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 at IFFR
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Kung fu leeuw
For the lion dance, Jimmy is determined to hold the lion’s head. First, he needs to overcome himself.
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Jacob’s Way
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 a break
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Links
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
Film about the brief relationship between a Swedish girl and an American boy.