Minds Meet

What Minds Meet does

Minds Meet is an independent film production company headquartered in Brussels, Belgium, founded in 2006 and operating with 11–50 employees as a privately held, founder/management-owned entity with no disclosed investors or parent company. It produces feature films, documentaries, and a podcast, working with a recurring roster of European arthouse directors including Caroline Strubbe, Bas Devos, Gust Van den Berghe, Philippe Vanleeuw, Tom Heene, and Liesbeth De Ceulaer. Its films have screened at top-tier festivals including Cannes, Berlin, Venice, and Toronto, with notable recognition including the Encounters Award and FIPRESCI Prize at Berlinale 2023 for Bas Devos's 'Here' and a 40+ festival tour for 'LostPersons Area.'

The company's underlying production technology is traditional and digital cinematography; there is no disclosed technology platform, AI/ML capability, or proprietary software product. Output is structured around long-lead auteur-driven projects, with the Caroline Strubbe 'Lost Persons' trilogy representing a multi-film franchise asset within the slate.

Minds Meet's business model is project-based and aligned with the European public-funding and arthouse distribution ecosystem. Revenue is generated through a combination of Belgian/Flemish and EU public subsidies and tax-shelter mechanisms, co-production treaties with foreign partners, international sales agents and territory-by-territory arthouse distribution deals, and festival fees. Distribution exposure is therefore concentrated around a small number of titles per year and a limited set of sales agents and public funders, with the bulk of monetization tied to the festival-to-theatrical pipeline rather than to recurring enterprise contracts.

Name

Minds Meet

Legal name

Minds Meet

Website

https://mindsmeet.eu

Company type

Private

Founded year

2006

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Minds Meet is a Brussels-based independent film production company, founded 2006, that produces feature films, documentaries, and a podcast with European arthouse directors for international festival and arthouse distribution channels.

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Brussels

HQ country

Belgium

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Europe

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B2B

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Services

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Core offering

Minds Meet is an independent film production company based in Brussels, Belgium, that develops and produces feature films, documentary films, and podcasts. The company operates since 2006, collaborating with European auteur directors to produce artistically-driven, non-commercial films that compete at major international film festivals including Cannes, Berlin, Venice, and Toronto.

Product overview

Minds Meet is an independent film production company based in Brussels, operating since 2006. The company produces feature films, documentary films, and podcasts through collaborations with various directors. Key productions include the Lost Persons trilogy by Caroline Strubbe (Lost Persons Area, I'm the Same I'm an Other, The Silent Treatment), award-winning features by Bas Devos (Violet, Hellhole, Ghost Tropic), and works by directors including Gust Vanden Berghe, Philippe Vanleeuw, Tom Heene, Liesbeth De Ceulaer, and others. The portfolio includes films selected for major festivals such as Cannes, Berlin, and Venice, as well as documentary films exploring human relationships with environments.

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Products and services

• Lost Persons Trilogy (Lost Persons Area, I'm the Same I'm an Other, The Silent Treatment) A trilogy of feature films written and directed by Caroline Strubbe exploring intimate human stories; produced and distributed by Minds Meet for international festival and theatrical release.
• Violet Feature film debut by Bas Devos about a fifteen-year-old boy who witnessed the violent murder of his friend and his struggle to communicate about it; won the Grand Prix at the Berlin International Film Festival.
• Hellhole Feature film by Bas Devos interweaving the stories of three Brussels residents in the aftermath of the March 22, 2016 terrorist attacks; screened at the Berlin International Film Festival 2019.
• Ghost Tropic Feature film by Bas Devos following a fifty-eight-year-old woman who falls asleep on the last subway train and must walk home through the nocturnal city; selected for the Cannes Directors' Fortnight 2019.
• Little Baby Jesus of Flander Graduation project and first feature film by Gust Van den Berghe; selected for the Directors' Fortnight at Cannes 2010.
• Blue Bird Feature film by Gust Van den Berghe produced with a wildcard scholarship from the VAF (Flanders Audiovisual Fund); selected for Cannes Directors' Fortnight in 2011.
• Lucifer Third feature film by Gust Van den Berghe, premiered at the International Festival of Rome in 2014; selected at over 40 festivals and awarded multiple prizes.
• The Magnet Man Latest feature film by Gust Van den Berghe, premiering at the Tallinn Black Nights Festival.
• The Wall Feature film written and directed by Philippe Vanleeuw, produced by Minds Meet.
• Insyriated Feature film written and directed by Philippe Vanleeuw, produced by Minds Meet.
• Le Jour Ou Dieu Est Parti En Voyage Feature film written and directed by Philippe Vanleeuw, produced by Minds Meet.
• Welcome Home First feature film by Tom Heene, premiered at the Venice Film Festival in the Critic's Week selection in 2012, reflecting on Brussels as a strange capital of Europe.
• Holgut Documentary film by Liesbeth De Ceulaer exploring the complex relationship between man and his environment, where documentary and fiction are in continuous exchange.
• Behind the Redwood Curtain Documentary film by Liesbeth De Ceulaer exploring the tense relationship between man and his environment, produced in collaboration with Minds Meet.
• Night Flights Podcast directed by Philippe Verkinderen, produced by Minds Meet.

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Direct peers

• Films Boutique: Berlin-based world sales company specializing in art-house features from emerging and established directors. Comparable as a competitor in the same European art-house production/sales space with similar festival strategy.
• Artémis Productions: Belgian independent film production company also based in Brussels, producing art-house features and documentaries with festival-circuit ambitions. Directly comparable as a same-geography, same-segment Belgian production peer.
• The Match Factory: German sales and production company focused on auteur cinema, frequently present at Cannes and Berlin. Comparable for its role producing and licensing festival-circuit titles that align with Minds Meet's portfolio profile.
• Pandora Film: German independent sales and production company focused on art-house features with festival-circuit orientation. Comparable as a same-segment European peer competing for the same arthouse distribution and co-production opportunities.
• Memento Films International: Paris-based production and international sales outfit focused on auteur cinema. Comparable as a same-segment French/European art-house competitor with overlapping director rosters and festival footprint.
• Coproduction Office: Paris-based sales agent and co-producer of art-house cinema with strong auteur director relationships (e.g., Bruno Dumont, Jessica Hausner). Comparable as a European art-house production and sales outfit operating in the same festival and arthouse-licensing ecosystem as Minds Meet.
• Celluloid Dreams: French international sales and co-production company for arthouse features. Comparable for its focus on festival-circuit auteur films and shared buyer base of arthouse distributors and curators.

Regional players

• Lumière: Belgian distribution and exhibition company focused on art-house cinema. Comparable as a same-geography counterpart operating on the demand side of the Belgian art-house market that Minds Meet's productions target.

Broad incumbents

• Beta Film: Large Munich-based production and distribution group with a broad portfolio spanning scripted series, films, and documentaries. Comparable only as a much larger incumbent in the same European content space.
• Wild Bunch: Major European sales and distribution company handling a broad slate of arthouse and commercial titles. Comparable at the activity level (festival-led sales of independent European cinema) but much larger and broader in portfolio scope.

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Investors

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Investments

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