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Dutch film talent featured at the 2020 Chelsea Film Festival
A New Present at Chelsea Film Festival
@ Marieke Niestadt
Thu, Oct 15 - Mon, Oct 19 2020
Dutch film talent featured at the 2020 Chelsea Film Festival
Between October 15-29, 2020,the 8th edition of the Chelsea Film Festival will be taking place in the virtual space and two Dutch filmmakers will be featured in the shorts and documentary categories. Create an account on Film Festival Plus to enjoy the festival and Dutch productions in particular, from the comfort of your home.
After last year’s success with MEETING THE OTHER WOMAN, and winning the best director award in the Short Film category, director Marieke Niestadt‘s returns with her newest short; A NEW PRESENT.
A NEW PRESENT By Marieke Niestadt
20 min | Drama, Sci-Fi | 2020 | Netherlands
Synopsis: After a life-changing accident, a father’s undying love drives him to achieve the impossible.
Screening link: https://filmfestplus.com/film/?film=120&festival=ch9s43qWkmb906cx
Dutch filmmaker and New Yorker Ilja Willems will be represented with her documentary OPIOIDEMIC:
OPIOIDEMIC By Ilja Willems
13 min | Documentary | Netherlands, USA | 2019
Synopsis: In recent years, Fentanyl has caused a rather silent epidemic in the United States. Filmmaker Ilja Willems and her crew spent a week in an Ohio morgue, filming the comprehensive consequences of the opioid crisis with Cincinnati’s female coroner Lakshmi Sammarco. While the dead were all unknown to Sammarco not so long ago, more and more familiar faces end up on her table.
Screening link: https://filmfestplus.com/film/?film=186&festival=ch9s43qWkmb906cx
About the festival:
The Chelsea Film Festival is an international film festival, enlightening the work of emerging filmmakers, producers and actors. It offers a wide range of films, such as documentaries and feature-lengths, focusing on the theme of “Global Issues”. It empowers the work of risk-taking storytellers and remains committed to its mission to discover and develop independent artists and audiences around the world. The Chelsea Film Festival is an event consisting of four days of screenings of independent shorts, feature-lengths and documentaries from emerging directors.