Still: ALPHA. by Jan-Willem van Ewijk © Douwe Hennink

Part of the Snapshots category, ALPHA.** (prod. BALDR Film) by Jan-Willem van Ewijk, is an existential adventure that follows a young snowboard teacher takes his father into the snowy mountains where they collide head-on, both with nature and each other. it has recently won the Europa Cinemas Label as Best European Film in the Giornate degli Autori section of the Venice Film Festival. In anticipation of the festival, SEE NL interviewed Van Ewijk to discuss the film.

Featured in Documentary shorts is You can't get what you want but you can get me by Samira Elagoz & Z Walsh. This unique slideshow documenting two long-haired trans men falling in love world premiered in Rotterdam at IFFR and continued its festival run with selections for, among others, Hot Docs, San Fransisco IFF, Short Film Festival Hamburg, Frameline LGBTQ Festival and Leiden Shorts where it won the award for Best National Short. 

A variety of Dutch minority (co-)productions will be featured across several sections of the Chicago International Film Festival:

Outlook
Baby* by Marcelo Caetano
NL Co-producer: Circe Films

Viet and Nam* by Truong Minh Quý
NL Co-producer: An Original Picture
Sales: Pyramide International

Snapshots
Armand** by Halfdan Ullman Tøndel
NL Co-producer: Kepler Film
Sales: Charades

To a Land Unknown by Mahdi Fleifel
NL Co-producer: Studio Ruba

International competition
All We Imagine as Light* by Payal Kapadia
NL Co-producer: BALDR Film
Sales: Luxbox

When the Light Breaks**  by Rúnar Rúnarsson
NL Co-producer: Revolver 
Sales: The Party Fim Sales

For more information on Chicago International Film Festival 2024, click here.

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*Film is supported by the Netherlands Film Fund
**Film is supported by the Production Incentive