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Free as a Bird

Director:
Joyce van Diepen
Country:
Netherlands
year: 2016
Running Time:
25:00
Technique:
3D computer
Category:
Short film made for kids
Producer:
Germen Boelens, Patrick Nijman
Distributor:
Ursula van den Heuvel
The program:

Synopsis

A 10 year old boy, Imad, lives in a war zone. When he finds a bird with a broken wing, he brings it home and carefully nurses it back to health.
This new friendship brings Imad joy, dreams, and strength. He learns to listen to his heart and finds the courage to choose a (new) future.

Director's BIO

Joyce graduated from the Netherlands Film and Television Academy in the specialty Production Design. As a Production Designer she worked on feature films and TV series. By profession she continuously wonders about conflicts and development of characters in every new film project. Due to experience, her qualities relating storytelling started to grow. She followed her ambitions and started to write scripts. She made her debut as an animation director with the film Free as a Bird, for which she also wrote the screenplay.

Contacts

ursula@klik.amsterdam