Film Programme
THE POLICE CHIEF'S SON
fiction
Belgium, 2008, 3'
Director: Raf Reyntjens
Producer: Gerda Coppens
Director of photography: Gerd Schelfhout
Writer: Raf Reyntjens
Composer: James Deano
Editor: Gerd Van Berckelaer
Synopsis: The son of the police chief wants to become a rapper. A true story.
Director: Raf Reyntjens
Raf Reyntjens graduates at the Brussels film academy in 1999 with the tragicomical short About Love. He teams up with Roel Mondelaers to direct a first professional short, the sci-fi fantasy A Message from Outer Space, which is a huge succes at numerous film festivals worldwide. In the epic hystorical war short Tunnelrat, he explores the unknown world of underground warfare during World War I. Noweadays Raf is concentrating on his first feature film project Paradise Trips, that he developed within the programme of the Binger Filmlab in Amsterdam. Apart from his filmwork Raf is also an award winning commercial and music video director.