19/08/2010

After 23 days of shooting in Thuringia and Saxony, the cast and crew of family film Tony Ten left Germany ten days ago.

In September, work will continue in Belgium and the Netherlands, for the film by Dutch director Mischa Kamp (internationally acclaimed for her 2007 film Where Is Winky’s Horse? [+see also:
trailer
film profile]) is a European co-production between Leipzig-based ma.ja.de. filmproduktion, who are specialists in documentaries and have become regular producers of international productions (documentaries, narrative films, and crossover titles, like Peter Brosens and Jessica Woodworth’s Khadak [+see also:
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trailer
interview: Jessica Woodworth
interview: Jessica Woodworth
film profile]), Amsterdam’s Lemming Film (who are making their second children’s film in Germany after Lepel) and Brussels-based uFilm.

Written by Mieke de Jong, Tony Ten is at first the story of a happy family: Tony (ten or nearly ten) is surrounded by loving and professionally-fulfilled parents whom he admires. Everything changes when the queen appoints his father minister: Tony hardly sees him anymore, his parents’ marriage falls apart and his father ends up finding himself a new girlfriend. The boy is prepared to do anything to get his parents back together, even asking the queen for help.

The lead roles are filled by Dutch actors: young Tony is played by Faas Wijn, his father by Jeroen Spitzenberger, his mother by Rifka Lodeizen and the queen by Annet Malherbe.

Kamp’s new film is expected to be released next year by Independent in Benelux and Farbfilm in Germany.

(Translated from French)