L/OVER

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Synopsis

What if ‘the one’ is the one who could destroy you?

L/over is a crossbreed of drama and psychological thriller. It explores how and why coercive control can be the greatest danger in a relationship. What first seems like a love story of the century turns into something horrific. The twisted and distorted love story brings up a question – who will get out of this alive?

Director: Aleksi Salmenperä
Scenario: Frog Stone, Kevin Rundle, Sophie Swithinbank
Produced by: Marika Makaroff, Samuel Bruyneel
Production Company: Gutsy Animations, Lunanime
Cast: Krista Kosonen, Jani Volanen

OUR SUMMER OF FREEDOM

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Synopsis
It is summertime, in Algiers, back in 1955 when nine years-old Khadidja meets Lyes, Philippe, and Ahmed. Together, they will do everything in their power to rescue Malek, Khadidja’s older brother who has been arrested and embark on an investigation!  We follow the crew from their secret hideout on the roofs of the Casbah to the market, in a summer full of action.

These four friends, coming from different communities, seemingly with nothing in common, will be forever bound by this adventure.

A life-changing summer for four kids… and a country.

This serialized adventure series, co-written by Alice Zéniter (author of the multi-awarded novel The art of losing), tackles universal questions: how children can overcome community differences without any political or religious prejudices? How can they fight for more justice as children? How to open a cross-generational dialogue so that History is told at school and within families, not only in books, to build our common future?izarre imaginary world filled with absurd, surreal en metaphoric scenes.

Director: Antoine Colomb
Scenario: Alice Zeniter & Alice Carré
Produced by: Noam Roubah, Séverine Lebrun, Aurélie Steinberg, Annemie Degryse

LE PARFUM D’IRAK

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Synopsis
Al-Fatiha is the first sura of the Quran. According to Muslim tradition, it is also the name used for the ceremony paying homage to the dead. Today is the fatiha for Amir, Feurat Alani’s father. It is the opportunity for friends and relatives to recount Amir’s life and for Feurat to look back over his own life and the history of Iraq.

Director: Léonard Cohen
Scenario: Léonard Cohen, Feurat Alani
Production Company: Nova Production, Miyu Productions, ARTE France, Lunanime

THE SONGBIRDS’ SECRET

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Synopsis When 9-year-old Lucie arrives at Bectoile for the holidays, she has no idea of the adventures that lie ahead. Her mother, Caroline, is leading an archaeological dig in the area with her colleague Pierrot. Bectoile is also the town where Caroline grew up, and where a family secret is concealed… which Lucie is about to unveil! With the help of her new friend Yann and a very special pair of songbirds, Lucie is determined to delve into her family story. From the basement of a ruined castle to a camper van parked on the edge of the woods, this adventure will lead them from unusual surprises to fabulous discoveries!

Director:Antoine Lanciaux
Scenario: Antoine Lanciaux, Pierre-Luc Granjon
Produced by: Reginald de Guillebon, Annemie Degryse, Stéphane Lhoest
Production Company: Lunanime, Folimage, Les Armateurs, Will Production, Dragons Films, JPL Films, TNZPV Productions

STATE OF HAPPINESS III

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Synopsis STATE OF HAPPINESS vertelt het verhaal van de Westerse welvaart, een natie in verandering, een pioniersstad en bovenal van vier jonge mensen die in een wervelwind aan mogelijkheden terechtkomen tijdens de ‘boom’ van de Noorse olie-industrie. Alles is in beweging, alles is nieuw, het is geweldig maar bij momenten ook eng en onbekend. Hoe zullen zij hiermee omgaan?

Director: Petter Næss
Scenario: Mette M. Bølstad 
Produced by: Synnøve Hørsdal & Ales Ree (Maipo Film, Noorwegen); Jan De Clercq & Annemie Degryse 
Cast: Bart Edwards (Unreal, Call the Midwife), Anne Regine Ellingsæter, Amund Harboe, Malene Wadel

TRAFFIC

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Natalia and Ginel leave their small Romanian Danube village to work abroad in a big Flemish city. One evening, when she is assaulted after meeting a local, Natalia asks Ita, a friend from home turned into a crook, to help her.

Director: Teodora Ana Mihai 
Scenario: Cristian Mungiu
Produced by: Tudor Reu, Annemie Degryse, Jan De Clercq, Delphine Tomson, Jeroen Beker, Linda Van Der Herberg
Production Company: Lunanime
Cast: Anamaria Vartolomei, Ionut Niculae, Rares Andrici

L’INTERET D’ADAM

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Lucy works in an understaffed pediatric ward. When 4-year-old Adam is placed in her care, Lucy is confronted with his mother Rebecca’s refusal to leave his side, despite a judge’s restriction against her. For the sake of Adam, Lucy will do everything in her power to help this mother in distress.[/vc_column_text]

Director: Laura Wandel
Scenario: Laura Wandel
Produced by: Stéphane Lhoest, Delphine Tomson,
Marie-Ange Luciani, Annemie Degryse, Jan De Clercq
Production Company: Dragons Films, Les Films du Fleuve, Les Films de Pierre and Lunanime
Cast: Léa Drucker, Anamaria Vartolomei

Genre: Drama

Klonter

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Synopsis
Frankie, a lonely factory worker, believes he is about to die but has no one to say goodbye to. On his way to the stars, he accidentally turns into a planet and an explosion of life occurs on his body, including some creatures that look like Frankie. Although he is no longer alone, the love for his newly found friends is severely put to the test when it turns out they are capable of wiping out all life on Planet Frankie.

Director: Levi Stoops
Scenario: Levi Stoops
Produced by: Annemie Degryse
Production Company: Lunanime
Genre: Animation short

DESCENDANTS

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Synopsis: 
Descendants is an intriguing, character-driven drama that tells the story of a dysfunctional Icelandic family through the exploration of universal themes such as greed, sibling rivalry, loyalty and responsibility. Following the banking crisis in Iceland, tourism becomes a desirable goldmine. When three, very different middle-aged siblings inherit the successful whale watching company and beautiful summerhouse their parents built, things become extremely difficult. To take joint decisions about the legacy they all feel entitled to creates complex circumstances, and when they start to manipulate what they are to share, old wounds open up with dire consequences.
Full of complex, carefully drawn, yet easily identifiable characters, the series explores how siblings who care for each other can still fight over the smallest things and the entitlement some individuals have in believing they are due a bigger slice of what should be equally shared.

Director: Tinna Hrafnsdóttir
Scenario: Tinna Hrafnsdóttir, Ottó Geir Borg & Tyrfingur Tyrfingsson
Format: 6 x 45′
Genre: Drama
Starring: Hanna María Karlsdóttir, Pálmi Gestsson, Tinna Hrafnsdóttir,
Vignir Rafn Valþórsson, Þuríður Blær Jóhannsdóttir
Produced by: Polarama, Freyja Filmworks, Projects and Lunanime

AS LONG AS WE LIVE

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Synopsis
Beta, a struggling mom in a stale marriage, longs for the thrills of her past life. When a young man enters her home, to help care for her toddler, he introduces her and her husband to flirtatious games, and the couple’s relationship is rekindled. But can their marriage survive?

Director: Katrin Björgvinsdóttir 
Scenario: Anita Briem
Produced by: Glassriver & Lunanime
Starring: Aníta Briem & Martin Wallström
Format: 6 x 45