07/08/2003

Excellent news for Belgian cinema. Tom Barman’s hit directorial feature debut, Any Way the Wind Blows [+see also:
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Not only is Any Way the Wind Blows a major domestic box office success story, it was also invited to three major film events: Stockholm (in competition), Bergen and Vancouver, and will also open the Flemish programme at Utrecht in September, followed by release in Holland, Switzerland and the United Kingdom before the year is out.
Montreal also selected another Belgian title: J'ai toujours voulu être une sainte by Geneviève Mersch, and produced by Artémis Production, Média Services and Samsa Film (Luxembourg) with a screenplay by Philippe Blasband.

(Translated from French)