A Private View (° 1994) is an independent Belgian film production company led by producer/CEO Dries Phlypo and screenwriter/CEO Jean-Claude van Rijckeghem.
The company gained international recognition with Cannes Semaine de la Critique laureate MOSCOW, BELGIUM (2008) by Christophe Van Rompaey, Montréal Grand Prix and EFA Discovery winner OXYGEN (2010) by Hans Van Nuffel, and ZAGROS by Belgian/Kurdish filmmaker Sahim Omar Kalifa which won the Grand Prix at Film Fest Ghent and Best Film and Best Screenplay at the 2018 Ensors. The most recent production, SEA SPARKLE (2023) written by Jean-Claude van Rijckeghem and Wendy Huyghe, and directed by Domien Huyghe, was selected as the opening film for the Berlinale Generation Kplus 2023 program, where it received the Special Mention, and won the Telenet Audience Award at the 2024 Ensors.
A Private View has co-produced over 30 international films and television series, including MR. K (2024) selected for the Toronto International Film Festival, LA NUIT SE TRAÎNE (2024), INSIDE (2022) by Vasilis Katsoupis starring Willem Dafoe, which had its world premiere in the Berlinale 2023 Panorama section. Other co-productions include Golden Calf and Ensor Winner OINK (2022) by Mascha Halberstad, LAMPJE (2022) by Margien Rogaar, DIRTY GOD (2019) by Sasha Polak, COBAIN (2017) by Nanouk Leopold, My Giraffe (2017) by Barbara Bredero, BLOOD, SWEAT & TEARS (2015) by Diederick Koopal, and ZURICH (2015) by Sacha Polak.
A Private View has also produced its own television series, including AMIGOS (10 episodes), which was widely praised by both the public and critics. A GOOD YEAR (8 epsiodes) written by Jean-Claude van Rijckeghem en Pierre De Clercq and directed by Kadir Ferati Balci and STORM LARA (4 episodes), written by Daan Gielis and directed by Kadir Ferati Balci. A Private View also produced the animated series RUSTY (2016) in collaboration with Lemming Film, which was filmed at Beast Animation in Brussels and successfully aired on Ketnet.
In 2018, MOCKING PRODUCTIONS, was founded, focusing on series production. Completed series include A GOOD YEAR (2020), MISTER PAPER (2021), and RUSTY season 2 (2021) The series LAURA H. Has been released in September 2024.
In 2021, LEMMING FILM BELGIUM was established by producer Dries Phlypo and Lemming Film (Netherlands). DAY AND NIGHT, written by Kim van Kooten and directed by Joram Lürssen and Kadir Ferati Balci, was released in 2023. SEBASTIAN, written and directed by Mikko Mäkelä, had its world premiere at Sundance in 2024. During Berlinale 2025, Ido Fluk’s new film KÖLN 75 and Jeanette Nordahl’s film BEGINNINGS will premiere.
