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EFM 2020 #featuresfromflanders
PITCH / A self-help group of terminally ill patients learns under the care of an inexperienced therapist how to become immortal.
GENRE / drama
PITCH / How the last King of the Belgians becomes the first Emperor of Europe.
GENRE / dramatic comedy
ALL OF US
ORIGINAL TITLE / ALL OF US
THE BAREFOOT EMPEROR
DIRECTED BY / Willem Wallyn SCRIPTED BY / Willem Wallyn
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CAST / Maaike Neuville, Barbara Sarafian,
Joke Devynck, Bruno Vanden Broecke, Jan Hammenecker, Tom Vermeir, Gilles De Schryver, Ella Leyers, Dominique Van Malder LANGUAGE / Dutch RUNNING TIME / 112’ PRODUCTION / Willem Wallyn / W2 YEAR / 2019 CONTACT / willem.wallyn@mac.com
DIRECTED BY / Jessica Woodworth, Peter Brosens SCRIPTED BY / Jessica Woodworth, Peter Brosens
CAST / Peter Van den Begin, Lucie Debay, Udo Kier, Geraldine Chaplin, Titus De Voogdt, Bruno Georis LANGUAGE / English, Dutch, French, German RUNNING TIME / 98’ PRODUCTION / Bo Films YEAR / 2019 CONTACT / peter@bofilms.be SALES / BE For Films / pamela@beforfilms.com
ORIGINAL TITLE / THE BAREFOOT EMPEROR
PITCH / After a hit-and-run accident which killed her parents, 17-year-old Cleo finds comfort with the mysterious Leos.
CLEO
ORIGINAL TITLE / CLEO
PITCH / After falling asleep on the last subway train, Khadija finds herself at the end of the line and must make her way home by foot...
GENRE / drama
DIRECTED BY / Eva Cools SCRIPTED BY / Eva Cools
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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 / info@lunanime.be SALES / BE For Films / pamela@beforfilms.com GENRE / drama
DIRECTED BY / Bas Devos SCRIPTED BY / Bas Devos CAST / Saadia Bentaïeb
LANGUAGE / French, Dutch RUNNING TIME / 84’
PRODUCTION / Quetzalcoatl YEAR / 2019
CONTACT / marc@quetzalcoatl.be
SALES / Rediance / info@rediancefilms.com
GHOST TROPIC
ORIGINAL TITLE / GHOST TROPIC
POST-PRODUCTION
PITCH / When Zoe’s dad inexplicably decides to become an actor, she is the only one to encourage him in his new career path.
MY DAD IS A SAUSAGE
GENRE / family comedy
DIRECTED BY / Anouk Fortunier
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SCRIPTED BY / Jean-Claude van Rijckeghem
CAST / Johan Heldenbergh, Savannah Vandendriessche, Hilde De Baerdemaeker LANGUAGE / Dutch RUNNING TIME / 90’ PRODUCTION / Dries Phlypo / A Private View STATUS / in post-production, ETA May 2020 CONTACT / info@aprivateview.be SALES / Studio Hamburg / info@studio-hamburg.de
ORIGINAL TITLE / MIJN VADER IS EEN SAUCISSE PITCH / Human magnet Lucien leaves his home, a small farm in Belgium, to join a travelling circus. But a call from the past proves louder than the call of love and dreams.
RAIN ANYWAY
ORIGINAL TITLE / WEES BLIJ DAT HET REGENT
POST-PRODUCTION
PITCH / A story about lost dreams, second chances and family, set against the high-octane, adrenaline-fuelled world of independent motorcycle racing.
DIRECTED BY / Gust Van den Berghe SCRIPTED BY / Gust Van den Berghe
CAST / Danny Ronaldo, Isolda Dychauk Jan Bijvoet, Mieke Dobbels, Bruno Vanden Broecke LANGUAGE / Dutch RUNNING TIME / 102’ PRODUCTION / Tomas Leyers / Minds Meet YEAR / 2020 CONTACT / tomas@mindsmeet.be SALES / Coproduction Office / Sophie Carbon / sales@coproductionoffice.eu
GENRE / social drama
DIRECTED BY / Lieven Van Baelen 1 SCRIPTED BY / Lieven Van Baelen, Charlie Brafman,
Magnus McCullagh
CAST / Matteo Simoni, Veerle Baetens LANGUAGE / Dutch, French RUNNING TIME / 90’ PRODUCTION / Koen Mortier, Eurydice Gysel /
CZAR Film & TV STATUS / in post-production, ETA March 2020 CONTACT / Kaat Camerlynck / kaat.camerlynck@czar.be SALES / Dutch FilmWorks / Angela Pruijssers / info@dfw.nl
ROOKIE
ORIGINAL TITLE / ROOKIE PITCH / When six-year-old Sandra is diagnosed with MLD, a rare muscular disease, she is given a year to live. Her father, however, refuses to give up hope and engages in a fierce battle against the pharmaceutical industry.
POST-PRODUCTION
GENRE / tragicomedy
SAVE SANDRA
GENRE / drama
DIRECTED BY / Jan Verheyen, Lien Willaert SCRIPTED BY / Lien Willaert
CAST / Sven De Ridder, Darya Gantura, Rosalie Charles LANGUAGE / Dutch RUNNING TIME / 120’ PRODUCTION / Peter Bouckaert / Eyeworks Film & TV Drama STATUS / in post-production, ETA October 2020 CONTACT / info@eyeworks.be
ORIGINAL TITLE / SAVE SANDRA
PITCH / After his release from jail, Jonathan forms a close friendship with a 10-year-old girl and begins to struggle with his desires...
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 YEAR / 2019
CONTACT / info@prime-time.be
SALES / BE For Films / pamela@beforfilms.com
TENCH
ORIGINAL TITLE / MUIDHOND
PITCH / A gang of rebels get a secret mission which will take them from Flanders to the Belgian Congo and finally the US.
U-235
ORIGINAL TITLE / TORPEDO PITCH / An orgy of blood, violence and fun in which a young couple travel to a shabby Eastern European hospital for plastic surgery only to unleash the outbreak of a virus that will change doctors, patients and a mother-in-law into bloodthirsty zombies…
GENRE / war, action DIRECTED BY / Sven Huybrechts 1 SCRIPTED BY / Sven Huybrechts, Johan Horemans CAST / Koen De Bouw, Thure Riefenstein, Ella-June Henrard,
Joren Seldeslachts, Bert Haelvoet, Sven De Ridder, Stefan Perceval, Gilles De Schryver, Robrecht Vanden Thoren LANGUAGE / Dutch, English, German RUNNING TIME / 100’ PRODUCTION / Hendrik Verthé, Kobe Van Steenberghe / a team productions YEAR / 2019 CONTACT / hendrik@ateamproductions.be SALES / Atlas International Film / Michel Vandewalle / mvandewalle@atlasfilm.com GENRE / horror, comedy
DIRECTED BY / Lars Damoiseaux
1
SCRIPTED BY / Lars Damoiseaux, Eveline Hagenbeek
CAST / Maaike Neuville, Bart Hollanders, Clara Cleymans LANGUAGE / English, Dutch RUNNING TIME / 90’
PRODUCTION / Hendrik Verthé, Kobe Van Steenberghe /
a team productions
YEAR / 2019
CONTACT / hendrik@ateamproductions.be
SALES / Raven Banner Entertainment / Michael Paszt /
YUMMY
mpaszt@ravenbanner.ca
ORIGINAL TITLE / YUMMY
PRE-PRODUCTION
PITCH / A fast paced, sexy crime story set to a thumping soundtrack of 90’s dance music. A rise-and-fall story of the country’s biggest disco ever and a self-made man who, ultimately, is the architect of his own downfall.
GENRE / drama, crime
DIRECTED BY / Robin Pront
SCRIPTED BY / Robin Pront, Kevin Meul CAST / Matteo Simoni LANGUAGE / Dutch
RUNNING TIME / 120’
PRODUCTION / Hilde De Laere / FBO
STATUS / in pre-production, ETA 2021 CONTACT / info@fbo.productions
ZILLION
co-productions
ORIGINAL TITLE / ZILLION PITCH / A few days after Christmas, Swedish/Norwegian half-sisters, Ida and Tuva, set out on a winter dive in a remote part of the Norwegian coastline. This turns into a frantic race for survival and exposes a fractured sisterhood…
GENRE / suspense drama
DIRECTED BY / Joachim Hedén SCRIPTED BY / Joachim Hedén
CAST / Moa Gammel, Madeleine Martin, Trine Wiggen LANGUAGE / Swedish RUNNING TIME / 85’
PRODUCTION (FLANDERS) / Umedia YEAR / 2020
CONTACT / infoproduction@umedia.eu SALES / TrustNordisk
BREAKING SURFACE
ORIGINAL TITLE / BREAKING SURFACE
PITCH / Her mother’s death forces Lola, 18 years old and transgender, to undertake a journey with her estranged father to the Belgian coast...
GENRE / drama
DIRECTED BY / Laurent Micheli SCRIPTED BY / Laurent Micheli
CAST / Benoit Magimel, Mya Bollaers LANGUAGE / French
RUNNING TIME / 90’
PRODUCTION (FLANDERS) / Lunanime YEAR / 2019
CONTACT / info@lunanime.be
LOLA
ORIGINAL TITLE / LOLA VERS LA MER
SALES / Les Films du Losange / filmsdulosange.com
BERLINALE GENERATION
PITCH / After his parents’ divorce changes everything, Monty decides that the annual street party will save his family...
MONTY AND THE STREET PARTY
ANIMATION / comedy
DIRECTED BY / Anders Morgenthaler, Mikael Wulff SCRIPTED BY / Anders Morgenthaler, Mikael Wulff
CAST / Martin Brygmann, Jan Gintberg, Iben Hjejle, Jens Jacob Tychsen LANGUAGE / Danish RUNNING TIME / 80’ PRODUCTION (FLANDERS) / Caviar YEAR / 2019 CONTACT / dimitri.verbeeck@caviar.tv SALES / Nordisk Film Distribution / nordiskfilm.com
ORIGINAL TITLE / MUGGE & VEJFESTEN
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