De Wereldvrede is a creative production company, founded in 2013 by Gilles De Schryver and Gilles Coulier. In 2014, this duo joined forces with Wouter Sap’s Lionheart Productions in a joint venture. Coulier, De Schryver and Sap lead an artistic business collective that produces fiction and documentaries.
Production company De Wereldvrede had its breakthrough with the fiction series ‘Bevergem’ (8 x 45’) for Canvas/VRT. This widely discussed and acclaimed series achieved unprecedented ratings, won several national prizes, made several international selections and was finally selected by Netflix.
In 2017, De Wereldvrede produced Gilles Coulier’s debut film, ‘Cargo’, which was selected at the Festival of San Sebastian, the British Film Institute London, Tallinn, Göteborg and other festivals and won several international prizes.
In 2019, they release their first international co-production: the first-class television series ‘War of the Worlds’ (8x 48’) for Canal+ and Fox Europe & Africa. Gilles Coulier was lead director and executive producer on this project. 2020 marked the release of ‘Albatros’ (8x45’), made by Wannes Destoop, De Wereldvrede’s second VRT-series. Albatros won the Prix Europa for Best European TV-series in 2021 and receive 13 Ensor nominations.
Also in 2020, the short film 'Stephanie' by Leonardo Van Dijl was selected for the Official Competition of Cannes and won the Ensor for Best Short Film. In 2021 De Wereldvrede co-produced the 12-part short film series 'Lockdown' for Eén. The series won the Student jury prize for best short form series at Canneseries. In the fall of 2022 Roomies (8x25'), a tv-series by Kato De Boeck and Flo Van Deuren, will be launched on VRT.
