Last Wednesday, the 35th edition of the international documentary festival Idfa opened with All You See, a film by Niki Padidar about the sometimes painful experiences of immigrants in the Netherlands. The festival will last until November 20. The Reliable Males dived into the wide range and made a balanced selection for you.
Dreaming of Denzel
(Qatar, 2022, 103 mins)
Heartwarming feel-good documentary about disabled migrant workers Ramah (48) and Kamal (62) who see their big dream come true when they are invited by the KNVB and Fifa to attend a training session of the Dutch national team. Despite a strong reprimand from national coach Louis van Gaal about the cut joint used in the masonry, the Nepalese thoroughly enjoy this unique ode to the resilience of humans, which shows how the worst event in life can also be beautiful things. yield.
Return Sharm el Sheikh
(Egypt, 2022, 89 mins)
Absurd, Faustian story about a mediocre, but extremely ambitious man, who in his quest for the longest-serving premiership only dares to warn about the disastrous consequences of climate change outside the national borders.
Down the Drain
(US, 2022, 4 mins)
ultra short about a high-spirited man who visits a bathroom store to spice up his impending purchase of a successful $44 billion microblogging service.
Sophie’s world
(Netherlands, 2022, 73 min.)
Intimate portrait of 41-year-old Sophie, who thinks she has become involved in an early traffic quarrel with every social interaction due to a congenital defect. Despite her permanently compelling, slightly aggrieved tone, she manages to hold her own in an increasingly harsh society and eventually even make it to party leader of the VVD.
Verified ☑️
(US, 2022, 3 mins)
ultra short about a brilliant South African businessman who pays $44 billion for a well-functioning website, but who accidentally destroys it completely within a week by trying to fix the site, when it was not broken at all.
This guy really
(Netherlands, 2022, 189 min.)
Entertaining diptych about the unlikely life story of the cheerful Zwijndrecht bus driver Thomas van Groningen (32) who sees his life turned upside down when he is mistakenly mistaken for a parliamentary journalist in a talk show and then to his own surprise, but above all that of the viewer without exaggerating, sitting at that stupid table almost every night.
Just a little sadness
(Spain/Morocco, 2022, 19 min.)
Sensory tableau vivant of a Dutch fruit lover and his disappointment in the mandarin season ’22-’23.
They lay in the field at night
(Netherlands, 2022, 90 mins + 8 mins)
Visual essay about a man without significant qualities or charisma who, together with a German with an iPad, is appointed as the trainer of the largest football club in the country. The viewer is slowly taken into the mind of someone without ideas, which results in a realistic, but at times very boring story about decay, powerlessness and a lot of bad luck, especially when they suddenly have to compete against all super good teams.
Werewolf
(Netherlands, 2022, 17 min.)
A dynamic pamphlet about the role of the wolf in the Netherlands, in response to the call from Minister Van der Wal to conduct a social dialogue about the role of the wolf in the Netherlands after ten years of discussion about the role of the wolf in the Netherlands. Followed by a panel discussion between farmers, holidaymakers and nature lovers, moderated by Johan Remkes (about the role of the wolf in the Netherlands).