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Ensors nominations for three of our films!

Every year in January the Flemish audiovisual sector meets in Ostend for the celebrations of the Ensors! The Ensors are the most important awards in Flanders for audiovisual fiction, documentary and animation.
This year 2026 not one, but three of our productions have been nominated, in the categories Best Documentary and Best Short film.

Grand me, by Atuye Zare Arandi and Bram Crols is shortlisted as 'Best Documentary'.

The day the sun stoped shining, by Frederik and Maria Stuut, and The Wonder Within, by Nina Landau are both nominated as 'Best Shortfilm'.

Photo: Ensor Awards 2024 (with nomination for The Pasha, my mother and I by Nevine Gerits)

Our docs are all around this autumn

After a smooth summer with just Grand me on broadcast @ Al Jazeera Documentary Channel, busy autumn brings seven of our documentaries on the little screen through our national public broadcaster VRT. Also many festival screenings from brand new to older titles are coming up all around the globe. And last but not least, the multi-awarded feature Grand me has another small but charming cinema run in Antwerp @ De Cinema. Mark October 18th or November 1st in your agenda and get your tickets soon.

'Dance me to the End' premiering at Film Fest Gent!

We are very proud to announce that on October 14, Dance me to the End, the feature debut of Camille Ghekiere, will have its world première at the 51st edition of Film Fest Gent! 
The film will aso be part of their Generations On Tour program, an intergenerational film café that aims to encourage dialogue between young and old.

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Associate Directors is an independent production company based in Belgium, with offices in Antwerp and Brussels. Associate Directors focuses on (co)-producing creative documentaries for an international audience. The productions concentrate on social relevant issues and cultural in-depth stories. Started in 1991, today the company combines the filmmaking experience of Mark Daems, Jan Lapeire, Bram Crols and Nina Payrhuber.

Associate Directors brings together established and new talent on the cure for innovative ideas. Through the film making process, Associate Directors established good intense working relations with many funding bodies, public and commercial broadcasters, and distribution opportunities among others.