Dutch films off to FID Marseille
FID Marseille is running from July 8 to 13
The 36th edition of FID Marseille is around the corner and a plethora of Dutch (co)productions are set to celebrate premieres at the renowned festival. Focusing on singular voices and emerging forms, FID is a key festival for independent cinema, internationally recognized for its vital role in uncovering new talents and pioneering cinematic discoveries.
Still: A Prelude - Wendelien van Oldenborgh
Selected for the Flash Competition is A Prelude by Wendelien van Oldenborgh. Filmed in Aoyama Hachi and Kinone Pension, two locations which tribute to the act of resistance against authoritarian power, the work follows some people dancing, walking, and discussing aspects of conflict and their answers to this. Oldenborgh is returning to Marseille for the third time, her earlier films Obsada (2022) and Of Girls (2023) were also selected for the festival.
End Pull by Netherlands based Armenian-Lithuanian artist Andrius Arutiunian will also celebrate its world premiere in the International competition. The film is a French-Dutch co-production, commissioned by Lyon Biennale and funded through Mondriaan Fonds and produced by Arutiunian himself. The 53-minute film explores deep time, speculative narrative, and psychoacoustic sound. It journeys through an ancient riverbed via a continuous zoom, unveiling layers of geopolitical formations and historical distortions.
Dutch minority co-production Sirens Call* by Mirian Gossing and Lina Sieckmann (NL co-prod Elbe Stevens Films) is selected for the Cine+ Competition and will have its French premiere there. Ina, a mermaid reborn in a human body on Earth during a planetary crisis, searches for connection and fellow merpeople to share Atlantis' wisdom. However, her health deteriorates in the toxic environment, and she longs to transcend her human form.
Furthermore, Alice Saey’s short animation Flatastic* (NL co-prod: Kepler Film), about Manta Rays that are pushed to their limit and rise up against Man to take control of the Earth, will screen in the Youth program. Sales and distribution are handled by Miyu.
And finally, included in the retrospective program are Radu Jude are Everybody in Our Family (2012) and The Happiest Girl in the World (2009), both coproduced by Dutch Circe Films.
Find out more about FID Marseille here.
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*film supported by the Netherlands Film Fund
**supported by the Netherlands Film Fund and Netherlands Production Incentive