Four minority co-productions with Dutch share receive grant

The Netherlands Film Fund and the Flanders Audiovisual Fund collaboratively support co-productions that are released in both countries. See the full list of selected projects below.

In collaboration with the Flanders Audiovisual Fund

Coward (feature film)

Direction: Lukas Dhont
Screenplay: Lukas Dhont & Angelo Tijssens
Production: The Reunion (BE)
Co-production: Topkapi Films (NL), Versus OPUS (BE), Lumen Films (FR)

Logline: 1916. Pierre, a diligent soldier, meets the flamboyant Francis in the rear-line camps during World War I. To pass the time and boost morale, Francis wants to organize a revue for the soldiers. Together, they seem to find a way to escape the cycle of violence, even if only for a brief moment.

Granted support: € 200,000

Torpor (feature film)

Direction/screenplay: Meltse van Voillie
Production: Menuetto (BE)
Co-production: Volya Films (NL), True Content Production AS (SE), Manna Film (DK)

Logline: As a polar bear guard, Olivia is responsible for protecting and guiding a group of scientists during the dark months of the Arctic polar night. From their base on a research ship, the scientists study an unprecedented phenomenon: a village of about 50 people in hibernation. Fascinated by their collective slumber, Olivia increasingly begins to question her own vigilance.

Granted support: € 200,000

Minority co-productions

Soma (feature film)

Direction/screenplay: Miklos Keleti
Production: Velvet Films SPRL (BE)
Co-production: Volya Films (NL), Amrion Production (EE)

Logline: A scientist and his primatologist wife explore new methods to help their son with a rare language disorder.

Granted support: € 250,000

Cartoon Physics (short animation)

Direction/screenplay: Max Porter & Ru Kuwathata
Production: Miyu Productions (FR)
Co-production: Ka-Ching Cartoons (NL), Helium Films (CH)

Logline: A mother and her young daughter discover a dead baby bird in their backyard one summer evening. While the daughter confronts her first encounter with death, the mother retreats into a fantastical world of cartoon physics. Inspired by a poem by Nick Flynn, this tale follows their magical adventures until a devastating lesson shows the mother she cannot shield her child from life's harsh truths.

Granted support: € 50,000

Image: Cartoon Physics