Dutch films at Brooklyn Film Festival

Among Horses and Men (2010) movie still. Photo: courtesy of Brooklyn Film Festival

Among Horses and Men (2010) by Marjoleine Boonstra
Sunday, June 5, 2011 at 3:00 PM
Indiescreen - Brooklyn, NY
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Monday, June 6, 2011 at 6:00 PM
Indiescreen - Brooklyn, NY
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Among Horses and Men directred by Marjoleine Boonstra (1959), who is also a filmmaker, artist, photographer and lives in Amsterdam. Among Horses and Men illustrates a unique portrait of a Nevada prison program that trains inmates to become horse trainers. While still officially in prison, the men work outdoors, breaking wild horses. Their own feelings and emotions are reflected in the behavior of the horses, which have been captured and caged for the first time, their freedom taken. During a period of three months, the prisoners struggle to win the animal's trust and to place the animal under emotional control. In the process, they do the same with themselves.

 Among Horses and Men (2010)

Walzer (2010) by Rob Lücker

Monday, June 6, 2011 at 7:00 PM
Brooklyn Heights Cinema - Brooklyn, NY
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Tuesday, June 7 at 6:00 PM
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Rob Lücker (1977) directed commercials for brands like Albert Heijn, Delta Lloyd, De Bijenkorf and SP. His graduation film Skoda won the Talent&Pro Award for Best Film of Dutch Audiovisual Academy's. Walzer is Lücker's first experimental production:

Scrap metal pikey Arec discovers a valuable treasure during his demolishing and gathering work in a dark basement. He decides to keep it for himself, but soon his two comrades grow suspicious and a fierce and nerve-racking struggle for power unfolds...  

Walzer (2010)

The Brooklyn Film Festival (BFF- formerly known as Brooklyn International Film Festival) is announcing its 2011 annual festival themed Plot. The festival has received over 2,200 films from 111 countries. 1,200 are US productions. The competitive event will run from June 3rd through June 12th at indieScreen, a brand new venue in Williamsburg, and the Brooklyn Heights Cinemas. The festival will present 120 film premieres and each film will be shown twice.