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Le Crépuscule selected for Het Nederlandse Filmfestival

Le Crépuscule selected for Het Nederlandse Filmfestival

20-27 September 2024

Le Crépuscule has been selected for the 44th edition of the NFF. The film was chosen from over 600 films, series, and digital culture productions. Le Crépuscule was made possible thanks to the co-production support of the Netherlands Film Fund. The film will be screened out of competition.

Kinetic sculpture and video installation at Kunstenfestival Watou 2024

Kinetic sculpture and video installation at Kunstenfestival Watou 2024

6 July - 1 September 2024

After 8 months of relentless work, we have succeeded in putting Progress to sleep, at least for a while. ‘I am standing still for a moment and that’s a great leap forward’ features a monumental, yet fragile and limping kinetic creature – the embodiment of Progress – at Kunstenfestival Watou.

Last month in June, we let the beast of Progress walk its path in the landscape of Watou, forcing ourselves and passers-by to literally stand still for a while and ponder... before we continue blindly our paths to better, more, and faster.

The kinetic sculpture was created in collaboration with the Vrije Universiteit Brussel. Master students in industrial engineering, Lara Schockaert and Jean-Benoît Delinte, took up the challenge to build the mechanism under the close guidance of Professors Ir. Greet Van de Perre and Ronald Van Ham.

Le Crépuscule is touring Europe

Le Crépuscule is touring Europe

september 2023 - 2024

After a splendid world premiere at Fantoche International Film Festival, in Swiss, the film was selected for Exground Wiesbaden, International Short Film Festival Leuven, Anima Festival, Monstra Lissabon, Tricky Women Festival and Nijmegen International Short Film Festival, Turku Animation Film Festival, L'Etrange Festival Paris, Animatou Swiss, Festival of Nations,...

Film project selected for Sacatar Group Residency

Film project selected for Sacatar Group Residency

February - May 2022

After 3 years we can finally continue working on our dear hybrid documentary "Pharmakoi. Let the sea take away all the evil", thanks to the wonderful support of the Sacatar Foundation. We are much looking forward to meet again the great Sacatar team and the welcoming people from Itaparica who made our first stay so heartwarming and memorable. Our automata are impatiently waiting in their stable and I am much looking forward to this adventure with artists Camila Gregório, Erick Lawrence, Jamile Cazumbà and Maarten Dirickx. Many thanks to Krater Films and VAF for your belief in our project. We wish the Itaparicans good health and strength to overcome these rough times.

Poezentroost - an intervention in Brussels

Poezentroost - an intervention in Brussels

August-Sept 2020

Within the framework of #StaycationBXL and #Zomer in Jette we have created a new automaton of a cat.
This damned cat is a witness to the times where cats were scapegoated for the sake of our ancestors.
We bring back the damned cat and reenact her sad story in the decor of contemporary Brussels.

The sin-eater will take part in ART AUTUN 2020

The sin-eater will take part in ART AUTUN 2020

4 april - 5 may 2020

As in 2018, the curators of this art exhibition are the Belgian artists Reniere&Depla, a duo of artists who moved to Autun three years ago. They aim at showing works that move and amaze, with which they have a strong connection. Thirty-three artists from France and Belgium have been selected for this second edition, with a dialogue between modern and contemporary works, and a mix of well-known names with up and coming artists.

"Stick Together" selected for VAF Cross-over Pitch TAZ 2019

"Stick Together" selected for VAF Cross-over Pitch TAZ 2019

august 2019

Het nieuwe theaterproject "Stick together" is geselecteerd voor de cross-over pitch, georganiseerd door deAuteurs, VAF en VAF Gamefonds in het kader van Theater aan Zee.​
Gedurende drie dagen werd dit project onder begeleiding van coaches klaargestoomd voor een pitchsessie op Theater aan Zee. In oktober 2019 gingen de repetities van start met tien Brusselse spelers.

"Pharmakoi" selected to take part in IDFA ACADEMY 2018

"Pharmakoi" selected to take part in IDFA ACADEMY 2018

november 2019

To stimulate new talent and high level documentary production, IDFAcademy organizes year-round training programs for emerging filmmakers. During IDFA festival 2018, I was selected with the project Pharmakoi to take part in the IDFA Academy, attend the masterclasses on documentary film making, elaborate the project under the supervision of professional coaches and exchange experiences with fellow film makers.

Selection Berlinale Talents and Short Film Station Berlinale 2018

Selection Berlinale Talents and Short Film Station Berlinale 2018

8 january 2018

Berlinale Talents is the annual summit and networking platform of the Berlin International Film Festival for 250 outstanding creatives from the fields of film and drama series. Short Film Station offers Talents the opportunity to further develop their short film script and meet with potential partners to produce their film.

"Met 7000 solliciteerden ze voor een plaats bij de Berlinale Talents 2018 maar er waren slechts 250 uitverkorenen uit 81 landen. Toptalent Laura Vandewynckel die op Film Fest Gent in 2014 met haar afstudeerproject ‘Het Paradijs' debuteerde, is er een van.
Laura Vandewynckel, bekend van de animatiefilms ‘Het Paradijs’ en ‘Pharmakos’ is een van de zes landgenoten die geselecteerd werden voor Berlinale Talents 2018, een initiatief van het Filmfestival van Berlijn waarbij jong en aanstormend filmtalent zes dagen lang een professioneel filmbad krijgt bestaande uit seminaries, workshops, coaching en alles wat maar met film te maken heeft."

Le Crépuscule selected for Euro Connection Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival

Le Crépuscule selected for Euro Connection Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival

6th of February 2018

Euro Connection is the European Short Film Co-production Forum taking place each year at the Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Market. This business platform aims at fostering partnerships between European production companies, funders and broadcasters for short film projects.

The next edition of Euro Connection will take place on Tuesday 6 and Wednesday 7 February 2018 during the Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Market. Euro Connection is organised by Sauve Qui Peut le Court Métrage (Clermont-Ferrand) in association with the Centre National du Cinéma et de l’Image Animée, with the support of the Creative Europe MEDIA sub-programme and the PROCIREP.

Artist in Residence at Sacatar Foundation Itaparica Brazil

Artist in Residence at Sacatar Foundation Itaparica Brazil

December 17 - February 18

We are proud to announce the next group of resident Fellows that will be at Sacatar from December 11, 2017 to February 5, 2018:
1) Hadia Gana Libya Visual Arts (Invited Artist)
2) Laura Vandewynckel Belgium Animation (Sacatar Selection Process)
3) Márcio Junqueira Brazil Literature/Visual Arts (FUNCEB Competition)
4) Sandra Brewster Canada Visual Arts (Sacatar Selection Process)
5) Sérgio Rodrigo Brazil Music (Sacatar Selection Process)
6) Xavier Marrades Spain Cinema (Sacatar Selection Process)

INTERVIEW KORTFILM.BE

INTERVIEW KORTFILM.BE

May 2017

"Mijn films vertrekken nogal snel van een soort ‘zelf-ironisch’ gewetensonderzoek."

​Met haar afstudeerfilm Het Paradijs schopte Laura Vandewynckel (°1986) het in 2014 meteen tot in Cannes. In eigen land leverde diezelfde kortfilm haar de SABAM-prijs van Anima op én een Wildcard van het Vlaams Audiovisueel Fonds. Sindsdien is ze druk bezig met nieuwe films en crossover-projecten.

SIFNOS PROJECT 'PHARMAKOS': a short documentary with live animation

SIFNOS PROJECT 'PHARMAKOS': a short documentary with live animation

2017

Two strangers disembark on the coast of the idyllic Greek island Sifnos. They are offered to the people of Sifnos for the reenactment of the ancient Greek Pharmakos ritual.

Every year, one of the selected directors of the Cannes/Cinéfondation la Sélection competition is offered the chance to direct an improvised short film in the Greek island of Sifnos. The film is produced by EZ Films and Horsefly Productions. 'Pharmakos' is a 13 minutes documentary with puppets about the psychological mechanism of scapegoating.

PARADISE SELECTED FOR TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

PARADISE SELECTED FOR TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

10-20 september 2015

Binnen het 'Short Cuts' programma krijgt de korte animatiefilm Het paradijs van Laura Vandewynckel zijn Canadese première. De stopmotion poppenfilm is een sociaalkritische reflectie over toerisme en migratie en was dit jaar nog geselecteerd voor de Cinéfondation in Cannes. Vandewynckel won er eveneens een VAF Wildcard mee.

PARADISE SELECTED FOR CANNES FILM FESTIVAL

PARADISE SELECTED FOR CANNES FILM FESTIVAL

May 2015

Paradise has been invited to participate in the Cannes International Film Festival as a part of the 2015 Cinéfondation Selection. Created in 1998 and devoted to the search for new talent, the Cinéfondation selects short and medium-length films from film schools all over the world. To mark its 18th year, the Cinéfondation Selection has chosen 18 films from among the 1,600 works submitted this year.

PARADISE WINS SABAM PRIZE AT ANIMA

PARADISE WINS SABAM PRIZE AT ANIMA

February 2015

The Anima national competition jury has awarded the SABAM Prize to Paradise, praising its universal theme and its distinct cinematography.

PARADISE WINS VAF WILDCARD FOR ANIMATION

PARADISE WINS VAF WILDCARD FOR ANIMATION

December 2014

The Flanders Audiovisual Fund (VAF) has announced this year’s Wildcard winners: six promising young filmmakers who will each receive a grant of between €25,000 and €60,000 to develop their first professional film. Since it was introduced in 2005, the Fund’s Wildcard competition has established itself as Belgium’s prime awards programme when it comes to launching new talent. The animation grant, worth €60,000, went to Paradise.

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