JOURNEY THROUGH FILM
Vijf verhalen uit verschillende windstreken die je meenemen op reis door de wereld van film
We bijten het spits af op het Italiaanse platteland, waar Michele en Maria vechten tegen veranderende tijden. We varen door naar China waar een jonge filmmaker in een intieme zoektocht naar zichzelf in gesprek raakt met zijn moeder. Om uiteindelijk aan te meren in het noorden van Groningen waar de bijna dove Bernardus woont in het plaatsje met de naam: Doodstil. Na de pauze varen we mee op een abstracte reis met de ferry en haar passagiers die in gedachten lijken te verzinken. Om te eindigen bij de sympathieke Ridwan uit Leeuwarden, een 20-jarige tiktokker die probeert serieus genomen te worden in zijn droom om rapper te worden.
OUR FATE
Michele Sammarco •Italië• 20’
Michele and Maria spent eighty years as peasants. Today the harvest time takes a distant past with it. Thei sons have their own life and no one take care of the fields as they would like to. Time is chancing too, and it does not help them.
WILL YOU LOOK AT ME
Shuli Huang • China • 20’
As a young Chinese filmmaker returns to his hometown in search for himself, a long due conversation with his mother dives the two of them into a quest for acceptance and love.
DOODSTIL
Sabine Rovers • Nederland • 6’
In the far north of the Netherlands lies a small village called Doodstil (translates as Deadsilent). This is the hometown of the nearly deaf Bernardus, also known as Benny. Benny is a real Groninger: down-to-earth and modest. A man of few words. Although the name of his village suggests otherwise, it is everything but silent behind the front door of Benny’s house.
AQUERONTE
Manuel Muñoz Rivas • Spanje • 25’
On board a ferry, a series of passengers cross a river from one riverbank to the other. Some of the travelers wrap themselves in silence and observe the unfamiliar fellow travelers or contemplate the scenery. Some others chat, perhaps to liven up the voyage and speed up time. The journey on the waters seems to expand, the destination shore is postponed, the magnitude of space is blurred. Motion itself is perhaps the only certainty.
KING RIDWAN
Sammy Shefa Idris • Nederland • 16’
Ridwan is a 20-year-old TikTokker with an intellectual disability who wants to be taken seriously in his dream of being a rapper. Will Ridwan be held back by the opinions of others or will he succeed in becoming a social media superstar?
Q&A met SABINE ROVERS
Sabine Rovers • Regisseur van DOODSTIL • 6’
Sabine Rovers (b. 1992, Ascot, UK) is a photographer and filmmaker based in The Hague. Her work is driven by a curiosity to discover, understand and connect with the world around her. From an open and optimistic perspective, she looks for intimate stories that help us slow down and (re-)connect to the basic, yet essential aspects of life that we tend to lose contact with in our Western society. Involvement and collaboration are key in her process, she prefers to make work with her subjects, instead of about them. Ultimately, Sabine hopes to share different perspectives and encourage new ways of seeing, connecting with and understanding the world we live in.
Q&A met SAMMY SHEFA IDRIS
Sammy Shefa Idris • Regisseur van KING RIDWAN • 25’
Sammy, opgegroeid in Hurdegaryp, studeert nu aan de Filmacademie in Amsterdam. KING RIDWAN is zijn derdejaarsfilm. En dat is uniek, want niet vaak zien de films die tijdens een opleiding worden gemaakt het daglicht buiten de betonmuren van de academie. Deze film wel, omdat hij zo prachtig is. En omdat we deze maker uit onze regio natuurlijk in de gaten gaan houden!