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WILL

Tim Mielants

1942. Will and Lode, two young policemen in the occupied city of Antwerp, are forced to take part in the manhunt for Jews. At the same time, they support the resistance. And in the midst of all the chaos and violence, love blossoms: Will falls head over heels for the charms of Lode's sister Yvette. A contradictory cocktail of emotions brings him to the brink. For how do you simultaneously save yourself, your loved ones and the Jews from the clutches of the occupier?

- Winner of 7 Ensor Awards, Now on Netflix -

(based on the bestselling novel by Jeroen Olyslaegers)

feature film released

The Eight Mountains

Felix van Groeningen / Charlotte Vandermeersch

The Eight Mountains is the story of a friendship. Of children becoming men who try to erase the footprints of their fathers, but who, through the twists and turns they take, always end up returning home. Pietro is a boy from the city, Bruno is the last child of a forgotten mountain village. Over the years Bruno remains faithful to his mountain, while Pietro is the one who comes and goes. Their encounters introduce them to love and loss, reminding them of their origins, letting their destinies unfold, as Pietro and Bruno discover what it means to be true friends for life.

Official Competition Cannes 2022 - Prix du Jury

Official selection Sundance 2023, Spotlight section

(based on the bestselling novel by Paolo Cognetti)

feature film development

Torpor

Meltse Van Coillie

Accompanying a group of scientists to an Arctic village as a polar bear guard, Olivia (27) develops a strong fascination for the research subjects of their study: people in hibernation.

Selected for Cannes Cinéfondation residence 2023/24

documentary finished

Charbon

Manu Riche

CHARBON depicts how Europe was built on fossil fuels over the past 100 years. And how it was torn apart by wars that were the result of these same fossil fuels. During 3 trips to Ukraine, Italy and Iraq, filmmaker Manu Riche explains how he and his French-German family are inseparably connected to the fate of the Iraqi filmmaker and refugee Hayder Helo.

"In Charbon the director inspects his feelings of guilt over his family's history of business ties to the coal and fossil fuel industries, conscious that the success they achieved has underwritten his ability to become a filmmaker. The irony deepens as the film unfolds, implicating us all, with Riche becoming a stand-in for all who are caught in a civilization that does what it has to do to, by any means necessary, to keep the lights on and the wheels whirring." (David Robbins)

documentary postproduction

2m2 - Two Square Meters

Volkan Üce

In 2m2, director Volkan Üce follows the balancing act between religion and commerce of a Turkish funeral undertaker in Belgium and his counterpart in Turkey. Every death raises the fundamental question after a life between two countries and two cultures: where does one belong, where does one want to be buried, in which two square meters?

Winner of ArteVideo Co-Production Award at When East Meets West 2023 (Trieste)