DIRECTED BY / Rand Abou Fakher SCRIPTED BY / Rand Abou Fakher
CAST / Anna Franziska Jaeger, Dahlia Pessemiers LANGUAGE / Dutch
RUNNING TIME / 24’
PRODUCTION / Cinemaximiliaan YEAR / 2018
CONTACT / cinemaximiliaan@gmail.com
BRAIDED LOVE ORIGINAL TITLE / GEVLOCHTEN LIEFDE PITCH / A
film that highlights the difficulties of communication between two people from different cultures and with different life experiences.
GENRE / drama
DIRECTED BY / Angela Al Souliman SCRIPTED BY / Angela Al Souliman
CAST / Angela Al Souliman, Joachim Michaux
LANGUAGE / Angela Al Souliman, Joachim Michaux RUNNING TIME / 9’
PRODUCTION / Cinemaximiliaan YEAR / 2018
CONTACT / cinemaximiliaan@gmail.com
CHEERS! ORIGINAL TITLE / CHEERS!
PITCH / A
love letter from the director to his children in Iraq, as he prepares their favourite meal.
GENRE / drama
DIRECTED BY / Omar Al-Samarrai SCRIPTED BY / Omar Al-Samarrai CAST / Omar Al-Samarrai LANGUAGE / Arabic
RUNNING TIME / 18’
PRODUCTION / Cinemaximiliaan YEAR / 2018
CONTACT / cinemaximiliaan@gmail.com
LETTER FROM BRUSSELS ORIGINAL TITLE / LETTER FROM BRUSSELS PITCH / Fragments
of stories from the life of an Afghan family in Iran, exposing the hardships they undergo that ultimately force them to flee to Europe.
SCREAMING IN SILENCE ORIGINAL TITLE / ROEPEN IN STILTE PITCH / The
story of an endless journey in the life of a traveller who must make a new future.
GENRE / drama
DIRECTED BY / Marof Hakimi
SCRIPTED BY / Sheri Hakimi, Fataneh Hakimi, Farzana Hakimi, Vakil Hakimi, Makya Hakimi CAST / Sheri, Fataneh, Farzana, Vakil & Tariq Al Naeeme, Omar Alya Hakimi, Leila Kameghar, Abdullah Fakhri, Lubnan Al-Wazny, Saden Abd Aljbaar, Mehrdad Arefani LANGUAGE / Farsi RUNNING TIME / 11’ PRODUCTION / Cinemaximiliaan YEAR / 2018 CONTACT / cinemaximiliaan@gmail.com
GENRE / drama
DIRECTED BY / Anastasia Zolkina SCRIPTED BY / Anastasia Zolkina CAST / Anastasia Zolkina LANGUAGE / English RUNNING TIME / 6’
PRODUCTION / Cinemaximiliaan YEAR / 2018
CONTACT / cinemaximiliaan@gmail.com
TRANSIT ORIGINAL TITLE / TRANSIT PITCH / When
Amal’s best friend leaves the asylum centre in which they both live, she is besieged by Hamda who takes advantage of her good nature.
UNDOCUMENTED LOVE ORIGINAL TITLE / JACAYL BILA SHARCI
GENRE / drama DIRECTED BY / Fatma Osman SCRIPTED BY / Fatma Osman, Hans Van Nuffel CAST / Fatma Osman, Liban Abdullahi, Muna Hassan,
Moudane Mahdieh, Ibrahim Mohamed, Jan Swinnen, Muna Yassin, Fortun Hassan, Rand Abou Fakher, Angela Al Souliman, Hans Van Nuffel, Alex Verhaest, Meriem Manikita LANGUAGE / Somali RUNNING TIME / 21’ PRODUCTION / Cinemaximiliaan YEAR / 2018 CONTACT / cinemaximiliaan@gmail.com
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