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New feature documentary
Portrait de ma mère poète ready for screening

Thanks to the help of the Flanders Audiovisual Funds, Jean-Noël Gobron was able to finish the feature documentary about the life and work of his mother Marie-Jo Gobron (1916-2008).

The shooting started in 2001 at Bruges, during the presentation of her book "Onder de Maretak." Seven years later the film is ready for public screening. The film will also be publised on a DVD, together with the documentary film "Portrait de mon père aquarelliste," which the filmmaker produced in 1987, about the paintings of his father Roger Gobron.

Marie-Jo Gobron filmed by her son in Ghent
(photo: Nilufar Ashtari)

Marie-Jo Gobron in Ghent
(photo: Jean-Noël Gobron).

Shooting at the Talbot House in Poperinge
(photo: Lionel Powell)

Shooting of the film
Waiting for Charm

Jean-Noël Gobron starts the shooting, in DVCPRO HD, of a personal diary about his love story with Charmian.

Charmian, May 2006
(photo: Jean-Noël Gobron)

Jean-Noël, a Belgian man and Charmian, a Filipino woman, meet through a website. Attracted to each other's profile, they have virtual conversations in a chat-room and start falling in love. The following months they maintain contact by chatting, sending emails, writing letters, and phoning. Despite the distance between Belgium and the Philippines they decide to meet for real. As Jean-Noël makes his way to Manila, he brings a video-camera along and starts shooting a diary about their story.

Looking (through the camera) at Charmian
(photo: Charmian Cabrera)

Looking at (the camera of) Jean-Noël
(photo: Jean-Noël Gobron)

The shooting will continue with the arrival of Charmian in Brussels. What will be her first impressions? How will she interact with the people and Belgian culture, with the Western way of living? In a way, the film will also become the subjective diary of Charm and of her relationship with Jean-Noël. By improvised recordings made from time to time, "Waiting for Charm" could eventually start leading it's own life...