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Production
Sound of the Somme
Genre: Short drama
Sound of the Somme tells the true story of the last day in the journal of 20-year-old bagpiper James C. Richardson that awarded him the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award, for his bravery and action during the Battle of the Somme in WWI.
BB Blues
Genre: Drama
In 'BB Blues', a deeply personal and unfiltered journey unfolds as Ben and Ilse confront the tumultuous terrain of parenthood, grappling with fertility challenges, the strains on their relationship, and the relentless pursuit of identity amidst the chaos of everyday life. Through a series of intimate vignettes, this raw and poignant exploration delves into the highs and lows of love, loss, and the unyielding quest for connection in the face of adversity.
The Wanderer / I Bighelloni / Le Vadrouilleur
Genre: Picaresque road movie
The wanderer is a character-driven road movie about a street theatre actor who tries to escape his responsibilities: from being an inheritor of a large truck company, from being a husband and from being a father. It’s about the price you make other people pay for living your own dreams and refusing the other important calls in your life: the call of being a father, a son and a husband.
Touchable Distance
Genre: Documentary feature film
A Belgian leading lady within generative AI wants to move to California for her career but can only do so if her ex-partner agrees to let their son go with her.
Productions - Grey Market / Grijswerk
Genre: Dramedy
A group of rebellious elderly fight back against financial hardship by renting themselves out as ‘grans-for-hire’. Very soon the sidehustle is bursting at the seams, with dire consequences.
The Ardennes Files
Genre: Drame / Thriller
A female detective, struggling with the traumatic loss of her only son, becomes obsessed with a series of missing persons cases in the Ardennes in the late 1990s. When she meets a journalist who is at the time in frequent contact with several convicted serial killers, they decide together to solve the open files.
Time is Money
Genre: Nocturnal slice of life.
A taxi driver and a soprano singer drive through Brussels with no destination to spend her New Year's Eve. He sees in her the golden customer, until it turns out she cannot pay. "Time is Money" is a compelling film that tells the story of taxi driver Alex and the unexpected encounter with world-famous soprano Joana Kamala. Their nocturnal journey through Brussels reveals more than just the city, it also brings the complexity of time, money and human connections to the fore.
Co-Production
Our production department has expertise in funding and producing international co-productions. We could provide funding and facilitate all production or post-production needs in Belgium.
PonsonbyLand
Genre: Documentary
Documentary that traces the founding milestone of two nation-states that apparently have nothing in common, Uruguay and Belgium, through the pronouncement of a remote and unknown name... Lord Ponsonby.
Inevitabilis
Genre: Short drama thriller
Samuel, a lonely writer who has fallen ashore, spends his days in his secluded home in a gray, desolate valley. A serious condition to his brain causes him to deteriorate further and create black holes in his memory. The loneliness and the dark environment have engulfed him and the walls seem to come towards him more and more.
Underground (Le Clandestin)
Genre: Musical, tragicomedy
In a near future where men and women no longer speak the same language, they come together in a secret nightclub 'Le Clandestin'. The men dance, the women sing. Rose is the star singer and shines on the podium. The enchantment of her singing creates joy and desire in the hearts of the spectators. Juan, the cleaner of the club, can't resist the desire any longer.
Triskelion, A Celtic Fable
Genre: Stop-motion animation, fantasy
Triskelion is a celtic fantasy stop-motion film of 8 minutes. It's about the daughter of a tribal chief, who, after the murder on her father by a rivaling clan, has to fulfill her father's last wish: peace with that clan.
Distribution
As professionals in the film industry, we want our stories told and distributed. That's why we help colleague filmmakers by distributing their films and giving them a great spot in the international market.
Sicily: Land of Love and Strife
Genre: Documentary
Sicily: Land of Love and Strife takes the viewer to a place relatively unknown to the public, a place of spectacular beauty, epic human struggle, depth and diversity of culture, philosophic insights and historic sites.
Mad Hannans
Genre: Documentary
A band of two brothers share the highs and lows of life, learning along the way to cherish family before it's too late.
Les Choses En Face
Genre: Drama
When fate breaks two strangers apart, it is pain that brings them together to man up and face the reality.
Mykonos, Soul of an Island
Genre: Documentary
A magical, mystery tour of the most controversial island on the globe.
Triskelion, A Celtic Fable
Genre: Stop-motion animation
Triskelion is a celtic fantasy stop-motion film of 8 minutes. It's about the daughter of a tribal chief, who, after the murder on her father by a rivaling clan, has to fulfill her father's last wish: peace with that clan.
Leopard in the Land
Genre: Documentary
Joe Rohde paints large-scale landscapes in Mongolia to raise funds for Snow Leopard conservation.
Fireflies in the Abyss
Genre: Documentary
Against all the odds, an 11-year-old boy fights his way out of a life in the ‘rathole’ coal mines, to educate himself.
Bring the Sun Home
Genre: Documentary
To have electricity in your home is a human right and women from poor villages from Third World countries learn in India how to make sure that everyone will have it.
She, Sergeant Matacho
Genre: Feature
Can a woman incarnate the contradictory desire for peace and revenge in a turbulent country?
IRA
Genre: Feature
A boy meets a girl. He works at the market while she is a street prostitute. They soon develop a strong complicity that will lead them to do something desperate. In the background, a decaying and desolate metropolis.
Aberrante
Genre: Feature
A man inside a room is talking to someone we cannot see. Ivan, that's his name, is reciting a tremendous monologue that goes back to childhood memories and to his mother, who died in the bathroom.
Taily & Tailless
Genre: Non-Dialogue Animation
The Two Foxes named Taily and Tailless, are stuck inside chickens castle because of a misunderstanding and hasty judgment of the Rooster. In each episode they are continually trying to escape and this results in creating laughable troubles for the Foxes, chickens and other characters.