
“LUKA”: Jessica Woodworth’s latest feature starring Geraldine Chaplin screened at FFO 2023
Jessica Woodworth, Belgian-American filmmaker based in Belgium, has finished a new and ambitious film, “LUKA.” It’s an adaptation of the Kafkaesque novel “Il deserto dei Tartari” (1940), a.k.a. “Th…
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Jessica Woodworth: “When you tell a delicate story, it requires a lot of dedication, skill, and craft”
The whole cinematic landscape has changed drastically—almost overnight—since the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic. Late February, when it still was business as usual, I met American-born film d…
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Peter Brosens and Jessica Woodworth: “Cinema is so sacred to us that we only shoot what we believe in”
‘King of the Belgians’ has been the official title of 56-year-old Belgian monarch, King Filip, for the past three years, but now it also refers to a lighthearted, delightful, and at the…
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Peter Van den Begin: “Film is the art of make-believe, so I make you believe what my character is all about”
Where do you begin with Peter Van den Begin? For those who are not familiar with his body of work, he’s been one of the most sought-after stage, TV, and screen actors in the Low Countries for…
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