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Frieda Barnhard as Robin in Melk. Stefanie Kolk: 'I already felt like there was already conflict in just the amount of milk because you're like, something has to happen with this milk' Photo: Courtesy of Warsaw Film Festival Stefanie Kolk's measured debut Melk, considers the aftermath of a loss for a young couple Robin and Jonas (Frieda Barnhard and Aleksej Ovsiannikov). As the pair try to come to terms with their grief, Robin also has to face the fact her body has begun producing Milk. Kolk and her co-writer Nena van Driel carefully guide us through what happens next, allowing silence to occupy the spaces other filmmakers might clutter with dialogue. Her film tackles a difficult subject with great sensitivity and, ultimately, considerable hopefulness in regards to humanity's ability to help one another heal. We caught up with her at Thessaloniki International Film Festival to chat to her about the film.

Melk is a difficult film. I mean that in several senses, but I want to stress that these are all positive ones. It's an emotional, slowly paced, minimal exercise in character, in grief, and powerful for it. Robin, played with an often flattened affect by Frieda Barnhard, was pregnant. Is it enough to say that it is not a happy story? That something went awry?

Melk gives us details of process, of procedure, of sympathy. The statement that "it is what it is" might cover the film itself. A less confident film might raise its voice or stamp its feet but Melk is something cooler. I'm not sure which more regularly generates a sense of unease and distance, the static camera in some shots or the one that does and doesn't move the way a person stands when they are trying to be still. The following makes individuals within groups and.

If a tree falls in the forest and nobody is there to see it, does it still feel awkward?

Set in the northern stretch of Germany which is culturally more like the Netherlands, where even language blurs, Alex van Warmerdam’s curious thriller revolves around themes of identity and performance, lives lived in fear of somebody watching and watchers whose agenda is unguessable but, at any rate, not what they claim.

At the centre of it all is Günter (Tom Dewispelaere), an actor in the process of rehearsing for a play. Found wandering in the forest as a child, he has spent his whole life wondering about his origins and his dimly remembered mother. He now has a daughter, Lizzy (Frieda Barnhard), who is just in the early stages of living her life independently, and trying, when she visits, to renegotiate their relationship on equal terms. An open, emotional person,...

Just two days before Sundance Film Festival will unveil its lineup, the other major January Utah festival has released theirs. Now in its 29th iteration, next year’s Slamdance Film Festival––which will also be providing programming both in-person and online, from January 20th through 29th––has unveiled its features slate. The lineup for the festival, which opens with Moby’s Punk Rock Vegan Movie, was culled from 7,600 total submissions, 1,522 of which were features. All films selected in the Narrative Features and Documentary Features competition categories are directorial debuts without U.S. distribution, with budgets of less than 1 million Usd.

“From the streets of Seattle to the psychedelic skies of a unicorn-run dystopia, our filmmakers are transporting audiences to new dimensions with stories that explore the nuance of disability, immigration and gender. This year’s lineup represents a generation of new directors who are breaking boundaries and redefining what filmmaking...

Slamdance has announced its feature lineup and “Free LSD” as the closing night film for the 29th Slamdance Film Festival

This year’s lineup was chosen from 7,600 submissions — 1, 522 of which were features — and represents projects from 13 different countries. The selections for the Narrative Features and Documentary Features competition categories are directorial debuts without U.S. distribution, with budgets of less than 1 million.

In addition to Slamdance’s opening night film Moby’s “Punk Rock Vegan Movie,” the festival will also showcase two additional Spotlight Feature screenings: “Downwind” and “Free LSD,” which follows one man’s inter-dimensional journey where, after using an experimental drug, he is provided a glimpse into a parallel universe. The film features appearances from Keith Morris and Jack Black.

“From the streets of Seattle to the psychedelic skies of a unicorn-run dystopia, our filmmakers are transporting audiences to new dimensions with stories that explore the nuance of disability,...

The Slamdance Film Festival has unveiled the lineup for its 29th edition — taking place both in-person in Park City and Salt Lake City, Utah from January 20-26, and online on the Slamdance Channel from the 23rd to the 29th.

This year’s lineup of films from 13 countries was chosen from more than 7,600 submissions, more than 1,500 of which were features. As has been the case at each edition of Slamdance since its 1995 founding, all films selected in Narrative Features and Documentary Features competition are directorial debuts without U.S. distribution, with budgets of less than 1M Usd.

Slamdance revealed today that Dimitri Coats’ Free LSD will make its world premiere at the festival, serving as its Closing Night feature. The film featuring appearances from Keith Morris and Jack Black follows the inter-dimensional journey of a man who has used an experimental drug to cure a personal problem, thereby being provided a...

The best way to watch Alex van Warmerdam’s latest Nr. 10 is to go in blind. He practically titled it “number 10” to help with that fact—it being his tenth directorial effort taking the spotlight from anything specific within. It’s also the reason why the first half of the runtime unfolds conventionally. If all you’re watching is an actor (Tom Dewispelaere’s Günter) as his world comes undone after his director (Hans Kesting’s Karl) discovers he’s having an affair with his wife (Anniek Pheifer’s Isabel), you become lulled into a false sense of familiarity. Yes, there are strange men putting their fingerprints all over his life’s sudden implosion to force us into questioning their motivations along the way. But only superficially. At least for now.

Is Günter a good man? Should we care about his plight? Maybe. He seems to have a decent relationship...

Drafthouse Films has unveiled the clip for “Nr. 10,” the anticipated next film of Alex van Warmerdam, the bold Dutch director best known for “Borgman.”

Van Warmerdam’s 10th feature, the film is a maze-like thriller telling the story of Günter, a theater actor who was raised by foster parents after being found abandoned in the woods with no memory as a child. Years later, a man approaches Günter on the street and whispers a strange word in his ear. He begins to experience visions from his fractured past that reveal a dark secret, threatening what he thinks he knows about his life and the very nature of his existence.

“Nr. 10” world premiered at Fantastic Fest 2021. It shot in Dutch, German and English with a cast boasting Tom Dewispelaere, Frieda Barnhard, Pierre Bokma, Hans Kesting, Anniek Pheifer and Jan Bijvoet. Drafthouse Films will release Nr. 10 in theaters on Dec. 2, followed by a digital release on Dec.

Nr. 10 Trailer — Alex van Warmerdam‘s Nr. 10 (2021) movie trailer has been released by Alamo Drafthouse. The Nr. 10 trailer stars Tom Dewispelaere, Frieda Barnhard, Pierre Bokma, Hans Kesting, Anniek Pheifer, and Jan Bijvoet. Crew Alex van Warmerdam wrote the screenplay for Nr. 10. Plot Synopsis Nr. 10‘s plot synopsis: “Günter (Tom Dewispelaere) was raised by [...]

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"What do you know about my mother?" Drafthouse revealed their official US trailer for a Dutch film titled Nr. 10, which is being released this fall exclusively in Alamo Drafthouse movie theaters around the country. This is the latest feature from Borgman director Alex van Warmerdam, and it first premiered at Fantastic Fest and the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival last year. Günter was raised by foster parents after being found abandoned in the woods with no memory as a child. Years later, when a man approaches him on the street and whispers a strange word in his ear, he begins to experience visions from his fractured past that reveal a dark secret, threatening what he thinks he knows about his life and the very nature of his existence. Described as "a labyrinthine thriller with a stunning conclusion you will not predict or soon forget." Starring Tom Dewispelaere, Frieda Barnhard, Pierre Bokma,...

Netflix has started production on “Ares,” its first Dutch original series, the streaming giant announced Tuesday. Filming is taking place in Amsterdam, where Netflix’s European headquarters have been based since 2015. “Ares” will launch on the platform later this year.

An eight-part psychological horror, “Ares” stars Jade Olieberg, Tobias Kersloot, Lisa Smit, Robin Boissevain, and Frieda Barnhard. It is directed by Giancarlo Sanchez and Michiel ten Horn with script development run by Michael Leendertse for production company Pupkin.

Plans for a then-untitled first Dutch production from Pupkin were first announced in April 2018. Erik Barmack, Netflix’s vice president of international original series, said at the time that a Dutch original had been on Netflix’s “wish list” for some time.

Created by Pieter Kuijpers, the series enters the world of a secret student society in the heart of Amsterdam where best friends Rosa (Olieberg) and Jacob (Kersloot) surrender to a world of wealth and power.