features CANNES 2014 #talentmatters
DIRECTORS’ FORTNIGHT
PITCH / Based on real-life events in 1940’s America, the story of young nurse Martha Beck, who placed a lonely-hearts advertisement, and Raymond Fernandez, the thieving lothario who replied and who destroyed her life.
ALLELUIA
ORIGINAL TITLE / ALLELUIA
IN PRODUCTION
PITCH / Two brass brands, one from Flanders, one from Wallonia, compete to represent Belgium. But a final high note from Willy’s trumpet leads to an unexpected outcome.
A BELGIAN RHAPSODY
CAST / Lola Duenas, Laurent Lucas, Stéphanie Bissot, Edith Le Merdy, Anne-Marie Loop DIRECTED BY / Fabrice Du Welz SCRIPTED BY / Vincent Tavier, Fabrice Du Welz CO-PRODUCTION (FLANDERS) / Savage Film LANGUAGE / French DURATION / 90’ YEAR OF PRODUCTION / 2014 CONTACT / Bart Van Langendonck, bart@savagefilm.be INT’L SALES / SND, sales1@snd-films.fr
GENRE / Musical romantic comedy
CAST / Amaryllis Uitterlinden, Arthur Dupont, Jos Verbist, Marc Weiss, Tom Audenaert DIRECTED BY / Vincent Bal SCRIPTED BY / Pierre De Clercq PRODUCTION COMPANY / Eyeworks Belgium LANGUAGE / Dutch, French BUDGET / €3.8m LOOKING FOR / Sales agent CONTACT / Peter Bouckaert,
peter.bouckaert@eyeworks.tv
ETA / Winter 2014-2015
ORIGINAL TITLE / BRABANÇONNE
/ On a camping trip in the woods with his fellow scouts, 12-year-old Sam’s fears are ignored - until they all start falling victim to the evil Poacher.
IN PRODUCTION
PITCH
CUB
ORIGINAL TITLE / WELP
PITCH / Two adolescents living on an island try to escape their overprotective parents: can they build trust or will circumstances drive them apart? IN PRODUCTION
GENRE / Thriller
GENRE/ Adventure, horror
CAST / Maurice Luyten, Titus De Voogdt, Stef Aerts, Evelien Bosmans DIRECTED BY / Jonas Govaerts SCRIPTED BY / Jonas Govaerts, Roel Mondelaers PRODUCTION COMPANY / Potemkino LANGUAGE / Dutch DURATION / 90’ YEAR OF PRODUCTION / 2014 CONTACT / Peter De Maegd, pdm@potemkino.com INT’L SALES / Kinology, gmelin@kinology.eu ETA / Fall 2014
GENRE / Drama CAST /
Martin Nissen, Margaux Lonnberg, Clement Bertrand, Clement Louis, Delphine Girard
DIRECTED BY / Emilie Verhamme SCRIPTED BY / Emilie Verhamme
PRODUCTION COMPANY / Holden Wallace LANGUAGE / French DURATION / 78’
YEAR OF PRODUCTION / 2014
EAU ZOO
ORIGINAL TITLE / EAU ZOO
CONTACT / Emilie Verhamme, emilie.verhamme@gmail.com INT’L SALES / tbc ETA / Fall 2014