EAVE producers shooting in Belgium, Turkey, Croatia and Venezuela
In Production June 2015
- L’ÉCONOMIE DU COUPLE by Joachim Lafosse, producer: EAVE graduate Jacques-Henri Bronckart started shooting. The film tells the story of the separation of Marie and Thierry, who break up after living together for ten years. She bought the apartment they live in with their children but he’s the one who completely renovated it. As Thierry can’t afford to find somewhere else to live, they are forced to remain living together. On the day of reckoning, each tries to hold on to what they think they contributed to during their life together. The film has received backing from RTBF, VOO, BeTV, Wallimage and the Tax Shelter, and an advance on receipts from CNC and Canal+.
- KEBAB ROYAL by EAVE graduates Jessica Woodworth & Peter Brosens, co-producer: EAVE graduate and group leader Diana Elbaum leads the King of Belgium on a Balkan odyssey with surreal undertones. While he is away on an economic mission in Istanbul, Nicolas II, the grumpy and solitary King of Belgium, learns of Flanders’ declaration of independence. At that same moment, a solar storm knocks out the communication networks and grounds all aeroplanes. And so begins the secret odyssey undertaken by the king and his ragtag learned assembly across the Balkans: a voyage full of misfortunes, revelations, a lot of roving and some truly charming moments. Love comes knocking at just the right moment, and the movie evolves into a kind of European fairy tale centred on the last King of Belgium lost in the Balkans. The shoot, which kicked off in Brussels, has already jetted off to Istanbul.The film has received backing from the VAF, Screen Flanders and the CCA.
- CHRIS THE SWISS by Anja Kofmel, producers: INTERCHANGE graduate Samir, co-producer: EAVE graduate Sinisa Juricic began production in Zagreb. The animated film is told from the director’s point of view and it focuses on a young Swiss journalist and her cousin, killed near Osijek in the early 1990s. Animated sequences intertwine with real, documentary scenes in which the director sheds light on the circumstances surrounding his death. The animation will take place at Nukleus’ premises in Zagreb in the following nine months. Chris the Swiss won the Golden Zagreb Award for best project in development at Animafest Zagreb 2013, and also a grant from Eurimages in 2014. The film is expected to be finished in March 2016 with the premiere scheduled for autumn 2016.
- EL INCA by Ignacio Castillo Cottin, producer: EAVE Marketing Workshop graduate Nathalie Sar-Shalom is in production. The tragic love story is based on the life of the great Venezuelan boxer Edwin "El Inca" Valero. The only fight he lost was the one against himself. The film has a local distributor and is going to be released in Venezuela in March 2016.
Page published 28 June 2015.
