Founded in 2000 in Belgium by Isabelle Truc, Iota Production has produced around hundred films. Ma’ohi nui, in the heart of the ocean my country lies by Annick Ghijzelings has been selected for the Berlinale in 2018 (NATIV.e section). Overseas, by Sung-A Yoon, was screened at the Locarno Film Festival 2019 (competition Cineasti del presente) for its world premiere and was selected in many festivals (BFI London, Message to Man (UK), Busan, IDFA, …). My name is clitoris by Daphné Leblond and Lisa Billuart Monnet, sold by BE FOR FILMS, has been selected at DOK Leipzig in October 2019, then at the FIFF in Namur and at the Festival Ethnologique Jean Rouch (FR). The film, Magritte for Best Documentary in 2020, was released in theatres in Belgium, Switzerland and France. These last two films were also awarded a SCAM star in 2020. From the planet of the human by Giovanni Cioni also had its premiere at the Locarno Film Festival in 2021. Hawar, our banished children by Pascale Bourgaux was premiered in Visions du Réel 2023 and is now running the festivals (Fipadoc, Fifdh,…). Ghosts from the dephts by Annick Ghijzelings, Volcan by Stéfanne Prijot and Blueberry dreams by Elene Mikaberidze these films have now been completed and will begin their festival careers.
Twelve other documentaries are in development.
Since 2006, Iota has produced 13 short films by young talents and five new projects are in development.Our last short film Bo Backstage by Inès Eschun which we co-produced, is currently in post-production.
2014 and 2015 were years of concretization, 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: Keeper by Guillaume Senez (selected in more than 70 festivals and which received around 20 awards), Welcome Home by Philippe de Pierpont (selected at the FIFF Namur in international competition – special mention coup de coeur by the Jury) and Insoumise 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 film Our struggles in co-production with Films Pelléas (France), starring Romain Duris. This film was selected by the 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 20 territories.
Into dad’s woods by Vero Cratzborn with Léonie Souchaud, Ludivine Sagnier and Alban Lenoir in the main roles, had its world premiere in October 2019 at the FIFF Namur, then in many other festivals. It was released in Belgium (Iota Distribution) and France (KMBO) in July 2020. International sales are handled by BE FOR FILMS.
Retro Therapy by Elodie Lélu, with Olivier Gourmet, Hélène Vincent and Fantine Harduin in the main roles, had its premiere at RAMDAM Festival and will be on theatre in may 2024 in France and Belgium and september 2024 in Canada. It is a co-production with Camera Oscura (Quebec) and Mandala Films (France). It will be distributed in Belgium by Distri7, in France by Daisy Day and in Canada by Film Option International. Sales are handled by BE FOR FILMS.
The feature film Cap Farewell by Vanja d’Alcantara is in production (shooting in March 2024). We have several feature films in development: Personne n’a peur des gens qui sourient by Vanja d’Alcantara, Le goût de la pêche by Elene Mikaberidze, Au bord du monde by Amelia Nanni, Ali n’a pas l’âge (Ex Devenirgrande) by Géraldine Doignon, Apocadanatchi by Alexis Van Stratum and Ma mère est une star by Gabriel PintoMonteiro.
On the animation side, in 2014, we participated in the production of Tomm Moore’s second animated feature Song of the sea, nominated for Oscars and Césars and awarded the prize for best European animated film in 2015. We co-produced Look for the woman, a 30 x 3 min animated series directed by Julie Gavras and the Brigade du titre, produced by Les Films du Bilboquet and Zadig. We also remain open to new co-production animation projects.
Benefiting from a strong and privileged relationship with authors and creators, and after producing a dozen of feature films, Iota Production is now investing in the field of TV series by encouraging talents to combine their personal worlds with the creative vitality that makes Belgium a particularly favourable environment. Currently, we are developing #Innocents by Fred Muzzi, David Bourgie and Martin Brossollet, Weirdos by Charlotte Evrard and Julie d’Hennezel as well as Mercure Rouge by Valérie Lieko.
Co-production is also part of the activity, enabling us to forge links with other producers, to regulate our own production rhythm and to widen the scope of possibilities. The feature film Oleg by Juris Kursietis, produced by Tasse Film in Latvia, was selected by the La quinzaine des réalisateurs at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival and won the Grand Prize in national competition at the Brussels International Film Festival 2019 (BRIFF). We are also finishing the post-production of Sonia Liza Kenterman’s feature Tailor, produced by Argonauts in Greece, Iota Production, Elemag Pictures & Made in Germany. In 2023 We co-produced the Moroccan feature film Backstage by Afef Ben Mahmoud and Khalil Benkirane selected in Venise FIlm Festival (section : Giornate Degli Autori) which won Cinema & Art award.
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
Production manager
After a master in cinematographic writing and analysis and several experiences in the cinema industry, Natacha joined the Iota production team as a Production Administrator in 2019.
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.
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. Moreover, we regularly work with freelance line producers and postproduction managers.
Our partners
