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Kristof Hoornaert starts shooting his feature debut, Resurrection

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- The Belgian screenwriter and director is filming his first feature, starring Johan Leysen and Gilles de Schryver, and produced by Fobic Films

Kristof Hoornaert starts shooting his feature debut, Resurrection
Director Kristof Hoornaert

Kristof Hoornaert came to prominence thanks to his short films, which have been selected at numerous festivals. Kaïn (2009) was selected in competition at the Berlinale; The Fall, starring Natali Broods and Geert Van Rampelberg, opened the Ostend Film Festival in 2013; and Empire – the last instalment in his trilogy – took part in the Montreal World Film Festival, the London Film Festival and the Ghent Film Festival, among other gatherings.

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Hoornaert’s feature debut, Resurrection [+see also:
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]
, follows the story of an old man who has spent years living cut off from civilisation. One day, a young man turns up at the elderly recluse’s place after getting lost. Filled with compassion, he takes him in. The young man remains silent, and although they don’t speak to one another, a strange bond starts to develop between the two men. But one day, the police come knocking, and it turns out that the fugitive is, in fact, a murderer – and so the old man will have to make a heart-wrenching decision. 

Johan Leysen (The Verdict [+see also:
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]
, the TV series The Spiral) and Gilles De Schryver (Code 37 [+see also:
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]
, Come as You Are
 [+see also:
trailer
interview: Geoffrey Enthoven
film profile
]
) play the two main characters, while Kris Cuppens (the TV series Spitsbroers, What Makes You Happy [+see also:
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trailer
interview: Fabrizio Rongione
interview: Joachim Lafosse
film profile
]
, Private Madness) and Thomas Ryckewaert (the TV series Het goddelijke monster) play major supporting roles. The shoot will take place in Belgium, France and the Netherlands. 

The cinematography has been entrusted to Lithuanian DoP Rimvydas Leipus, who previously worked with duo Peter Brosens and Jessica Woodworth on Khadak [+see also:
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interview: Jessica Woodworth
interview: Jessica Woodworth
film profile
]
, and also partnered up with Peter Krüger on N – The Madness of Reason [+see also:
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]
.

Geoffrey Enthoven and Mariano Vanhoof are producing Resurrection for Fobic Films (My First Highway, which will come out next January, Brother [+see also:
trailer
film profile
]
, Halfway [+see also:
film review
interview: Geoffrey Enthoven
film profile
]
and Come as You Are). The film, which is expected to hit Belgian theatres in 2017, is supported by the Flanders Audiovisual Fund.

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(Translated from French)

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