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Dutch shorts selected for Sundance 2013
5 December 2012
Two Dutch short films and one Dutch short co-production have been
selected for the prestigious Sundance Film Festival. MAGNESIUM, directed
by Sam de Jong and TODAY AND TOMORROW, directed by Aaron Douglas
Johnston, both Netherlands Film and Television Academy projects, will be
screening in the section International Narrative Short Films. OH WILLY, directed by Emma De Swaef and Marc James Roels, has been selected for the section Animated Short Films.
With
MAGNESIUM Sam de Jong graduated from the Netherlands Film and
Television Academy.The film won two prizes at the Netherlands Film
Festival 2012 in the Graduation Competition: the award for Best Director
and Best Scenario. The film tells the story of a young talented gymnast
who discovers something that will change her life completely, just as
she prepares for an important qualification tournament.
TODAY AND
TOMORROW is a Netherlands Film and Television Academy project, directed
by Aaron Douglas Johnston. In 2011 Aaron made his first feature length
film BUMBLEFUCK, USA which premiered at the American film festivals
Frameline and Outfest. In TODAY AND TOMORROW Iranian and Afghani
political refugees make a life for themselves in Holland, anxiously
awaiting word if they will be granted political asylum or sent back to
their native countries.
Animated short film OH WILLY, directed by
Emma De Swaef and Marc James Roels, is co-produced by Beast Animation
(Belgium), Vivement Lundi (France), Polaris (France) and il Luster
Productions (Netherlands). The film recently won the Cartoon d'Or 2012,
the award for Best European Animation Short Film. In the film chubby
Willy returns to the naturist community where he has spent his youth to
visit his dying mother.
The festival takes place January 17-27 in
Park City, Salt Lake City, Ogden and Sundance, United States. The 2013
Short Film program is comprised of 65 short films selected from 8102
submissions.
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For more information:
Sundance Film Festival: www.sundance.org
Magnesium and Today and Tomorrow
Netherlands Film- and Television Academy (NFTA):
Marion Slewe
marion.slewe@ahk.nl
www.filmacademie.nl
Oh Willy
il Luster Productions
info@illuster.nl
www.illuster.nl
