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Foster Elias and Wesley are part of a nice family in the Dutch city of Haarlem. They are lovingly cared for by their two fathers. However, one Sunday the atmosphere is decidedly disharmonious. Elias, a teenager, doesn’t want to get up and argues at breakfast. The two fathers are also clearly tense. During breakfast it becomes apparent why: eightyear-old Wesley is due to be picked up by his biological father to go and live with him again. Together, the four people constitute a foster family. Each member deals with the impending farewell differently, but everyone finds it hard, even though they knew this would happen from the start. Elias decides to have one last ice cream with the boy he views as his brother, even though he looks nothing like him.
JORDI WIJNALDA THE NETHERLANDS | 2021 | 13’ | 9+ FACTS
Hannah’s Dream Hannah lives with her father in a happy street in a sunny climate. Due to the lockdown, they are stuck at home. Her father is out of work: he is a composer and there are no more assignments. Hannah sees him try to compose something, but he is getting more and more depressed and easily annoyed. When she tries to cheer him up, he just gets angry and, in the end, he just lies in bed. When she discovers that many musicians live in their street and are all stuck at home, she gets an idea. She goes to work, now it is all about whether people support her plan. Almost dialogue-free and employing simple images and subtle animation, the film shows the consequences of the lockdown as well as how small things can have a major impact.
EUGENE ARTS, EMILY REEKERS THE NETHERLANDS | 2021 | 14’ | 6+ FACTS
Producer Rogier Kramer Screenwriter Jordi Wijnalda Editor Tessel
Producer Koji Nelissen, Derk-Jan Warrink Screenwriter Eugene
Flora de Vries Leading actors Rick Paul van Mulligen, Thomas
Arts, Emily Reekers Editor Augustine Huijsser Composer Nico
Ryckewaert, Freek den Hartogh, Souhail Attahiri, Jayden Brienesse
Huijbregts Leading actors Linne Pasveer, Ronald Armbrust
Production company Dutch Mountain Film,
Production company Keplerfilm, The Netherlands,
The Netherlands, info@dutchmountainfilm.nl,
hello@keplerfilm.com, www.keplerfilm.com Sales company
www.dutchmountainfilm.nl
Kapitein Kort, The Netherlands, info@kapiteinmedia.nl, www.kapiteinmedia.nl
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