New

Eefje Blankevoort / Documentary / 2014 / 20'
DOXS!, 2014 - Honorable Mention
Children’s Film Festival Seattle, 2015 - Best Short Documentary
Mo&Friese Children’s Short Film Festival, 2015 - Best Short Documentary (9-12 Years)
Prix Jeunesse UNESCO Special Prize
DocumentART, 2014 - European Competition
IDFA, 2014 - Kids & Docs Award
DOXS!, 2014 - Honorable Mention
Children’s Film Festival Seattle, 2015 - Best Short Documentary
Mo&Friese Children’s Short Film Festival, 2015 - Best Short Documentary (9-12 Years)
Prix Jeunesse UNESCO Special Prize
DocumentART, 2014 - European Competition
IDFA, 2014 - Kids & Docs Award

With big eyes eight-year-old Tanans looks around. The new school year has just begun. That is exciting for all pupils, but especially for Tanans. In the cheerful liveliness of the classroom Tanans does not recognize a single word. The shouts, the words and sentences in Dutch are unfamiliar noises to him. Tanans has only been in the Netherlands for a few weeks. He does not speak the language, understands nothing of the local customs and has not made any friends yet. Tanans is Congolese, but he grew up in a refugee welcome zone in Uganda. Together with his family he has come to the Netherlands as an ‘invited refugee’. In ‘New’ we follow Tanans on his journey of discovery. For the first time he lives in a beautiful house, tries to find his balance on a bike, speaks Dutch. But above all, he tries to make sense of this strange, new world. This is often funny and amusing, and very exciting. For how do you make friends if you don’t speak the same language?

 

Partners

Broadcaster
NCRV Dokument Junior
Financed by
Dutch Mediafund, Kinderpostzegels

Credits

DOP
Ton Peters
Editor
Tim Roza
Sound
Hein Verhoeven
Sound design
Mark Glynne
Composer
Alex Simu, George Dumitriu

Festivals

A selection
NFF, 2014
Lucas Int. Children’s Film Festival, 2014
DOXS!, 2014
Children’s Film Festival Seattle, 2015
Mo&Friese Children’s Short Film Festival, 2015
Reframe REELkids, 2015
DOK.fest Munich, 2015
TIFF Kids International Film Festival, 2015
Hot Docs, 2015
Tel Aviv Int. Children’s Film Festival, 2016

Awards / Nominations

A selection
DOXS!, 2014 - Honorable Mention
Children’s Film Festival Seattle, 2015 - Best Short Documentary
Mo&Friese Children’s Short Film Festival, 2015 - Best Short Documentary (9-12 Years)
Prix Jeunesse UNESCO Special Prize
DocumentART, 2014 - European Competition
IDFA, 2014 - Kids & Docs Award

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