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A busy summer for Belgian filmmakers

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As in Flanders (see news), numerous film shoots are underway in Wallonia and Brussels. Passers-by in the quiet streets of Woluwe are surprised to have spotted Franck Dubosc and Bénabar, who are starring in Eric Lavaine’s Incognito. Meanwhile, on the other side of Brussels, Nabil Ben Yadir has been finishing the shoot for his debut feature, Les Barons, whose protagonist Hassan is played by Nader Boussandel (L’Age d’Homme, Akoibon).

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The film is produced by Entre Chien et Loup, Prime Time (Flanders) and Liaison Cinématographique (France). The budget – which amounts to just under €2m – includes funding from the CCA, VAF, MEDIA, as well as Tax Shelter investments.

Entre Chien et Loup are certainly not sitting idle, for they are also working on Fragments of Grace by Peter Brosens and Jessica Woodworth (co-produced by Bo Films), which is currently being shot in the Andes; and Nathalie Borgers’ documentary Vents de sables, Femmes de Roc (“Sand Winds, Women of Rock”), set in the heart of the Nigerian desert. The latter title is co-produced by Lotus Film (Austria) and Liaison Cinématographique (France), and has received backing from the CCA, Filmfonds Wien and the CNC.

Artemis also have their work cut out for them. Besides the minority investment in Caroline Strubbe’s Belgian co-productio, , the company are also backing La Vacillante (“The Wavering Woman”), the debut feature by DoP Philippe Van Leeuw. Shooting on the film – co-produced by France’s Films du Mogho and Toussaint Tiendrébéogo – kicked off at the end of June in Rwanda.

Artemis’ major project is, however, Bernard Bellefroid’s La Régate (“Regatta”), which was formerly managed by Films du Fleuve and is currently shooting. The title is co-produced by Samsa Films (Luxembourg), Liaison Cinématographique (France) and Compagnie Cinématographique Européenne (Wallonia). Even before shooting got underway, the screenplay attracted a great deal of attention, for it won the Beaumarchais Foundation Award and was selected for the Cinéfondation Workshop at Cannes.

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(Translated from French)

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