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I Wan'na Be Like You

14' Dir. Margit Lukács · Persijn Broersen Prod. Broersen & Lukács

I Wan'na Be Like You

Margit Lukács · Persijn Broersen

The Jungle Book reimagined as a virtual mirage.

In I Wan'na Be Like You, Lukács and Broersen examine 'the jungle' as a colonial Terra Nullius, recreated in European botanical gardens. Meanwhile Black Harmony transforms the classic Jungle Book song into ‘Na Mi’ (Sranang for “I Am”), expressing Afro-Surinamese diaspora pride.

Main Category: Experimental Film · Short
Expected Completion: 2024
Original Film Title: I Wan’na Be Like You
Running Time: 14
Original Language: Sranantongo
Colour / B&W: Colour
Filmography Director: East of the Sun, West of the Moon (2023, animated experimental short), Fix the Variable, Exclude the Accidental, Eliminate the Impure, unravel the Tangled, Discover the Unknown, (2022, animated experimental, short), All or Nothing at All (2019, animated experimental short) Awards: Sphinx Award, Novi Sad film festival; Forest on Location (2018, animated experimental, short), Establishing Eden (2017, animated experimental, short) Tiger Short nomination IFFR, Mastering Bambi (2010, animated short, experimental), Beyond Sunset and Sunrise (2012, experimental, short), Manifest Destiny (2009, experimental short), Prime Time Paradise (2005, experimental, animation, short).
Main Production Company: Broersen & Lukács
Main Production Company E-mail: pm@pmpmpm.com
Main Production Company Website: www.broersenlukacs.com
Festival distribution Company Name: LIMA
Festival distribution Company E-mail: theuszwakhals@li-ma.nl