CANNES 2018
PITCH / An animated anthology QUINZAINE DES RÉALISATEURS
film set in colonial Africa in the late 19th-century telling the stories of five different characters.
THIS MAGNIFICENT CAKE!
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’ PRODUCTION / Steven De Beul, Ben Tesseur, Koen Vermaanen / Beast Productions YEAR / 2018
ORIGINAL TITLE / CE MAGNIFIQUE GÂTEAU !
CONTACT / Ben Tesseur / ben@beastanimation.com
PITCH / A short hybrid documentary
about Bojaya, a river town in Colombia where the villagers have strange beliefs and celebrate the Novenario death ritual.
QUINZAINE DES RÉALISATEURS
GENRE / animated drama
GENRE / hybrid documentary
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 YEAR / 2018
CONTACT / Juanita Onzaga /
OUR SONG TO WAR
juanitaonzaga@gmail.com
ORIGINAL TITLE / NUESTRA CANCIÓN A LA GUERRA
SALES / Some Shorts / info@someshorts.com
PITCH / Individuals wait, silence
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is heard, a microscopic attention registers through a tired mass...
GENRE / experimental documentary DIRECTED BY / Mieriën Coppens SCRIPTED BY / Mieriën Coppens RUNNING TIME / 12’
PRODUCTION / Mieriën Coppens YEAR / 2017
CONTACT / Mieriën Coppens /
coppens_mierien@hotmail.com
CARRY ON
ORIGINAL TITLE / CARRY ON
PITCH / Growing up in the hyper
FLANDERS WILDCARDS
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
PITCH / Twenty-year-old Max is the
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son of a sailor and lives in a boarding school for children of seamen and immigrants. During the holiday, when most of the children go home, he stays there with a small group of fellow students.
GENRE / coming-of-age, drama DIRECTED BY / Michiel Dhont SCRIPTED BY / Michiel Dhont
CAST / Tijmen Govaerts, Felix Meyer, Aiko Van Parys,
Eder Bobena, Lukas De Wolf, Donphil Makengo
LANGUAGE / Dutch
RUNNING TIME / 18’
PRODUCTION / Charlotte Lybaert, Jessie Lombaert YEAR / 2017
CONTACT / Michiel Dhont / michieldhontp@gmail.com
POOR KIDS
ORIGINAL TITLE / POOR KIDS
PITCH / A robot, unhappy with the
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way he looks, decides he wants to change gender.
GENRE / animation, drama, science fiction DIRECTED BY / Zander Meykens SCRIPTED BY / Zander Meykens LANGUAGE / no dialogue RUNNING TIME / 6’
PRODUCTION / RITCS School of Arts YEAR / 2017
CONTACT / Zander Meykens /
zander_1994@hotmail.com
XYXX
ORIGINAL TITLE / XYXX
PITCH / A haunting short film about
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two troubled young brothers who ride motorbikes and fall in love with the same girl...
GENRE / mystery
DIRECTED BY / Cam Thys SCRIPTED BY / Cam Thys
CAST / Eliza Stuyck, Pieter Verelst, Kirkland Klaes LANGUAGE / Dutch
RUNNING TIME / 15’
PRODUCTION / Richie Holland / Box House YEAR / 2018
CONTACT / Richie Holland / richie@box-house.be
BROTHER’S KEEPER
ORIGINAL TITLE / BROTHER’S KEEPER
PITCH / Set in the post-war years, this
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short drama tells a story of friendship and solitude, of attachment and letting go.
DIRECTED BY / Ruben Vandenborre SCRIPTED BY / Ruben Vandenborre
CAST / Jules Dezuttere, Mieke De Groote, Line Pillet,
Wim Danckaert, Jacob Ooghe
LANGUAGE / Dutch
RUNNING TIME / 12’
PRODUCTION / Ruben Vandenborre YEAR / 2017
CONTACT / Ruben Vandenborre /
A GOLD FRIEND
rubenvandenborre@gmail.com
ORIGINAL TITLE / VRIEND VAN GOUD
PITCH / A unique collaboration
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GENRE / drama
between Roel Goyens and activist theatre company Tartaren. Informed by the psychiatric past of its actors and many conversations with specialists, the director submerges the audience in a surreal world that for some tormented souls might be grim reality.
KOPSCHUIF
ORIGINAL TITLE / KOPSCHUIF
GENRE / fiction, experimental DIRECTED BY / Roel Goyens SCRIPTED BY / Roel Goyens
CAST / Cédric Denayer, Toni Vandenplas,
Lieve Matthijs, Saskia Jacobs, Soetkin Claes, Jacques Bollens, Jeroen Leenders LANGUAGE / Dutch RUNNING TIME / 16’ PRODUCTION / Compagnie Tartaren YEAR / 2018 CONTACT / Compagnie Tartaren / wanne@tartaren.be
PITCH / A story about paranoia and
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misunderstanding, situated in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks in Brussels in March 2016.
DIRECTED BY / Koen Van Sande SCRIPTED BY / Koen Van Sande
CAST / Tibo Vandenborre, Lubna Azabal, Hichem Yacoubi,
Sofie Hoflack, Nabil Mallat, David Murgia, Martin Swabey
LANGUAGE / Dutch, French RUNNING TIME / 15’
PRODUCTION / David Vermander, Koen Van Sande /
Cartouche YEAR / 2018
LOCKDOWN
CONTACT / Koen Van Sande / koen@cartouche.tv
ORIGINAL TITLE / LOCKDOWN
SALES / Origine Films / Olivier Berlemont / originefilms.fr PITCH / By the grace of Dieu, Sven
GENRE / comedy
DIRECTED BY / Kevin Van Doorslaer
PITCH / Single mum Eva tries to help
GENRE / drama
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and Chantal decide to spend one last night with their dad, whose funeral is tomorrow.
RENDEZVOUS WITH GOD ORIGINAL TITLE / RENDEZ-VOUS MÈ DIEU
out in the neighbourhood despite her own problems.
SCRIPTED BY / Kevin Van Doorslaer
CAST / Chloe Van Doorslaer, Kevin Van Doorslaer,
Duane Cooper, Youri Garfinkiel, Josy Restiaen, Charley Pasteleurs, Kathleen Segers, Anouk Van Doosselaer LANGUAGE / Dutch, French (Brussels dialect) RUNNING TIME / 15’ PRODUCTION / Michto Productions YEAR / 2018 CONTACT / kevinvandoorslaer@gmail.com / michtoproductions@gmail.com
DIRECTED BY / Nicolas Daenens
SCRIPTED BY / Nicolas Daenens, An De Gruyter CAST / Eva Young, Luna Chaltin, Lucas Chaltin,
SHORT FILM CORNER
Lisa Chaltin, Jimmy De Blieck
LANGUAGE / Dutch
RUNNING TIME / 33’
TAKE GOOD CARE OF MY BABY ORIGINAL TITLE / TAKE GOOD CARE OF MY BABY
PITCH / An intriguing story about
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two men, the first one on a quest to find the organ donor who could have saved the life of his wife, while the other copes with a criminal to negotiate the return of important documents.
THE THINGS WE FACE ORIGINAL TITLE / LES CHOSES EN FACE
PITCH / An old cowboy and
eight-year-old Laura embark on a peculiar journey where all is not what it seems...
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GENRE / drama
THIS NO LAND
ORIGINAL TITLE / THIS NO LAND
PRODUCTION / kleinVerhaal & Samenlevingsopbouw West-Vlaanderen YEAR / 2017 CONTACT / Michiel De Baets / michiel@kleinverhaal.be
GENRE / film noir, drama
DIRECTED BY / Douglas Boswell
SCRIPTED BY / Olivier Chauvel, Michel Sabbe
CAST / Lucas Tavernier, Olivier Chauvel, Griet van
Damme, Maxine Janssens, Morgane Choupay, Stéphanie Van Vyve, Vincenzo Dejonghe LANGUAGE / Dutch, French RUNNING TIME / 16’ PRODUCTION / Vivi Film, Quilombo YEAR / 2017 CONTACT / viviane@vivifilm.be / lucas.tavernier@quilombo.eu GENRE / drama, with surreal western elements DIRECTED BY / Alexander Decommere SCRIPTED BY / Jean Ryckebosch
CAST / Patrick Pevenage, Lisa Lelieur, Robrecht Vanden
Thoren, Anne-Laure Vandeputte, Titus De Voogdt, Peter Van den Eede, Tom Ternest, Wolvin Hoorelbeke LANGUAGE / Dutch RUNNING TIME / 15’ PRODUCTION / Veerle Appelmans / Vivi Film YEAR / 2018 CONTACT / Veerle Appelmans / veerle@vivifilm.be
PITCH / A new-born baby can heal
others through mutual contact with water, but at the cost of her lifespan.
GENRE / drama, thriller, science fiction DIRECTED BY / Raphaël Crombez SCRIPTED BY / Raphaël Crombez
CAST / Firat Celik, Florence Janas, Nicolas Grosrichard,
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Albane Francis, Pierre Nisse, Maria Garcia Martinez
LANGUAGE / French
PRODUCTION / Matthias Schellens / Colonel
STATUS / in post-production, ETA Spring 2018
CONTACT / Matthias Schellens / matthias@colonel.be
BLIGHT
ORIGINAL TITLE / BLIGHT
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 / Recruits of the Union of South
Africa board ships to the beat of S.E.K. Mqhayi’s sarcasm-laden poem The Dark Army.
GENRE / animation, short
DIRECTED BY / Wendy Morris SCRIPTED BY / Wendy Morris LANGUAGE / Xhosa, English RUNNING TIME / 8’
PRODUCTION / Jean Delbeke / Vertigo Productions YEAR / 2017
CONTACT / Wendy Morris
SALES / Argos / distribution@argosarts.org
BOARDGAME, OR FROM THE RANKS TO FIELD MARSHAL ORIGINAL TITLE / BOARDGAME, OR FROM THE RANKS TO FIELD MARSHAL
PITCH / What is it like to have a body
and how is it related to what we feel in a new virtual existence?
GENRE / experimental documentary DIRECTED BY / Brian den Hartog SCRIPTED BY / Brian den Hartog LANGUAGE / English RUNNING TIME / 15’
PRODUCTION / RITCS School of Arts YEAR / 2018
CONTACT / Brian den Hartog /
hartog.brian.den@gmail.com
A DIALOGUE WITH CYBERSPACE ORIGINAL TITLE / A DIALOGUE WITH CYBERSPACE
PITCH / A slice of life on a small Italian
island one summer afternoon.
GENRE / drama
DIRECTED BY / Lore Vandebeek, Kristof Lauwers SCRIPTED BY / Lore Vandebeek, Kristof Lauwers
CAST / Mistral Guidotti, Ghiblin Guidotti, Marianna Rodo,
Lilly Lambert
LANGUAGE / Italian RUNNING TIME / 11’
DISCESA
ORIGINAL TITLE / DISCESA
PRODUCTION / Lore Vandebeek, Kristof Lauwers / motorhoofd & bergland YEAR / 2018 CONTACT / motorhoofd & bergland / info@motorhoofd-bergland.com
PITCH / A short documentary about
the training of patrol dogs and the intimate connection between animals and humans.
GENRE / documentary
DIRECTED BY / Nina de Vroome SCRIPTED BY / Nina de Vroome LANGUAGE / no dialogue RUNNING TIME / 24’
PRODUCTION / Lotte Van Craeynest / Blauwhuis YEAR / 2018
CONTACT / Lotte Van Craeynest /
lotte@blauwhuis.be
A DOG’S LUCK
ORIGINAL TITLE / HET GELUK VAN HONDEN
PITCH / In the 17th century, Antoni Van
Leeuwenhoek, a draper from Delft, begins to make glass lenses, in order better to study the quality of his cloth. Director Sarah Vanagt replaces the lens of her camera with those used by Van Leeuwenhoek...
GENRE / documentary, essay DIRECTED BY / Sarah Vanagt SCRIPTED BY / Sarah Vanagt LANGUAGE / Dutch
RUNNING TIME / 30’
PRODUCTION / Sarah Vanagt / Balthasar YEAR / 2018
CONTACT / Sarah Vanagt / info@balthasar.be SALES / Argos / distribution@argosarts.org
EVERY TEAR
ORIGINAL TITLE / ALLE DE TRANEN / TOUTE LARME
PITCH / In search of his identity,
Esteban discovers that swimming is a metaphor for life itself.
GENRE / drama
DIRECTED BY / Inès Eshun SCRIPTED BY / Inès Eshun
CAST / Noah Mavuela, Mathis Mavuela, Joshua Tassin,
Zion Kiala, Tine Cartuyvels, Goua Grovogui, Lamine Diouf LANGUAGE / Dutch RUNNING TIME / 15’ PRODUCTION / Inès Eshun, Celine Vanhoutte YEAR / 2017 CONTACT / Inès Eshun / ines_eshun@hotmail.com
THE LIFE OF ESTEBAN
ORIGINAL TITLE / HET LEVEN VAN ESTEBAN
PITCH / When Richard meets the
mysterious Max, it looks as though his sexual fantasy of being eaten could come true.
GENRE / psychological horror
DIRECTED BY / Jasper Vrancken SCRIPTED BY / Jasper Vrancken
CAST / Matthieu Sys, Pascal Maetens, Pieter Piron,
Myrthe Kramer
LANGUAGE / Dutch
RUNNING TIME / 19’
PRODUCTION / Steve De Roover, Kevin Hoed / Skladanowsky YEAR / 2018 CONTACT / Kevin Hoed / kevin@skladanowsky.be
MAW
ORIGINAL TITLE / MUIL
PITCH / When The Creator realises he
forgot to add sound to the world, he tries to remedy this by using his weird collection of animated cartoons.
THE ORIGIN OF SOUND ORIGINAL TITLE / THE ORIGIN OF SOUND
GENRE / burlesque
DIRECTED BY / Toon Loenders, Paul Driessen, in collaboration with Kris Van Alphen SCRIPTED BY / Paul Driessen VOICE CAST / Herwig Ilegems, Danie Jordens, Adelheid vander Meulen LANGUAGE / English RUNNING TIME / 13’ PRODUCTION / Geert Van Goethem, Linda Sterckx / S.O.I.L. YEAR / 2018 CONTACT / Geert Van Goethem, Linda Sterckx / info@soilart.be
PITCH / An animated short in which
Stefaan is tormented by the water that keeps seeping into his life.
GENRE / drama, animation
DIRECTED BY / Wouter Bongaerts SCRIPTED BY / Wouter Bongaerts RUNNING TIME / 10’
PRODUCTION / Karim Rhellam / Creative Conspiracy YEAR / 2018
CONTACT / Creative Conspiracy / info@cc.be
PANTA RHEI
ORIGINAL TITLE / PANTA RHEI
PITCH / A summer vacation in
Provence proves a turning point for 11-year-old Camille and her older brother Tuur.
GENRE / coming-of-age, drama DIRECTED BY / Kato De Boeck SCRIPTED BY / Kato De Boeck
CAST / Laime De Paep, Pelle Adriaenssens,
Otis Domen, Jente Van Den Brenk, Talitha de Boer
LANGUAGE / Dutch
RUNNING TIME / 22’
PRODUCTION / RITCS School of Arts YEAR / 2018
CONTACT / Kato De Boeck /
PROVENCE
katodeboeck@hotmail.com
ORIGINAL TITLE / PROVENCE
PITCH / A short film connecting
imagination and storytelling to the reality of war, in which young soldiers from previous wars roam the woods aimlessly.
GENRE / hybrid documentary
DIRECTED BY / Isabelle Tollenaere SCRIPTED BY / Isabelle Tollenaere LANGUAGE / English RUNNING TIME / 17’
PRODUCTION / Isabelle Tollenaere YEAR / 2018
CONTACT / Isabelle Tollenaere /
isabelletollenaere@hotmail.com
THE REMEMBERED FILM ORIGINAL TITLE / THE REMEMBERED FILM
PITCH / A gang of youngsters wander
the city suburbs under the supervision of their leader, dreaming of being in a real motorbike gang.
GENRE / coming-of-age
DIRECTED BY / Yannis Van den Ecker SCRIPTED BY / Yannis Van den Ecker LANGUAGE / Dutch
RUNNING TIME / 13’
PRODUCTION / RITCS School of Arts YEAR / 2017
CONTACT / Yannis Van den Ecker /
yannis.vandenecker@gmail.com
SONS OF THE WILD
ORIGINAL TITLE / SONS OF THE WILD
PITCH / A young mother wants to
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sparkle one more time for the person she holds dearest before saying goodbye to this world.
GENRE / drama
DIRECTED BY / Tony Schollaert SCRIPTED BY / Tony Schollaert
CAST / Paloma Dejans, Tatjana Philipp LANGUAGE / no dialogue RUNNING TIME / 14’
PRODUCTION / Minds Meet
STATUS / in post-production, ETA May 2018
CONTACT / Marc Goyens / marc@mindsmeet.be
STAGE IV
ORIGINAL TITLE / STAGE IV
PITCH / An audiovisual essay based
on the director’s correspondence with Thomas, a jailed child abuser.
GENRE / experimental film, film essay DIRECTED BY / Eva van Tongeren SCRIPTED BY / Eva van Tongeren LANGUAGE / Dutch
RUNNING TIME / 18’
PRODUCTION / Brecht Van Elslande / Animal Tank & Koen Bleuzé / De Imagerie YEAR / 2018 CONTACT / Brecht Van Elslande / brecht@animaltank.be
STILL FROM AFAR
ORIGINAL TITLE / VAN VER STAAT HET STIL
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 / Interweaving three stages of
their girlhood, Us Three captures the childlike swiftness that is maintained in Anna, Nele and Sarah’s intervening lives, from children to independent young women.
GENRE / dance film
DIRECTED BY / Jonas Baeckeland
SCRIPTED BY / Jonas Baeckeland, Anne-Lore Baeckeland CAST / Anna-Ganesha Gering, Nele Theuwissen,
Sarah Huppermans
LANGUAGE / no dialogue RUNNING TIME / 29’
PRODUCTION / Sieber Marly, Lotte Van Craeynest /
Blauwhuis YEAR / 2018
US THREE
CONTACT / Lotte Van Craeynest / lotte@blauwhuis.be
ORIGINAL TITLE / NOUS TROIS
PITCH / A safari turns into a
nightmare for middle-aged couple Linda and Troyer.
GENRE / animated comedy
DIRECTED BY / Nicolas Keppens, Matthias Phlips SCRIPTED BY / Nicolas Keppens, Matthias Phlips CAST / Sam Louwyck, Chris Boni LANGUAGE / Dutch
RUNNING TIME / 19’
PRODUCTION / Bert Lesaffer, Brecht Van Elslande / Animal Tank YEAR / 2017 CONTACT / Brecht Van Elslande / brecht@animaltank.be
WILDEBEEST
ORIGINAL TITLE / WILDEBEEST
PITCH / She’s looking for something to
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hold on to. In this savage landscape where nature has free rein. A place as yet untouched by man. A wilderness.
GENRE / fiction short
DIRECTED BY / Benjamin Sprengers SCRIPTED BY / Benjamin Sprengers
CAST / Inge Paulussen, Bruno Vanden Broecke LANGUAGE / Dutch
RUNNING TIME / 18’
PRODUCTION / Marc Goyens / Quetzalcoatl STATUS / in post-production, ETA May 2018
CONTACT / Marc Goyens / marc@quetzalcoatl.com
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ORIGINAL TITLE / WILDERNIS
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DIRECTED BY / Lukas Dhont
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SCRIPTED BY / Lukas Dhont, Angelo Tijssens CAST / Victor Polster, Arieh Worthalter LANGUAGE / Dutch, French RUNNING TIME / 100’
PRODUCTION / Dirk Impens / Menuet YEAR / 2018
CONTACT / Dirk Impens / info@menuet.be INTL SALES / The Match Factory /
GIRL
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
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.
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
YEAR / 2018
SALES / Some Shorts / info@someshorts.com
RUNNING TIME / 103’
PRODUCTION / Eurydice Gysel / Czar Film & TV CONTACT / Eurydice Gysel / eurydice.gysel@czar.be
ORIGINAL TITLE / UN ANGE
PITCH / A neo-realistic essay seen
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.
DIRECTED BY / Sahim Omar Kalifa
SCRIPTED BY / Bart Maes, Sahim Omar Kalifa
LANGUAGE / French, Darija, Berber, Classic Arabic RUNNING TIME / 54’
PRODUCTION / Zonderling YEAR / 2018
CONTACT / Bart Maes / bart@zonderling.be
the homeless Radja to stay in their house as a replacement for their dead brother, fractured family relationships dissolve even further.
BASTARD
ORIGINAL TITLE / BASTAARD
GENRE / psychological thriller
DIRECTED BY / Mathieu Mortelmans
PITCH / Ours Is a Country of Words
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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.
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
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.
GENRE / dramedy
DIRECTED BY / Anke Blondé
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.
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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
STANDBY PAINTER
ORIGINAL TITLE / STANDBY PAINTER
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
DIRECTED BY / Mathijs Poppe
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...
SCRIPTED BY / Mathijs Poppe
CONTACT / Elisa Heene / elisa.heene@gmail.com
OURS IS A COUNTRY OF WORDS
SCRIPTED BY / Anke Blondé, Jean-Claude van Rijckeghem
PITCH / Because of the greed of the
CAST / Jamal Hendawi, Mohammad Abbas, Mohammad Zayat, Naim Abbas, Mohammad Hassan RUNNING TIME / 42’ PRODUCTION / KASK School of Arts YEAR / 2017
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
lgbt+ girl born in a boy’s body, ready to risk everything to pursue her dream of becoming a ballerina.
ORIGINAL TITLE / PLOEY – YOU NEVER FLY ALONE
PRODUCTION / Dirk Impens / Menuet CONTACT / Dirk Impens / info@menuet.be
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
INTL SALES / The Match Factory /
info@matchfactory.de
PITCH / A young woman searches
for her personal definition of gender, her sexual orientation and their impact on her surroundings.
PITCH / An eco adventure taking
DIRECTED BY / Amir Yatziv, Guy Slabbinck SCRIPTED BY / Amir Yatziv
an 8+ family audience on an entertaining journey based on humanity’s challenging relationship with Nature.
LANGUAGE / Polish, English RUNNING TIME / 52’
PRODUCTION / Czar Film & TV YEAR / 2018
CONTACT / Kaat Camerlynck /
kaat.camerlynck@czar.be
ZOOKS
ORIGINAL TITLE / ZOOks
GENRE / documentary
DIRECTED BY / Heleen Declercq SCRIPTED BY / Heleen Declercq LANGUAGE / Dutch RUNNING TIME / 14’
PRODUCTION / RITCS School of Arts
YEAR / 2017 CONTACT / Heleen Declercq / heleendeclercq@gmail.com
GIRLHOOD
ORIGINAL TITLE / GIRLHOOD
PITCH / In a deserted landscape
DIRECTED BY / Ives Agemans, Árni Ásgeirsson SCRIPTED BY / Friðrik Erlingsson CAST / Jamie Oram LANGUAGE / English RUNNING TIME / 80’
GENRE / drama
young artist Astrid battles with her loneliness. When she meets eccentric geologist Emily, they form a deep connection...
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
PITCH / Christmas Eve in the obscure
GENRE / drama DIRECTED BY / Anthony Schatteman SCRIPTED BY / Anthony Schatteman CAST / Ezra Fieremans, Thomas Ryckewaert LANGUAGE / Dutch RUNNING TIME / 13’ PRODUCTION / Sven Spur CONTACT / Anthony Schatteman / schattemananthony@gmail.com
PRODUCTION / Ives Agemans / Cyborn YEAR / 2018
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CAST / Victor Polster, Arieh Worthalter LANGUAGE / Dutch, French
YEAR / 2018
ORIGINAL TITLE / GIRL
GENRE / animation, adventure, family
INTL SALES / ARRI Media International /
GENRE / drama
DIRECTED BY / Lukas Dhont
SCRIPTED BY / Lukas Dhont, Angelo Tijssens
RUNNING TIME / 100’
GIRL
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ORIGINAL TITLE / AL WAS HET MAAR VOOR EVEN
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
rendezvous hotel Petit Ami. Twentyyear-old Jasper meets the older, mysterious Vincent...
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ORIGINAL TITLE / PETIT AMI
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PITCH / The story of a 15-year-old
CONTACT / Iris Delafortry / iris@cyborn.be
PLOEY – YOU NEVER FLY ALONE
ORIGINAL TITLE / OURS IS A COUNTRY OF WORDS
PITCH / Dorien has every reason to
ORIGINAL TITLE / THE BEST OF DORIEN B.
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PITCH / When Daan and Nina invite
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ROSIE & MOUSSA
ORIGINAL TITLE / ROSIE & MOUSSA
YEAR / 2018
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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.
RUNNING TIME / 14’
ORIGINAL TITLE / NUESTRA CANCIÓN A LA GUERRA
PITCH / Two lost souls have a
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PITCH / A movie based on the
PRODUCTION / Rana Films, De Chinezen
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ORIGINAL TITLE / GIRL
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PITCH / A short hybrid documentary
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girl born in a boy’s body, ready to risk everything to pursue her dream of becoming a ballerina.
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PITCH / The story of a 15-year-old
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