The Match Manufacturing unit has acquired worldwide gross sales rights for “Julian,” the debut function from Belgian director Cato Kusters. The movie is about to premiere within the Discovery part at Toronto Movie Competition.

“Julian” marks the primary majority manufacturing from The Reunion, the brand new manufacturing firm of Belgian filmmaker brothers Lukas and Michiel Dhont, the writer-director and producer, respectively, of 2022 Cannes Grand Prix winner and 2023 Oscar nominee “Shut.”

Each “Shut” and Lukas Dhont’s debut “Lady,” which gained Cannes’ Digicam d’Or in 2018, had been represented by The Match Manufacturing unit.

Kusters works as an editor and director on brief movies and music movies. Her commencement brief “Finn’s Heel” (2022) gained the jury prize on the Ghent Movie Competition and the viewers award for greatest worldwide brief movie on the Competition de Movies de Femmes. The movie caught the eye of the Dhont brothers, and he or she started growing “Julian” with them in 2022.

“Julian” relies on the e-book of the identical title by Belgian artist, author and LGBTQ+ advocate Fleur Pierets, which attracts from her personal life story. The movie is co-written by Kusters and Angelo Tijssen. César award winner Nina Meurisse, who was in “Souleymane’s Journey” (2024), stars alongside Laurence Roothooft, recognized for “Blackout” (2020).

After an sudden encounter, Fleur and Julian fall head over heels in love. Quickly after Julian proposes, an bold, but difficult thought begins to daybreak on Fleur. Slowly however certainly she works out a plan to get married in each nation the place she and her spouse are allowed to take action. Fueled by their love and a rising sense of urgency, they take a leap of religion. After solely 4 marriages, their journey involves an inevitable, painful halt.

“Julian” is co-produced by Les Movies Du Fleuve and Topkapi Movies in co-production with VTM, RTBF, Proximus and Be Television & Orange. It had the help of the Media Fund of the Flanders Audiovisual Fund (VAF) of Minister for Media, Caroline Gennez, the Netherlands Movie Fund and the Netherlands Movie Manufacturing Incentive, Movie and Audiovisual Middle of Wallonia Brussels Federation, Display screen Flanders, an Initiative of VLAIO the tax shelter measure of the Belgian federal authorities and Lumière Make investments.

The movie shall be distributed in Belgium by Benelux Lumière and is about for launch this fall.