“Film editing is now something almost everyone can do at a simple level and enjoy it, but to take it to a higher level requires the same dedication and persistence that any art form does.” – Walter Murch
MY FIRST HIGHWAY
International Jury Award as Best Film (Film Festival Tallinn)
Benjamin is a teenager on annual holiday with his parents in Spain. During this holiday he meets the attractive and intriguing Annabel. Together with Annabel, he is about to embark on a dangerous adventure. One that he will never forget.
written and directed by Kevin Meul
produced by Fobic Films
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FLOWER OF A THOUSAND COLOURS – short documentary
Sundance Film Festival
Flower of a Thousand Colours shows an intimate slice of the life of Emiliana, a loving mother who struggles every day with her rough environment-a Bolivian mining camp.
written and directed by Karen Vazquez Guadarrama
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A PUNK DAYDREAM
Edinburgh Film Festival / Rotterdam Film Festival
A portrait of the largest Muslim Punk community in the world, as seen through the eyes of Punk teenagers, in relation to the extreme social, environmental and political environment they live in.
written and directed by Jimmy Hendrickx
produced by Harald House
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LOS VEO – short film
Film Festival Leuven
Mexico, near the celebration of Día de los Muertos. Alejandro (40), a loving single father, struggles to straighten up his life for the sake of his daughter Gabriela (6). He wants to leave the migrant smuggling gang where he works for, but fears for his life. When he gets assigned the task of transporting Central American immigrants to the border of the U.S., he sees an opportunity to escape with this daughter. During the trip, things start to go wrong and Alejandro has to make difficult decisions. It opens his eyes to a world he was unaware of.
written and directed by Daniel Granados
produced by Serendipity Films
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ZONDER MEER – short film
Film Festival Leuven
Berlin Film Festival
A campsite in full summer is startled by the sudden disappearance of a six-year-old boy. We see events through the eyes of little Lucie and her older brother Jeroom.
written and directed by Meltse Van Coillie
produced by Meltse Van Coillie and Peter Brosens
produced by Fobic Films
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NOCTURNUS – short film
Film Festival Ghent
Nocturnus takes you into the darkness. After all, night is not always a time, sometimes it can be a place. In the northernmost village of our planet, the sun doesn’t show itself during an entire winter. The villagers crawl close together and doze of into months of hibernation. This extraordinary phenomenon arouses the interest of some scientists… It’s the young doctoral student Olivia who first describes human hibernation. Immediately, the European Space Agency sends its most renowned sleep researcher: Noor. She has to find out whether Olivia’s scoop would enable distant space travel. Will both women succeed in shining their light on this enigmatic hibernation? Or does the collaboration falter and do they grope vainly in the dark?
directed/edited by Meltse Van Coillie & Harm Dens
produced by KraterFilms
David Verdurme 