Peijnenburg’s first feature debuts at Iffr before going to Berlin.
There has been a growing interest in Dutch director Mees Peijnenburg’s debut feature ever since his Netherlands Film Academy graduation short Even Cowboys Get To Cry appeared in the 2014 Berlinale.
He followed that with another Berlinale entry, A Hole In My Heart which received the prestigious Dutch Directors’ Guild award for the film in 2016.
His 2015 television drama We Will Never Be Royals, inspired by the Lorde song and about a teenage brother and sister in care, won a Golden Calf, his country’s equivalent to the Oscars.
“When...
There has been a growing interest in Dutch director Mees Peijnenburg’s debut feature ever since his Netherlands Film Academy graduation short Even Cowboys Get To Cry appeared in the 2014 Berlinale.
He followed that with another Berlinale entry, A Hole In My Heart which received the prestigious Dutch Directors’ Guild award for the film in 2016.
His 2015 television drama We Will Never Be Royals, inspired by the Lorde song and about a teenage brother and sister in care, won a Golden Calf, his country’s equivalent to the Oscars.
“When...
- 1/30/2020
- by 1101321¦Ben Dalton¦26¦
- ScreenDaily
Orange Studio, the film and TV banner of France’s leading telco company Orange, has acquired Mees Peijnenburg’s feature debut, “Paradise Drifters,” a project that the Dutch actor-turned-director developed at the Cannes Film festival’s Cinefondation residency.
“Paradise Drifters” follows the journey of three homeless young adults who are heading to Southern Europe in search of money, love and happiness. Now in post-production, the film stars Jonas Smulders, Bilal Wahib and Tamar van Waning.
Peijnenburg (pictured) has already presented two short films, “A Hole in My Heart” and “Even Cowboys Get to Cry,” in competition at the Berlin Film Festival in 2015 and 2014, respectively. “A Hole in My Heart” was also the Dutch candidate for the short film Oscars in 2016. “Even Cowboys Get to Cry” also played at SXSW. The director has also helmed music videos and commercials for Iconoclast.
Andrei Kamarowsky, Orange Studio’s head of international, said he...
“Paradise Drifters” follows the journey of three homeless young adults who are heading to Southern Europe in search of money, love and happiness. Now in post-production, the film stars Jonas Smulders, Bilal Wahib and Tamar van Waning.
Peijnenburg (pictured) has already presented two short films, “A Hole in My Heart” and “Even Cowboys Get to Cry,” in competition at the Berlin Film Festival in 2015 and 2014, respectively. “A Hole in My Heart” was also the Dutch candidate for the short film Oscars in 2016. “Even Cowboys Get to Cry” also played at SXSW. The director has also helmed music videos and commercials for Iconoclast.
Andrei Kamarowsky, Orange Studio’s head of international, said he...
- 2/9/2019
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
IMDb.com, Inc. takes no responsibility for the content or accuracy of the above news articles, Tweets, or blog posts. This content is published for the entertainment of our users only. The news articles, Tweets, and blog posts do not represent IMDb's opinions nor can we guarantee that the reporting therein is completely factual. Please visit the source responsible for the item in question to report any concerns you may have regarding content or accuracy.