The fantasy title follows a group of siblings stuck in an isolated house in a forest.
Italy-based sales agency Tvco has acquired worldwide rights to Michele Jacob’s debut feature The Lost Children.
The fantasy title premiered as the opening film of the Proxima competition at Karlovy Vary International Film Festival this month.
The Lost Children follows a 10-year-old girl and her three siblings who find themselves abandoned in an old house, where they realise they must take care of themselves amidst mysterious monsters and tunnels where time is lost.
Belgian filmmaker Jacob previously made 2020 short July 96, which played at...
Italy-based sales agency Tvco has acquired worldwide rights to Michele Jacob’s debut feature The Lost Children.
The fantasy title premiered as the opening film of the Proxima competition at Karlovy Vary International Film Festival this month.
The Lost Children follows a 10-year-old girl and her three siblings who find themselves abandoned in an old house, where they realise they must take care of themselves amidst mysterious monsters and tunnels where time is lost.
Belgian filmmaker Jacob previously made 2020 short July 96, which played at...
- 7/17/2023
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
‘Border’ Star Josefin Neldén to Play Sally Bauer in Frida Kempff’s ‘The Swedish Torpedo’ (Exclusive)
Frida Kempff (“Winter Buoy”) is set to direct “The Swedish Torpedo,” a period film inspired by the life of Sally Bauer, the first Scandinavian to swim across the English Channel in 1939. The prominent Nordic cast is led by Josefin Neldén, Mikkel Boe Følsgaard, as well as Lisa Carlehed (“The Emigrants”).
Produced by David Herdies and Erik Andersson at Momento Film, the film will start shooting in August in Sweden, Estonia, Belgium and England.
“Five years ago I didn’t know who Sally Bauer was and even less what she had achieved. Five days ahead of the outbreak of WWII she swam across the English Channel,” said Kempff I feel this is a story that needs to be told, about a woman who accomplished the impossible and shattered both social norms and world records.”
Neldén, who will play Bauer, said she feels “such a strong connection to Sally’s dreams, life and ambitions.
Produced by David Herdies and Erik Andersson at Momento Film, the film will start shooting in August in Sweden, Estonia, Belgium and England.
“Five years ago I didn’t know who Sally Bauer was and even less what she had achieved. Five days ahead of the outbreak of WWII she swam across the English Channel,” said Kempff I feel this is a story that needs to be told, about a woman who accomplished the impossible and shattered both social norms and world records.”
Neldén, who will play Bauer, said she feels “such a strong connection to Sally’s dreams, life and ambitions.
- 5/11/2023
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Film Movement has acquired North American rights to Belgian filmmaker Véronique Jadin’s first narrative feature, Employee of the Month, from the Paris-based international sales agent Reel Suspects. The dark comedy will roll out in theaters early next year, with a wide release across home entertainment and digital platforms to follow.
Employee of the Month follows the middle-aged Inès (Jasmina Douieb), who has long been a diligent employee of the small wholesale household products company, EcoCleanPro. Tasked with mentoring a young trainee, the sarcastic Melody (Laetitia Mampaka), Inès embraces her role. However, while she treats her work seriously, her male counterparts and her boss consistently belittle her, ordering her to do menial tasks.
With her patience running out and under Melody’s blasé gaze, Inès meets with Patrick (Peter Van den Begin) to ask for a raise. Surprisingly, the situation quickly spins out of control and an accidental crime is committed,...
Employee of the Month follows the middle-aged Inès (Jasmina Douieb), who has long been a diligent employee of the small wholesale household products company, EcoCleanPro. Tasked with mentoring a young trainee, the sarcastic Melody (Laetitia Mampaka), Inès embraces her role. However, while she treats her work seriously, her male counterparts and her boss consistently belittle her, ordering her to do menial tasks.
With her patience running out and under Melody’s blasé gaze, Inès meets with Patrick (Peter Van den Begin) to ask for a raise. Surprisingly, the situation quickly spins out of control and an accidental crime is committed,...
- 10/18/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Belgian dark comedy will premiere in Tribeca’s online “at home” section in June.
Paris-based sales company Reel Suspects has boarded sales on Belgian director Véronique Jadin dark comedy Employee Of The Month, ahead of its world premiere in the online “at home’ section of the Tribeca Film Festival (June 8-19).
Jasmina Douieb stars as a disgruntled, hard-working employee at a cleaning company who accidentally and messily kills her boss while asking for a pay rise. She enlists the help of a young trainee to help cover her tracks. Other cast members include Laetitia Mampaka and Peter Van Den Begin.
Paris-based sales company Reel Suspects has boarded sales on Belgian director Véronique Jadin dark comedy Employee Of The Month, ahead of its world premiere in the online “at home’ section of the Tribeca Film Festival (June 8-19).
Jasmina Douieb stars as a disgruntled, hard-working employee at a cleaning company who accidentally and messily kills her boss while asking for a pay rise. She enlists the help of a young trainee to help cover her tracks. Other cast members include Laetitia Mampaka and Peter Van Den Begin.
- 4/22/2022
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- ScreenDaily
As theaters tentatively start to reopen around the U.S. without the usual glut of studio product to fill their screens, there’s an opportunity for filmmakers who previously might not have edged their way very deeply into U.S. cinemas to find a wider audience. That’s particularly true of Canadian filmmaker Bruce McDonald, whose fantasy crime comedy “Dreamland” is being released by Uncork’d Entertainment and Dark Star Pictures on June 5, day and date with VOD.
McDonald, known for films like “Roadkill,” “Hard Core Logo” and “Pontypool,” which mash up humor with adventure, music or horror — and sometimes all of these — felt that for “Dreamland,” he needed to venture outside the familiar environs of Canada to find the right locale to bring the story to life. The movie, which reunites the director with “Pontypool” novelist and screenwriter Tony Burgess, follows a hitman tasked with obtaining the pinkie finger of...
McDonald, known for films like “Roadkill,” “Hard Core Logo” and “Pontypool,” which mash up humor with adventure, music or horror — and sometimes all of these — felt that for “Dreamland,” he needed to venture outside the familiar environs of Canada to find the right locale to bring the story to life. The movie, which reunites the director with “Pontypool” novelist and screenwriter Tony Burgess, follows a hitman tasked with obtaining the pinkie finger of...
- 6/5/2020
- by Todd Gilchrist
- Variety Film + TV
Bruce McDonald’s horror premiered at the Brussels International Film Festival.
Paris-based sales agent Reel Suspects has acquired worldwide rights to Bruce McDonald’s English-language horror title Dreamland ahead of the film’s North American premiere at Fantasia International Film Festival in Montreal this month.
The film premiered at Brussels International Film Festival in April.
McDonald’s credits include Pontypool and Hellions, which premiered at Toronto and Sundance respectively.
Dreamland stars Stephen McHattie, Juliette Lewis, Henry Rollins and Tómas Lemarquis and tells the story of a gang who employ a world-weary hitman to cut off a finger from a famed heroin-addict trumpet player.
Paris-based sales agent Reel Suspects has acquired worldwide rights to Bruce McDonald’s English-language horror title Dreamland ahead of the film’s North American premiere at Fantasia International Film Festival in Montreal this month.
The film premiered at Brussels International Film Festival in April.
McDonald’s credits include Pontypool and Hellions, which premiered at Toronto and Sundance respectively.
Dreamland stars Stephen McHattie, Juliette Lewis, Henry Rollins and Tómas Lemarquis and tells the story of a gang who employ a world-weary hitman to cut off a finger from a famed heroin-addict trumpet player.
- 7/10/2019
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
Total of 13 projects backed with €1.06m investment.
In its first funding round of 2017, European body Screen Brussels has invested €1.06m into 13 projects.
Of the selected projects, 10 are primarily in Belgium. Eight of the 13 are feature films, while there are four TV projects including one documentary and one animation.
The eight features are:
A Girl From Mogadishu
From Belgium outfit Umedia and co-produced by Ireland’s Pembridge Film, this English-language feature will be directed by Northern Ireland’s Mary McGuckian. The film follows a Somali social activist and her journey to obtain a vote against Fgm (female genital mutilation) in the European parliament. It will shoot for two weeks in Brussels.
Undergods
Produced by Belgium’s Velvet Films and co-produced by the UK’s Venner Film and Estonia’s Homeless Bob, this this tragicomic science-fiction feature film tells the story of how the comfortable life of a modern family is interrupted by an otherworldly event. Shot in English...
In its first funding round of 2017, European body Screen Brussels has invested €1.06m into 13 projects.
Of the selected projects, 10 are primarily in Belgium. Eight of the 13 are feature films, while there are four TV projects including one documentary and one animation.
The eight features are:
A Girl From Mogadishu
From Belgium outfit Umedia and co-produced by Ireland’s Pembridge Film, this English-language feature will be directed by Northern Ireland’s Mary McGuckian. The film follows a Somali social activist and her journey to obtain a vote against Fgm (female genital mutilation) in the European parliament. It will shoot for two weeks in Brussels.
Undergods
Produced by Belgium’s Velvet Films and co-produced by the UK’s Venner Film and Estonia’s Homeless Bob, this this tragicomic science-fiction feature film tells the story of how the comfortable life of a modern family is interrupted by an otherworldly event. Shot in English...
- 4/21/2017
- by tom.grater@screendaily.com (Tom Grater)
- ScreenDaily
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