16/03/2016 - The director has just begun filming his third feature film, set in the cities of Antwerp and Charleroi

Peter Van den Begin and Nabil Ben Yadir during the shoot for Dode Hoek

It’s a coming home of sorts for the Brussels-born director Nabil Ben Yadir, after his last project La Marche [+see also:
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Dode Hoek [+see also:
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Featuring actors such as Peter Van den Begin (Waste Land [+see also:
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Dode Hoek is being produced by Benoît Roland for Wrong Men (Prejudice [+see also:
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Dode Hoek is expected to be released nationally in late January 2017 and will be distributed in Belgium by Kinepolis Film Distribution.

(Translated from French)