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BELGIAN MOUNTAINS

TitleBELGIAN MOUNTAINS
BrandBOIC
Product/ServiceBELGIAN OLYMPIC COMMITTEE
Category A04. CINEMATOGRAPHY
Entrant Company BBDO BELGIUM Brussels, BELGIUM
Advertising Agency BBDO BELGIUM Brussels, BELGIUM
Production Company CAVIAR Brussels, BELGIUM
Credits
Name Company Position
Sebastien De Valck BBDO Belgium Creative Director
Arnaud Pitz BBDO Belgium Creative Director
Nicolas Gaspart BBDO Belgium Copywriter
Frederic Zouag BBDO Belgium Art Director
Leen Van Den Brande BBDO Belgium Tv/Producer
Arnaud Uyttenhove Caviar Director
Dimitri Karakatsanis Caviar Dop Lighting Cameraman
Inge Wertelaers BBDO Belgium Accounts
Fondation Jacques Brel Fondation Jacques Brel Music
Isabel Peeters BBDO Belgium Account Supervisor

Brief Explanation

To date, the Winter Olympics have not been a major event in our country. Our flat terrain is better suited for cycling than snowboarding down some of our little hills. However this year, we were fortunate enough to have athletes who have the talent and determination to win a medal in Sochi. To support the Belgian team, we created a film with a group of snowboarders led by Seppe Smits snowboarding down Belgian slag heaps to the sounds of the beautiful Jacques Brel song "Le plat pays "/The flat land: With only cathedrals for mountains And black steeples for greasy poles Where stone devils unhook the clouds With the passing of days as sole venture And only tracks of rain as farewells With the westerly, listen to it claiming This flat homeland of mine The ambitious theme underlying this film is: "We don’t need mountains to bring home medals".