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Dirk Roofthooft in The Storm (2009)

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Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #153. Tim Mielants’ Wil
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Wil

A television director for about a decade (including episodes for Peaky Blinders), Tim Mielants got into features with 2019’s Patrick (Karlovy Vary International Film Festival) followed by 2021’s Nobody Has to Know (a non-solo which had its world preem at TIFF). Production on the ambitious WWII drama Wil took place in May of last year in Liege and Poland featuring Stef Aerts, Matteo Simoni, Annelore Crollet, Kevin Janssens, Dirk Roofthooft, Dimitrij Schaad and Pierre Bokma. Producers include Hans Everaert, Guy Goedgezelschap, Tomas Leyers and Jan Segers.

Gist: Based on the bestselling novel by Jeroen Olyslaegers and written by Carl Joos, Wilfried Wils is an auxiliary policeman in Antwerp at the start of the Second World War.…...
See full article at IONCINEMA.com
  • 1/9/2023
  • by Eric Lavallée
  • IONCINEMA.com
Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #177. Koen Mortier’s Skunk
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Skunk

Blasting onto the film scene with Ex Drummer in 2007 and followed by 22nd of May in 2010 and distinct opposites attract in Angel in 2018, Koen Mortier is good to go in ’23 with his fourth feature which was an Out of Competition work-in-progress selection at Les Arcs Film Festival last month. The book to film adaptation of Skunk was filmed October of 2021 with thesps in first time actor Thibaud Dooms, Natali Broods, Boris Van Severen and Dirk Roofthooft with Nicolas Karakatsanis serving as cinematographer. Czar Film’s Eurydice Gysel and Mortier produced what is coined as a pitch dark teenage drama.…...
See full article at IONCINEMA.com
  • 1/6/2023
  • by Eric Lavallée
  • IONCINEMA.com
Loft (2008)
Belgian political thriller 'Prime Minister' gets France, China deals
Loft (2008)
Koen De Bouew-starring assassination thriller has proved a hit at the Belgian box office.

The Works International has secured a raft of distribution deals for its Belgian political thriller The Prime Minister (De Premier).

The English and Flemish language feature, directed by Erik van Looy, has grossed £2.2m in its first five weeks at the Belgian Box office.

The sales company has now reached agreements in multiple countries, with Trade Media taking rights for France and DDDream securing China rights. It has also signed deals in Japan (Aya Pro), Former Yugoslavia (Discovery) and India (Viswas Films).

Negotiations in Turkey, Italy and the Middle East are entering their final phase with deals expected to be announced soon.

The film’s recent deals follow agreements previously reached in Germany (Square One), Spain (Flins Y Piniculas) and the Netherlands (Dutch Film Works).

The Prime Minister stars Koen De Bouew (Loft) as the Belgian prime minister who is kidnapped on the...
See full article at ScreenDaily
  • 12/7/2016
  • ScreenDaily
‘The Out-Laws (aka Clan): The Complete First Season’ Review
It is fair to say that if the UK or America handled The Out-Laws (aka Clan) it would be just another Suburban Housewives. Thankfully though the Dutch have a darker sense of humour and we are treated to a tale of potential homicide where things never go to plan.

The Out-Laws is the tale of the Goethals sisters who are inseparable due to the early death of their parents. When one of the sisters marries a domineering man in the form of Jean-Claude Delcorps (Dirk Roofthooft) the bond is weakened. As Jean-Claude manipulates and ruins the lives of each of the sisters, a plan is concocted to murder the evil brother-in-law. When his death finally takes place, the question is, who actually managed to do it?

When The Out-Laws starts we see the funeral of Jean-Claude and are introduced not only to the sisters, but also a whole host of...
See full article at Nerdly
  • 9/30/2016
  • by Paul Metcalf
  • Nerdly
Loft (2008)
Spain deal for kidnapping thriller 'The Prime Minister'
Loft (2008)
Exclusive: The Works has inked a Spanish deal on Erik Van Looy thriller.

The Works International has secured a Spanish distribution deal on English and Flemish-language action-thriller The Prime Minister with Flins Y Piniculas.

Director Erik Van Looy’s (Loft) film, currently in post-production, stars Koen de Bouw (Loft), Dirk Roofthooft (Loft,), Saskia Reeves (Wolf Hall) and Adam Godley (The Bfg).

In The Prime Minister the car of the Belgian Prime Minister is hijacked, his driver killed and the Prime Minister kidnapped by terrorists.

Soon, he learns that his wife and children are also being held hostage and that they...
See full article at ScreenDaily
  • 6/14/2016
  • by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
  • ScreenDaily
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