Brussels Co-Production Forum - Brussels Short Film Festival

The Brussels Short Film co-production forum is an initiative that aims to promote partnerships between European producers and enhance the opportunities for networking with other industry attendees.

Dates: Tuesday 26th and Wednesday 27th of April 2022

forum@bsff.be

Discover now the 2022 booklet !

2022 Booklet

Selected projects for the 2022 edition

Gonave

by Roza Duda and Michal Soja

produced by Krakow Film Klaster and Krakow Animation Center - Poland

The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent !

by Nebojša Slijepčević

produced by Antitalent d.o.o - Croatia

Antitalent d.o.o is one of the most promising Croatian production companies, telling stories in a unique way and developing creative relationships with writers and directors, such as director Nebojša Slijepčević. He has won many awards at international film festivals for his numerous TV documentaries, series, and short films.

His short film The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent tells the story of a passenger in a train stopped by Serbian paramilitary forces, during the war in Yugoslavia.

Doris and Betty

by Ellen Ekman

produced by Nordisk Film Production Sverige AB - Sweden

Nordisk Film Production Sverige AB choose the projects they believe in by telling the right story, at the right time, and for the right audience.

One of those right stories is from director Ellen Ekman, a cartoonist and illustrator, and best known for her ironic portrayal of hipsters in the strip series Little Berlin (Lilla Berlin).

Her new short animation Doris and Betty is about two retired super heroes enjoying the hard sun on a Spanish beach, but not for long.

Sea Salt

by Leila Basma

produced by Other Stories - Czech Republic and Lebanon

Across The Waters

by Viv Li

produced by BB Gun - Germany and China

BB Gun is a young production company founded by award-winning filmmaker and producer from Berlin, Alexander Sussmann.

The director Viv Li, on the other hand, was a stand-up comedian and produced for Vogue, Fashion One, Vice, and independent projects before directing films.

Their next short film Across The Waters follows a teenage wife working in a Chinese restaurant. She feels the urge to escape this place as she hears a music from the outside world.

Find The Boy

by Paulin.e Goasmat

produced by Nationale 12 - France

The End Of The Iron Age

by Clément Schneider

produced by Les Films d'Argile - France

Traitors Of The Eyes

by Abdelrahman Dnewar and Saad Dnewar

produced by Reynard Films - Germany

The Weekend Getaway

by Thanos Psichogios

produced by Argonauts Productions SA - Greece

Argonauts Productions SA are a leading production company in Greece, since 2020, producing local and international fiction features and shorts.

Together with director Thanos Psichogios, who makes shorts adapted from celebrated contemporary Greek literature, they are presenting their next short film The Weekend Getaway.

The story is about Michalis, an ill and aged man, who is about to sell his family hotel. He has the feeling that his best days are over.

Blue Country

by Dinis M. Costa

produced by Bro Cinema - Portugal

Bro Cinema is an independent production company widely awarded with an internationally recognized filmography.

They are producing the new short film Blue Country, directed by Dinis M. Costa who has seen his 2018 short Terra Amarela in over 20 national and international festivals.

Blue Country is about yet another clandestine vessel on the coast, with people escaping conflicts in Africa and Middle East.

Lola & Limor

by Sarah Lederman

produced by Borgerhoff & Lamberigts TV - Belgium

La Haquenée Des Cordeliers

by Nicolas Monfort

produced by Happy Moon Productions - Belgium

Prout

by Marc-Henri Wajnberg

produced by Wajnbrosse Productions - Belgium

Alice

by Sven Spur

produced by Animal Tank - Belgium