Director: Alex Pitstra
Release:
55 / 90 minuten, VPRO
Bezness as usual (2016)
Dutch filmmaker Alex Pitstra is 25 years old when he receives a letter from his Tunisian father, whom he hasn't seen since his early childhood: the man wants to meet him. In the ten years that follow, Alex tries to build a relationship with his newly found family in Tunisia. He also convinces his Swiss half-sister Jasmin to do the same. In this fascinating family saga, Alex is facing not only the intercultural misunderstandings and failed expectations between him and his father, but also the relationship with his Dutch mother. What role should he play as a son of two cultures?
Viewings
20 april 2016Festival Cinema Arabe / Rialto, Amsterdam - met Q&A Alex Pitstra
22 april 2016Festival Cinema Arabe / Rialto, Amsterdam - met Q&A Alex Pitstra
23 april 2016Groninger Forum, Groningen - met Q&A Alex Pitstra
23 april 2016Groninger Forum, Groningen - met inleiding Alex Pitstra
27 april 2016Groninger Forum, Groningen
29 april 2016Rialto, Amsterdam
29 april 2016WE Festival, Maastricht - met Q&A Alex Pitstra
30 april 2016Cinema Arabe Tour / LantarenVenster, Rotterdam - met Q&A Alex Pitstra
30 april 2016Rialto, Amsterdam
1 mei 2016Cinema Arabe Tour / Slieker Film, Leeuwarden - met Q&A Alex Pitstra
3 mei 2016Rialto, Amsterdam
3 mei 2016Filmhuis de Keizer, Deventer - met Q&A Alex Pitstra
4 mei 2016Filmtheater 't Hoogt, Utrecht - met Q&A Alex Pitstra
7 mei 2016Slieker Film, Leeuwarden
10 mei 2016Filmhuis Lumen, Delft - met Q&A Alex Pitstra
8 mei 2016Groninger Forum, Groningen
11 mei 2016LUX, Nijmegen - met Q&A Alex Pitstra
11 mei 2016Slieker Film, Leeuwarden
15 mei 2016Filmtheater Hilversum - met Q&A Alex Pitstra
5-9 aug 2016Semaine de la Critique, Locarno
11-16 sept 2016Toronto International Film Festival
24-27 sept 2016Nederlands Film Festival, Utrecht
15-20 okt 2016Prix Europa, Berlijn, category Best TV Documentary
9-20 nov 2016Stockholm International Film Festival
10-17 nov 2016New York, DOC NYC
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