Froukje Tan
Filmmaker and screenwriter Froukje TAN (1968) graduated from the Willem de Kooning Academy in Rotterdam, having studied animation, film and photography. She has made documentaries for children, a documentary series, plays for Dutch television and several short absurdist films.
Filmography
Fishy (1994, short, co-dir), The Day I Decided To Get a Girlfriend (2000, doc), Schuiven & schoffelen/Shoving & Shuffling (2001, doc), Het jongetje dat niemand verstond/The Boy Who Didn’t Understand Anybody (2003, short), Zondag/Sunday (2004), Maria’s onvermogen/Mary’s property (2005), Links/Left (2008), Kung fu leeuw/Kung Fu Lion (2023)
Froukje Tan op IFFR
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Kung fu leeuw
Froukje Tan | 85' | Netherlands | None
For the lion dance, Jimmy is determined to hold the lion’s head. First, he needs to overcome himself. -
Jacob’s Way
Eelko Ferwerda | 90' | Belgium | -
After his dog almost died on his way to Santiago de Compostella, Jacob Splinter, a sporting senior, accepts the invitation of a man to take… -
Links
Froukje Tan | 80' | Netherlands | World premiere
Refined, modest tragicomedy with slightly absurdist aspects about a man who loses control of his life. He becomes bogged down in his own reality. A… -
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Fishy
Nanouk Leopold, Froukje Tan | 10' | Netherlands | World premiere
Film about the brief relationship between a Swedish girl and an American boy.