Can't Help Myself
Unglamorous beach work in Riga is poignantly juxtaposed with the extravagant promises of self-help gurus.
19'
Latvia
IFFR 2023
A young primary school teacher searches for her disappearing voice in a foreign town. She crosses paths with other women ready to help her find what she has lost. Interweaving observational documentary and fiction, Marieke Elzerman narrates a journey where empathy and self-awareness are entangled in a beautiful feminine-universe fresco. Masterfully shot in film with a powerful interpretation by Naomi Pacifique, La voz rosa stands out for its cinematic narration.
– Rebecca De Pas
IFFR 2023
- 25'
- Netherlands
- 2023
- Director
- Marieke Elzerman
- Premiere
- World premiere
- Country of production
- Netherlands
- Year
- 2023
- Festival Edition
- IFFR 2023
- Length
- 25'
- Medium
- DCP
- International title
- The Pink Voice
- Languages
- French, Spanish
- Producer
- Marieke Elzerman
- Sales
- Marieke Elzerman
- Screenplay
- Marieke Elzerman
- Cinematography
- Artur-Pol Camprubí
- Editor
- Marieke Elzerman
- Sound Design
- Zita Leemans
- Music
- Nicolaï Clavier
- Cast
- Naomi Pacifique
Also in this combined programme
Conviértete en quien eres
The unassuming, poetic portrait of a domestic space during pandemic times: a rotoscopic, yin-yang dance.
11'
Argentina
IFFR 2023
Haar handen
A silent meditation on a woman's fingers by Super-8 master Jaap Pieters.
3'
Netherlands
IFFR 2023
Issues with My Other Half
Dividing the body and the tools it uses: Anna Vasof’s neo-Švankmajer avalanche of digital gags.
6'
Austria
IFFR 2023
- Director
- Marieke Elzerman
- Premiere
- World premiere
- Country of production
- Netherlands
- Year
- 2023
- Festival Edition
- IFFR 2023
- Length
- 25'
- Medium
- DCP
- International title
- The Pink Voice
- Languages
- French, Spanish
- Producer
- Marieke Elzerman
- Sales
- Marieke Elzerman
- Screenplay
- Marieke Elzerman
- Cinematography
- Artur-Pol Camprubí
- Editor
- Marieke Elzerman
- Sound Design
- Zita Leemans
- Music
- Nicolaï Clavier
- Cast
- Naomi Pacifique
Programme IFFR 2023
Short & Mid-length
Just as long as it takes. The Short & Mid-length film programme offers a unique showcase of films under 63 minutes.
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An affecting meditation on the pain experienced by refugees forced to live in limbo.
12'
United Kingdom
IFFR 2023
3 Lieder
Timeless, silent film vignettes based on songs from Robert Schumann’s Dichterliebe. A tribute to early film.
7'
Germany
IFFR 2023
3 Peonies
Flowers are stuck down and covered by tape: a wry comment on 20th-century modernist art.
3'
United States
IFFR 2023