Impressive Dutch line-up at Hot Docs 2014
March 20, 2014
No less than six documentaries from the Netherlands have been
selected for the upcoming edition of the Hot Docs Festival, which takes
place April 24 to May 4.
SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS
Ne Me Quitte Pas
Directed by Sabine Lubbe Bakker & Niels van Koevorden
Produced by Pieter van Huystee Film, www.pvhfilm.nl
In co-production with Storyhouse Film (BE) and Studio Godot (NL)
A
Direct Cinema portrait of the Flemish Bob and the Walloon Marcel, two
Belgian friends who share loneliness, humor, alcoholism and suicide
plans with great élan.
INTERNATIONAL SPECTRUM
See No Evil
Directed by Jos de Putter
Produced by Dieptescherpte (festival distribution: wink@deepfocus.nl)
Sales: Films Transit, www.filmstransit.com
A
portrait of the daily lives of three famous senior chimpanzees,
inhabitants of retirement homes: Cheeta, the most famous ape on the
planet and last survivor of the Tarzan pictures, Kanzi, the smartest ape
on the planet, and Knuckles, hero of the space age.
NEXT
The Nose - Searching for Blamage
Directed by Paul Rigter
Produced by IDTV Docs & AVRO
Sales: NPO Sales, www.nposales.com
Alessandro Gualtieri is an Italian perfumer calling himself ‘The Nose’. He wants to design a new perfume called Blamage by making the perfect mistake.
SHORTS
Wild Boar
Directed by Willem Baptist
Produced by Zuidenwind
Sales: NPO Sales, www.nposales.com
An
arresting documentary about the curious relationship between man and
the wild boar. Will we continue to eat them or will they eventually
devour us?
Through the Fire
Directed by Miguel Narings
Produced by AVRO & TROS, www.avro.nl
While
his classmates spend their weekends going to movies and hanging out at
the mall, 12-year-old Armando risks his life performing death-defying
stunts...
Louis the Ferris Wheel Kid
Directed by Tara Fallaux
Produced by 100% Halal Productions, www.100procenthalal.nl
Louis' life as a travelling child living in a funfair comes to an end when he has to attend high school.
Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival: www.hotdocs.ca