EN - Challenging, human yet controversial, The Paved Road is a thematically diverse insight into contemporary phenomena hosted by subcultures that are manifest in the margins of our connecting roads. Five neo-realistic and compelling stories are revealed in the pulsating heartbeat of a 24/7 society.
NL - Uitdagend, diepmenselijk maar ook controversieel: Steenweg is een visueel alerte en thematisch diverse kijk op hedendaagse fenomenen en subculturen die zich manifestern in de marge van onze nationale vebindingswegen, een documentaire reeks met de polsslag van de 24-uursmaatschappij in vijf episodes.
Info
Title | The Paved Road |
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Original title | Steenweg |
Original language | Dutch, French, Urdu, Lingala, Greek, Arabic |
Status | Completed |
Production | Majority Flemish |
Category | Docs , TV series |
Year | 2016 |
World première / first public presentation | 2016-04-04 |
Credits
Technical specs
Running time series | 5 x 52' |
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Colour | Colour |
Partners
Supported by | the VAF/Media Fund |
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Production partners | Acht tv |
Tax shelter partners | Verpa nv, Bolderhof |
Festivals
2017: Hot Docs 2017 International Documentary Film Festival, Toronto (CA); DocVille International Documentary Film Festival, Leuven (BE)
Awards
2017: Jury Award - Best Documentary Series DocVille (BE)
Hot Docs selects three from Flanders
Three Flemish productions have been invited to Hot Docs, North America's largest documentary film festival. Janet van den Brand’s Ceres, Sahim Omar Kalifa’s Cornered in Molenbeek and Yannis Van den Ecker’s Sons of the Wild will all be screened in Competition in Toronto.
Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival is the largest documentary film festival in North America with around 200,000 visitors each year. It is also an important meeting point for industry professionals, with a conference programme and market.
Last edited by Zonderling bvba on 15 March 2018