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SELECTED FOR THE BERLINALE
N - THE MADNESS OF REASON BY PETER KRÜGER
8 February, 19.30, CinemaxX4 / 9 February, 13.45, CineStar 8 /
10 February, 14.00, Delphi-Filmpalast / 15 February, 17.15, Arsenal 1
EFM: 7 February 13.15, CinemaxX 6 / 8 February, 15.25, CinemaxX 18
Raymond Borremans leaves Europe for Africa where he devotes his life to the creation of the first
encyclopaedia of this other world. He dies, however, having only reached the letter N. With his encyclopaedia
incomplete, his restless spirit drifts around West Africa, caught between life and death, past and present.
An African woman who helps restless spirits find peace tries to lead him towards his destiny. When
confronted with civil war, he is disappointed, shattered and thrown. Hovering between documentary and
fiction, the film plays on the confrontation of European ideology and African spirituality.
CREATIVE DOCUMENTARY / CAST: WENDYAM
SAWADOGO, HAMADOUN KASSOGUE,
VIEUX FARKA TOURÉ, MICHAEL LONSDALE (voice-over) /
PRODUCER (FLANDERS): INTI FILMS / LANGUAGE: FRENCH, ENGLISH, LOCAL AFRICAN
LANGUAGES / RUNNING TIME: 102’ /
INT’L SALES: WIDE & WIDE HOUSE [email protected]
à Selected for Forum
VIOLET BY BAS DEVOS
12 February, 17.00, Haus der Kulturen der Welt Kino 1/ 13 February, 15.30, Zoo Palast 1 /
16 February, 14.00, CinemaxX 3
EFM: 9 February, 17.45, CineStar 4
A group of young BMX riders are confronted with the unexpected and violent death of one of their friends.
Being the only one to have witnessed the incident, they all look at Jesse for answers.
WITH: CÉSAR
DE SUTTER, RAF WALSCHAERTS, MIRA HELMER /
MINDS MEET / LANGUAGE: DUTCH / Running time: 82’ /
INT’L SALES: NEW EUROPE FILM SALES [email protected]
PRODUCER (FLANDERS):
à Selected for Generation 14plus
CO-PRODUCTIONS AT THE BERLINALE
ABOVE US ALL BY EUGENIE JANSEN
12 February, 11.30, CinemaxX 3 / 16 February, 16.30, CinemaxX 3
EFM: 6 February, 15.30, Parliament
After the death of her indigenous mother 11-year-old girl Shay, is taken from Australia to Ypres by her Flemish
father. In her new surroundings, full of traces of the First World War, Shay tries to understand her mother’s death.
/ WITH: SHAYLEAH SANDS, KALEB SANDS, MAARTEN BAES /
MINDS MEET / LANGUAGE: ENGLISH, DUTCH / Running time: 99’ /
INT’L SALES: NEW EUROPE FILM SALES [email protected]
3D
co-PRODUCER (FLANDERS):
à Selected for Generation 14plus (out of competition)
FINN BY FRANS WEISZ
9 February, 10.00, Haus der Kulturen der Welt Kino 1/ 10 February, 15.30,
Filmtheater am Friedrichshain / 16 February, 10.30, CinemaxX 1
EFM: 9 February, 14.25, CinemaxX 14
Nine-year-old Finn lives with his father in the countryside. He plays football with his best friend, Erik.
Finn would like to make music, but his father wants him to play football, just like all the other boys.
WITH: JAN DECLEIR, DAAN SCHUURMANS, MELS VAN DER HOEVEN, HANNA VERBOOM /
CO-PRODUCER (FLANDERS): EYEWORKS / LANGUAGE: DUTCH / RUNNING TIME: 90’ /
INT’L SALES: ATTRACTION DISTRIBUTION [email protected]
à Selected for Generation Kplus
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Please check daily screening schedule for last-minute programme changes.
JACK AND THE CUCKOO-CLOCK HEART BY MATHIAS MALZIEU &
STÉPHANE BERLA
8 February, 15.30, Zoo Palast 1 / 12 February, 10:00, Haus der Kulturen der
Welt Kino 1 / 14 February, 15:30, Filmtheater am Friedrichshain
EFM: 9 February, 12.15, CinemaxX 9
A cuckoo clock beats in Jack’s chest, instead of a heart. Falling in love is strictly forbidden because
strong emotions will cause his clock to tick wildly out of control.
WALKING THE DOG /
SEVERAL LANGUAGE VERSIONS/ RUNNING TIME: 89’ /
INT’L SALES: EUROPACORP [email protected]
ANIMATION / CO-PRODUCER (FLANDERS):
LANGUAGE:
à Selected for Generation Kplus
LAST HIJACK BY FEMKE WOLTING & TOMMY PALLOTTA
7 February, 17.00, CineStar 7 / 8 February, 12.00, CineStar 7 / 9 February, 17.30,
Cubix 7 / 10 February, 15.30, Colosseum 1 /14 February, 14.30, CineStar 7
EFM: 9 February, 14.00, CinemaxX 9
Mohamed and Muse are two Somali cousins: an experienced pirate and a desperate newcomer.
Both men claim they just want to conduct one more hijack. A dramatic tale about survival in the failed
state Somalia unfolds. How did they come to live this brutal and dangerous existence?
DOCUMENTARY
RUNNING TIME:
/ CO-PRODUCER (FLANDERS): SAVAGE FILM/ LANGUAGE: SOMALI, ENGLISH /
83’ / INT’L SALES: THE MATCH FACTORY [email protected]
à Selected for Panorama Dokumente
NYMPH()MANIAC (LONG VERSION, VOL I) BY LARS VON TRIER
9 February, 19.00, Berlinale Palast / 10 February, 12.00, Friedrichstadt-Palast /
10 February, 21.30, Haus der Berliner Festspiele / 16 February, 21.00, Berlinale Palast
The wild and poetic story of a woman’s journey from birth to the age of 50 as told by the main
character, the self-diagnosed nymphomaniac, Joe. CHARLOTTE GAINSBOURG, STELLAN SKARSGARD, SHIA LABEOUF, CHRISTIAN
SLATER, JAMIE BELL, UMA THURMAN, WILLEM DAFOE, MICHAËL PAS, UDO KIER /
CO-PRODUCER (FLANDERS): CAVIAR / LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / RUNNING TIME: 145’ /
INT’L SALES: TRUSTNORDISK [email protected]
WITH:
à Out of Competition
SUPERNOVA BY TAMAR VAN DEN DOP
9 February, 17.00, Haus der Kulturen der Welt Kino 1 / 10 February, 15.30, Cubix 8 /
16 February, 15.30, Zoo Palast 1
EFM: 8 February, 17.20, CinemaxX 18
Meis is 15 and lives with her parents and grandma at an end of a road. Meis wants a grand and
compelling life. But nothing seems to happen. While the family waits for the next car to crash the front
of the house, she starts to explore her blooming sexuality.
GAITE JANSEN, TAMAR VAN DEN DOP, BOB SCHWARZE /
CCCP / LANGUAGE: DUTCH / RUNNING TIME: 108’ /
INT’L SALES: WIDE & WIDE HOUSE [email protected]
WITH:
CO-PRODUCER (FLANDERS):
à Selected for Generation 14plus
SCREENING AT THE EUROPEAN FILM MARKET
BRASSERIE ROMANTIQUE BY JOËL VANHOEBROUCK
7 February, 14.15, CinemaxX 18
While preparing her brasserie for Valentine’s Day, Pascaline (40)
suddenly gets confronted with her lover of 20 years ago. Her patrons that evening
also cope with the unexpected.
WITH: AXEL DAESELEIRE, SARA DE ROO, KOEN DE BOUW, WOUTER HENDRICKX,
BARBARA SARAFIAN / PRODUCER (FLANDERS): A PRIVATE VIEW / LANGUAGE: DUTCH /
RUNNING TIME: 104’ / INT’L SALES: CINEMAVAULT [email protected]
HOUSE OF MAGIC BY BEN STASSEN & JÉRÉMIE DEGRUSON
8 February, 14.15, CineStar 4 / 10 February, 17.00, CineStar 4
Thunder, an abandoned young cat seeking shelter from a storm, stumbles into the strangest house
imaginable, owned by an old magician and inhabited by a dazzling array of automatons and gizmos.
Not everyone welcomes the new addition to the troupe as Jack Rabbit and Maggie Mouse plot to evict
Thunder.
NWAVE PICTURES /
SEVERAL LANGUAGE VERSIONS / RUNNING TIME: 85’ /
INT’L SALES: STUDIOCANAL [email protected]
3D ANIMATION / PRODUCER (FLANDERS):
LANGUAGE:
Please check daily screening schedule for last-minute programme changes.
MARINA BY STIJN CONINX
10 February, 15.10, CinemaxX 17
Calabria, 1948. Salvatore, a poor ironsmith, has to leave the country for a job as a coalminer in
Belgium. His spirited 10-year-old son Rocco tries to adapt to his new surroundings and starts doing
what he does best: playing music.
MATTEO SIMONI, EVELIEN BOSMANS, LUIGI LO CASCIO /
EYEWORKS / LANGUAGE: DUTCH, ITALIAN / RUNNING TIME: 120’ /
INT’L SALES: MEDIA LUNA NEW FILMS [email protected]
WITH:
PRODUCER (FLANDERS):
THE VERDICT BY JAN VERHEYEN
11 February, 12.50, CinemaxX 15
When his wife’s murderer is released due to a procedural error, Luc takes justice into his own hands to
compete with the constitutional state which has let him down.
KOEN DE BOUW, JOHAN LEYSEN, VEERLE BAETENS, JOKE DEVYNCK, WOUTER
HENDRICKX / PRODUCER (FLANDERS): EYEWORKS / LANGUAGE: DUTCH /
RUNNING TIME: 100’ / INT’L SALES: MEDIA LUNA NEW FILMS [email protected]
WITH:
BERLINALE CO-PRODUCTION MARKET
SOUVENIR BY BAVO DEFURNE
52-year-old Lilian works at a meat factory putting laurel leaves onto liver pastries. Known as ‘Laura’,
she once was a rising pop star. She even took part in the Eurovision Song contest. Now forgotten she
leads a secluded life in an apartment stuffed with relics from bygone days of glory. But then, one day,
18-year-old Jean walks into her life...
WITH:
TBA / PRODUCER (FLANDERS): INDEED FILMS / LANGUAGE: DUTCH / RUNNING TIME: 95’ /
INDEED FILMS [email protected]
SALES INFO:
à Selected for Talent Project Market
ALSO AVAILABLE
82 DAYS IN APRIL BY BART VAN DEN BEMPT
Herman and Marie, a couple in their fifties, arrive in Istanbul to pick up the luggage of their deceased
son. They depart on a journey where they not only discover an unknown part of the world, but also of
their son and of themselves.
MARC PEETERS, KAREN VANPARYS / PRODUCER (FLANDERS): SERENDIPITY FILMS /
DUTCH, ENGLISH, TURKISH / RUNNING TIME: 90’ /
SALES INFO: SERENDIPITY FILMS [email protected]
WITH:
LANGUAGE:
DRIFT BY BENNY VANDENDRIESSCHE & DIRK HENDRIKX
Losing his lover, a man becomes silent and drifts off on a mythical journey through a real but barren
landscape. He fights his grief through beautiful and painful physical rituals, developing a primitive state
of being that refers to universal ancient stories. As the past reveals itself, the man slowly disappears.
WITH: DIRK HENDRIKX / PRODUCER (FLANDERS): INTI FILMS / LANGUAGE: ROMANIAN,
DUTCH / RUNNING TIME: 80’ / SALES INFO: INTI FILMS [email protected]
I’M THE SAME I’M AN OTHER BY CAROLINE STRUBBE
A psychological drama picturing the unusual relationship between a young girl and a man living
together in an abandoned costal village. Despite their barriers and dependence they eventually accept
their relationship. Sometimes you have to get lost to find the right way.
KIMKE DESART, ZOLTAN MIKLOS HAJDU / PRODUCER (FLANDERS): MINDS MEET /
ENGLISH / RUNNING TIME: 115’ /
INT’L SALES: NEW EUROPE FILM SALES [email protected]
WITH:
LANGUAGE:
COMING SOON
1 First feature
CAFARD by jan bultheel
August 1914. When his daughter Mimi is raped by German occupiers in Ostend. Jean swears he will avenge this immoral disgrace. With his coach Victor and young nephew
Guido, he enrolls in the prestigious Armored Car Division. Their battalion is hastily transferred to the Eastern front. Jean is devastated by frustration for he has just learned that Mimi
is pregnant. But war conditions are ruthless. Together with friends, Jean embarks on a dramatic journey that ultimately will drag them around the world.
ANIMATION / PRODUCER (FLANDERS): TONDO FILMS / LANGUAGE: DUTCH / RUNNING TIME: 90’ / ETA: SPRING 2015 /
SALES INFO: TONDO FILMS [email protected]
CUB by jonas govaerts
A young imaginative 12-year-old boy, Sam, heads off to Summer camp with his Cub Scouts pack. Once he enters the woods, Sam quickly feels something is not quite right.
He soon stumbles upon a mysterious tree house and meets a shifty, masked feral-looking child.
WITH: MAURICE LUIJTEN, STEF AERTS, EVELIEN BOSMANS, TITUS DE VOOGT, JAN HAMMENECKER / PRODUCER (FLANDERS): POTEMKINO /
LANGUAGE: DUTCH, FRENCH / RUNNING TIME: 90’ / ETA: FALL 2014 / INT’L SALES: KINOLOGY [email protected]
Please check daily screening schedule for last-minute programme changes.
EAU ZOO by eMIlIe verhaMMe
Lou and Martin, two adolescents living on an island, attempt to escape their suffocation of overprotective parents. Will they succeed in building trust in the midst of circumstances
that drive them apart?
WITH: MARTIN NISSEN, MARGAUX LONNBERG, CLEMENT BERTRAND, CLEMENT LOUIS, DELPHINE GIRARD / PRODUCER (FLANDERS): HOLDEN WALLACE /
LANGUAGE: FRENCH / RUNNING TIME: 90’ / ETA: TBA / SALES INFO: HOLDEN WALLACE [email protected]
FLYING HOME by DoMInIQue DeruDDere
A wealthy sheikh from Dubai sends an American businessman to Flanders. His mission is to acquire a famous, prize-winning race pigeon.
WITH: JAMIE DORNAN, CHARLOTTE DE BRUYNE, JAN DECLEIR, JOSSE DE PAUW /
PRODUCER (FLANDERS): FLYING HOME BVBA / LANGUAGE: ENGLISH, DUTCH / RUNNING TIME: 95’ / ETA: SPRING 2014 /
SALES INFO: FLYING HOME BVBA [email protected]
HALFWAY by geoFFrey enthoven
Involved in a bitter divorce Stephen moves into a splendid house. But soon his peace and quiet are disturbed by Theo who is standing in his living room soaked to the skin,
claiming to be the rightful resident of the house. He asks Stephen to move out. Unwilling to yield, Stephen finds himself in the midst of a turf war and the harassments between
both men soon get out of hand. Then Stephen discovers that Theo died two years ago…
WITH: KOEN DE GRAEVE, JURGEN DELNAET, EVELIEN BOSMANS / PRODUCER (FLANDERS): FOBIC FILMS / LANGUAGE: DUTCH / RUNNING TIME: 90’ /
eta: SPRING 2014 / SALES INFO: FOBIC FILMS [email protected]
IMAGE by aDIl el arbI & bIlall Fallah
Eva is a young, ambitious Dutch journalist making a report on the troubled districts in Brussels. She soon becomes fascinated by her guide Lahbib, a local young man with a
rough reputation, and his world. Despite Eva’s efforts, her chief editors aren’t pleased and threaten to stop her.
WITH: LAURA VERLINDEN, NABIL MALLAT, GENE BERVOETS / PRODUCER (FLANDERS): A TEAM PRODUCTIONS / LANGUAGE: DUTCH, FRENCH, ARABIC /
RUNNING TIME: 90’ / eta: TBA / SALES INFO: A TEAM PRODUCTIONS [email protected]
LABYRINTHUS by Douglas bosWell
Frikke, a 14-year-old boy, discovers a computer game that is being played with real children, uploaded in the game’s labyrinth. In a race against time, he starts to search for the evil
creator in order to free his friends.
WIth: SPENCER BOGAERT, EMMA VERLINDEN, FELIX MAESSCHALCK, IVAN PECNIK, TINE EMBRECHTS / ProDuCer (FlanDers): SAVAGE FILM /
language: DUTCH / runnIng tIMe: 100’ / eta: WINTER 2014 / sales InFo: SAVAGE FILM [email protected]
LUCIFER by gust van Den berghe
On his way from Heaven to Hell, Lucifer passes through the earthly paradise of Mexico, where elderly Lupita and her granddaughter Maria live. Lupita’s brother Emanuel pretends
he’s paralyzed so he can drink and gamble while the two women tend to the sheep. Lucifer senses an opportunity and plays the miraculous healer. He forces Emanuel to walk
again, seduces Maria and makes Lupita lose her faith. He didn’t bring bad luck, he only illuminated the line between good and evil, where it didn’t exist before. WITH: GABINO RODRIGUEZ, NORMA PABLO / PRODUCER (FLANDERS): MINDS MEET / LANGUAGE: SPANISH / RUNNING TIME: TBC / ETA: TBA /
SALES INFO: MINDS MEET [email protected]
MARRY ME by KaDIr balCI
Madly in love, Jurgen and Sibel look forward to their big day. But will it be the most beautiful day of their lives? Or will they marry not only each other, but their family-in-law as well?
WIth: DRIES DE SUTTER, SIRIN ZAHED, BURAK BALCI, RUDI DELHEM, ANOUK DAVID / ProDuCer (FlanDers): A PRIVATE VIEW / language: DUTCH, TURKISH /
runnIng tIMe: 90’ / eta: EARLY 2015 / sales InFo: A PRIVATE VIEW [email protected]
PLAN BART by roel MonDelaers
Sarah’s idyllic life starts to crumble when Alex, her partner for 10 years and man of her dreams, admits he never wants kids. Sarah boots him out and convinces her friend and
compulsive bachelor Bart to impregnate her for cash. Once the baby arrives, they’ll part ways forever, no strings attached... or so they think.
WIth: WINE DIERICKX, WOUTER HENDRICKX, JEROEN PERCEVAL, MOURADE ZEGUENDI, EVA VAN DER GUCHT / ProDuCer (FlanDers): CAVIAR /
language: DUTCH / runnIng tIMe: 90’ / eta: FALL 2014 / sales InFo: CAVIAR [email protected]
THE TREATMENT by hans herbots
Since age nine, inspector Nick Cafmeyer has been haunted by the unsolved disappearance of his younger brother. His chief Danni is reluctant to involve Nick in a disturbing case:
an intruder has held a couple captive for three days and then vanished without a trace, along with their nine-year-old son. Nick heads a massive search and turns it into a relentless
manhunt.
WIth: GEERT VAN RAMPELBERG, INA GEERTS / ProDuCer (FlanDers): EYEWORKS / language: DUTCH / runnIng tIMe: 120’ / eta: EARLY 2014 /
sales InFo: EYEWORKS [email protected]
WASTE LAND by PIeter van hees
The introverted homicide detective Leo Woeste lives together with Kathleen and her five-year-old son. Confronted with Brussel’s grim underbelly on a daily basis, Leo’s convictions
start to crumble when Kathleen unexpectedly becomes pregnant. His very last homicide case, involving a death-obsessed dealer of Congolese cult statues, slowly pulls him away
from his wife and his role as a father. Deeper into the waste land.
WITH: JÉRÉMIE RENIER, NATALI BROODS, PETER VAN DEN BEGIN / PRODUCER (FLANDERS): EPIDEMIC / LANGUAGE: DUTCH, FRENCH / RUNNING TIME: 90’ /
ETA: SUMMER 2014 / SALES INFO: EPIDEMIC [email protected]
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