'always under construction'

THE CASE OF SAMUEL (2021) - hybrid - 43'

Filmmakers try to reconstruct the story of Samuel, a refugee from Eritrea. How can a horrific story like Samuel's be told? How do you tell a story that essentially everyone already knows or at least could know? And what is Europe's role in this story? The real Samuel watches, comments and corrects.


text & dialogues : Lara Staal

directing, camera and editing : Pascal Poissonnier

produced by NTGent 2021

supported by 2doc.nl

ARNO, DANCING INSIDE MY HEAD  (2016) - documentary - 70'

For the first time in over 40 years career Arno Hintjens allows a filmmaker to follow his creative process. 'Arno: Dancing Inside My Head' follows him during the recording of his latest album 'Human Incognito', and on tour throughout Europe, the US and Japan. It offers an intimate glimpse into the 67-year-old, dancing, cross and compulsive head of Belgium's most famous rocker.


directed by Pascal Poissonnier

produced by SAVAGEFILM

co-produced by Canvas, ARTE France, RTBF

support: Flanders Audiovisual Fund, Belgian Tax Shelter

Walking Back To Happiness (2010) - documentary - 80'

A filmmaker embarks on a search for his real family name. The name his family has been passing on from father to son is not the right one. In the meanwhile he discovers many family secrets and feuds.

An honest, humorous and universal story about fatherhood and family secrets.


a film by Pascal Poissonnier

produced by Savagefilm

support: Canvas, Flanders Audiovisual Fund, Belgian Tax Shelter


THE OTHER SIDE OF THINGS - documentary in development

France's Opal Coast is a place of great contrasts. Beauty and tragedy go hand in hand there. Today the coast seems to have become an allegory for all the major problems Europe is struggling with; migration, ageing, inequality, climate change. The Other Side of Things’ is a kaleidoscopic documentary film about a beautiful place with a dark side.


a film by Pascal Poissonnier

produced by Parchfilms