Storm - Letters of Fire

Original Title|Storm

95' | 2017 (Completed)

All images & Videos

(7 images)

Writer	Karen van Holst Pellekaan
Director	Dennis Bots
Producer	Katleen Goossens

Full credits

Set in 16th-century Antwerp, the story of 12-year-old Storm and his printer father Klaas, who is determined to finally put an end to the city's corruption by distributing banned texts and letters.

synopsis

Storm Voeten (12) is the son of printer Klaas Voeten, who secretly prints banned texts. Unintentionally, Storm becomes the object of a headhunt by the Inquisition for a forbidden pamphlet penned by Martin Luther during which Storm's father is arrested. Before running off, Storm - understanding their significance - grabs the offending printing blocks. Threatened by the Inquisition who will do anything to retrieve and destroy the blocks - fearing the spread of the Reformation - and aided by Marieke, a Catholic orphan girl who lives in the underground sewers of Antwerp, Storm is caught in a race against time to save his father from death as a heretic and to aid the struggle for freedom of expression and religion.
Storm vertelt het verhaal van Storm Voeten (Davy Gomez), de 12-jarige zoon van drukker Klaas Voeten (Yorick Van Wageningen). Wat Storm niet weet, is dat Klaas in het geheim ook verboden teksten drukt. Storm’s moeder (Angela Schijf) is het hier absoluut niet mee eens. Als Klaas door inquisiteur Frans van der Hulst (Peter Van den Begin) wordt betrapt tijdens het drukken van een belangrijke, verboden brief, wordt Storm ongewild het middelpunt van de jacht op de originele brieftekst. Bedreigd door de Inquisitie en geholpen door Marieke (Juna de Leeuw), een weesmeisje dat in de Antwerpse ruien woont, moet Storm in een race tegen de klok zijn vader zien te redden van de doodstraf. Maar wie kan hij vertrouwen?

Credits

Writer
Karen van Holst Pellekaan
Director
Dennis Bots
Producer
Katleen Goossens
Cast
Tibo Vandenborre, Yorick Van Wageningen, Davy Gomez, Sem van Butselaar, Rivka de Leon, Angela Schijf, Fred Goessens, Golda de Leon, Laura Verlinden, Luc Feit, Maarten Heijmans, Peter Van den Begin
Editing
Peter Alderliesten
Photography
Rolf Dekens
Art direction
Kurt Loyens
Costume
Uli Simon
Sound
Carlo Thoss
Makeup
Katja Reinert
Music
Andre Dziezuk

Format

Creation details

Type
Film
Production share
Minority
Belgium
Year of production

2017
Production status
Completed
Original title
Storm
Original language
Dutch

Technical specs

Running time
95'
Aspect ratio
2.35:1
Sound format
5.1 (+sub)
Available formats
DCP
Colour
Colour

Contact & sales

Contact

Bulletproof Cupid

Schaliënstraat 14 11
2000 Antwerpen
België

katleen@bulletproofcupid.be

www.bulletproofcupid.be

Details
Sales

Beta Cinema

Gruenwalder Weg 28
DE-82041 Oberhaching
Duitsland

T +49 89 67 34 69 - 829
beta@betacinema.com

www.betacinema.com

Festivals & awards

Festivals

2017: JEF – Jeugdfilmfestival (Belgium); City Film Festival Luxemburg (Luxembourg); Kirchliches Filmfestival Recklinghausen (Germany); BUFF Filmfestival (Sweden) Kristansand int. Barnefilmfestival (Norway); Zlin Film Festival (Czech Republic); International Filmfest Emden Norderney (Germany) Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival (South-Korea); Busan Internation Kids & Youth Festival (South-Korea); Film Festival Oostende (Belgium); Nederlands Film Festival (The Netherlands); Buster Copenhagen International Film Festival for Children & Youth (Denmark); Kino Dzieci Festiwal Filmowy (Poland); Bremer Kinder - und Jugendfilmfest Kijuko (Germany); Internationales Kinderfilmfest Bonn (Germany); Final Cut - Marburger Kinder und Jugendfilmfestival (Germany); San Diego Film Festival (US); Cinekid (The Netherlands); Kinderfilmfest Münster (Germany); ROLAN Film Festival (Armenia); Oulu International Children's and Youth Film Festival (Finland); KiKiFe Düsseldorf (Germany); China International Film Festival (China); Cinepänz (Germany); International Young audience Film Festival Alé Kino (Poland); Smile International Film Festival for Children and Youth India (India) 2018: Kinderfilmfest Hof (Germany) 2019: Kaliningrad International Film Festival (Russia)

Awards

2017: Ensor Best Production Design – Film Festival Oostende (Belgium); Children’s Jury Award – Marburger Kinder und Jugendfilmfestival (Germany); Best Dutch Family Feature – Cinekid (The Netherlands); Best Long Feature Film – Rolan Film Festival (Armenia); Marcinek Award for Best Feature by the Children's Jury – International Young Audience Film Festival Ale Kino (Poland); Gold Crown for Best International Film + Silver Crown for Best Picture – International Christian Visual Media Conference (US)