kids
CANNES 2018
feature
PITCH / A movie based on the
children’s books by Michael De Cock and Judith Vanistendael in which Rosie meets Moussa when she and her mother move to a new apartment building on the other side of town.
ROSIE & MOUSSA
animated features
ORIGINAL TITLE / ROSIE & MOUSSA
PITCH / Because of the greed of the
adults, everyone in the village of Tollembeek has lost their savings. Urbanus and the children revolt and take power.
CASH FOR TRASH
ORIGINAL TITLE / URBANUS, DE VUILNISHELD
PITCH / Ploey, an energetic and lively
plover chick, likes running through the meadows and playing in the fields with his best friend Ploveria. But when autumn comes and the annual migration south occurs, he is left behind...
GENRE / family DIRECTED BY / Dorothée van den Berghe SCRIPTED BY / Michael De Cock CAST / Savannah Vandendriessche, Imad Borji,
Ruth Beeckmans, Titus De Voogdt, Mourade Zeguendi, Katelijne Damen, Damiaan De Schrijver LANGUAGE / Dutch RUNNING TIME / 90’ PRODUCTION / Helena Vlogaert, Bo De Group / Caviar YEAR / 2018 CONTACT / Bo De Group / bo.degroup@caviar.tv INTL SALES / Attraction Distribution / xiao88@attraction.ca
GENRE / animation, comedy DIRECTED BY / Erik Verkerk, Joost van den Bosch
(animation), Vincent Bal SCRIPTED BY / Jimmy Simons, Urbain Servranckx CAST / Urbain Servranckx, Sven De Ridder, Ben Segers, Frances Lefebure, Sien Eggers, Dimitri Leue, Pieter Embrechts, Ron Cornet LANGUAGE / Dutch RUNNING TIME / 75’ PRODUCTION / Peter Bouckaert / Eyeworks Film & TV Drama STATUS / in production, Release February 2019 CONTACT / Peter Bouckaert / peter.bouckaert@eyeworks.be GENRE / animation, adventure, family
DIRECTED BY / Ives Agemans, Árni Ásgeirsson SCRIPTED BY / Friðrik Erlingsson CAST / Jamie Oram LANGUAGE / English RUNNING TIME / 80’
PRODUCTION / Ives Agemans / Cyborn YEAR / 2018
CONTACT / Iris Delafortry / iris@cyborn.be
PLOEY – YOU NEVER FLY ALONE ORIGINAL TITLE / PLOEY – YOU NEVER FLY ALONE
PITCH / An eco adventure taking
an 8+ family audience on an entertaining journey based on humanity’s challenging relationship with Nature.
ZOOks
ORIGINAL TITLE / ZOOks
INTL SALES / ARRI Media International /
mhemminger@arri.de
GENRE / animation, family, adventure
DIRECTED BY / Kristoff Leue, Dimitri Leue, Thomas Ceulemans SCRIPTED BY / Kristoff Leue, Dimitri Leue CAST / Tine Reymer, Matteo Simoni, Wim Helsen, Wouter Hendrickx, Warre Borgmans, Frank Focketeyn LANGUAGE / Dutch RUNNING TIME / 90’ PRODUCTION / Peter De Maegd / Potemkino YEAR / 2018 CONTACT / Peter De Maegd / pdm@potemkino.com INTL SALES / Media Luna / medialuna.biz
animated shorts
PITCH / An animated short film about
a garbage man who dreams of becoming his hero, Tarzan.
GENRE / animation, comedy
DIRECTED BY / Pieter Vandenabeele SCRIPTED BY / Pieter Vandenabeele
CAST / Karlijn Sileghem, Jelle De Beule LANGUAGE / no dialogue RUNNING TIME / 11’
PRODUCTION / Bert Lesaffer, Brecht Van Elslande / Animal Tank YEAR / 2017 CONTACT / Bert Lesaffer / info@animaltank.be SALES / Sève Films / luce@sevefilms.com
THE APE MAN
ORIGINAL TITLE / THE APE MAN
PITCH / Bada, Dada and Boo go on an adventure! Playing together, they use their imagination to find a solution to every problem.
GENRE / animation, adventure
DIRECTED BY / Glenn D’Hondt, Karim Rhellam SCRIPTED BY / Glenn D’Hondt, Sylvia Meert,
Karim Rhellam
CAST / Tina Maerevoet, Esther Lybeert LANGUAGE / no dialogue RUNNING TIME / 7’
PRODUCTION / Creative Conspiracy YEAR / 2018
CONTACT / Laura Ghyselinck / laura.g@cc.be
BADABOO: THE BOAT TRIP ORIGINAL TITLE / BADABOO: THE BOAT TRIP
PITCH / An animated short film
about how the onslaught of puberty threatens the friendship between two young girls.
GENRE / animation, coming-of-age, drama 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 / Will Hill (12) goes to a new
school where he is bullied. His only friend is a bird. When the bullying gets worse and more physical, his attempts to flee become increasingly grim.
FROM THE SNOW-COVERED HILL
GENRE / animation
DIRECTED BY / Matty Jorissen
SCRIPTED BY / Wijnand Driessen LANGUAGE / English RUNNING TIME / 14’
PRODUCTION / Anton Roebben, Eric Goossens / Walking The Dog YEAR / 2018 CONTACT / Walking The Dog / frits@walkingthedog.be
ORIGINAL TITLE / FROM THE SNOW-COVERED HILL
PITCH / Mister Paper goes out for a
walk. He finds a few old newspapers, takes out his scissors and starts cutting what he needs for the stroll: a hat for the sun and a dog to keep him company.
MISTER PAPER GOES OUT FOR A WALK ORIGINAL TITLE / MENEER PAPIER GAAT UIT WANDELEN
GENRE / stop-motion cut-out animation
DIRECTED BY / Steven De Beul, Ben Tesseur
SCRIPTED BY / Mieke de Jong, Elvis Peeters, Gerda
Dendooven
CAST / Koen De Graeve LANGUAGE / Dutch RUNNING TIME / 8’
PRODUCTION / Dries Phlypo, Karlijn Van de Cruys / A Private View YEAR / 2017 CONTACT / A Private View / info@aprivateview.be
PITCH / The happiness of a poor
stonemason rankles with a wealthy businessman, who tries to lure him into a life of decadence.
GENRE / family animation
DIRECTED BY / Frits Standaert
SCRIPTED BY / Wouter Van Haver
VOICE CAST / Wim Opbrouck, Oscar Siegelaar LANGUAGE / Dutch
RUNNING TIME / 16’
PRODUCTION / Frits Standaert, Arnaud Demuynck / De Doos… Producties YEAR / 2018 CONTACT / De Doos… Producties / bs140196@skynet.be
THE STONEMASON’S DREAM
ORIGINAL TITLE / DE DROOM VAN DE STEENHOUWER
PITCH / A story about losing your
dearest and creating routines to cope with your loss.
GENRE / animation
DIRECTED BY / Birger Platteeuw, Glenn D’Hondt 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 STATUS / in post-production CONTACT / Sylvia Meert / sylvia@eugene-and-louise.com
VELO
PITCH / A comedy TV series for
girls and boys about the unusual friendship between the bossy knight Mouse and her gentle forgiving friend Dragon.
SIR MOUSE
ORIGINAL TITLE / RIDDER MUIS
PITCH / An intimate portrait of four
docs
animated tv series
ORIGINAL TITLE / VELO
children as they experience the natural cycle of life on a farm. This documentary explores the world through their eyes and examines their relationship with nature and human society.
GENRE / animation, comedy
DIRECTED BY / Tom Van Gestel
SCRIPTED BY / Marianne Op de Beeck, Katie Davis,
Luuk Van Bemmelen, Cliff Parrot, Emma Hogan, Dirk Nielandt LANGUAGE / English, German, Dutch RUNNING TIME / 26 x 11’ PRODUCTION / Fabrique Fantastique STATUS / in production, ETA April 2019 CONTACT / Keshet International / nicola.andrews@keshet-tv.com
GENRE / documentary
DIRECTED BY / Janet van den Brand SCRIPTED BY / Janet van den Brand LANGUAGE / Dutch
RUNNING TIME / 73’
PRODUCTION / Diplodokus YEAR / 2017
CONTACT / Barbara Dyck / barbara@diplodokus.be
SALES / Taskovski Films / salestf@taskovskifilms.com
CERES
ORIGINAL TITLE / CERES
PITCH / Thirteen-year-old rapper Si-G
dreams of fame despite the reality of her life in Molenbeek...
GENRE / youth documentary
DIRECTED BY / Frederike Migom SCRIPTED BY / Frederike Migom LANGUAGE / Dutch
RUNNING TIME / 16’
PRODUCTION / Maarten Schmidt / Storyhouse YEAR / 2017
CONTACT / Maarten Schmidt /
maarten@storyhousefilm.com
SI-G
ORIGINAL TITLE / SI-G
GENRE / children’s documentary series
about heroes. In each episode, a passionate hero introduces their exciting job. The humorous and enthusiastic animated character Pieper guides us through the episodes.
DIRECTED BY / Benoît Van Wambeke
SCRIPTED BY / Bob Goossens, Benoît Van Wambeke LANGUAGE / Dutch, French, English RUNNING TIME / 26 x 13’
PRODUCTION / Off World
STATUS / In production, ETA Autumn 2018 CONTACT / eric.goossens@offworld.be /
frederik@offworld.be / elien@offworld.be
SO YOU WANNA BE II
ORIGINAL TITLE / LATER ALS IK GROOT BEN II / JE VOUDRAIS DEVENIR II
lgbt+
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PITCH / The story of a 15-year-old girl born in a boy’s body, ready to risk everything to pursue her dream of becoming a ballerina.
features
FULL PICTURE
UN CERTAIN REGARD
DIRECTED BY / Lukas Dhont
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SCRIPTED BY / Lukas Dhont, Angelo Tijssens CAST / Victor Polster, Arieh Worthalter LANGUAGE / Dutch, French
INTL SALES / The Match Factory /
info@matchfactory.de
shorts
PITCH / A young woman searches
for her personal definition of gender, her sexual orientation and their impact on her surroundings.
passionate romance during a holiday in Senegal: a world-renowned but discredited sportsman and a young prostitute whose only hope is to escape her situation and survive.
ANGEL
GENRE / drama
DIRECTED BY / Koen Mortier
SCRIPTED BY / Koen Mortier, based on a novel by
Dimitri Verhulst CAST / Vincent Rottiers, Fatou N’Diaye LANGUAGE / French, Dutch, Wolof RUNNING TIME / 103’ PRODUCTION / Eurydice Gysel / Czar Film & TV YEAR / 2018 CONTACT / Eurydice Gysel / eurydice.gysel@czar.be
POST-PRODUCTION
BASTARD
ORIGINAL TITLE / BASTAARD
PITCH / Dorien has every reason to
be happy. But when she discovers a year-long affair among her parents and her husband turns out to be very close with a colleague, she begins to doubt herself. A phone call bearing bad news is the last straw.
THE BEST OF DORIEN B. ORIGINAL TITLE / THE BEST OF DORIEN B.
DIRECTED BY / Mathieu Mortelmans
1
SCRIPTED BY / Jan Pepermans, Stephanie Van Hecke CAST / Spencer Bogaert, Bjarne Devolder,
Tine Reymer, Koen De Bouw LANGUAGE / Dutch RUNNING TIME / 115’ PRODUCTION / Yoshi Aesaert / Marmalade STATUS / in post-production, ETA October 2018 CONTACT / Marmalade / info@marmaladecontent.com
CANNES 2018 I Booth Rivièra A2
Flanders Image / Flanders Film House Bischoffsheimlaan 38 / 1000 Brussels / Belgium/EU T +32 2 226 0630 / E flandersimage@vaf.be
CANNES 2018
GENRE / drama
DIRECTED BY / Sophie Kurpershoek
SCRIPTED BY / Sophie Kurpershoek
CAST / Charlotte De Bruyne, Sallie Harmsen LANGUAGE / Dutch
RUNNING TIME / 30’
PRODUCTION / Sophie Kurpershoek
YEAR / 2017 CONTACT / Sophie Kurpershoek / sophiekurpershoek@gmail.com
CANNES 2018
QUINZAINE DES RÉALISATEURS
PITCH / An animated anthology film set in colonial Africa in the late 19th-century telling the stories of five different characters.
PETIT AMI
ORIGINAL TITLE / PETIT AMI
ORIGINAL TITLE / CE MAGNIFIQUE GÂTEAU !
YEAR / 2018
rendezvous hotel Petit Ami. Twentyyear-old Jasper meets the older, mysterious Vincent... GENRE / 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’
CAST / Ezra Fieremans, Thomas Ryckewaert LANGUAGE / Dutch RUNNING TIME / 13’
PRODUCTION / Sven Spur
DIRECTED BY / Juanita Onzaga CAST / Eliseo Pino Chaverra, Camilo Chaverra
Cordoba, Roberto Erlin Machado Cordoba LANGUAGE / Spanish
CONTACT / Juanita Onzaga /
PITCH / Individuals wait, silence
is heard, a microscopic attention registers through a tired mass...
PITCH / In September 2000 Robert Z. was given permission by the National Museum in Poznań, Poland, to copy Claude Monet’s painting Beach in Pourville. In this revealing film, he talks for the first time about the events and consequences of that day in the Museum.
DIRECTED BY / Mieriën Coppens SCRIPTED BY / Mieriën Coppens RUNNING TIME / 12’
PRODUCTION / Mieriën Coppens YEAR / 2017
coppens_mierien@hotmail.com
YEAR / 2018
CONTACT / Bart Maes / bart@zonderling.be
PRODUCTION / KASK School of Arts YEAR / 2017
CONTACT / Elisa Heene / elisa.heene@gmail.com
OURS IS A COUNTRY OF WORDS
GENRE / experimental documentary
CONTACT / Mieriën Coppens /
DIRECTED BY / Mathijs Poppe SCRIPTED BY / Mathijs Poppe CAST / Jamal Hendawi, Mohammad Abbas, Mohammad Zayat, Naim Abbas, Mohammad Hassan RUNNING TIME / 42’
RUNNING TIME / 54’
PRODUCTION / Zonderling
ORIGINAL TITLE / OURS IS A COUNTRY OF WORDS
juanitaonzaga@gmail.com SALES / Some Shorts / info@someshorts.com
ORIGINAL TITLE / NUESTRA CANCIÓN A LA GUERRA
PITCH / Ours Is a Country of Words begins at an undetermined moment in the future, when the dream of Palestinian refugees to go back to Palestine becomes reality. The film treads a thin line between fiction and documentary, dream and reality.
LANGUAGE / French, Darija, Berber, Classic Arabic
ORIGINAL TITLE / CORNERED IN MOLENBEEK
SCRIPTED BY / Juanita Onzaga
PRODUCTION / Rana Films, De Chinezen
SCRIPTED BY / Bart Maes, Sahim Omar Kalifa
CORNERED IN MOLENBEEK
GENRE / hybrid documentary
YEAR / 2018
DIRECTED BY / Sahim Omar Kalifa
through the window of a Molenbeek barber shop in the aftermath of the Paris and Brussels terrorist attacks, and the reflections of its customers of North African origin.
CONTACT / Anthony Schatteman / schattemananthony@gmail.com
PRODUCTION / Steven De Beul, Ben Tesseur,
RUNNING TIME / 14’
OUR SONG TO WAR
SALES / Some Shorts / info@someshorts.com
PITCH / A neo-realistic essay seen
DIRECTED BY / Anthony Schatteman SCRIPTED BY / Anthony Schatteman
CONTACT / Ben Tesseur / ben@beastanimation.com
about Bojaya, a river town in Colombia where the villagers have strange beliefs and celebrate the Novenario death ritual.
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
ORIGINAL TITLE / NUESTRA CANCIÓN A LA GUERRA
Koen Vermaanen / Beast Productions YEAR / 2018
THIS MAGNIFICENT CAKE!
PITCH / A short hybrid documentary about Bojaya, a river town in Colombia where the villagers have strange beliefs and celebrate the Novenario death ritual.
OUR SONG TO WAR
GENRE / drama
mid-length
IF ONLY FOR A MOMENT
ORIGINAL TITLE / AL WAS HET MAAR VOOR EVEN
DIRECTED BY / Amir Yatziv, Guy Slabbinck SCRIPTED BY / Amir Yatziv
LANGUAGE / Polish, English RUNNING TIME / 52’
PRODUCTION / Czar Film & TV YEAR / 2018
CONTACT / Kaat Camerlynck /
kaat.camerlynck@czar.be
STANDBY PAINTER
ORIGINAL TITLE / STANDBY PAINTER
CARRY ON
ORIGINAL TITLE / CARRY ON
PITCH / Growing up in the hyper
competitive cycling milieu of Flanders, Matthias Vandenborre, a talented young cyclist, must race with his father’s and grandfather’s expectations, week after week, in every race.
GENRE / documentary
DIRECTED BY / Kinshuk Surjan SCRIPTED BY / Kinshuk Surjan LANGUAGE / Dutch
RUNNING TIME / 29’
PRODUCTION / LUCA School of Arts YEAR / 2017
CONTACT / Kinshuk Surjan /
kinshuk.surjan@gmail.com
DE FLANDRIEN
ORIGINAL TITLE / DE FLANDRIEN
GENRE / dramedy DIRECTED BY / Anke Blondé 1 SCRIPTED BY / Anke Blondé, Jean-Claude van Rijckeghem CAST / Kim Snauwaert, Jelle De Beule, Katelijne Verbeke, Dirk van Dijck LANGUAGE / Dutch RUNNING TIME / 100’ PRODUCTION / Dries Phlypo / A Private View STATUS / in post-production, ETA 2019 CONTACT / Dries Phlypo / dries@aprivateview.be INTL SALES / Be For Films / pamela@beforfilms.com
flandersimage.com
LANGUAGE / Dutch RUNNING TIME / 14’ PRODUCTION / RITCS School of Arts YEAR / 2017 CONTACT / Heleen Declercq / heleendeclercq@gmail.com
short
young artist Astrid battles with her loneliness. When she meets eccentric geologist Emily, they form a deep connection...
FLANDERS WILDCARDS
the homeless Radja to stay in their house as a replacement for their dead brother, fractured family relationships dissolve even further.
GENRE / psychological thriller
DIRECTED BY / Heleen Declercq SCRIPTED BY / Heleen Declercq
QUINZAINE DES RÉALISATEURS
PITCH / In a deserted landscape
ORIGINAL TITLE / UN ANGE
PITCH / When Daan and Nina invite
GENRE / documentary
ORIGINAL TITLE / GIRLHOOD
FLANDERS WILDCARDS
PITCH / Two lost souls have a
LANGUAGE / Dutch, French
GIRLHOOD
RUNNING TIME / 100’ PRODUCTION / Dirk Impens / Menuet YEAR / 2018 CONTACT / Dirk Impens / info@menuet.be INTL SALES / The Match Factory / info@matchfactory.de
GIRL
ORIGINAL TITLE / GIRL
CAST / Victor Polster, Arieh Worthalter
YEAR / 2018
PITCH / A short hybrid documentary
GENRE / drama
DIRECTED BY / Lukas Dhont
SCRIPTED BY / Lukas Dhont, Angelo Tijssens
CONTACT / Dirk Impens / info@menuet.be
QUINZAINE DES RÉALISATEURS
PITCH / The story of a 15-year-old girl born in a boy’s body, ready to risk everything to pursue her dream of becoming a ballerina.
CANNES 2018
GENRE / drama
PRODUCTION / Dirk Impens / Menuet
ORIGINAL TITLE / GIRL
PITCH / Christmas Eve in the obscure
features
CANNES 2018
RUNNING TIME / 100’
GIRL
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