Kids & Docs
All of Me Dit ben ik Susan Koenen
Diede and Emma are best friends. School, singing class, shopping, joking around: they share everything. Everything? Well, almost. Because Diede has a secret: she’s clairvoyant, although she hates the word. Of all the people around her, the only ones who know are her parents. In the past, she talked about it with other people, but they either didn’t believe her or thought she was nuts. And she wouldn’t want Emma to think of her like that, because that would mean Diede would lose her best friend. But what does friendship mean if you can’t be completely open? All of Me mixes documentary with feature film elements representing Diede’s sensory world. Just like Susan Koenen’s previous films – Ik ben een meisje! (I Am a Girl!, 2010), about a girl in a boy’s body, and Laura & Anne 4ever (2008), about the strong bond between two friends, one of whom dies of leukemia – All of Me is about personal courage. Diede is going to have to open up if she wants a mature friendship to grow.
The Netherlands, 2012 HDcam, color, 15 min Director: Susan Koenen Photography: Reinout Steenhuizen Screenplay: Susan Koenen Editing: Susan Koenen, Aart Jan van der Linden Sound: Bouwe Mulder Music: Roald van Oosten Production: Albert Klein Haneveld for Hollandse Helden World Sales: Hollandse Helden Screening Copy: Hollandse Helden Involved TV Channel: NCRV
Susan Koenen:
Laura & Anne 4 Ever (2008) The Secret of the Queue (2009) I Am a Girl! (2010) The Wild West (2010)
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Bente’s Voice Bente’s stem Marijn Frank
WORLD PREMIERE
Bente is 11 years old and she has the voice of an angel. She’s desperate to become a singer, but her mother thinks she’s too young for a professional career. After a lot of begging, she finally convinces her mom to let her audition for the TV show The Voice Kids. The celebrity judges immediately recognize that the girl is a star in the making. Everything changes at school, too: all of a sudden, Bente is popular. She was never all that happy at school, but the more often she appears on TV, the more the other kids seem to like her. Bente sometimes feels insecure, and at a time that is tough for any 11-year-old, she suddenly has to make adult choices. Signing stacks of contracts, for example, and singing in perfect English. In private evening chats with the camera, with her teddy bear playing a leading role, it’s clear she’s still very much a child. Bente used to sing her way through life, but now she sometimes doesn’t feel like practicing. The song she’s been given is not her sort of thing at all, and the pressure of show business can make things pretty complicated. And would her classmates still like her so much if she wasn’t famous anymore? Doubts begin to mount.
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The Netherlands, 2012 video, color, 30 min Director: Marijn Frank Photography: Stijn van Santen, Sander Roeleveld. Marijn Frank Screenplay: Marijn Frank Editing: Pelle Asselbergs Sound: Victor Horstink, Oliver Pattinama, Marijn Frank Production: Nelsje Musch for Blazhoffski Productions B.V. Screening Copy: Blazhoffski Productions B.V. Involved TV Channel: VPRO
Marijn Frank:
Daddy’s Gone and Left Me Puzzled (2007)