Witte Wieven
Didier Konings’ simmering mediaeval horror Witte Wieven explores the confluence of religion and patriarchy in an excessively puritanical Dutch village. Blamed by her community for being childless, Frieda immerses herself in prayer and ritual. When she returns unscathed from the forbidden forest surrounding the village, having evaded a lecherous butcher, she is condemned as an agent of the devil. Frieda, however, finds new faith in the dark powers that inhabit the woods.
Shot in a reduced colour palette at the edge of visibility, Konings’ gripping film constructs a convincing pre-modern society whose practices it elucidates with patience and attention. Although set in the Middle Ages, Witte Wieven displays an unmistakably contemporary spirit, crafting a feminist parable about women discovering new ways of understanding their lives and the world.
– Srikanth Srinivasan
Witte Wieven screens as part of the ‘Koolhoven presenteert‘ programme.
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Film details
- Productieland
- Netherlands
- Jaar
- 2024
- Festivaleditie
- IFFR 2024
- Lengte
- 61'
- Medium/Formaat
- DCP
- Taal
- Dutch
- Première status
- World premiere
- Director
- Didier Konings
- Producer
- Monique van Kessel
- Screenplay
- Marc S. Nollkaemper
- Cinematography
- Luuk de Kok
- Editing
- Kees Riphagen
- Production design
- Paula Loos
- Sound design
- Dennis van Rijswijk, Jordy Zijlmans, Ryan van Heckers
- Music
- Sebastien Romero
- Principal cast
- Anneke Sluiters, Len Leo Vincent, Reinout Bussemaker
- Production company
- Make Way Film
- Sales / World rights holder
- Make Way Film