Founded in Belgium in 2000 by Isabelle Truc, Iota Production has produced one hundred films, including seventy documentaries. Ma’ohi nui, au coeur de l’océan mon pays (Ma’ohi nui, in the heart of the ocean my country lies) by Annick Ghijzelings was selected at the Berlinale in 2018 (NATIV.e. section). Overseas, by Sung-A Yoon, was screened at the Locarno Film Festival 2019 (Cineasti del presente competition) for its world premiere and was then selected at numerous festivals (BFI London, Message to Man- UK, Busan, IDFA, …). Mon nom est clitoris (My name is clitoris) by Daphné Leblond and Lisa Billuart Monnet, sold by BE FOR FILMS, was selected at DOK Leipzig in October 2019 and then toured festivals around the world. The film, which won the Magritte for ‘Best Documentary’ in 2020, has been released in cinemas in Belgium, Switzerland and France. De la planète des humains (From the planet of the humans) by Giovanni Cioni was also screened at the Locarno Film Festival 2022. Hawar, nos enfants bannis (Hawar, our banished children) by Pascale Bourgaux was selected for the Visions Du Réel festival in Nyon, the BRIFF 2023 and the FIPADOC in 2024, where it was awarded the prize for women in the media. Blueberry dreams by Elena Mikaberidze was selected for Dok Leipzig 2024 (audience competition). The same year, it also took part in the BRIFF and CPH:DOX (Next Wave). Sauf le passé (Except the past) by Sanaz Azari, Le rêve des cigognes (stork dreams) by Élodie Lélu and Les aventurières du vélo (The adventurous women on bikes) have been completed and will now begin their lives at festivals. Four documentaries are currently in production and around ten are in development.
Since 2006, Iota has produced 13 short films by young talent and five new projects are in development. Our latest minority short Bo Backstage by Inès Eschun, will have its world premiere at the Ostend Film Festival in February 2025.
2014 and 2015 were years of realization, favoring our credibility in fiction and our positioning on the national and international market since we were able to lead the production of three feature-length fiction films at the same time: Keeper by Guillaume Senez (selected in over 70 festivals and awarded around 20 prizes), Welcome Home by Philippe de Pierpont (selected at the FIFF Namur in international competition – special mention coup de coeur by the Jury) and Insoumise (Rebellious Girl) by Jawad Rhalib (Jury Prize at the Marrakech Film Festival, and selected in 25 festivals around the world). These films have been sold in many territories. In November 2017, we shot Guillaume Senez’s second feature Nos batailles (Our struggles) starring Romain Duris. The film was selected by Critics’ Week at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival and nominated for the 2019 Césars in the Best Foreign Film and Best Actor categories. In Belgium it won 5 Magritte awards in February 2019. In addition to selections and awards at numerous festivals, the film has been sold in some twenty territories.
La forêt de mon père (My Father’s Forest) by Véronique Cratzborn, starring Léonie Souchaud, Ludivine Sagnier and Alban Lenoir in the lead roles, had its world premiere in October 2019 at the FIFF Namur, followed by a number of other festivals. It was released in cinemas in Belgium (Iota Distribution) and France (KMBO) in July 2020. International sales are handled by BE FOR FILMS. Retro Therapy by Elodie Lélu, starring Olivier Gourmet, Hélène Vincent and Fantine Harduin, premiered at the Ramdam festival in January 2024 and was released in Belgium and France in May 2024 and in Canada in September 2024. The film was co-produced by Camera Oscura (Quebec) and Mandala Films (France). The film will be distributed in France by DAISY DAY, in Quebec by FilmOption and in Belgium by DISTRI7. International sales are handled by BE FOR FILMS.
The feature film Cap Farewell (Cape Farewell) by Vanja d’Alcantara is now complete. We have a dozen feature-length fiction films in development: Personne n’a peur des gens qui sourient by Vanja d’Alcantara, Au bord du monde by Amélia Nanni, Ali n’a pas l’âge (Ex Devenir grande) by Géraldine Doignon, Apocadanatchi! by Alexis Van Stratum, Le creux de ta main by David Lambert, Après Coup by Anne Lévy-Morelle, Toutes les filles s’appellent Jean-Pierre by Véronique Jadin, Ma mère est une star by Gabriel Pinto Monteiro, Petit Frère by Raphaël Delorme-Duc and Chez Nadette written by Laura Fautré and Christelle Delbrouck.
On the animation front, in 2014 we were involved in the production of Tomm Moore’s second animated feature, Le Chant de la mer (The Song of the Sea), which was nominated for an Oscar and a César and won Best European Animated Feature in 2015. In 2022 we co-produced Cherchez la femme, a 30 x 3 min animated series directed by Julie Gavras and the Brigade du titre, produced by Les Films du Bilboquet and Zadig and supported by ARTE. We are open to new co-production animation projects.
With the benefit of a strong and privileged relationship with the authors and creators, and after producing around ten feature films, Iota Production is now moving into the field of series, encouraging talented people to combine their personal worlds with the creative vitality that makes Belgium a particularly fertile ground. We are currently developing #Innoncents by Fred Muzzi, David Bourgie and Martin Brossollet, Weirdos by Charlotte Evrard and Julie d’Hennezel, Sous le vernis by Marie Enthoven and Vincent Lavachery and Mercure Rouge by Valérie Lieko.
Co-production is also part of our business, enabling us to forge links with other producers, regulate our own production rate and broaden the field of possibilities. The Latvian feature film Oleg by Juris Kursietis was selected by the Directors’ Fortnight at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival and won the Grand Prize in national competition at the 2019 Brussels International Film Festival (BRIFF). We also completed post-production on Sonia Liza Kenterman’s Greek feature Tailor, which has been screened at numerous festivals and won two prizes at the Hellenics Awards in 2021. We co-produced the Moroccan-Tunisian feature Backstage directed by Afef Ben Mahmoud and Khalil Benkirane, which was selected for the Venice Film Festival 2023 (Giornate Degli Autori section) and won the Cinéma & Art Awards. In early 2025, filming will also begin on La Baleine by Sylvère Petit and In a minute you will be gone by Hadas Ayalon.
Isabelle Truc
CEO & Producer
After obtaining a master’s degree in Social Communication and Journalism, Isabelle worked several years in the cinema sector in Belgium as production assistant, then line producer. She then created two Belgian film production companies, Iota Production (fiction and documentary) and The Big Farm (animation). Isabelle has now produced more than 70 films. She encourages emerging talents, all the whilst keeping the bar high.
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For Isabelle, tailored support for each director is key, creation being a living and sometimes quite fragile human process which, in a way, is a powerful asset. Her responsibility is also to accompany authors through the current market realities as well as the expectations of Iota Production’s partners. She aims to produce films with directors who seeks to create singular movies. Her goal is to allow productions to exist, no matter the genre or potential target audience, on an international scale for today’s market, where there is a great demand and where the channels of communication are limitless.
C.E.O of the company Iota Production sa
Member of the board of the Belgian Film Producers Association U.P.F.F.
Member of the European producers networks EAVE and Eurodoc
Member of the board of Sooner
Member of the Film Commission of the Cinema Center of the Wallonia-Brussels Federation
Since 2005, she teaches film and documentary production at the Institut des Arts de Diffusion (I.A.D. – Louvain-La-Neuve)
Since 2018, she gives a case studies’ course at the Institut Supérieur des Arts du Spectacle (INSAS – Brussels)
Isabelle is married and has a child.
Natacha Hostyn
Producer & production manager
After a master in cinematographic writing and analysis and several experiences in the cinema industry, Natacha joined Iota Production in 2019 as a production administrator. She gradually asserted herself as a production manager and then as a producer since 2023.
Karin Demeyere
Accounting manager & finance
Karin has a lot of experience in accounting and finance in the world of SMEs. Since 2014, Karin has been a member of the Iota Production team as Accounting & Finance Manager.
Guillaume Nolevaux
Post-production manager
Graduated from the Institut des Arts de Diffusion in the editing / scripting section, Guillaume joined IOTA’s team in June 2019 as post-production manager.
Laure Douez
Production & Distribution Assistant
Laure joined IOTA Production in October 2024, after completing her end-of-studies internship within the company. She holds a master’s degree in international co-production from the University of Strasbourg.
Collaborators
Adviser – Lawyer – Graphic design – Webmaster
Our usual collaborators are: Bernard Richelle and Amaël Lonfils, PME Conseil – Pierre-Emmanuel Mouthuy and Bastien Beckers, lawyers – David Handwerker, graphic designer and webmaster – Ariane Winkemans, Crescengo, Team management – Alphapanda (digital marketing). Moreover, we regularly work with freelance line producers and postproduction managers.
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