"No parking in the red zone!" Ha ha. Samuel Goldwyn Films has revealed an official US trailer for an action movie from Belgium (in the Dutch language) titled Hazard, also stylized as H4Z4RD during its original premiere. This first opened in 2022 in Belgium, and hit the genre festivals in late 2023 playing at Fantastic Fest, FrightFest, and Sitges last year. It's hard to describe: Noah really loves his girlfriend, his daughter, and his car, but he gets involved in a deadly driving job that will result in either losing his life, his family or his beloved car. It's a car movie, and an action movie, rolled into one - and the title comes from the guy's name, Noah Hazard - starring superstar DJ Dimitri 'Vegas' Thivaios. The cast also includes Jeroen Perceval, Jennifer Heylen, Mila Rooms, Frank Lammers, Monic Hendrickx, Tom Vermeir, Emilie De Roo, and Gene Bervoets. Looks like it...
- 4/23/2024
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Wild Bunch TV has boarded high-concept sci-fi thriller series, “Arcadia” from Belgian production shingle, jonnydepony.
Created by Philippe De Schepper and Bas Adriaensen, “Arcadia” refers to a post-global catastrophe society where its citizens’ rights and entitlements are determined by their scores. Life is good as long as you remain “healthy, focused and efficient.”
Four sisters, Luz, Milly, Alex and Hanna, retain top scores except for Luz. Their father, anxious to save Luz from being expelled to the Outer World, alters her scores but is caught. He is banished from Arcadia and the entire family is placed under surveillance, their scores slashed. The question now is whether they can get their old lives back.
De Schepper was the showrunner-writer for 10-part Flemish-language thriller series “Blackout,” set in Belgium where an act of sabotage plunges the country into darkness. The female prime minister receives an ominous missive: Turn the power back on and your daughter will perish.
Created by Philippe De Schepper and Bas Adriaensen, “Arcadia” refers to a post-global catastrophe society where its citizens’ rights and entitlements are determined by their scores. Life is good as long as you remain “healthy, focused and efficient.”
Four sisters, Luz, Milly, Alex and Hanna, retain top scores except for Luz. Their father, anxious to save Luz from being expelled to the Outer World, alters her scores but is caught. He is banished from Arcadia and the entire family is placed under surveillance, their scores slashed. The question now is whether they can get their old lives back.
De Schepper was the showrunner-writer for 10-part Flemish-language thriller series “Blackout,” set in Belgium where an act of sabotage plunges the country into darkness. The female prime minister receives an ominous missive: Turn the power back on and your daughter will perish.
- 10/17/2022
- by Anna Marie de la Fuente
- Variety Film + TV
Feature was released by Gusto in the Netherlands.
Dutch outfit Incredible Films has taken world sales rights to Chris W Mitchell’s Covid horror film The Revelation, which was released by Gusto in the Netherlands.
The film is about an anxious, unemployed and increasingly paranoid computer repair man who moves in with his mother at the start of the first lockdown. He is determined to protect her from the virus but ends up being even more of a threat to her than the disease itself.
Victor Low stars with Dutch actress Monic Hendrickx. Producers Jan Doense and Monique van Kessel...
Dutch outfit Incredible Films has taken world sales rights to Chris W Mitchell’s Covid horror film The Revelation, which was released by Gusto in the Netherlands.
The film is about an anxious, unemployed and increasingly paranoid computer repair man who moves in with his mother at the start of the first lockdown. He is determined to protect her from the virus but ends up being even more of a threat to her than the disease itself.
Victor Low stars with Dutch actress Monic Hendrickx. Producers Jan Doense and Monique van Kessel...
- 5/19/2022
- by Geoffrey Macnab
- ScreenDaily
Dimitri “Vegas” Thivaios, one-half of hugely popular electronic dance music duo Dimitri Vegas and Like Mike, has landed his first lead role in a feature film, “H4Z4RD.” Billed as an action comedy, “H4Z4RD” is the second film from Belgian director, Jonas Govaerts, whose debut feature, the horror flick “Cub,” premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival.
Thivaios temporarily broke Instagram when he filmed himself cutting off his signature locks for the role. The haircut, soundtracked by his first solo single, “Pull Me Closer,” has logged over half a million views.
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The Belgian/Greek Thivaios has made a few appearances on the big and small screen in recent years, including on “Jurassic World 3: Dominion” and “Rambo: Last Blood.” “H4Z4RD,” which takes place in Antwerp, in Thivaios’ home country of Belgium, takes...
Thivaios temporarily broke Instagram when he filmed himself cutting off his signature locks for the role. The haircut, soundtracked by his first solo single, “Pull Me Closer,” has logged over half a million views.
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The Belgian/Greek Thivaios has made a few appearances on the big and small screen in recent years, including on “Jurassic World 3: Dominion” and “Rambo: Last Blood.” “H4Z4RD,” which takes place in Antwerp, in Thivaios’ home country of Belgium, takes...
- 5/24/2021
- by Lily Moayeri
- Variety Film + TV
AMSTERDAM -- The Polish Bride, one of the most successful art house hits in recent Dutch history, is getting an Australian remake, Dutch production house IdtV said Tuesday. Titled Unfinished Sky, the film will begin shooting next month in Queensland with director Peter Duncan (Children of the Revolution) at the helm. Australian William McInnes and Dutch actress Monic Hendrickx, who starred in Karim Traidia's original Golden Globe-nominated 1998 film, will topline the new production as well. "Sky" revolves around an Australian farmer and a female immigrant from Afghanistan who has fled from a local brothel. In the original story, the nationalities were Dutch and Polish. The film is a co-production between Amsterdam-based IdtV and New Holland Pictures from Brisbane. International sales will be handled by Fortissimo Films.
A beautifully made dramatic romance that has made the festival rounds with much success and earned a Golden Globe nomination, "The Polish Bride" starts jarringly with a bloody, terrified woman dressed only in a trench coat running for her life through crowded city streets.
She runs for miles, with no pursuers in sight, until she collapses unconscious at the feet of a Dutch farmer. Imminently worthy of limited domestic distribution, Algeria-born filmmaker Karim Traidia's feature debut is compelling cinema, with several long, dialogue-free stretches and a strong, upbeat resolution.
Although the details are never completely spelled out, the tattered woman is Anna (Monic Hendrickx), a Pole lured from her homeland and abused by an elderly pimp (Rudi Falkenhagen) and his thuggish son (Roef Ragas). It's her good fortune to escape and find her way to the farm of Henk (Jaap Spijkers), a decent, hard-working loner facing difficulties obtaining a bank loan.
There is momentary tension as we're not sure what Henk plans to do with this stranger who speaks a foreign language. But he calls no authorities and brushes off the pimp and his son when they come looking for her. She has awakened his protective instincts, and his busy schedule includes carefully nursing her back to health and not discouraging her attempts to return his kindness.
Little is said because of their language problem, but once it's clear he won't send her away, she makes an effort to help him around the house and begins to learn Dutch. The film's delightful middle segment depicts their blossoming relationship, with his perpetually cranky, preoccupied demeanor cracking and her confidence and sense of humor returning.
Be warned: This is not a movie to see with an empty stomach. Much of the leads' interaction takes place during meals and at snake-time in the barn and fields. One of their mutual breakthroughs occurs when she serves him Polish food and he responds positively.
Alas, the villains return and attempt to take Anna, but recalling a great line from "Doctor Zhivago" -- "Beware the anger of a patient man" -- Henk is in no mood to give her up without a fight. Immediately after a violent encounter that comes on unexpectedly, Henk and Anna surrender to their carnal desires for each other in the film's most risky scene.
In the aftermath, she returns to Poland and her young daughter, setting up the poignant conclusion. Set in the northeastern highlands province of Groningen in the Netherlands, "Polish Bride" is wonderfully atmospheric and visually superb, including exquisitely lighted interiors.
The performances couldn't be more on the money. Netherlands-born Hendrickx's character has an initial fragility that is replaced gradually by strength and determination as she effortlessly downplays her good looks and earthy attractiveness. Spijkers ("Character") is big and handsome, but he's so wrapped up in his portrayal that the viewer, like Anna, finds nothing boring about his endless work and simple lifestyle.
THE POLISH BRIDE
Motel Films, IJswater Films
Credits: Director: Karim Traidia; Screenwriter: Kees van der Hults; Producers: Jeroen Beker, Frans van Gestel, Marc Bary, Ilana Netiv; Director of photography: Jacques Laureys; Art director: Anne Winterink; Editor: Chris Teerink; Music: Fons Merkies. Cast: Henk: Jaap Spijkers; Anna: Monic Hendrickx; Pimp: Rudi Falkenhagen; Pimp's Son: Roef Ragas; Mailman: Hakim Traidia. No MPAA Rating. Color/stereo. Running time -- 90 minutes.
She runs for miles, with no pursuers in sight, until she collapses unconscious at the feet of a Dutch farmer. Imminently worthy of limited domestic distribution, Algeria-born filmmaker Karim Traidia's feature debut is compelling cinema, with several long, dialogue-free stretches and a strong, upbeat resolution.
Although the details are never completely spelled out, the tattered woman is Anna (Monic Hendrickx), a Pole lured from her homeland and abused by an elderly pimp (Rudi Falkenhagen) and his thuggish son (Roef Ragas). It's her good fortune to escape and find her way to the farm of Henk (Jaap Spijkers), a decent, hard-working loner facing difficulties obtaining a bank loan.
There is momentary tension as we're not sure what Henk plans to do with this stranger who speaks a foreign language. But he calls no authorities and brushes off the pimp and his son when they come looking for her. She has awakened his protective instincts, and his busy schedule includes carefully nursing her back to health and not discouraging her attempts to return his kindness.
Little is said because of their language problem, but once it's clear he won't send her away, she makes an effort to help him around the house and begins to learn Dutch. The film's delightful middle segment depicts their blossoming relationship, with his perpetually cranky, preoccupied demeanor cracking and her confidence and sense of humor returning.
Be warned: This is not a movie to see with an empty stomach. Much of the leads' interaction takes place during meals and at snake-time in the barn and fields. One of their mutual breakthroughs occurs when she serves him Polish food and he responds positively.
Alas, the villains return and attempt to take Anna, but recalling a great line from "Doctor Zhivago" -- "Beware the anger of a patient man" -- Henk is in no mood to give her up without a fight. Immediately after a violent encounter that comes on unexpectedly, Henk and Anna surrender to their carnal desires for each other in the film's most risky scene.
In the aftermath, she returns to Poland and her young daughter, setting up the poignant conclusion. Set in the northeastern highlands province of Groningen in the Netherlands, "Polish Bride" is wonderfully atmospheric and visually superb, including exquisitely lighted interiors.
The performances couldn't be more on the money. Netherlands-born Hendrickx's character has an initial fragility that is replaced gradually by strength and determination as she effortlessly downplays her good looks and earthy attractiveness. Spijkers ("Character") is big and handsome, but he's so wrapped up in his portrayal that the viewer, like Anna, finds nothing boring about his endless work and simple lifestyle.
THE POLISH BRIDE
Motel Films, IJswater Films
Credits: Director: Karim Traidia; Screenwriter: Kees van der Hults; Producers: Jeroen Beker, Frans van Gestel, Marc Bary, Ilana Netiv; Director of photography: Jacques Laureys; Art director: Anne Winterink; Editor: Chris Teerink; Music: Fons Merkies. Cast: Henk: Jaap Spijkers; Anna: Monic Hendrickx; Pimp: Rudi Falkenhagen; Pimp's Son: Roef Ragas; Mailman: Hakim Traidia. No MPAA Rating. Color/stereo. Running time -- 90 minutes.
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