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Coral City – in development
Duo-directed by Camille Ghekiere x Charlotte Decort
DOP Fabrice Parent
Edit Jasper Flikschuh
Grading Olivier Ogneux
Produced by by Associate Directors
Supported by VUB, Canvas & Docville
Original score by Pieter Van Dessel
Together with a Belgian research team, a young Sri Lankan scientist and mother tries to uncover the secret of migrating coral larvae, in order to protect the coral reefs and people of her country.
BELLEROSE x UNION ST. GILLOISE
Duo-directed by Camille Ghekiere x Charlotte Decort
DOP Virgil Leclerq
Edit Jurgen Leemans
Grading Virgil Leclerq
Produced by Wenneker
A quirky collab from Bellerose with football club Union Saint-Gilloise.Inspired by Belgian surrealism and ice cream. Made with love and only playersand supporters from USG.
Les Dames Blanches
Director Camille Ghekiere
DOP Jonathan Wannyn
Prod Associate Directors
Edit Antje Mertens
Sound mix Raf Enckels
Original score Susobrino x Arthur Brouns
With support from the Flemish Audiovisual Fund, Koning Boudewijnstichting, Tax Shelter, Stad Gent, Emmausvzw.
A hybrid documentary about Simeon, a Dominican boy, who wins the trust of the residents of a retirementhome, challenging the Western view on elderly care.
NEWCOMERS - Short doc 33’
Written & Dir by Camille Ghekiere
DOP Annika Wallis
Grading Chiara Pontuali
Edit Antje Mertens
Prod RITCS
Four young newcomers try to integrate in Belgium, and wonder how to deal with love, friendship and seduction in this grey country. In an abandoned theatre their imagination takes the upper hand.
Jury Declaration, Transcending Borders Festival:
“Newcomers presents an optimistic angle where love is prevailing over racism and radicalism. It reflects on an integration and relational model that could inspire decisionmakers for future sustainability and social cohesion. Through artistic performances, we get to know the characters, their struggles, their dreams and their fears presented with honesty and with no shame. In the end, the film serves as a perspective of the new generation living in Europe, opens the dialogue along the lines of tolerance. For its urgency and the bravery to differ from the mainstream discourse, we award it the Future Award.”
Awards:
- Best Short Film, Film Festival of Oostende 2022
- Best Editing, Brussels Short Film Festival, 2022
- Winner of the VAF Wildcard Documentary, 2021
- Grains du cinéastes, Young Filmmakers Festival, 2022
- Future Award, Transcending Borders Festival, 2023
- Best Documentary, Tegenstroom Festival, 2023
Selections:
- Breedbeeld Kort film festival 2022
- Filem’on Kinder en Jeugd film festival
- Millenium Documentary Film Festival
- Venice Intercultural Film Festival
- Love & Hope Film Festival Barcelona
- Festival International du Film Francophone de Namur
CHRISTMAS SPECIAL ‘THUIS’ 2022
Dir Camille Ghekiere
DOP Ilona Vanouplines
AD Loula Burnus
Edit Michiel Bollen
Prod Liesje Hoeijmans, ZMOProductions
An indulgently comforting Christmas clip for Flanders most cherished soap opera.
NACHTPLAN
Duo-directed by Charlotte De Cort x Camille Ghekiere
DOP Arno Weijdema
Edit Jasper Flikshuh
Color Grading Sat Gevorkian
Voor MIJNLEUVEN
An evocation of what a new nightclub in Leuven, designed by and for youth, could become.
I write and direct documentaries with fictional freedom and fictional work with a sense of humor. Currently I’m working on a dreamy, scientific short doc: ‘Coral City’, co-directed with Charlotte De Cort (for Docville and Canvas), a documentary feature ‘Les Dames Blanches’ (with support of the VAF, Koning Boudewijn Stichting, coproduced by Canvas), and I’m researching for ‘Machorra’, a short doc in the south of Spain. I have a background as a historian, which thought me good stories are to be found in real life and there is no such thing as one truth. I also teach creative documentary.
My storytelling style is characterized by symbolism and evocation, the imminent possibility of humor and playfulness, and a close attention to music and sound.
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FILMS
Newcomers (2022) midlength hybrid documentary, 33’ (Winner Short Film Competition Film Festival Ostend 2022, Best Editing Brussels Short Film Festival 2022, VAF Wildcard Documentary 2021, Winner Grains du Cinéastes 2022, Winner Future Award Transcending Borders Festival 2023, Best Documentary Tegenstroom Festival 2023)
Coral City (2024), short documentary, 18’. With support from Docville, Canvas and VUB.
Les Dames Blanches (2024), hybrid feature documentary, 62'. With support from VAF, Koning Boudewijn Stichting, coproduced by Canvas.
Machorra, hybrid short documentary, in development. With support from VAF.
CASTING
Putain, 2022 (fiction series)
Iedereen Beroemd, 2023 (nonfiction series)
The Reject, 2023 (fiction short)