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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

Offline

Director: Peter Monsaert
Screenplay: Peter Monsaert, Dominique Willaert, Tom Dupont
Cast: Anemone Valcke, Wim Willaert, Mourade Zeguendi, Patricia Goemaere, Robrecht Vanden Thoren, Margriet Bruggeman
Production company: Lunanime in coproduction with Victoria Deluxe and VRT
Producers: Annemie Degryse, Jan De Clercq, Alexander Vandeputte
Co-producer: Dominique Willaert
Soundtrack: Triggerfinger

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After seven years in prison, Rudy Vandekerckhove has set himself two clear objectives: get back to work as a washing machine repairman, and – more importantly – become reconciled with the family he had left behind. But despite the help and support of Denise, a retired hairdresser, and his friend Rachid, his plans fail.
Just when a reunion eventually comes within sight, the past gets the upper hand again, and Rudy has to take the toughest decision of his life.

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Drama
106′
Dutch and French
Flanders Audiovisual Fund (VAF), City of Ghent, Sabam, Lumière, Belgian Tax Shelter

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Ghent International Film Festival, Valladolid International Film Festival 2012, Festival International du Film d’Amiens 2012, Festival International du Film d’Aubagne 2013, Cinequest Film Festival Californië 2013, Emden International Film Festival 2013, Festroia International Film Festival Setúbal 2013, Saint Petersburg International Film Festival 2013, Festival de Cine Internacional de Ourense 2013, …

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Best Actress (Anemone Valcke) & Best Actor (Wim Willaert) & Best Feature Film & Best Film (Amiens), Scénario (Peter Monsaert, Dominique Willaert, Tom Dupont) (Aubagne), Best Director (Peter Monsaert) (Sint-Petersburg), Best Director (Peter Monsaert) (Ourense), Jury Special Prize – First Works Section Best Feature Film (Festróia), …

Cinequest Film Festival, California, USA, 2013
Emden International Film Festival, Germany, 2013
Festroia International Film Festival, Portugal, 2013
- Award: Best Debut
Saint Petersburg International Film Festival, Russia, 2013
- Award: Best Director
Festival de Cine Internacional de Ourense, Spain, 2013
- Awards : Audience Award, Best Director

Anemone Valcke | OFFLINE | Peter Monsaert | Wim Willaert

Mal de Pierres

English title: From the Land of the Moon
Director: Nicole Garcia
Writer: Jacques Fieschi (based on the novel by Milena Agus)
Cast: Marion Cotillard, Louis Garrel, Alex Brendemühl, Gwendoline Fiquet
Producer: Les Production du Trésor, Lunanime

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An adaptation of Milena Agus’ eponymous novel set after WWII, “Mal de Pierres” (“Mal di Pietre”) spans 20 years, following the destiny of a passionate, free-spirited woman who is in a loveless marriage and falls for another man.

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Drama, romance
120 min
2.35
French, Spanish
Belgian Tax Shelter
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Louis Garrel | Marion Cotillard | Nicole Garcia

Les Cowboys

Cast: François Damiens, Finnegan Oldfield, John C. Reilly, Agathe Dronne
Director: Thomas Bidegain
Writers: Noé Debre, Thomas Bidegain
Producer: Les Productions du Trésor
Co-producer: Lunanime, Pathé, France 2 cinéma, Les Films du Fleuve

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A vast prairie, a country & western gathering somewhere in the east of France. Alain is a central figure in this community. He’s dancing with his daughter Kelly, 16, as his wife and their young son, Kid, watch from the sidelines. But on this day, Kelly disappears, and the family falls apart. Alain embarks on a relentless search for his daughter, even though it costs him everything and takes him to some far-off places. Dark, unsettling places, where his sole support is Kid, who sacrifices his youth to accompany his father on this seemingly endless quest.

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Drama
104′
16:9
English, French
CNC, Centre du Cinéma et de L’audiovisuel de la Fédération, Wallonie Bruxelles, La Procirep, Belgian Tax Shelter

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François Damiens | LES COWBOYS | Les Productions Du Trésor | Thomas Bidegain

The Team

Cast: Lars Mikkelsen, Jasmin Gerat, Veerle Baetens, Nicholas Ofczarek, Carlos Léal, Koen De Bouw, Hilde Van Mieghem, Marijke Pinoy
Directors: Kathrine Windfeld, Kasper Gaardsøe
Production companies: Network Movie Lunanime, Nordisk Film, C-Films, Superfilm
Co-production: ZDF, SVT, ARTE, OFR, VTM

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Criminals don’t stop at borders, and neither should the police. “The Team” portrays a group of European police officers fighting international crime throughout Europe. The series is written by specialists Peter Thorsboe and Mai Brostrøm (The Eagle, The Protectors) – names that guarantee well-grounded and vividly inventive cases with complex, stimulating characters.

“The Team” consists of forensics, legal and IT experts, along with profilers and psychologists; their cases take them to Europe’s major cities. The series benefits from Europe’s huge cultural diversity and is shot in original languages. It sheds light into the reality of today’s organized crime, as well as into the fates behind the crimes. “The Team” sees to it that justice wins and the victims’ dignity is restored.

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Crime series
8×60′
English, Dutch, Danish, German, French
Flanders Audiovisual Fund (VAF), Screen Flanders, MEDIA Programme of the European Union, Nordisk Film & TV Fond, Copenhagen Film Fund, Fernsehfonds Austria , Land Salzburg, European Broadcasting Union, Belgian Tax Shelter

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Jasmin Gerat | Lars Mikkelsen | lumière crime series | The team | Veerle Baetens

De Reconstructie

English title: The Reconstruction
Director: Pieter Dumoulin, Timeau De Keyser
Cast: Jan Bijvoet, Hans Mortelmans, Max Pairon
Production company: Lunanime
Producer: Annemie Degryse

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In The Reconstruction a series of mysterious events occurs when a hunter finds a dead body in the woods. Strangers appear near the body and manipulate the crime scene. The hunter doesn’t understand the strange spectacle and ends up entangled in a labyrinth in which the limits of time and space become blurred.