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AMATEURS
ORIGINAL TITLE / AMATEURS
PITCH / Tucked away in a tiny, nondescript parish hall, the ‘De Pajotters’ theatre company toils away on their latest amateur production. Led by enthusiastic playwright and would-be director Jan Delvo, the troupe’s spirited efforts often outweigh their talent. Company president Jos is hell-bent on reversing their fortune, even if it means replacing Jan with a professional director.
CAST / Marc Van Eeghem, Stany Crets, Ludo Hoogmartens, Matteo Simoni, Evelien Bosmans SCRIPTED BY / Jef Hoogmartens, Jonas Van Geel, Steve Aernouts DIRECTED BY / Frank Van Passel PRODUCTION COMPANY / Caviar Antwerp NV LANGUAGE / Dutch DURATION / 9 x 50’ YEAR OF PRODUCTION / 2013-2014 CONTACT / Helena Vlogaert / helena.vlogaert@caviarcontent.com
PITCH / Everyday life in the centre of Antwerp comes to a sudden standstill when the area is hermetically sealed off from the outside world. The cause is a contagious and deadly virus, which spreads like wildfire. Tens of people are suddenly left to their own devices. It brings out the very best in them, but also the worst...
CAST / Liesa Van Der Aa, Wouter Hendrickx, Tom Dewispelaere, Veerle Baetens, Geert Van Rampelberg SCRIPTED BY / Carl Joos DIRECTED BY / Tim Mielants PRODUCTION COMPANY / Eyeworks LANGUAGE / Dutch DURATION / 10 x 50’ YEAR OF PRODUCTION / 2014 (in post-production) CONTACT / Peter Bouckaert / peter.bouckaert@eyeworks.tv INT’L SALES / Eyeworks Distribution / www.eyeworks.tv
PITCH / Helena De Ridder is a young and ambitious public prosecutor. Week after week she wages her own war for justice.
CAST / Clara Cleymans, Michaël Pas, Katelijne Damen, Lynn Van Royen, Dahlia Pessemiers-Benamar SCRIPTED BY / Rik D’hiet DIRECTED BY / Lars Goeyvaerts, Tom Goris PRODUCTION COMPANY / Eyeworks, VRT LANGUAGE / Dutch DURATION / 13 x 50’ YEAR OF PRODUCTION / 2013 CONTACT / Peter Bouckaert / peter.bouckaert@eyeworks.tv INT’L SALES / Eyeworks Distribution / www.eyeworks.tv
PITCH / Marianne, a former journalist, gets shaken by a tragic incident. At the same time, Belgium is getting ready for the long-expected elections. Follow-up series to Deadline 14/10 (also 8x50’).
CAST / Charlotte Vandermeersch, Peter Van den Begin, Koen De Bouw, Ruth Becquart, Marc Lauwrys CREATED BY / Ed Vanderweyden Rudy Morren, Nicholas Roelandts, Geert Bouckaert, Dirk Nielandt DIRECTED BY / Maarten Moerkerke PRODUCTION COMPANY / Menuet LANGUAGE / Dutch DURATION / 8 x 50’ YEAR OF PRODUCTION / 2013-2014 CONTACT / Menuet / info@menuet.be
CORDON
ORIGINAL TITLE / CORDON
DE RIDDER -
SEASON 1
ORIGINAL TITLE / DE RIDDER - SEIZOEN 1
DEADLINE 25/5
ORIGINAL TITLE / DEADLINE 25/5
PITCH / A friendship arises spontaneously, it happens unexpected, and you can’t get away from it. But three quarters of a century, can anyone handle this? A story about ‘ni sans toi, ni avec toi’. A story about love and disappointments. A story about fighting, and missing each other at the same time.
CAST / Anemone Valcke, Charlotte De Bruyne, Veerle Dobbelaere, Veerle Eyckermans CREATED BY / Ed Vanderweyden, Rita Bossaer, Dirk Nielandt, Pieter-Jan Verachtert, Nathalie Haspeslagh DIRECTED BY / Cecilia Verheyden PRODUCTION COMPANY / Menuet LANGUAGE / Dutch DURATION / 10 x 50’ YEAR OF PRODUCTION / 2013-2014 CONTACT / Menuet / info@menuet.be
PITCH / Living in a Flemish hamlet populated by odd characters, the Welvaert family has its ups and downs. When a difference of opinion between the father and his sons threatens to tear them apart, an illegal crop and a Philippine beauty bring solace.
CAST / Dirk Van Dijck, Wim Willaert, Sien Eggers, Sebastien Dewaele, Maaike Cafmeyer SCRIPTED BY / Pieter De Graeve, Mathias Claeys, Bas Adriaensen, Philippe De Schepper DIRECTED BY / Joël Vanhoebrouck PRODUCTION COMPANY / Eyeworks LANGUAGE / Dutch DURATION / 6 x 50’ YEAR OF PRODUCTION / 2013 CONTACT / Peter Bouckaert / peter.bouckaert@eyeworks.tv INT’L SALES / Eyeworks Distribution / www.eyeworks.tv
PITCH / One family, five lives, four years of war. A 10-hour series that tells the story of the Boesman family in Ghent, Belgium, trying to survive World War I.
CAST / Wim Opbrouck, Barbara Sarafian, Lize Feryn, Matthieu Sys, Wietse Tanghe SCRIPTED BY / Mark De Geest, Ed Vanderweyden Charles De Weerdt, Carl Joos, Geert Vermeulen DIRECTED BY / Jan Matthys PRODUCTION COMPANY / Menuet LANGUAGE / Dutch, French, English, German DURATION / 10 x 50’ YEAR OF PRODUCTION / 2012-2014 CONTACT / Menuet / info@menuet.be INT’L SALES / Attraction Distribution / www.attractiondistribution.ca
PITCH / 40-year-old Nico Marsman takes care of his autistic brother after the death of their mother. On top of everything he loses his job and his wife tells him she needs a break. From now on he’s on his own. Nico wants to get back on track as soon as possible, but where to start?
CAST / Jurgen Delnaet, David Cantens, Lynn Van Royen, Maaike Cafmeyer, Tom Audenaert SCRIPTED BY / Mathias Sercu DIRECTED BY / Eshref Reybrouck, Mathias Sercu PRODUCTION COMPANY / Sultan Sushi LANGUAGE / Dutch DURATION / 8 x 45’ YEAR OF PRODUCTION / 2014 CONTACT / Jan Keersmaekers / jan.keersmaekers@sultansushi.be INT’L SALES / Red Arrow / www.redarrow.tv
PITCH / As members of the Missing Persons Unit, Tine and her team feverishly try to resolve suspicious disappearances. Their personal relationships and their family lives are often put to the test due to the stressful circumstances in which they have to work each day.
CAST / Joke Devynck, Marieke Dilles, Stan Van Samang, Kevin Janssens, Koen De Bouw CREATED BY / Piet Matthys, Nico Moolenaar DIRECTED BY / Jan Verheyen, Cecilia Verheyden, Kaat Beels, Kobe Van Steenberghe PRODUCTION COMPANY / Eyeworks LANGUAGE / Dutch DURATION / 10 x 50’ YEAR OF PRODUCTION / 2013 CONTACT / Peter Bouckaert / peter.bouckaert@eyeworks.tv INT’L SALES / Crazy Cow / www.crazycow.be
GIRL-FRIENDS
ORIGINAL TITLE / VRIENDINNEN
HOMEGROWN
ORIGINAL TITLE / EIGEN KWEEK
IN FLANDERS FIELDS ORIGINAL TITLE / IN VLAAMSE VELDEN
MARSMAN
ORIGINAL TITLE / MARSMAN
MISSING PERSONS UNIT - SEASON 5 ORIGINAL TITLE / VERMIST - SEIZOEN 5
QUIZ ME QUICK
PITCH / Five sympathetic underdogs conceive the ambitious plan to participate in the Ultimate Quiz: the Super Prestige. The road to the top, however, is beset with a lot more obstacles than they had initially thought. They encounter the most unexpected situations and find it difficult extricating themselves, no matter how much trivial knowledge they have gathered.
CAST / Wietse Tanghe, Tom Audenaert, Jos Verbist, Pieter Piron, Dirk Van Dijck CREATED BY / Bart De Pauw DIRECTED BY / Jan Matthys PRODUCTION COMPANY / Koeken Troef! LANGUAGE / Dutch DURATION / 10 x 45’ YEAR OF PRODUCTION / 2012 CONTACT / Katrien Van Nieuwenhove / katrien@koekentroef.be INT’L SALES / Koeken Troef! / www.koekentroef.be
PITCH / A comedy series about a security company and four security guards that excel at incompetence but survive through friendship. Safety First is about power and powerlessness, fellowship and solidarity, pride, failure, taking the punch and getting back up. Discipline, dedication and friendship… but Safety First!
CAST / Matteo Simoni, Ben Segers, Ruth Beeckmans, Bruno Vanden Broecke SCRIPTED BY / Tim Van Aelst, Gerrie Van Rompaey, Tom Baetens, David Vennix, Koen Burssens DIRECTED BY / Tim Van Aelst, Jevon Lambrechts PRODUCTION COMPANY / Carambole LANGUAGE / Dutch DURATION / 8 x 24’ YEAR OF PRODUCTION / 2013 CONTACT / Tim Van Aelst / tim@shelter.tv / Sofie Peeters / sofie@shelter.tv INT’L SALES / Red Arrow / www.redarrow.tv
PITCH / The Van As family runs its own demolition company. They are ardent workers, but also live by their own rules. When the family business is threatened by bankruptcy, the youngest and least capable son is put in charge. He is determined to turn things around.
CAST / Jaak Van Assche, Jan Van Looveren, Peter Thyssen, Tania Kloek, Jonas Van Geel CREATED BY / Johan Heselmans DIRECTED BY / Jan Matthys, Mathias Coppens PRODUCTION COMPANY / RV Productions LANGUAGE / Dutch DURATION / 26 x 25’ YEAR OF PRODUCTION / 2014 CONTACT / René Vlaeyen / rene@rvmedia.be INT’L SALES / RV Productions / www.rvproductions.be
PITCH / Two families struggle to obtain ‘Zuidflank’, the best part of the vineyard that links both clans.
CAST / Stan Van Samang, Jan Sobrie, Marie Vinck, Katelijne Verbeke, Dirk Roofthooft SCRIPTED BY / Ed Vanderweyden, Rita Bossaer, Steve De Wilde, Dirk Nielandt, Bart Vaessen DIRECTED BY / Hendrik Moonen PRODUCTION COMPANY / Menuet LANGUAGE / Dutch DURATION / 13 x 50’ YEAR OF PRODUCTION / 2012-2013 CONTACT / Menuet / info@menuet.be
PITCH / Harald from Denmark, Jackie from Germany, and Alicia from Belgium are the members of a European Joint Investigation Team, set up after three dead bodies are discovered in Copenhagen, Berlin and Antwerp. They will soon find out that there is a lot more to these murders than meets the eye.
CAST / Lars Mikkelsen, Jasmin Gerat, Veerle Baetens, Koen De Bouw, Carlos Léal, Filip Peeters SCRIPTED BY / Mai Brostrøm, Peter Thorsboe DIRECTED BY / Kathrine Windfeld, Kasper Gaardsøe PRODUCTION COMPANY / Network Movie (DE), Nordisk Film (DK), Lunanime (BE), Superfilm (AT), C-Films (CH) LANGUAGE / English, Danish, Dutch, German DURATION / 8 x 58’ YEAR OF PRODUCTION / 2014 (in production) CONTACT / Annemie Degryse / annemie@lunanime.be INT’L SALES / ZDF Enterprises / www.zdf-enterprises.de
ORIGINAL TITLE / QUIZ ME QUICK
SAFETY FIRST
ORIGINAL TITLE / SAFETY FIRST
THE SONS OF VAN AS ORIGINAL TITLE / DE ZONEN VAN VAN AS
SOUTH FLANK
ORIGINAL TITLE / ZUIDFLANK
THE TEAM
ORIGINAL TITLE / THE TEAM
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