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DESCENDANTS

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

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

OPERATIE KERSTMAN

Synopsis

De achtjarige William slijt zijn dagen in eenzaamheid in het landhuis van zijn steenrijke ouders. Hij is gewend alles te krijgen wat hij maar wil, en vraagt als kerstcadeau niets minder dan de Kerstman zelf. De vader van William wil de wens van zijn zoon inwilligen en neemt een vermaard jager onder de arm. De gewetenloze huurling zet een val uit voor zijn bijzondere prooi. Zal de ondoordachte wens van William een eind maken aan de magie van kerst?

William, eight years old, is used to getting anything he wants. He demands Santa himself as his Christmas present, so her father hires a famous hunter. Will William’s rash demand bring an end to the magic of Christmas?

Director : Marc Robinet

Script: Alain Gagnol

Graphics: Samuel Ribeyron

NL Voice Cast: Warre Borgmans, Matisse Schepens, Rocky Sturm, Ron Cornet, Maarten Bosmans, Ward Bal, Ivan Pecnik, Vicky Florus

Genre: Adventure/ Action, tale humour
Running time: 26′
Language: Dutch

Producent: Lunanime and Folimage
Coproductie: RTBF, VRT- Ketnet

Supported by: Région Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Département de la Drôme, Valence Romans Agglo, Procirep, Angoa, Alcimé, Canal+, Vlaams Audiovisueel Fonds, Tax Shelter, Gebeka Films, Prime Entertainment Group

Black Sands

Synopsis
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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Genre: Animation short
Format: 12′
Language: Dutch
Scenario: Levi Stoops
Concept: Levi Stoops
Production Company: Lunanime

Synopsis
A couple floats in the middle of the ocean on a log. Jeremy, an insecure young man with a mother complex, makes the trip more difficult by his absent-minded and awkward behavior. Aurora, a brisk and bossy young woman, is tired of dragging Jeremy along with her and wants to the trip to be over as soon as possible. When Aurora’s leg gets badly injured during a fight with a shark, it looks like they won’t make it across. Their bloody journey across the ocean will require them to not only cross the water, but also the distance between them.

Les Poings Serrés

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Synopsis

11-year-old Lucien lives with his mother Cécile, his older brother Mattéo and dog Sheitan in a remote village in the Ardennes. He is withdrawn and avoids people. He only has contact with Lies, his only friend, and her father, who runs a small sawmill in the village.

Lucien never talks about his father, the most hated man in the country. For the past two years, Lucien has done everything in his power to forget him.

Everything changes when Lucien’s grandmother dies and his father is allowed to attend the funeral, handcuffed and protected by the police from popular anger. Lucien is upset when he sees his father like this. Against the advice of those around him, he decides to seek contact with his father again. Even though by doing this he puts everything at risk …

Genre: Feature film
Format: 90′
Language: French
Director: Vivian Goffette
Scenario: Vivian Goffette
Production Company: Lunanime, Dragon films

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.

Synopsis

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

Synopsis

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

Synopsis

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 by Mette 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

The Miracle

Synopsis

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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