Fiction Features from Flanders 2023
Summary
Human magnet Lucien leaves his home, a small farm in Belgium, to join a travelling circus. But a call from the past proves louder than the call of love and dreams.Director
Year of production
2023
Language
Dutch
(Co-)Production (Flanders):
Lemming Film (NL), Les Films Fauves (LU), Coproduction Office (FR)
Summary
In the aftermath of a school fire, a traumatised community looks for consolation in Holly. The 15-year-old unwittingly becomes a saviour figure to the town, as the line between support and abuse quickly blurs.Director
Year of production
2023
Language
Dutch
(Co-)Production (Flanders):
Mirage (BE), Les Films du Fleuve (BE), Topkapi (NL), Agat Films (FR), Tarantula (LU)
Summary
Rosita is determined to become a mother, despite what other people think.Director
Year of production
2024
Language
Dutch
Featured festivals
2024: Film Festival Ostend - Official Opening Film (BE); 2024: Netherlands Film Festival - Official Selection (Official Selection); 2024: Torino Film Festival - Official Competition (IT); 2025 Zsigmond Vilmos International Film Festival (HU), Dublin Independent Film Festival (IE); Crossing Europe Film Festival(AU); Athens International Film & Arts Festival (USA); Tony Curtis Film Festival (HU); Karlskino25 (AU)
Summary
Separated from her brothers as a child, the now cancer-ridden Mira desperately needs to re-establish the family she has lost.Director
Year of production
2023
Language
Dutch, French
(Co-)Production (Flanders):
Tarantula, VRT
Summary
A troubled teen tries to escape the traumas of his past.Director
Year of production
2023
Language
Dutch
Featured festivals
2024: Film Festival, Oostende - Look! Competition: Fantasy Film Fest, Duitsland 2023: Tallin Black Nights Film Festival - Just Film Youth Competition (EE)(Co-)Production (Flanders):
Baldr Film (NL)
Summary
Antwerp policeman Wilfried Wils walks a tightrope during WWII, working hand-in-glove with the occupying Germans, yet sympathising with the resistance. But how long can he survive without choosing a side?Director
Year of production
2023
Language
Dutch
(Co-)Production (Flanders):
Menuetto (BE), Minds Meet (BE), Les Films du Fleuve (BE), Topkapi Films (NL)
Summary
In war-torn Iraq, a football-mad boy dreams of becoming the next Lionel Messi.Director
Year of production
2023
Language
Arabic, English
(Co-)Production (Flanders):
Column Film,1080 Films, Mîtosfilm, VRT, Streamz, Telenet
Summary
An animation series inspired by an Easter Egg tradition which speaks to the universal values of friendship and honesty.Director
Year of production
2022
Language
Dutch
Summary
The possibility of romance stops a migrant worker from returning home.Director
Year of production
2023
Language
French, Mandarin, Romanian
Summary
Luka, a young soldier craving battle, embeds himself in an isolated fort where men have been waiting in vain for ages for a mythical enemy to strike.Director
Year of production
2023
Language
English
Featured festivals
2023: IFFR (NL); Film Festival Oostende (BE)2022: First Cut Lab Belgium (BE)
2017: TorinoFilmLab (IT)
(Co-)Production (Flanders):
Diana Elbaum/Beluga Tree (BE), Flaminio Zadra & Pilar Saavedra Perrotta/Palosanto Films (IT), Denis Vaslin & Fleur Knopperts/Volya Films (NL), Mira Staleva & Stefan Kitanov/Art Fest (BG), Anzhela Frangyan/Dokino (AM), Maarten D'Hollander & Tim Martens/Krater Films (BE)
Sea Sparkle
- Original Title: Zeevonk
- Genre: Drama, Adventure, Family, Mystery
- Running time: 98'
Summary
When her father dies at sea in a shipwreck, teenage Lena is determined to prove that a huge, unknown creature is roaming the deep.Director
Year of production
2023
Language
Dutch
Featured festivals
2023: Berlin International Film Festival - Generation (DE)(Co-)Production (Flanders):
Viking Film - Marleen Slot (NL)
The Chapel
- Original Title: The Chapel
- Genre: Drama, Psychological thriller
- Running time: 110'
Summary
Jennifer Rogiers is a young piano virtuoso participating in the world-renowned Queen Elisabeth music competition. But the stress and isolation involved bring bad memories to the surface...Director
Year of production
2023
Language
English
(Co-)Production (Flanders):
Tarantula (BE)
Summary
Many years after a sweltering summer that spun out of control, Eva returns to the village she grew up in with an ice block in the back of her car. In the dead of winter, she confronts her past and faces up to her persecutors.Director
Year of production
2023
Language
Dutch
Featured festivals
2023: Sundance Film Festival - World Cinema Dramatic Competition (US), Göteborg Film Festival - Ingmar Bergman Competition (SE), Seattle International Film Festival - Official Selection (US), FEST - New Diretors New Films - Honorable Mention (PT), Karlovy Vary International Film Festival - Horizons Selection (CZ), Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival - Third Kind Section (CH)(Co-)Production (Flanders):
PRPL (NL), Versus Productions (BE), DPG Media (VTM (Be)) Telenet (BE), RTBF (BE), Streamz
Summary
When detective Juliet Dumon moves back to the seaside town where she grew up, she must confront the ghosts of her past along with the complications of the present.Director
Year of production
2024
Language
Dutch
Featured festivals
Film Festival Cologne (Germany)(Co-)Production (Flanders):
VRT (BE), ZDF (DE), RTL Videoland (NL)
Summary
Alain is raising his son Milano alone. Determined to make their future better, he tries to make ends meet.Director
Year of production
2024
Language
Dutch, French
Featured festivals
2024: Alice nella citta - Rome (IT)(Co-)Production (Flanders):
Bastide films (NL), Dragon Films (BE)
Summary
The certainties of Malou’s life are swept away when she falls for her older brother’s girlfriend.Director
Year of production
2025
Language
Dutch, French
Featured festivals
2023: Berlinale Co-Production Market 2022: Gotham Week NYC; EAVE Producer's Workshop 2020: Torino ScriptLab (IT)(Co-)Production (Flanders):
Les Films du Fleuve (BE), Lemming Film (NL), Grand Slam (SE)
Summary
Yuna, a Belgian-Japanese girl, faces a life-changing decision when the two cultures in her broken family come together again.Director
Year of production
2025
Language
Dutch, French, Japanese
Featured festivals
2025: IFFR - Big Screen Competition (NL)(Co-)Production (Flanders):
Stenola Productions (BE)
The Age of Magic
- Original Title: The Age of Magic
- Genre: Drama, Fantasy
- Running time: 98'
Summary
Searching for Arcadia in contemporary Europe, a writer and his girlfriend arrive in a mysterious town by a lake.Director
Year of production
2026
Language
English
(Co-)Production (Flanders):
Inti Films (BE), The Film Kitchen (NL), Cineworkx Filmproduktion (CZ)
The Weeping Walk
- Original Title: Waarom Wettelen
- Genre: Drama, Comedy, Black comedy, Road movie
- Running time: 105'
Summary
An unexpected final request turns a funeral into a procession across the countryside. Will the family survive this slow, absurd journey?Director
Year of production
2024
Language
Dutch
Featured festivals
2025: Music & Cinema Marseille (FR), Official Selection 2024: Film Festival Gent, Closing Film; Tallinn, Black Nights Film Festival (PÖFF), First Feature Competition(Co-)Production (Flanders):
Graniet Film (NL)
Summary
First love is confusing for teenager Elias.Director
Year of production
2024
Language
Dutch
Featured festivals
2024: Berlinale - Generation Kplus (DE); Kristiansand International Children’s Film Festival (NO); Pink Apple (CH); Schwule Filmwoche Freiburg (DE); Cannes Ecrans Junior (FR); Seattle International Film Festival (US); Inside Out Toronto (CA); Zlin International Film Festival for Children and Youth (CZ); Hofkino (CH); Frameline Fest (US); Out film Connecticut (US); Provincetown International Film Festival (US); Busan International Kids and Youth Film Festival (KR); Omladinski Film Festival Sarajevo (BA); Giffoni Film Festival (IT); Festival Ciné-Recontres Récompenses (FR); Letni Filmnova Skola (CZ); Lakeside Film Festival (DE); CinemaQ Denver Films (US); Jerusalem Film Festival (IL); The Norwegian International Film Festival (NO); TIFF Junior 2024 (NO); The Center-Film Center QFilms 2024 (US); Vancouver Queer Film Festival (US); Queer Filmfestival (DE); 35th Hong Kong Lesbian & Gay Film Festival (CN); Rencontres Nationales Art et Essai Jeunes Public (FR); Filmout San Diego (US); Reeling Chicago L&G International Film Festival (US); Desert Film Society (US); Out on Film Atlanta (US); Vinokino - Finnish Queer Film Festival (FI); Golden Village Love & Pride Film Festival (SG); Buster Film Festival (DK); Kijuko Film Festival Bremen (DE); Oslo/Fusion International Film Fest (NO); Out at the Movies Fest (US); Everybody’s Perfect (CH); Junges Filmfestival Köln/Cinepänz (DE); Kaohsiung Film Festival (TW); Film Fest Gent (BE); NewFest (US); Iris Prize LGBTQ+ Film Festival (UK); OUTshine Film Festival (US); Mostra de Sao Paula (BR); Thessaloniki International Film Festival (GR); Rehoboth Beach Independent Film Festival (US); Seoul International PRIDE Film Festival (KR); QUEERSICHT Filmfestival (CH); Cork International Film Festival (IE); Tallinn Black Night Film Festival (EE); Sevilla Film Festival (ES°; Key West Film Festival (US); Ljubljana International Film Festival (SI); Melboure Queer Film Festival (AU); Exground Filmfest (DE); Slovak Queer Film Festival (SK); Image+nation Festival Film LGBT2SQUEER (CA); International Young Audience Film Festival Ale Kino (PL); International Film Festival of Kerala (IN); 2025: Ramdam Festival (BE); Pinx LGBTQIA+ Filmfestival (BE); Festival Cine Junior (FR); Festivals Chefs Op’ en Lumière (FR); Mardi Gras Film Festival (AU); Bengaluru International Film Festival (IN); Jeugdfilm Festival Antwerpen (BE); Les Toiles Filantes (FR); Luxembourg City Film Festival (LU); BUFF Malmö (SE); Rencontres Cinématographique Salon de Provence (FR); CinHomo 2025 (ES); LGBT+ Film Festival (PO); Bolzano Film Festival (IT); Milwaukee Film Festival (US); Macau International Queer Film Festival; Kyoto International Children’s Film Festival (JP)(Co-)Production (Flanders):
Family Affair Films, Ketnet, Kwassa Films
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