COMPANY PROFILE
Multi award-winning Belgian production house Storyhouse produces fiction, animation and youth content.
Storyhouse was founded in 2013 by Maarten Schmidt and has produced over 25 films and series since. We have worked with all major European broadcasters and our films have been shown and were awarded at major film festivals.
Maarten Schmidt is a Belgian producer with 15+ years’ experience in documentary, fiction and animation. Recognised as a Producer on the Move (Cannes 2022) and alumnus of EAVE and Erich Pommer’s Legal & Financial training, he founded Storyhouse and Fenakisto. His films have screened at Tribeca, IDFA, Hot Docs and DOK Leipzig, sold to many European broadcasters and New York Times Op-Docs and won the Ensor Award for Best Documentary.
Specialising in development, financing and international co-productions, Maarten connects Belgian talent with global partners. He is known for his strategic approach to funding, grant acquisition and cross-border collaboration offering creative, logistical and financial solutions for ambitious productions.
We create high-quality, emotion-driven cinematic projects with purpose — stories that empower and inspire future generations.
Read more about Storyhouse in the Cineuropa interview with Maarten Schmidt.
Full credits: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5908840/
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