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Big Bang Parade

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The ‘Big Bang Parade’ will be a compilation film for young and old, consisting of short animated films by various makers. The short films are interwoven by the central theme of space, but each has its own identity and graphic style. It will be a colourful ode to
artistic diversity and a particular asset for young viewers from 3 to 5 years old.

Scenario: Ilka De Bisschop, Britt Raes, Nienke Deutz, Karolien Raeymaekers, Hermien Verstraeten, Imge Özbilge, Sine Özbilge
Produced by: Annemie Degryse
Production Company: Lunanime

Genre: Animated compilation film

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Allah n’est pas obligé

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Birahima, a ten-year-old Guinean orphan, tells the story with the help of four dictionaries and a lot of irony of how he is thrown into the tribal war when he tries to join his aunt in Liberia. Yacouba, a scoundrel who accompanies him, convinces him to become a child soldier, while he establishes himself as a grigriman among the combatants. In the midst of chaos, torn between the many enemy factions, Birahima grows up fast and learns to distrust the stories he is told.

Director: Zaven Najjar
Scenario: Zaven Najjar & Karine Winckzura
Produced by: Special Touch Studios, Lunanime, Paul Thiltges Distributions, Need Productions

Genre: Animation feature

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Hostage

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In the second season of STHLM Requiem, based on Kristina Olsson’s novels about Fredrika Bergman, we revisit two of our main characters during six intense episodes spanning over only one day – and one crisis.

In Stockholm, a Boeing 747 takes off for New York City. As the plane reaches cruising altitude, a message is found on board: the plane is hijacked and will explode if the demands are not met. The unknown hijackers want the deportation of a certain man in Sweden revoked, and a certain location, that turns out to be a CIA black site, closed for good. Fredrika Bergman, now working at the Swedish Justice Department has to reunite with Police Investigator Alex Recht, in order to resolve the situations. Their investigation reveals a story much more complex than they could imagine, and Fredrika’s perception of justice is challenged, as she is faced by one person’s desperate pursuit for revenge.

Director: Karin Fahlén
Scenario: Max Barron, Erik Rydell, Asa Lantz
Producers: Martina Stöhr, Jan De Clercq, Annemie Degryse
Produced by: Kärnfilm AB
Co-produced by: Lunanime
Cast: Liv Mjönes, Jonas Karlsson, Adam Lundgren

Format: 6 x 45 minutes
Genre: Live action series
Season: 2

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1989

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Valerie De Wispelaere is een keiharde businessvrouw en gedoodverfde opvolger van haar vader Robert in het houtverwerkend familiebedrijf. Als Robert op een nacht in elkaar geslagen wordt en de dader spoorloos blijft, ontdekt Valerie het donkere verleden van haar familie en beseft ze dat zij en haar zoon in levensgevaar verkeren.

Director: Peter Monsaert
Scenario: Peter Monsaert
Produced by: Jan De Clercq, Annemie Degryse
Production Company: Lunanime

Genre: Animation short

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Black Sands

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After having burnt all her bridges within in the metropolitan police, Anita, a young female detective is forced to leave Reykjavik.The only post available is in her childhood village, an ugly oasis, sitting in the middle of an endless desert of black sand, where she has to face her abusive mother for the first time in 10 years. Although her first case initially seems to be an accident, i.e. when a dead tourist is found on the Black Beach, it sends her on a dark journey into the past, unravelling a serial killer that has been operating for years, disguising his murders as accidents. After a surviving witness from one of the attacks describes the killer as a female police officer, Anita realises that the killer could be a lot closer than she thought.

Director: Baldvin Z
Scenario: Baldvin Z, Ragnar JONSSON, Adis Amah HAMILTON
Producers: Jan De Clercq, Annemie Degryse, Abby Haflidadottir, Andri Omarsson, Hordur Runarsson
Produced by: Glassriver
Co-produced by: Lunanime
Cast: Thorvaldur David, Steinunn Olina

Genre: Live action series

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Un Monde

Un Monde is on the Oscar shortlist of 15 films in the category Best International Feature. The film is on an impressive run of festival selections and top prizes, including for Laura Wandel’s excellent direction and the absolutely stunning acting by the young Maya Vanderbeque.

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Set in Belgium, the film follows 7-year-old Nora and her big brother Abel going back to school. When Nora witnesses Abel being bullied by other kids, she rushes to protect him by warning their father. But Abel forces her to remain silent. Caught in a conflict of loyalty, Nora will ultimately try to find her place, torn between children’s and adult’s worlds.

Written and directed by Laura Wandel
Produced by Dragons Films (BE)
Coproduced by Lunanime
Cast: Maya Vanderbeque, Günter Duret, Karim Leklou, Laura Verlinden
Supported by: Flanders Audiovisual Fund (VAF), Centre du Cinéma et de l’Audiovisuel de la Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles, VOO & BeTV, Lumière

Genre: Drama feature film

Fractures

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After her decision to divorce her husband, emergency doctor Kristin and her teenage daughter move back in with her parents who, away from Reykjavik, live in a rural fishing village in Iceland. Kristin is catapulted out of her comfort zone when she is confronted by her clairvoyant mother who forces her to face the traumas of the past.

Director by Eva Sigurðardottir
Written by Kolbrún Anna Björnsdóttir, Valgerður Þórsdóttir
Cast: Edda Björgvinsdóttir, Sara Dögg Ásgeirsdóttir
Produced by Glassriver (IS)
Co-produced by Lunanime, RUV, Askja Films
International sales: Beta Film (DE)
Benelux distribution: Lumière Publishing

Genre: Drama series

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State of Happiness II

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STATE OF HAPPINESS is a TV drama series that tells the story of Western prosperity, a changing nation, a Klondike town, and four young people who are thrown into a whirlwind of opportunites. Everything is moving, everything is new, it´s a great, big, at times scary, unknown. How are they all going to deal with it?

The second season of STATE OF HAPPINESS stretches from 1977 to 1980. The era of great disasters. Well 14 at Ekofisk Bravo is blowing out and a massive oil sheet creeps over the ocean, heading for the Klondike fishing bank. ”Environment Politics” is put on the agenda for the first time. ”Safety” is to follow, when in 1980 the hotel platform Aleksander Kielland capsizes and 123 people die, trapped inside. This is also the time when people start to make money, and as we shall see, some more than they can handle.

A story about how people deal with opportunities and change, both on a political and personal level – set in the first years of the oil boom in western Norway.

Directed by Petter Næss
Written byMette M. Bølstad
Produced by Maipo Film (NO) and Lunanime
Cast: Anne Regine Ellingsæter, Bart Edwards, Amund Harboe, Malene Wadel

Format: Drama series 8 x 45 minutes

Season: 2

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The Miracle

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The Miracle, a place where the sun always shines, with endless opportunities to relax and food in abundance. It’s late already when Irma checks in at the resort. As she explores the area the next morning, she quickly comes to realise that everything there is designed to facilitate families. Irma fully immerses herself in the world of the all-inclusive resort. But how do you relate to a place that constantly confronts you with the things you don’t have?

Created by Nienke Deutz
Produced by Lunanime – Annemie Degryse
Co-Produced by KeplerFilm -Peter Lindhout

Genre: Animation short (2D and stopmotion)

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Spin & Ella

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21 XOXO is a surreal and humorous reflection on the 21st century youth. The story is about a girl and her online search for love in times of social media, speed dating, cyberlove, hipster culture and post-net attitudes. The main character takes us on a journey throughout a colourful and bizarre imaginary world filled with absurd, surreal en metaphoric scenes.

Director: Sine Özbilge
Scenario: Sine Özbilge
Produced by: Annemie Degryse
Production Company: Lunanime
Cast: Indra De Bruyn, Darya Gantura, Steven Boen

Genre: Animation short

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