Monday 4 July saw filming commence in Antwerp on Les pas perdus [+leggi anche:
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In Les pas perdus, Thibaut Wohlfahrt and Roda Fawaz set up their cameras in a location which is emblematic of civic life and society: the local court. The film follows seven stories, seven people in search of identity, seven destinies which overlap in a court of law over the course of one day. It’s a tale set apart by its unity of time and place, and one major artistic constraint: the need to link 20 sequence shots together which will then bring the story to life.

The directors’ approach is the result of a rather particular productive context, given that the movie is one of a number of projects to have won support from the “lightweight productions” programme launched by the Film Centre several years ago, in the form of a limited financial subsidy characterised by certain time constraints but also great artistic freedom, since projects are selected on the basis of their film treatments without being subjected to broadcasting requirements. The most memorable projects to have been released so far under this umbrella include Madly in Life [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Raphaël Balboni e Ann Sirot
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intervista: Harpo e Lenny Guit
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intervista: Simon Coulibaly Gillard
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Another feature setting these projects apart is that they often showcase essentially Belgian casts, mainly because they’re not dependent on market constraints, unlike international co-productions which “would be obliged” to include greater numbers of French actors, for example. Brilliant Belgian actor Laurent Capelluto is notably gracing Les pas perdus - recently seen in Nicolas Maury’s My Best Part [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Nicolas Maury
intervista: Nicolas Maury
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intervista: Laura Wandel
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intervista: Pierre Salvadori
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intervista: Jan Bucquoy
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Les pas perdus is produced by Cassandre Warnauts and Jean-Yves Roubin on behalf of Frakas Productions, who have just released three feature films in quick succession: The Hive [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Christophe Hermans
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intervista: Banu Akseki
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intervista: Giordano Gederlini
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