LUKA

Original Title: LUKA

Drama | 93' 12" | 2023 (Completed)

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Director:	Jessica Woodworth
Producer:	Peter Brosens
Writer:	Jessica Woodworth

Full credits

Luka, a young soldier craving battle, embeds himself in an isolated fort where men have been waiting in vain for ages for a mythical enemy to strike.

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synopsis

Luka, a young and ambitious soldier, embeds himself in the legendary Fort Kairos where heroic warriors defend the remains of civilization. His hopes to serve as an elite sniper are crushed when he is assigned to maintenance and must submit to the code of Kairos: obedience-endurance-sacrifice. As he rises through the ranks, Luka finds joy and strength in friendships with Konstantin, an enigmatic radar engineer, and Geronimo, a light-hearted private.
Luka, een jonge ambitieuze soldaat, vestigt zich in het legendarische Fort Kairos waar heldhaftige krijgers de overblijfselen van de beschaving verdedigen. Zijn hoop om als elite-sluipschutter te dienen, blijkt ijdel wanneer hij wordt toegewezen aan de onderhoudsploeg en zich moet onderwerpen aan de strikte code van Kairos: gehoorzaamheid-uithoudingsvermogen-opoffering. Terwijl hij in rang opklimt, vindt Luka kracht en vreugde in zijn vriendschap met Konstantin, een raadselachtige radaringenieur, en Geronimo, een luchthartige soldaat.

Credits

Director
Jessica Woodworth
Producer
Peter Brosens
Writer
Jessica Woodworth
Cast
Jan Bijvoet, Geraldine Chaplin, Samvel Tadevossian, Django Schrevens, Jonas Smulders, Sam Louwyck
Editing
David Verdurme
Photography
Virginie Surdej
Art direction
Sabina Christova
Costume
Eka Bichinashvili
Sound
Stefano Campus
Makeup
Marly van de Wardt
Music
Teho Teardo
Still photography
Carl De Keyzer

Format

Creation details

Type
Film
Category
Fiction
Production share
Majority Flemish Production
Belgium
Genre
Drama
Year of production

2023
Production status
Completed
Original title
LUKA
Original language
English

Technical specs

Running time
93' 12"
Available in
2D
Aspect ratio
1.66:1 (5:3)
Available formats
DCP (2K)
Colour
Black-white

Contact & sales

Contact

Bo Films

Ooilamstraat 8
9000 Gent
Belgium

peter@bofilms.be

www.bofilms.be

Details
Sales

Films Boutique

Skalitzer Strasse 54 A
DE-10997 Berlijn
Germany

T +49 30 6953 7850
contact@filmsboutique.com

www.filmsboutique.com

Festivals & awards

Festivals

2023: IFFR (NL); Film Festival Oostende (BE)

2022: First Cut Lab Belgium (BE)

2017: TorinoFilmLab (IT)

Awards

No award information available.

Partners

Co-production partners

Diana Elbaum/Beluga Tree (BE), Flaminio Zadra & Pilar Saavedra Perrotta/Palosanto Films (IT), Denis Vaslin & Fleur Knopperts/Volya Films (NL), Mira Staleva & Stefan Kitanov/Art Fest (BG), Anzhela Frangyan/Dokino (AM), Maarten D'Hollander & Tim Martens/Krater Films (BE)

Supported by

Flanders Audiovisual Fund (VAF), Guarantee Fund for the Independent Audiovisual Production Sector in Flanders, Flanders Image, Ministerio Della Cultura-Direzione Generale Cinema e Audiovisivo (MIC), Belgian Federal Government Tax Shelter, Flanders Tax Shelter, Eurimages, Netherlands Film Fund (NFF), Netherlands Film Production Incentive, Sicilia Film Commission, Bulgarian National Film Center (BNFC), Centre du Cinéma et de l’Audiovisuel de la Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles (CCA), Creative Europe-Media Programme of the European Union, VOO & BEtv, National Cinema Center of Armenia (NCCA), Proximus, RFF International