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La Rançon de la Gloire

Original title: The Price of Fame
Director: Xavier Beauvois
Cast: Benoît Poelvoorde, Roschdy Zeù, Séli Gmach, Chiara Mastroianni
Producers: Wy Not Productions, Les Films Du Fleuve, Lunanime, Rita Productions, Arches Films, France 3 Cinéma

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On the shores of Lake Geneva lies the small Swi ss town of Vevey. It’s the end of the 70s. On his release from prison, Eddy – a hard-drinking, 40-year-old Belgian – is met by his friend Osman. They’ve made a deal: Osman will let Eddy stay in his shed, and in exchange, Eddy will take care of his 7-year-old daughter Samira while her mother is in the hospital. It’s the Christmas season, but their shared, grinding poverty has made Eddy quite bitter. Then Charlie Chaplin’s death is announced, as well as the true extent of his fabulous wealth. Eddy starts daydreaming… and comes up with a crazy idea: what if he stole the actor’ s corpse and demanded a ransom from the family? Loosely based on real events, THE PRICE OF FAME spins a web around the audacious concept of a resuscitated Chaplin, a Chaplin whose soul gradually possesses the minds of these two misfits, until their journey becomes a tale worthy of the Little Tramp himself!

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Comedy, drama
150′
French
Belgian Tax Shelter
Wild Bunch

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Benoît Poelvoorde | La Rançon de la Gloire | Xavier Beauvois

The Mole Whisperer

Directors: Stanley Duchateau and Olivier Schrauwen
Writers: Stanley Duchateau and Olivier Schrauwen
Produced by: Lunanime

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All Pé Pé le Pi wants is to be left alone. One day, he encounters a woman and her loud children. The see him as a perfect family father. He tries to get rid of them but his efforts continuously fail and they take him to the deepest caves of hell. Finally, he has no choice but to give in to the oppressing grip of family life and he actually starts to enjoy it.

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Animated short
11’11”
no dialogue
2D computer animation
Flanders Audiovisual Fund (VAF)
Lumière

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Olivier Schrauwen | Stanley Duchateau | The mole whisperer

Meisje

Director: Dorothée Van Den Berghe
Cast: Charlotte Vanden Eynde, Els Dottermans, Frieda Pittoors, Matthias Schoenaerts, Wim Opbrouck, Nico Sturm
Producer: Lunanime (Lumière), K-Line, K-Star, Motel Films

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MEISJE (Girl) tells the story of three women on a cross-road in their lives. Muriel is a young girl (20) in search for a direction. She breaks up with her parents, her boyfriend and the restrictive village life to start an independent life in Brussels. Muriel moves in with the unconstrained and vivid Laura (37), a woman with a chaotic love-life and a growing desire for a child. Martha (56), Muriel’s mother, watches this from a distance and sees her own enclosed life bursting open as she recognizes a forgotten girl’s dream. Their lives cross, influencing one another and resulting to an interesting and turbulent evening. MEISJE is a movie about the subtle and immense power that drives women.

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drama, romance
84′
1:1.85
Dutch
Flanders Audiovisual Fund (VAF), Film Fund Netherlands
Lumière

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Selected for over 50 international film festivals, among others: Locarno, Montreal, Valladolid, Amiens, Rotterdam, Götenborg, Buenos Aires, Hong Kong, Taormina, Rabat, Karlovy Vary, Vancouver etc.

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Meisje was discovered by the Locarno Film Festival 2002 and received 2 awards in the Official Competition: “Le prix de la Jeunesse” and “Le prix du CICAE/ARTE”.
Amiens Film Festival Grand prix du Jury – Meilleure actrice féminin pour Charlotte van den Eynde as Muriel in Meisje.
National Film Awards PLATEAU voor Besst Actress and Best Original Score

Dorothée van den Berghe | Meisje

Matin Calme

Director: Annick Ghijzelings
Cast: Jan Decleir, Catherine Montondo
Produced by: Need Productions, Lunanime

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In an apartment, a man and a woman break up, but they don’t succeed in saying goodbye. They constantly provoke each other, attract and repel each other, and finale move out… About things that have been told, when there is nothing more to add…

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live action short
17′
Flanders Audiovisual Fund, Cinema and Audiovisual Centre of the Wallonia-Brussels Federation

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Festival selections:

57ème Festival International de Locarno
Festival International du Film francophone de Namur
Ghent Film Festival
Festival Media 10/10
Leuven Short Film Festival
Festival International de cine documental y cortometraje Bilbao / Zinebi
Festival du film d’amour de Mons
Faire court Spécial Belgique, Atelier 142 – Oise
27ème Festival du Film de Femmes de Créteil
Festival Panafricain du cinéma et de la télévision de Ouagadougou – FESPACO
Festival INCURT 2005 – Tarragona – Spain
Festival « Le court en dit long » – Paris
26ème Festival du Film Court de Villeurbanne
Short Cuts Cologne

Award: Prix de la création at Festival en Plein Air de Grenoble

Matin Calme

Granitsa

Director: Vanja d’Alcantara
Cast: Natali Broods, Konstantin Demidov
Produced by: Need Productions, Lunanime

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A foreign woman travels by train through Russia. She watches the landscape passing by, and observes the people on the platform. A young man steps on the train. They try to start a conversation but do not understand each other.

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short (live action)
19′
1/1:85
Russian, Polish
Flanders Audiovisual Fund (VAF), Centre du Cinéma de la Communauté française de Belgique

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Gent Film Festival 2006
Le Festival Le Court en Dit Long 2007
60ème Festival du Film de Locarno 2007
22ème Festival International du Film Francophone de Namur
MEDFILMFestival 2007 – Cinema of the Mediterranean in Rome 13° edition

Sold to ZDF & VRT

Granitsa | Vanja d'Alcantara

Beyond The Steppes

Director: Vanja d’Alcantara
Cast: Agnieszka Grochowska, Aleksandra Justa, Tatiana Tarskaya
Producer: Need Productions, Lunanime, Akson Studio

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In 1940 Nina, a young Polish woman, is deported with her baby by the Soviet Army to the remote and inhospitable lands of the USSR. She has to work in a Sovchoz guarded by the Russian political police. When her child becomes ill, she sets out on a search of medication with a group of Kazakh nomads.

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drama
90′
1.85
Polish, Russian, Kazakh
Flanders Audiovisual Fund (VAF), Cinema and audiovisual centre of the Wallonia-Brussels Federation, Polish Film Institute, MEDIA (European Union), Belgian Tax Shelter
Doc & Film International

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Selected for several festivals: Locarno International Film Festival 2010, Semana Internacional de Cine Valladolid 2010, Festival International du Film de Marrakech, Festival International du Premier Film Annonay 2011, Nashville Film Festival 2011, Squardi Altrove Film Festival Milan 2011, International Women’s Film Festival Ankara 2011, Polish Film Festival Gdynia 2011, ALL ABOUT FREEDOM Gdansk 2011, Skip City International D-Cinema Festival 2011 Saitama, …

Received several nominations, mentions and awards:

Prix du Jury Marrakech, Nomination Golden Leopard Locarno, Award for Best Director (Vanja d’Alcantara) & Nomination World Cinema Grand Prize Saitama, Nomination Meilleur Film Magritte 2012, Nominations in 4 categories van de “Vlaamse Filmprijzen” (10/09/11 Oostende): Meilleure Realization & Meilleur Premier Film & Meilleure Image (Ruben Impens) & Meilleure actrice (Agnieszka Grochowska): Lauréate

Beyond The Steppes | Vanja d'Alcantara

Belhorizon

Director: Inés Rabadán
Cast: Emmanuel Salinger, Ilona Del Marle, Nathalie Richard, Claude Perron, Frédéric Dussenne, Bruno Putzulu, Saskia Mulder
Producers: Need Productions, Lunanime, OF2B Productions, Tarantula, PCT Cinéma & Télévision

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Carl, together with his posh friends, intends to buy Belhorizon, a luxurious hotel, with the idea of turning it into a hunting lodge. Surprised, he discovers that the hotel is in fact a common boarding house run by an immigrant Spanish couple. Esmé, their solitary young daughter helps out, but she nurses dark hopes of escape. At first Carl is extremely irritated by the place and the absurdity of the situation, but he decides to let go… Usually self confident, he hasn’t been himself since the recent decline of his father’s fortune. Carl and Esmé, words apart, are magnetically drawn to each other and unexpectedly kiss. Then Simon, Carl’s associate arrives with a bunch of fancy friends and trouble begins… A wink to The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeois, a dark comedy about the confrontation of the social classes.

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fiction – dark comedy
80′
French
Flanders Audiovisual Fund (VAF), La Région Centre, Luxembourg Film Fund, Coficiné, MEDIA (European Union), CNC, Canal+ France, TSR (Télévision Suisse Romande), La Communauté française Wallonie-Bruxelles, National Lottery
Celluloid Dreams

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Festival selections: Montréal, Namur, Créteil, Buenos Aires, Santiago de Chile, Santo Domingo, Mannheim, Vancouver

Belhorizon

Rust and Bone

Original title: De Rouille et d’Os
Director: Jacques Audiard
Cast: Marion Cotillard, Matthias Schoenaerts, Armand Verdure, Céline Sallette, Corinne Masiero, Bouli Lanners, Jean-Michel Correia
Producer: Why Not Productions, Page 114, France 2 Cinéma, Les Films Du Fleuve, Lunanime

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Put in charge of his young son, Alain leaves Belgium for Antibes to live with his sister and her husband as a family. Alain’s bond with Stephanie, a killer whale trainer, grows deeper after Stephanie suffers a horrible accident.

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drama
120′
French
Flanders Audiovisual Fund (VAF)
Celluloid Dreams

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Festivals and awards:

Cannes International Film Festival, France
Hawaii International Film Festival
- Best Actress: Marion Cotillard
Hollywood Film Festival
- Actress of the Year: Marion Cotillard (Rust and Bone and The Dark Knight Rises)
London Film Festival
Valladolid International Film Festival
- Best Actor: Matthias Schoenaerts; Best Director: Jacques Audiard; Best Screenplay: J. Audiard, T. Bidegain, C. Davidson
Munich International Film Festival
Cairo European Film Festival
Stockholm International Film Festival
Dubai International Film Festival
César Awards 2013: Most Promising Actor (Matthias Schoenaerts), Best Original Screenplay, Best Original Music, Best Editing

DE ROUILLE ET D'OS | Jacques Audiard | Marion Cotillard | Matthias Schoenaerts

J’aime la vie

Type: Film
Category: Fiction
Production share: Majority Flemish Production
Genre: Tragi-comedy
Year of production: 2023
Production status: Completed
Original title: J’aime la vie
Original language: Dutch, French
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Running time: 85′
Available in: 2D
Sound format: 5.1 (+sub)
Available formats: DCP
Colour

Mathias Sercu

Director: Peter Monsaert
Writer: Peter Monsaert
Cast: Wim Willaert, Sara Vertongen, Esra Vandenbussche, Ingrid De Vos, Isabelle Van Hecke, Tom Ternest, Naima Rodric, Mathias Sercu, Serge Larivière
Producer: Lunanime
DOP: David Williamson
Editor: Alain Dessauvage
Soundtrack: Frederik Van de Moortel (based on recordings by Bert Dockx)

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Le Ciel Flamand zooms in on the lives of three generations of women. Monique and her daughter Sylvie run a brothel on the border of West Flanders and France. Eline, Sylvie’s six-year-old daughter, is fascinated by the mysterious workplace of her mother and grandmother, but she is never allowed inside.

A dramatic event turns their lives upside down and the family ties are put under pressure.

Le Ciel Flamand is the second feature by Peter Monsaert, director of the internationally acclaimed Offline.

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Drama
112′
Dutch/French
yes
Flanders Audiovisual Fund (VAF), Screen Flanders, Creative Europe Programme – MEDIA (European Union), Telenet STAP, Province East-Flanders, Belgian Tax Shelter

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Festival selections:

Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) 2016 (Discovery)
San Sebastian 2016 (New directors)
BFI London Film Festival 2016
IFF Rotterdam 2017
Goteborg IFF 2017
Cinequest IFF 2017
Festival international du film d’Aubagne 2017- Compétition Long Métrage, Prix du Meuilleur Film