Tarantula

In 1996, Joseph Rouschop created Tarantula Belgium, motivated by the desire to defend the sincerity and dreams of the authors with whom he works… and the little seed of folly that makes everything possible. He produced his first documentaries and short films with a constant concern to place human beings at the heart of the works, favouring strong, meaningful themes.

In 2002, Tarantula’s first committed feature film, Une part du ciel by Bénédicte Liénard, which deals with the resistance of women detainees and a group of female factory workers, was an official selection at the Cannes Film Festival (in the section "Un certain regard"), thus opening up international prospects for Tarantula projects.
The company contributes to the dynamism of Belgian audiovisual production, with films such as Folie Privée and Nue Propriété by Joachim Lafosse (the latter was in the official competition at the Venice Mostra in 2006); Lampiao, rêve de bandit and La Monique de Joseph by Damien Chemin; or the television series L’Empereur du Goût, result of a collaboration with a Dutch-speaking producer and public television stations on both sides of the linguistic divide.
Tarantula is an adept of “cinema without borders”. The company is characterized by its co-productions with Mexico (Batalla en el cielo by Carlos Reygadas, in official competition at the 58th Cannes Film Festival in 2008); Canada (Congorama by Philippe Falardeau, "Director’s Fortnight" at Cannes Film Festival 2006); Palestine (Le Sel de la Mer by Annemarie Jacir, selected for "Un certain regard "at the Cannes Film Festival in 2008); Argentina (La Cantante de Tango by Diego Martinez Vignatti, in competition at the Locarno International Film Festival 2009), and Taiwan (Visages by Tse Ming-Liang, in competition at the 62nd Festival de Cannes 2009).

Today, Tarantula has five full-time workers who throw themselves heart and soul into accompanying the growing volume and diversity of productions, from initial idea to release in cinemas.