WFE Productions
WFE (Writing For Entertainment) is a Belgian production company producing mostly feature films in cooperation with France, Luxemburg, England, Italy and other countries.
The company had a smashing debut in 1997 with Alain Berliner’s international hit “Ma vie en rose / My Life in Pink”. The film premiered at the Cannes Film Festival and in 1998 went on to receive, amongst others, the Golden Globe for Best Foreign Film, Best Screenplay at the European Film Awards, BAFTA and French Cesar nominations for Best first Film. Following that success author driven films with an appeal for broader audiences became the main focus of WFE.
WFE credits includes: “Ma vie en rose / My Life in Pink”, “Le mur / The Wall”, “J’aurais voulu être un danseur / I always wanted to be a dancer” (starring Vincent Elbaz, Cecile de France and Jean-Pierre Cassel) by Alain Berliner, “Le tango des Rashevski” by Sam Garbarski, “Vivre au Paradis” by Bourlem Gerdjou (Venice film fest prize cinemavenire), “Landes” – 2013 (starring Marie Gillain) by François-Xavier Vives, “Patterns / Figures” by Miklos Keleti, “Port-au-Prince, dimanche 4 janvier / Sunday January 4th” – 2015 by François Marthouret, “Ustica – The Missing Paper” – 2016 by Renzo Martinelli.
WFE is developing “SOMA”, an ambitious first feature by Miklos Keleti as well as “Eliot”, a family comedy in French written and directed by Sebastien Petit.
Born in Brussels, director and producer Alain Berliner has gone on to write or co-write and direct many more films including: “Passion of Mind” (starring Demi Moore and produced by Lakeshore and Paramount), “The House by the Canal”, The hit TV show “Clara Sheller” (F2), “La Peau de Chagrin”, “A Son” (starring Michele Laroque who won Best Actress at La Rochelle Film Festival in 2014 and a huge hit when televised), and “Stolen Babies”, (France TV).
Alain Berliner teaches Screenplay and Directing at the INSAS film school in Brussels. As a script doctor he has participated in several screenwriting workshops such as Equinoxe (France) and Atelier Grand Nord (Canada).