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/ Hans is a 50-year-old
businessman. He has a challenging
job, a wonderful collection of ties and
a pristine apartment. One day, when a
crack appears in the wall of his home,
Hans slowly starts losing control of his
seemingly perfect life.
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GENRE / drama
DIRECTED BY / Boris Kuijpers, Ruth Mellaerts
SCRIPTED BY / Boris Kuijpers, Ruth Mellaerts
CAST / Peter De Graef, Louis Talpe, Maaike Cafmeyer
LANGUAGE / Dutch
RUNNING TIME / 17’30”
PRODUCTION / a team productions
YEAR / 2015
CONTACT / Hendrik Verthé /
[email protected]
ALLEGORY OF THE JAM JAR
INT’L SALES / Magnet Film / Georg Gruber /
[email protected]
ORIGINAL TITLE / ALLEGORY OF THE JAM JAR
/ Renee sends a letter to his
younger self about the unfulfilled
expectations of his life.
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GENRE / experimental fiction
DIRECTED BY / Emilie Verhamme
SCRIPTED BY / Emilie Verhamme
CAST / Simon Roobaert
LANGUAGE / French
RUNNING TIME / 11’
PRODUCTION / Holden Wallace
YEAR / 2015
CONTACT / Emilie Verhamme /
[email protected]
ANTICHAMBRE
ORIGINAL TITLE / ANTICHAMBRE
PITCH /
An experimental story about
a woman with an (inner) demon who
haunts her in daily life. She attempts
to avoid and ignore the monster until
she comes to the revelation that she
should accept and live with it.
GENRE / animation
DIRECTED BY / Liesbet van Loon
SCRIPTED BY / Liesbet van Loon
LANGUAGE / no dialogues
RUNNING TIME / 2’14”
PRODUCTION / Liesbet van Loon
YEAR / 2015
CONTACT / Liesbet van Loon /
[email protected]
THE BEAST
ORIGINAL TITLE / THE BEAST
PITCH /
Two young Bulgarian brothers
have to help their uncle collect scrap
metal in Belgium. Over the course of
one day, their relationship is tested...
GENRE / drama
DIRECTED BY / Anthony Nti
SCRIPTED BY / Anthony Nti, Chingiz Karibekov
CAST / Nerhan Rominof, Marcelo Shibelev
LANGUAGE / Bulgarian, Dutch
RUNNING TIME / 15’
PRODUCTION / Anthony Nti, RITCS School of Arts
YEAR / 2016
CONTACT / Anthony Nti / [email protected]
BOI
ORIGINAL TITLE / BOI
/ A cube and a sphere run into
each other. While the cube wants
to approach the sphere, the sphere
keeps its distance. The result is a
game of attraction and repulsion, in
which repulsion prevails and forces
them apart.
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GENRE / animation
DIRECTED BY / Astrid Chamberland
SCRIPTED BY / Astrid Chamberland
LANGUAGE / no dialogues
RUNNING TIME / 4’37”
PRODUCTION / LUCA School of Arts,
Astrid Chamberland
YEAR / 2015
CONTACT / Greet Busselot / [email protected]
COEXIST
ORIGINAL TITLE / COEXIST
/ Admiral Crupus finds himself
in dangerous waters when his tyrant
Queen realises that her sneaky servant
is not only obsessed with her beauty
but also believes that she will marry
him. But why would she, the Goddess
Queen of the Island, ever marry the
illegitimate son of an impoverished
noble madman and his house pig?
GENRE / animation
/ A lonely astronaut is, due to a
lack of human and physical contact,
sexually attracted to his toothbrush.
A story about the impossible
combination of someone’s deepest
desires and the world around him.
GENRE / animation, drama, comedy
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DIRECTED BY / Ives Agemans
SCRIPTED BY / Ives Agemans
LANGUAGE / English
RUNNING TIME / 14’
PRODUCTION / Cyborn
YEAR / 2015
CONTACT / Ives Agemans / [email protected]
CRUPUS
ORIGINAL TITLE / CRUPUS
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DIRECTED BY / Levi Stoops
SCRIPTED BY / Levi Stoops
LANGUAGE / no dialogues
RUNNING TIME / 4’57”
PRODUCTION / RITCS School of Arts
YEAR / 2015
CONTACT / Levi Stoops / [email protected]
D: 729.
ORIGINAL TITLE / D: 729.
/ To truly live, one must stare
Death into the eyes. Danse Macabre
is an adventure following a young
girl who is terrified of this fact, doing
everything in her power to avoid
even glancing. A story about fear of
the unknown and acceptance of the
inevitable, Danse Macabre shows us
after all is said and done, things aren’t
so bad as they seem.
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DANSE MACABRE
GENRE / youth
DIRECTED BY / Michael Van Ostade
SCRIPTED BY / Michael Van Ostade,
Andrew Van Ostade
CAST / Alix Cale, Kirsten Pieters, Maarten Mertens
LANGUAGE / Dutch
RUNNING TIME / 20’
PRODUCTION / Minds Meet
YEAR / 2015
CONTACT / Tomas Leyers / [email protected]
ORIGINAL TITLE / DANSE MACABRE
/ Against an artificial
romanticised background, two young
women meet. The summer day
inspires them to reminisce about their
former friendship and their lives, talking
about their careers, families, loves and
illnesses. Gradually it becomes clear
that the life they talk about is a vision
of a future yet to be lived.
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A DAY WILL COME MY FUTURE WILL BE YOUR PAST
ORIGINAL TITLE / A DAY WILL COME MY FUTURE WILL BE YOUR PAST
GENRE / experimental
DIRECTED BY / Sarah & Charles
SCRIPTED BY / Sarah & Charles
CAST / Bettee Molnár, Stine Sampers, Bryana Fritz,
Elsa May Averill, Damien Chapelle, Emeline Depas,
Arthur Egloff
LANGUAGE / English
RUNNING TIME / 25’17”
PRODUCTION / O.C.A.M., Untitled Production
YEAR / 2015
CONTACT / Untitled Production /
[email protected]
/ The night hums. Thunder
rumbles in the distance. Dogs bark
and a man runs off. Mist dissolves and
dawn is breaking. Three young sisters
wake up in an empty house with their
parents nowhere to be found. A long,
hot day unfolds on the island, but the
air is still loaded with the turmoil of last
night. Oppressive nature surrounds the
girls and a miracle takes place.
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DOG DAYS
GENRE / experimental, youth
DIRECTED BY / Janet van den Brand
SCRIPTED BY / Janet van den Brand
CAST / Emma Kleij, Noëlle Hoekstra,
Nikki van der Haar, Thomas Wander, Eva De Bleeker
LANGUAGE / Dutch
RUNNING TIME / 19’
PRODUCTION / Janet van den Brand
YEAR / 2015
CONTACT / Janet van den Brand /
[email protected]
ORIGINAL TITLE / HONDSDAGEN
PITCH /
FEEL SAD FOR THE BUNNY
Remy is 12 years old and lives
with his older brother Bruno and their
au pair Michaela. Remy looks up to
Bruno who teaches him how to smoke,
drink and shoot his father’s shotgun.
Despite the age difference, Remy
has a secret crush on Michaela. But
things threaten to explode between
the brothers when Bruno also takes an
interest in her.
GENRE / drama
DIRECTED BY / Kenneth Mercken
SCRIPTED BY / Kenneth Mercken, Monica Stan
CAST / Arthur Masson, Yoann Zimmer, Lydia Indjova,
Harry Cleven
LANGUAGE / French
RUNNING TIME / 18’
PRODUCTION / CZAR
YEAR / 2015
CONTACT / Eurydice Gysel /
[email protected]
ORIGINAL TITLE / FEEL SAD FOR THE BUNNY
PITCH /
Emiliana is a single mother
trying to survive in a remote Bolivian
mining camp 4,897 metres above sea
level. She lives with her children in the
middle of the paradise-like mountains
of Mina Argentina. But appearances
are deceptive: life in the camp is fierce
and alcohol-driven. Those who find tin
eat; those who don’t, don’t…
GENRE / documentary
DIRECTED BY / Karen Vázquez Guadarrama
SCRIPTED BY / Karen Vázquez Guadarrama
LANGUAGE / Spanish
RUNNING TIME / 22’52”
/ Visiophonics
/ 2015
CONTACT / Bart Goossens /
PRODUCTION
YEAR
[email protected]
FLOWER OF A THOUSAND COLOURS
ORIGINAL TITLE / FLOR DE MIL COLORES
PITCH /
Nineteen-year-old Jasper
tries to confront his first love with
his feelings and has to deal with the
following consequences.
GENRE / drama
DIRECTED BY / Anthony Schatteman
SCRIPTED BY / Anthony Schatteman, Stephen Dhondt
CAST / Ezra Fieremans, Maarten Ketels, Lien Maes
LANGUAGE / Dutch
RUNNING TIME / 14’30”
PRODUCTION / The New Generation
YEAR / 2015
CONTACT / Sven Spur / [email protected]
FOLLOW ME
ORIGINAL TITLE / VOLG MIJ
Fragments of Gabi consists of
a series of fragments from the life of
Gabi, a 32-year-old Romanian mother
adrift in a rootless urban landscape.
The film follows her for 36 hours,
but we only catch glimpses of what
she is actually going through. As the
action unfolds, we understand that
Gabi is undergoing a silent revolution,
trying to emancipate herself from her
disconnected surroundings.
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FRAGMENTS OF GABI
ORIGINAL TITLE / FRAGMENTS OF GABI
GENRE / drama
DIRECTED BY / Jaro Minne
SCRIPTED BY / Jaro Minne
CAST / Cristina Flutur, Vitalie Bichir
LANGUAGE / Romanian
RUNNING TIME / 15’
PRODUCTION / Jaro Minne
YEAR / 2015
CONTACT / Jaro Minne / [email protected]
/ In a no-man’s-land between
everything he left, everything he was
and everything that may or may not
come, a man wanders alone at night in
a hotel. When people from his past life
come to meet him, strange encounters
take place.
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GUEST
GENRE / drama
DIRECTED BY / Moon Blaisse
SCRIPTED BY / Moon Blaisse
CAST / Peter Van den Begin, Reinout Scholten van
Aschat, Mark Verstraete, Katelijne Verbeke
LANGUAGE / Dutch
RUNNING TIME / 20’08”
PRODUCTION / De Wereldvrede
YEAR / 2015
CONTACT / Bram Versteyhe / [email protected]
ORIGINAL TITLE / GUEST
/ When an introverted teenage
skateboarder falls in love with the
girlfriend of one of his best friends, he is
pushed to his limits by the people who
are most close to him.
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HOLD BACK
GENRE / drama
DIRECTED BY / Steffen Geypens
SCRIPTED BY / Steffen Geypens
CAST / Ward Kerremans, Liliana de Vries, Willy Crank
(Willem Vleugels), Ramsy Saïdi
LANGUAGE / Dutch
RUNNING TIME / 18’57”
PRODUCTION / Visual Creations
YEAR / 2015
CONTACT / Jimi Abidts / [email protected]
ORIGINAL TITLE / HOLD BACK
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INTO DARKNESS
ORIGINAL TITLE / INTO DARKNESS
Little Mohamed and his family
live in the small village of Taroudant,
Morocco. Eleven of the family
members are blind. Living in extreme
poverty and excluded from society,
they try to keep their hopes and
dreams alive. Mohamed is smart and
playful with one dream: to keep his
sight. Naïma is the first who pursues
higher education. But the constant
lack of money makes her dream very
uncertain.
GENRE / documentary
/ Felix (28) and 17-year-old Elise
undertake a video project in which
Felix tries to capture Elise’s sexual
fantasies. As the project progresses,
their visions seem to distance them
increasingly from each other. Who will
eventually take the lead in a game of
obsession and manipulation?
GENRE / psychological drama, erotic
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JUNK OF THE HEART
DIRECTED BY / Rachida El Garani
SCRIPTED BY / Rachida El Garani
LANGUAGE / Arabic
RUNNING TIME / 31’
PRODUCTION / RITCS School of Arts
YEAR / 2015
CONTACT / Rachida El Garani /
[email protected]
DIRECTED BY / Mieke Briers
SCRIPTED BY / Mieke Briers
CAST / Martha Vandermeulen, Sid Van Oerle,
Jiepie Pilair
LANGUAGE / Dutch
RUNNING TIME / 12’21”
PRODUCTION / LUCA School of Arts, Mieke Briers
YEAR / 2015
CONTACT / Mieke Briers / [email protected]
ORIGINAL TITLE / JUNK OF THE HEART
/ Twelve-year-old Colin Macleod
sees the world around him change
fast as he realises that the isolated
island he calls home is getting too
small to follow his dreams. On the
other hand there’s Colin Mackenzie, an
old shepherd who has returned to the
island after years of wandering around.
Gradually he comes to the conclusion
that his beloved island will never be
the same.
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MAINLAND
ORIGINAL TITLE / MAINLAND
GENRE / documentary
DIRECTED BY / Ischa Clissen
SCRIPTED BY / Ischa Clissen
LANGUAGE / English
RUNNING TIME / 18’
PRODUCTION / RITCS School of Arts
YEAR / 2015
CONTACT / Ischa Clissen / [email protected]
PITCH /
Two cellmates face yet
another day together in prison. They
do whatever they can to relieve their
boredom, resulting in physically and
verbally transgressive behaviour.
GENRE / drama
DIRECTED BY / Harm Dens
SCRIPTED BY / Harm Dens
CAST / Stefaan Degand, Titus De Voogdt
LANGUAGE / Dutch
RUNNING TIME / 15’
PRODUCTION / Quetzalcoatl
YEAR / 2015
CONTACT / Marc Goyens / [email protected]
NOTHINGNESS
ORIGINAL TITLE / NIEMENDAL
/ A series of events occur
when a hunter finds a dead body in
the woods. Strangers appear and
manipulate the crime scene several
times. The hunter doesn’t understand
the strange spectacle, ending up
entangled in a labyrinth in which he
will put his own life at stake for the
unknown corpse.
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GENRE / experimental fiction
DIRECTED BY / Pieter Dumoulin, Timeau De Keyser
SCRIPTED BY / Pieter Dumoulin, Timeau De Keyser
CAST / Jan Bijvoet, Hans Mortelmans, Max Pairon
LANGUAGE / no dialogues
RUNNING TIME / 20’
PRODUCTION / Lunanime
YEAR / 2015
CONTACT / Annemie Degryse / [email protected]
INT’L SALES / Lumière / [email protected]
THE RECONSTRUCTION
ORIGINAL TITLE / DE RECONSTRUCTIE
/ Hevi, a teenage Yazidi girl, tries
to survive with her mother and younger
sister in war-torn Iraq. As armed men
ravage the countryside, the family
spends their days hiding in a cave near
their abandoned village. In the midst
of disaster, young Hevi is faced with a
heartbreaking decision.
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SHADOW
GENRE / drama
DIRECTED BY / Bülent Öztürk
SCRIPTED BY / Bülent Öztürk
CAST / Xwiska Mezin Biseng Ünver, Dayik Pelin Batu,
Xwiska Piçuk Rojïn Gür
LANGUAGE / Kurdish
RUNNING TIME / 17’
PRODUCTION / Minds Meet
YEAR / 2015
CONTACT / Tomas Leyers / [email protected]
ORIGINAL TITLE / SÎ
/ A portrait of a man with bipolar
disorder, as seen through the eyes
of his 11-year-old daughter. The film
becomes a bittersweet adventure with
two unconventional heroes on a path
of innocence and crude behaviour.
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GENRE / drama
DIRECTED BY / Anouk Fortunier
SCRIPTED BY / Anouk Fortunier
CAST / Tibo Vandenborre, Elsa Houben
LANGUAGE / French
RUNNING TIME / 14’37”
PRODUCTION / Roxanne Sarkozi
YEAR / 2015
CONTACT / Anouk Fortunier /
[email protected]
STRANGE BIRD
ORIGINAL TITLE / DRÔLE D’OISEAU
/ In this filmic essay set in a
sleepy holiday village in the North of
France, the filmmaker takes the viewer
on her personal search for peace and
quietness. She uses the camera as a
tool to try and form an understanding
of her surroundings. Her walks are
accompanied by a dialogue between the
filmmaker and an actress, reflecting on
hope, changes, borders and film.
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THERE ARE NO WHALES IN FRANCE
ORIGINAL TITLE / IN FRANKRIJK ZIJN GEEN WALVISSEN
GENRE / filmic essay
DIRECTED BY / Eva van Tongeren
SCRIPTED BY / Eva van Tongeren, Evgenia Brendes
LANGUAGE / Dutch
RUNNING TIME / 19’29”
PRODUCTION / LUCA School of Arts
YEAR / 2015
CONTACT / Eva van Tongeren /
[email protected]
/ Axelle, a promising young tennis
player, is left in increasing desperation
when she learns that her attentive
coach Jeremy has been detained for
further questioning. While rumours and
emotions fly, Axelle secretly harbours
her deep-felt emotions awaiting their
reunion. When Jeremy is permanently
removed from her life, Axelle must
accept that her silence was not enough
to save her hero. For the first time in her
life she experiences the loss of love...
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UMPIRE
ORIGINAL TITLE / UMPIRE
/ Olivia and Vincent are on a first
date in a local cosy café. In a subtle
manner, they try to find out what the
other’s intentions are. It soon appears
that they both have different goals.
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GENRE / coming-of-age, drama, portrait
DIRECTED BY / Leonardo Van Dijl
SCRIPTED BY / Leonardo Van Dijl
CAST / Benjamin Ramon, Lilith Kempynck,
Mirthe Tavernier, Alexandra Lymarev,
Laurence Roothooft, Ivana Jozic
LANGUAGE / Dutch, French
RUNNING TIME / 17’48”
PRODUCTION / Leonardo Van Dijl, Maïté Spaenjers
YEAR / 2015
CONTACT / Leonardo Van Dijl / [email protected]
GENRE / drama
DIRECTED BY / Jacinta Agten
SCRIPTED BY / Jacinta Agten
CAST / Lauranne Paulissen, Stan Reekmans
LANGUAGE / Dutch
RUNNING TIME / 18’45”
PRODUCTION / Jacinta Agten
YEAR / 2015
CONTACT / Jacinta Agten / [email protected]
VINCENT
ORIGINAL TITLE / VINCENT
/ A poetic portrait of three
Afghan children who incorporate
Pashto culture and French language.
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GENRE / documentary
DIRECTED BY / Margaux Dauby
SCRIPTED BY / Margaux Dauby
LANGUAGE / French, Pashto
RUNNING TIME / 21’
PRODUCTION / LUCA School of Arts
YEAR / 2015
CONTACT / Greet Busselot /
[email protected]
WHISPER
ORIGINAL TITLE / ZAMZAMÁ
/ Soo Min, a young South
Korean woman, is struggling to find
a balance between her family and
her career as a cellist. After a long
absence, it is hard for her to resume
her place in the family and she feels
she has to compete with her six-yearold daughter for her husband’s love.
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WOLF’S SKIN
GENRE / drama
DIRECTED BY / Louise De Groef
SCRIPTED BY / Louise De Groef
CAST / Amber Docters Van Leeuwen, Geert Van
Rampelberg, Violaine Lobbestael, Sébastien Lervant
LANGUAGE / Dutch
RUNNING TIME / 26’
PRODUCTION / Louise De Groef
YEAR / 2015
CONTACT / Louise De roef /
[email protected]
ORIGINAL TITLE / WOLVENVACHT
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