Over 50.000 fans can start counting down to the release of their favorite film
After a year’s postponement due to the corona pandemic, the shooting of the W817 film ‘8eraf!’ started today. Last year the actors launched the appeal that the film would only be made if 50,000 fans bought a ticket in advance. That happened in less than a month. The film will therefore be shot especially for these 50,000 fans. They will be able to see 8eraf! this autumn in the Kinepolis theatres in Flanders with lots of extras and exclusive cast vistis. The comical youth series W817 ran from 1999 to 2003 on Ketnet, but is still being rebroadcasted today. Several generations grew up with the immensely popular series. W817 is set in a student house where a number of young people live together. The series brought an original mix of absurd humor with often quite serious themes. The film will be no different. The beloved roommates are now 20 years older. But are they also 20 years wiser?
© Eyeworks – Sofie Gheysens
8eraf! – THE STORY
The friends lost track of each other after their studies. They each followed their dreams and passions and are at a tipping point in their lives. One day they receive a mysterious video message from tech-geek Carlo. He invites his old roommates to a very special party for a “special occasion”. During a very animated weekend, Steve, Birgit, Zoë, Tom, Ellen and Jasmine discover that a lot, and at the same time little, has changed in all these years. But where is Akke? And what is Carlo really up to?
CAST
The film brings back the original cast of the series in a new story. Jenne Decleir (Carlo), Govert Deploige (Steve), Kadèr Gürbüz (Birgit), Britt Van Der Borght (Zoë), Danny Timmermans (Tom), Aron Wade (Akke), Machteld Timmermans (Ellen) and Aagje Dom (Jasmine) play the main roles. Besides the regular W817 cast, we find Clara Cleymans, Sofie Van Moll and Yemi Oduwale in important supporting roles. The script was written by Bram Renders and Bart Vaessen, (together with Steve De Wilde the creators of the original series). Pietje Horsten returns as director and makes his cinema debut. Peter Bouckaert and Nathalie Van Schelvergem are producing for Eyeworks in collaboration with MNM, Ketnet and Kinepolis.
© Eyeworks – Sofie Gheysens
‘8eraf!’ will be shown in cinemas in the late fall of 2021. The exact date will be announced in early September to fans who bought a ticket.
‘8eraf!’ is a production of Eyeworks Film & TV Drama, in co-production with MNM and Ketnet, with the support of Screen Flanders, the Belgian tax shelter for film financing and in collaboration with SCIO Productions and Kinepolis.
