15/04/2015 - Fobic Films, the company founded by Mariano Vanhoof and Geoffrey Enthoven, producing My First Highway, a teen drama and the first feature film of Kevin Meul

This week, filming started in Spain on Kevin Meul’s first feature film. My First Highway [+see also:
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Playing the role of Benjamin is Aaron Roggeman, who was in Booster last year, and who has already been directed by Kevin Meul in the short film Cadet. Alongside him are Romy Lauwers, who appeared in Little Black Spiders [+see also:
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Kevin Meul was first noticed for his short films The Extraordinary Life of Rocky, and Cadet, which were screened at a number of International film festivals. Cadet, in particular, was selected for the South by Southwest Festival. He participated in the Berlinale Talents in 2012, and with My First Highway in the Binger Filmlab and the Torino Film Lab.

My First Highway is being produced by Fobic Films, the company of producer Mariano Vanhoof and director Geoffrey Enthoven (Hasta la Vista [+see also:
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(Translated from French)