Fishy

Fishy

“Everything that lasts becomes a form of truth. Since I’m filming you, this moment will stay in our minds.” This is what a young Swedish girl tells to her American lover, while in bed – or, perhaps, this is what she writes in her diary, as she’s sitting in her room. In her delightful early short, Leopold already reveals the main features of her cinematic style: irony, playfulness, and contemplation, elements which go hand-in-hand with recognizing desire and this haunting sense of an ending.
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Direction: Nanouk Leopold
Co-direction: Froukje Tan
Script: Froukje Tan
Cinematography: Benito Strangio
Sound: Arthur Bueno
Music: Lucas Simonis
Production: Atlaska
Format: 16mm
Color: Color
Production Country: Netherlands
Production Year: 1994
Duration: 10΄

Nanouk Leopold

Nanouk Leopold (1968, Netherlands) is an established figure in Dutch art house cinema. She studied Directing at the Dutch Film and Television Academy. She won the Tuschinski Award for her graduation film Weekend (1998) as well as the Kodak Prize at the Munich Film Festival. She worked as a director in Dutch television before making her feature film debut with her feature debut Îles flottantes. In cooperation with visual artist Daan Emmen, she started “Beeldcollectief Leopold Emmen” which led to the film Close-up (2009). Her film It’s All So Quiet, based on the novel by Gerbrand Bakker, was the opening film of the Panorama Special programme at the Berlinale in 2013, going on to win awards worldwide (it was also screened in the 54 Thessaloniki IFF’s “Open Horizons” program). Her latest film Cobain, a coming-of-age drama, made a sensation in the 68th Berlinale in 2018, where it premiered.

Filmography

1998 Weekend
1999 Max Lupa
2000 Îles flottantes
2005 Guernsey
2007 Wolfsbergen
2010 Brownian Movement
2013 Boven is het stil | It's All So Quiet
2018 Cobain