PRODUCTION
Limerick Films
Producer
Limerick Films (BE) produces cinematic and socially engaging documentaries on the issues of our time.
Our films gained international exposure, screenings and awards throughout Europe, in the US, UK, Asia and Africa, both on the festival circuit as on TV and on VOD. Limerick Films is a member of Documentary Association Europe and EURODOC and was one of the trailblazing companies at Emerging Producers 2017.
ELEPHANT'S DREAM (2015), chronicling the struggles and dreams of public sector workers in Kinshasa, DRC, was coproduced and directed by owner Kristof Bilsen and was acquired by Netflix US in 2017/18. It screened at 50+ festivals worldwide, winning various awards.
MOTHER (2019), was broadcasted on Al Jazeera English, described by The Guardian as “Stunning and heartbreaking” (5 out of 5 stars). The film was theatrically distributed in the UK with international acclaim. It was executive produced by Kirsten Johnson (Dick Johnson is Dead - Netflix).
HALAL docs
Co-producer
Amsterdam based documentary film company. The focus of Halal docs, run by Olivia Sophia Van Leeuwen, is to create documentaries of the highest international quality. The personal approach and vast experience in the creative, communicative, financial and organizational aspects of film production, allow our documentary film directors to implement their greatest creative potential while keeping their distinctive personal signature.
Man's Films Productions
Co-producer
Man's Films Productions (BE) was set up in 1977 by Belgian filmmaker Marion Hänsel, in order to make her first short film Equilibres. The Bed was her first feature film. Hänsel also produced all of the ten films she directed, e.g. Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea, as well as feature films of other directors. She has won many international prizes.