HET ZIT IN MIJN HART - Inside my heart
Awarded :
IDFA 2022 : Special Mention Dutch film
GRAND PRIZE | FIFA 41 |2023
Nominated Rose D’OR | Arts | 2023
Prix Italia 2024 | Shortlisted
"The jury wanted to reward with the Grand Prize of the Montreal Art Film Festival, a film of great artistic mastery whose originality, sumptuous images, brilliant and fluid device, quality and accuracy of treatment take us into a unique poetic fresco, managing to break down the boundaries between normality and exception, between art and life, fiction and reality. And at the heart of this film, because it 2qais indeed to our heart that we are addressing; exceptional performers, who fascinate us, subjugate us, dazzle us. A tribute to theater and the power of imagination."
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INSIDE MY HEART
When director Saskia Boddeke saw the performance Furia by Kamak, a professional theater group for actors with intellectual disabilities, she was so impressed that she decided to make a film about the ensemble. The piece they perform written by Oscar Wagenmans, is a lavishly designed fairytale about lust and anger, is cinematically portrayed by Boddeke with beautifully staged shots in rich, saturated colors. She also follows the rehearsal process, zooming in on various members of the group.
Shifting back and forth between events onstage and behind the scenes, Inside My Heart. blends the magic of an opera and the depth of a documentary. Fact and fiction merge–sometimes also for the actors themselves, who feel the emotions they portray deeply. They are a close group, offering each other compliments, wise observations about life and love, and lots of mutual support. Engaging with the poetry of their expression, this portrayal is above all an ode to the liberating power of limitless imagination.
The film was awarded: ‘Special Mention Best Dutch Documentary’
At the IDFA 2022
The film will premier in the Dutch Cinema: 22 march 2023
Music by Luca D’Alberto Cinematography: Ruzbeh Babol and Reinout Steenhuizen Editor: Elmer Leupen
Produced by Witfilm - NTR Uur van de Wolf - NLFilm Fund
Kill your Darlings, this scene didn't make it into the film, but nevertheless, it is so touching and heartwarming!