Cobain

Cobain

59th TIFF: Greek Premiere

Cobain, a 15-year-old boy, comes from a broken home, but he is not a broken soul yet. He is trying by any means to help his self-destructive mother, who lives on the street and is about to give birth to her second child, but she cannot carry the weight of the circumstances. As the roles of the adult and the teenager are reversed, Cobain will find himself facing a dilemma. A story of unconventional and unconditional love, about all sorts outcasts in pursuit of happiness.

Screening Schedule

No physical screenings scheduled.


Direction: Nanouk Leopold
Script: Stienette Bosklopper
Cinematography: Frank van den Eeden
Editing: Katharina Wartena
Sound: Andreas Hildebrandt
Music: Harry de Wit
Actors: Bas Keizer, Naomi Velissariou, Wim Opbrouck
Production: Circe Films
Producers: Stienette Bosklopper & Lisette Kelder
Co-production: A Private View, Coin Film, Vpro Television, The Film Kitchen
Costumes: Manon Blom
Format: DCP
Color: Color
Production Country: Netherlands, Belgium, Germany
Production Year: 2017
Duration: 94΄
Contact: Beta Cinema, beta@betacinema.com
Awards/Distinctions: Best Screenplay – Lecce European FF 2018

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