In production

Marc Schmidt (1970) works as an independent director and location sound mixer of documentary films. After studies in filmtheory (Utrecht University) and media arts (Tilburg Art Academy), he initially worked as a sound engineer and video editor on a variety of film projects. He also directed a few short fiction films. But directing documentaries raised his interest, and gradually became his main occupation.

The role of social codes in our lifes is a recurrent theme in his work. Among his films are Schoolyard, a conceptual documentary about a schoolyard, filmed from his balcony and Bidcatcher, a visual impression of an auction, which won the prize for best documentary at the Tampere Filmfestival. Currently he is developing The Chimpanzee Complex, about the social process among traumatized chimpanzees.

Matthew’s Laws is a portrait of Marc Schmidt’s school friend Matthew and is so far his most personal film.

Xavier Séron

Filmmaker and scriptwriter, Xavier Seron was born in Brussels in 1975. After having studied law, he entered the Institut des Arts de Diffusion (High School of Art) in 2001. In 2005, Rien d’insoluble (Nothing Insoluble), his end of studies film, won many awards and was selected in more than fifty festivals around the world (among which the Venice Film Festival). In 2007 he wrote and directed, with Christophe Hermans, a fiction short film called Le Crabe (The Crab). The film was selected at the Premiers Plans Festival in Angers (France) and won various awards, including Best Film Prize at the Namur International Festival of French-Speaking Films (Belgium) as well as at the Tehran International Short Film Festival. In 2008, he collaborated in the writing of the documentary feature film Les Parents de Christophe Hermans (Christophe Herman’s parents) and co-wrote En compagnie de la poussière (Together with Dust), a short film from Jacques Molitor (selected at the Locarno festival). For Bouli Lanners he directed, with the help of the actor Jean-Jacques Rausin, L’Eldorado selon Jean-Jacques (Eldorado according to Jean-Jacques), the making-of of the film Eldorado. In 2010, he created an ethological and ethylic short film with Meryl Fortunat-Rossi called Mauvaise lune (Bad Moon). At the Brussels Short Film Festival, the film won the Audience award and the Best Actor award (for Jean-Jacques Rausin). Currently, Xavier is working on Je me tue à le dire (I’m killing myself telling it), his first fiction feature film, and Dreamcatcheurs, a documentary about Belgian wrestlers.

Cedric Bourgeois

Born in 1983, Cedric Bourgeois left France to settle in Brussels right after his Broadcasting HNC with an editing specialty in Bayonne. In 2008, he directed and self produced his first short film Il n’y a pas d’ailleurs (There is no somewhere else), which was selected in the official not-in-competition selection of the Amiens International Film Festival (2009) and in the official selection of the Liège International Detective Film Festival (2010). In 2009, he continued with another self-production, the fiction video-clip Littles Ones, which was among the official selection in the video-clip category of the Namur International Film Festival (2009) as well as the official selection of Fantasporto (2010). Since 2009 he has been directing (filming and editing) DVD bonuses of short films of the Critic’s Week in Cannes. Dreamcatcheur is his first documentary.

Christopher Yates

TRAINING

2003:Graduated in editing, cinema school, IAD, distinction
1999-2000: one year in directing, cinema school, IAD
1997-1999: Bachelor in Philosophy, ULB
1996-1997: one year in piano, Jazz Studio at Anvers  
 
DIRECTING
 
'The Age of Death', 90’ creative documentary, coLdirector with Benjamin Colaux. In  
development
 
'Passionate Kiss', choregraphic shortfilm in collaboration with Edith Depaule. Director,
camera operator and editor. In  post-production
 
'Retour à l'école ', a 26’ documentary in collaboration with the Tof Theatre. Director
and camera operator. In  post-production
 
'Libre comme l'R' &   'Eric Durnez ' two commercials for the theatre “Le Rideau de
Bruxelles”, may 2011 and October 2011, director, camera operator and editor.  

'Not here ' creative documentary about   'Girls in Hawaii' Belgian rock band, camera
operator and director. 2009
 
Live performance recording live of 'Girls in Hawaii', director. 2008.
 
Scenography (video & shadows theatre) for the Belgian band tour 'Austin Lace'. 2008-2009.

Our dynamic earth' multimedia project for an environment museum at Edinburg.
Director of the multimedia team, director of promotional videos, editor. 2006.
 
'Netdays' commercial for an electronic art festival, director. 2003.
 
'L’âge nu': final study work, shortfilm by Shadi El-Haj, co-director & editor. 2003.



COLAUX Benjamin

Etudes Institut des Arts et Diffusions Louvain –La-Neuve Belgium
2003-2004: dissertation :  'cinema in a natural way' (Distinction)
2000-2003: Graduated in editing section (Grande distinction)
1999-2000: Graduated in directing


Professional experience
Co-director «The age of death» with Christopher Yates  – Creative Documentary, 90’ – currently
in pre-production
Editor for KILOU.BE & MOSTRA –  Commercials, Creative Clips, Documentaries, Teasers
Cinematographer with Bruno Cattrysse for DISNEYLAND PARIS – Event Coverage
Editor «Switching on»  & «Calypso» by Nicolas Torres – Promotionnal Clips
Editor «Six colors» by Patrick Delfosse – Documentary, 50’
Producer, director & editor «Echos de la terre» for ARSIA ASBL –  Video Report, 20’
Editor for WATCH TV –  Documentaries, Science Films, TV Series
Editor «Kopernikus» by Marc Vanvinkenroije for TIPIK – Institutional Film, 4’
Editor for LA PRODUCTION – Movie Trailers
Editor for TAMTAM FILMS&TV – Video Reports         
Editor «Something» for DianB – Musical Clip
Director & cinematographer for TITLE FILMS – Corporate Films
Producer, director & editor for PHYTOPHAR ASBL – Educational Film, 10’
Director & editor «Tic Tac Photo» with steadycamer Oliver Merckx – Commercial, 1’
Cinematographer «About a prison in Madagascar» – Documentary
Editor «Loin des Yeux» by Serge Mirzabekiantz – Fiction, 26’
Scenarist of «Blue of straw» illustrated by Madeleine Lhoute – in development
Several exhibitions : Galery «Together in art», «Hermitage», «Street Art Festival» – Chassepierre,  «Artist experience» – Celles (2007-2012), etc

Daniel Cattier is a freelance film director. His aim is to tell stories linked with Africa. Through his mixed cultural and linguistic background, his father being Belgian and his mother Zimbabwean, the issue of identity is at the core of his interests. After completing the first cycle of a law degree, he read Politics and History at London University School of Oriental and African Studies. Prior to filmmaking he worked as a Reasearch and Campaign Assistant at the International Secretariat of Amnesty International. He then moved into TV production by working as a Reasercher for documentaries produced for Channel 4, BBC and France 3. Beside his personal projects, he does storyboards and directs corporates, TV programmes as well as commercials.

Fabio Wuytack is a Belgian director who studied at Sint Lukas in Belgium and Manchester Metropolitan University. During his studies, he gained three master degrees: master in Audiovisual Arts (Brussel/Sint Lukas) – Specialisation: Film Direction Documentary, a post degree “Social inclusion through access to the media industries”-programma (Manchester Metropolitan University) and a pedagogical degree/Master in Audiovisual Arts (Ghent/Sint Lukas). The focus of Fabio Wuytack's work lies in both socially and historically relevant subjects, as seen in several of his documentaries. Fabio has made several award-winning documentaries, such as his first movie Made In Italy that tells the story of a 100-year-old movie by the Lumière brothers, and Persona Non Grata, a journey through the life of Fabio's father: Frans Wuytack. His most recent project is Expecting, the story of a couple that escaped their homelands and fell in love and struggle to survive now that they are expecting a child. He is currently working on Red Star Line. He does not limit his talents to the world of film, and explores the world of the arts as well as a sculptor, just like his father.

ABOUT SOFIE BENOOT

Sofie Benoot (born in Bruges, 1985) lives and works in Brussels. She studied documentary filmmaking at Sint-Lukas Brussels University College of Art and Design. Her graduation film project Fronterismo (2007) won the VAF Wild Card Award at the Leuven International Film Festival and has been widely exhibited at international film festivals such as Cinéma du réel (Paris, France), Festival International de cine de la frontera (Juarez, Mexico), Alexandria film festival (VA, US),DocsDf (Mexico D.F, Mexico), Leeds international Film Festival (Leeds, United Kingdom), Torino Film Festival (Torino, Italy), International Women's Film Festival (Dortmund / Cologne, Germany) and art institutions such as Argos and Beursschouwbourg in Brussels. Blue Meridian is her first film project after graduating. It was one of the 13 projects selected for the first edition of FIDlab during FID Marseille 2009 where it won the first award.