Jean-Paul De Zaeytijd : Bio-filmography :
Cinema school in Belgium for lighting and camera work.
University in Belgium for script writing.
Many works as director of photography : feature films, documentaries and TV programs.
Documentaries directed :
« Cinéma Soleil » ( « Sun City »)
HaÁ¯ti - documentary ... 52 min - 2001
production: Did Guibbels Films
3 awards in festivals, screened on Canal+, RTBF, Finland TV, US satellite TV, etc.
Synopsis:
Claudy (15 ans) and Wilner (24 ans) do not intend to let themselves cut down. Together, they opened a small cinema in the center of Sun City, the largest shantytown of HaÁ¯ti.
Each day, the two boys go to great lengths to ensure projection.
In these dilapidated distrits, crushed by 40 years of dictatorship, the cinema offers the only window opened to the world.
« Enfants de Vaudou » ( « Children of Voodoo »)
HaÁti ... documentary - 26 min - 1999
production: Moi Filmer Toi, Did Guibbels Films, Odyssee Productions
Screened in festivals.
HaÁ¯ti is a country wrapped in mysticism. Voodoo and religion control and determine the affairs and destiny of the island.
The Haitian people, trapped in a mystical sphere between hell and paradise, survive at the mercy of Western powers and ferocious dictators.
« Si Bondié Vlé » ( « By the will of God »)
HaÁti ... documentary ... 52 min - 1995
production: Moi Filmer Toi
Screened in festivals and TV in several countries, Belgium, Canada, Finland, etc.
Synopsis:
In HaÁ¯ti many peasants took refuge in the mountains to escape slavery. Thus isolated, they survived by developing a specific social organisation, a way of life and also beliefs of their own. Today, they have created small schools for their children.
Short movies directed :
2 short movies directed in Belgium and screened on TV and festivals around Europe : « Quelque Chose » et « Autre Chose ». (1995 and 1998)