BREXIT Behind Closed Doors
Lode Desmet
SYNOPSIS:
Documentary offering a behind the scenes view of the Brexit negotiations. We follow Guy Verhofstadt, lead negotiator of the European Parliament, for a period of almost two years. A film about the state of our democracy, about how politics are handled in times of social media and populism. How will the European project find a new momentum in the midst of all this?
CREDITS:
- Writer: Lode Desmet
- Director: Lode Desmet
- DoP: Lode Desmet
- Editor: Michel Ronsmans
- Music: Roel De Ruijter
- Producers: Hans Everaert (BE) & Fiona Stourton (UK)
- Coproducers: Films of Record (UK)
- Associated broadcasters: VTM, RTBF, BBC, ZDF / Arte
- With the support of: VAF, Belgian tax shelter
FURTHER INFO:
- Length: ca 120'
- Language: Dutch, English, French, German
- Shooting Location: Brussel, London, Strasbourg
- Shooting period: 2017 - 2019
- Released: 8 May 2019
- Festivals: Doc Lisboa (2019)
