Completed - DUTCH, GERMAN - Family, First film, Children's - 90 minutes
Afraid of being left alone as the youngest of the family, Sam begins his own made up training during his holiday. But by meeting the elusive Tess, who carries a big secret, he is drawn into an adventure that makes him realize that you should cherish your family instead of fleeing.
Year of production : 2019 Director(s) : Steven WOUTERLOOD Writer(s) : Laura VAN DIJK Producer(s) : Joram WILLINK (BIND), Piet-harm STERK (BIND)
Afraid of being left alone as the youngest of the family, Sam begins his own made up training during his holiday on the Dutch Island Terschelling. But by meeting the elusive Tess, who carries a big secret, he is drawn into an adventure that makes him realize that you should cherish your family instead of fleeing. Sam makes a drastic decision that puts his special friendship with Tess at risk and will change Tess' life forever.
Country(ies) : NETHERLANDS, GERMANY Financing plan : Netherlands Filmfund, VPRO broadcasting, CoBO fund, MDM, September Film Distribution, Farbfilm Verleih Start of shooting : July 2018
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Berlinale - Berlin IFF 2019 GenerationBerlin International Film Fest 2019 (Generation Special Mention)New York International Children FDF 2019 (Grand Prize)Chicago Interntaional CFF 2019 (Best live action)Zlin Film Festival 2019 (Golden Slipper Best Feature)Lucas International Film Festival 2019 (ECFA award)Cinekid Film Festival 2019 (Golden Lion audience award)Valladolid International Film Festival 2019 (Seminci Joven Award,)Kids Kino International Film Festival Warsaw 2019 (Best Feature by artist jury)Kids Kino International Film Festival Warsaw 2019 (Special Mention journalist jury)Adelaide Youth Film Festival 2019 (Jury award)KinoKino festival Zagreb 2019 (audience award)Goldener Spatz Festival 2019 (Best Scenario Award)International Children's Film Festival Kristiansand 2019 (Audience Award)Kaliningrad International Film Festival 2019 (Grand Prix Award)Kaliningrad International Film Festival 2019 (Audience Award )Little Big Films 2019 (Audience Award)Molodist Kyiv International Film Festival 2019 (Special Jury Diploma)Franfurter Buchmesse 2019 (Award for Best Adaptation from Children book)Minsk International Filmfestival 2019 (Golden Listapadzik Award, jury award)Netherlands Film Festival 2019 (Nominated for Golden Calf Best Film)Nominated for Golden Calf Best Film 2019 (Nominated for Golden Calf Best Scenario)Berlin International Film Fest 2019 2019 (nominated for GWFF Best First Feature Award)