Producer
At the request of Dutch documentary filmmaker Judith de Leeuw, the Dutch prominent theatre director Ruut Weissman is directing a solo performance about the power relationship between a teacher and a student, between an actress and a director. Both Ruut Weissman and actress Harriët Stroet have personal experiences with this theme. The documentary shows how the mutual relationships between director, documentary filmmaker and actress are brought into sharp focus during rehearsals and how the events on and off stage are always intertwined.
Screenplay
Ifeoma Fafunwa, Mrs. F., takes up the challenge of staging her play HEAR WORD! about the abuse of women in male-dominated Makoko, a slum with houses on stilts in the lagoon of Lagos. Besides the original cast of Nigeria’s most acclaimed actresses, Ifeoma will cast young women in Makoko who are subject to the same fate as many of the women in Nigeria. Ifeoma connects with them through her personal struggle with her background. Can Ifeoma set a transformation in motion in the heart of the fastest growing city in the world that breaks with the silence culture in Nigeria?
Screenplay
История звездного танцора и хореографа Рамзана Ахмадова, чей танцевальный коллектив «Даймохк» нашел прибежище в сегодняшней Чечне у президента Кадырова. Благодаря этому на какое-то время отсрочено умирание традиции народного танца. Но велика и цена, которую пришлось заплатить, чтобы спасти традиции своего народа, – Рамзан сотрудничает с властями и жертвует самым дорогим для себя.
Writer
When backpackers come to a small village in rural Laos, their arrival divides the local population and disrupts the relationship between two childhood friends....
