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CANNES 2017 #talentmatters
Inspired by Ottoman miniatures and Hieronymus Bosch, Camouflage tells the story of a forbidden friendship blossoming in a secret garden in the city where East meets West.
CINEFONDATION
PITCH /
GENRE / animation, drama
DIRECTED BY / Imge Özbilge SCRIPTED BY / Imge Özbilge LANGUAGE / no dialogues RUNNING TIME / 6’
PRODUCTION / Imge Özbilge, KASK School of Arts YEAR / 2016
CONTACT / Imge Özbilge / imge.ozbilge@gmail.com
CAMOUFLAGE
ORIGINAL TITLE / CAMOUFLAGE
his evening walk Mister Oscar witnesses an assault. He is very surprised to see that it is the work of a genuine harpy. He wants to find out more, which is not without danger.
CANNES CLASSICS
PITCH / During
GENRE / animation
DIRECTED BY / Raoul Servais SCRIPTED BY / Raoul Servais
CAST / Fran Waller Zeper, Will Spoor, Sjoert Schwibethus LANGUAGE / no dialogues RUNNING TIME / 9’
PRODUCTION / Anagram YEAR / 1979
CONTACT / vzw Fonds Raoul Servais /
jacques.dubrulle@raoulservais.be
HARPYA
ORIGINAL TITLE / HARPYA
PITCH / A
small, plump man lives on the top floor of a skyscraper. During the day he’s a garbage man, but in the evening he watches Tarzan movies and dreams in his lush roof jungle. One day, when he hears the aggressive rants of his neighbour, he looks for the Tarzan inside him to rescue his Jane.
GENRE / animation, comedy
In an undefined setting, workers are carrying out a neverending series of monotonous tasks, except for one person - the one in control of the cycle. In the minds of the workers, we hear flashes of the outside world. Is this liberty or is this a prison? What happens when the chain of work derails?
GENRE / experimental
DIRECTED BY / Pieter Vandenabeele SCRIPTED BY / Pieter Vandenabeele LANGUAGE / no dialogues RUNNING TIME / 8’
PRODUCTION / Animal Tank YEAR / 2017
CONTACT / Bert Lesaffer / bert@animaltank.be
THE APE MAN
ORIGINAL TITLE / THE APE MAN
PITCH /
BEHIND THE EYES
ORIGINAL TITLE / BEHIND THE EYES
DIRECTED BY / Thomas Peeters SCRIPTED BY / Thomas Peeters LANGUAGE / no dialogues RUNNING TIME / 15’
PRODUCTION / Animal Tank
STATUS / in post-production, ETA: Fall 2017
CONTACT / Bert Lesaffer / bert@animaltank.be
PITCH / A
farmer’s son is struggling to survive on his unprofitable farm, while his mother is slowly losing her grip on reality.
CAMINO DEL SOL
GENRE / drama
DIRECTED BY / Jeannice Adriaansens
SCRIPTED BY / Jeannice Adriaansens, Jean Ryckebosch CAST / Gilda De Bal, Robbie Cleiren LANGUAGE / Dutch RUNNING TIME / 18’ PRODUCTION / Earlybirds Films STATUS / in post-production, ETA: Summer 2017 CONTACT / Jurgen Willocx / jurgen@earlybirds-films.be
ORIGINAL TITLE / CAMINO DEL SOL PITCH / Mina
leaves on a trip to the Himalaya with a plan. She wants to murder her insupportable husband Filip in the mountains. Unfortunately a yak gets the same idea in its foolish head. Mina and the yak fight for the right to kill the bastard, even on the plane on the way back home. Who will survive?
GENRE / animation, comedy
PITCH / Vivianne
GENRE / drama
DIRECTED BY / Joke Van der Steen, Valère Lommel SCRIPTED BY / Joke Van der Steen, Valère Lommel LANGUAGE / Dutch
RUNNING TIME / 10’
PRODUCTION / Bulletproof Cupid
STATUS / in post-production, ETA: Summer 2017 CONTACT / Katleen Goossens /
katleen@bulletproofcupid.be
EVEREST IN PEACE ORIGINAL TITLE / EVEREST IN PEACE
(65) blames herself for the death of her daughter, Saskia, who drowned 20 years ago. Ever since, she neglects herself, the house and hoards to keep her daughter ‘alive’. On losing sight of her Chihuahua Gini and being confronted with eviction, things start to fall apart and her life takes a dramatic turn.
JOY PALACE
ORIGINAL TITLE / JOY PALACE PITCH / Steven
and Abdel, two young Belgians, leave for Syria - one as a journalist and one as a fighter. Yet they have more in common than you might think.
DIRECTED BY / Frederik De Wilde, Leen Vandereyken SCRIPTED BY / Frederik De Wilde, Leen Vandereyken CAST / Frieda Pittoors, Sofie Hoflack,
Dirk Van Haecken, Liesbeth Houtain
LANGUAGE / Dutch
RUNNING TIME / TBC
PRODUCTION / Potemkino, in co-production with Bekke Films STATUS / in post-production, ETA: Summer 2017 CONTACT / Lize Lefaible / lize@potemkino.com SALES / Radiator IP Sales / Ben Vandendaele / ben@radiatorsales.eu GENRE / drama
DIRECTED BY / Senne Dehandschutter
SCRIPTED BY / Senne Dehandschutter, Kevin Ingelbrecht CAST / Soufiane Chilah, Matthieu Sys, Line Pillet,
Dahlia Pessemiers, Koen Van Impe
LANGUAGE / Dutch, English, Arabic, French RUNNING TIME / 16’30”
PRODUCTION / Zodiak Belgium
STATUS / in post-production, ETA: Fall 2017 CONTACT / Barbara Van Poeck /
LOST IN THE MIDDLE
barbaravanpoeck@zodiakbelgium.com
ORIGINAL TITLE / LOST IN THE MIDDLE
PITCH / An
audiovisual essay on the fragmented metropolitan landscape of Brussels.
GENRE / experimental, essay
DIRECTED BY / Robbrecht Desmet
SCRIPTED BY / Robbrecht Desmet, William Wordsworth LANGUAGE / Dutch, English RUNNING TIME / 40’
PRODUCTION / Auguste Orts YEAR / 2017
CONTACT / Marie Logie / marie@augusteorts.be
ON A CLEAR DAY
ORIGINAL TITLE / ON A CLEAR DAY
PITCH / Luc
Moulin is a Belgian chess boxing champion. But that’s all that can be said. In fact, there is only one person who believes in Luc: his son George, who wants to be like his father. According to Luc, that is the worst thing that could happen to anyone.
GENRE / drama
DIRECTED BY / Deben Van Dam SCRIPTED BY / Deben Van Dam
CAST / Tibo Vandenborre, François Beukelaers,
Merlijn Willems, Carlos Schram, Wim Willaert
LANGUAGE / Dutch
RUNNING TIME / TBC
PRODUCTION / Potemkino
STATUS / in post-production, ETA: Summer 2017 CONTACT / Lize Lefaible / lize@potemkino.com
REMISE
SALES / Radiator IP Sales /
ORIGINAL TITLE / REMISE
Ben Vandendaele / ben@radiatorsales.eu
PITCH / During
a large-scale search in East Belgium’s oldest nature park, the authorities clash with a local forester. The confrontation goes from bad to worse as the forester protects this area with heart and soul and takes measures against the intruders.
GENRE / sardonic tale
DIRECTED BY / Jules Comes SCRIPTED BY / Jules Comes
CAST / Wim Opbrouck, Wouter Hendrickx,
Michael Vergauwen
LANGUAGE / German, Dutch RUNNING TIME / 20’
PRODUCTION / Las Belgas YEAR / 2017
CONTACT / Jurgen Buedts / jurgenbuedts@lasbelgas.be
SAINT HUBERT
SALES / Agence belge du court métrage /
Anne-Françoise Reynders / annefrancoise@agenceducourt.be
ORIGINAL TITLE / SAINT HUBERT PITCH / Hélène,
a struggling young actress, is trying to learn the text of the ‘Lady from the Sea’ by heart. At the same time she is emptying her grandmother’s apartment. The apartment, situated near the beach, becomes a place to escape in thoughts and dreams.
GENRE / arthouse
PITCH / A
GENRE / family animation
DIRECTED BY / Leni Huyghe SCRIPTED BY / Leni Huyghe
CAST / Lieselotte De Keyser, Suzanne Juchtmans LANGUAGE / Dutch
RUNNING TIME / 20’17”
PRODUCTION / Cobra Films YEAR / 2017
CONTACT / Daniël De Valck / contact@cobra-films.be
SEASCAPE
ORIGINAL TITLE / SEASCAPE
stonemason leads a very simple, sober life and is happy. A wealthy businessman cannot stand the fact that someone who is so poor can be so happy and tries to lure him into a life of luxury and decadence...
DIRECTED BY / Frits Standaert
SCRIPTED BY / Wouter Van Haver
VOICE CAST / Wim Opbrouck, Oscar Siegelaar LANGUAGE / Dutch
RUNNING TIME / 13’
PRODUCTION / De Doos…Producties
STATUS / in post-production, ETA: Fall 2017
CONTACT / Frits Standaert / frits.standaert@gmail.com
THE STONEMASON’S DREAM ORIGINAL TITLE / DE DROOM VAN DE STEENHOUWER
IS PUBLISHED BY FLANDERS IMAGE, THE AUDIOVISUAL EXPORT AGENCY
flandersimage.com CANNES 2017 I Rivièra A2
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Flanders Image / p/a Flanders Film House Bischoffsheimlaan 38 / BE1000 Brussels / Belgium/EU T +32 2 226 0630 / E flandersimage@vaf.be
COMPILED AND EDITED BY Christian De Schutter / Saidja Callewaert / Jo Roddick / Nick Roddick / DESIGN Karin Pays / PRINT Wilda With thanks to the producers that supplied information. / PHOTO CREDITS Joy Palace ©Sofie Gheysens / Remise ©Jonas Roosens.
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