Dutch Focus at NewFilmmakers LA
8 December 2020
NewFilmmakers Los Angeles (NFMLA) in partnership with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) co-host a new edition of the annual NewFilmmakers Los Angeles (NFMLA) Film Festival InFocus: Middle Eastern, Arab & Dutch Cinema program, powered by Seed&Spark.
The festival takes place virtually December 11th-12th, 2020. The weekend will feature an international lineup of films by talented emerging filmmakers across three short film programs. The event will include virtual screenings, filmmaker Q&A's and industry panels.
Short film program InFocus: Dutch Cinema is a collection of exciting work from up-and-coming Dutch short film directors co-presented by Dutch Culture USA (Consulate General of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in New York) and curated in partnership with SEE NL. This year's program, which includes 2020 Student Academy Award Nominated crime drama Porfotto by director Edson da Conceicao and Marieke de Zwaan's meditative So I Stay, this year's winner of Go Short's Academy-Qualifying Dutch Competition, asks us to ponder what we value in our world and how we find our place in it.
The complete line-up of Dutch shorts at NFMLA 2020:
Sad Beauty
Dir. Arjan Brentjes
10 Mins | Netherlands
When mankind causes its own demise, what could bring consolation?
Stuff
Dir. & Writ. Malu Janssen
13 Mins | Netherlands
After a break-in at her home, interiors buyer Helen (38) is left in a state of shock. Many of her dearest possessions have been taken, but she also realises she has lost a part of herself that is not at all easy to replace..
Beautiful Alexander
Dir. & Writ. Marc Wagenaar
13 Mins | Netherlands
When the outside world functions as a mirror, how can you produce your own mirror image?
Porfotto
Dir. & Writ. Edson da Conceicao
29 Mins | Netherlands
Three friends Em, Moreno and Kyon have raided a local money laundering practice in Rotterdam. They feel like kings and go home with a good feeling. In one night they find out that money is not enough to solve their problems.
Ink
Dir. Erik Verkerk & Joost van den Bosch
2 Mins | Netherlands
In this ultrashort animated film, we follow an octopus who is a clean-up neat-freak.
So I Stay
Dir. Marieke de Zwaan. & Writ. Rosanne Groenendijk
20 Mins | Netherlands
A Young woman seeks for experiences that would dramatize her life.
For more information:
NewFilmmakers Los Angeles (NFMLA) : https://www.newfilmmakersla.com/