program 2024 ______ 7 - 12 May
opening film:
DISCO BOY
by Giacomo Abbruzzese
eco competition | Dutch premiere | 2023 | France, Italy, Belgium, Poland | 92’
After joining the French Foreign Legion young Belarusian Aleksei departs for the Niger Delta to protect oil companies' investments against revolutionary activist Jomo. Awarded at the Berlinale for its visual impact, Abbruzzese’s haunting ode to Beau Travail poetically contrasts a brutalized Nigerian landscape with the Parisian club scene by means of a pulsating score and European cinema posterboy Franz Rogowski.
eco competition | Dutch premiere | 2023 | France, Italy, Belgium, Poland | 92’
After joining the French Foreign Legion young Belarusian Aleksei departs for the Niger Delta to protect oil companies' investments against revolutionary activist Jomo. Awarded at the Berlinale for its visual impact, Abbruzzese’s haunting ode to Beau Travail poetically contrasts a brutalized Nigerian landscape with the Parisian club scene by means of a pulsating score and European cinema posterboy Franz Rogowski.
May 7 | 19:15 | Studio/K
including opening ceremony (20’)
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closing film:
THE END WE START FROM
by Mahalia Belo
out of competition | 2023 | United Kingdom | 102’
A loving couple from London find their joy about a newborn child instantly rivalled by survival mode when floodwaters cause the derailment of British society. In Belo’s light version of the post-apocalypse, disaster mostly happens offscreen. Instead, she places emphasis on the strength of motherhood and will to move forward. A sensitive ecological debut dominated by Jodie Comer’s layered performance.
out of competition | 2023 | United Kingdom | 102’
A loving couple from London find their joy about a newborn child instantly rivalled by survival mode when floodwaters cause the derailment of British society. In Belo’s light version of the post-apocalypse, disaster mostly happens offscreen. Instead, she places emphasis on the strength of motherhood and will to move forward. A sensitive ecological debut dominated by Jodie Comer’s layered performance.
May 12 | 20:00 | MACA
including awards ceremony (20’) +
screening of the winning eco short
including awards ceremony (20’) +
screening of the winning eco short
Festival locations
Studio/K
Timorplein 62
Amsterdam Oost
MACA | Moving Arts Centre Amsterdam
Ms. van Riemsdijkweg 61
Amsterdam Noord
Filmtheater Kriterion
Roetersstraat 170
Amsterdam Oost
Zone2Source
Amstelpark 4
Amsterdam Zuid
Movie W
Wilhelminaweg 3A
Wageningen
