Mijke de Jong
Mijke de JONG (1959, the Netherlands) directs television drama, features, short films, documentaries, and plays. Her films have won numerous awards, among them a Crystal Bear for Best Film at the Berlin Film Festival for Bluebird (2004). Layla M. (2016) had its world premiere at the Toronto Film Festival. Katia’s Sister (2008) won the Youth Jury Prize at Locarno. Her films have also won several Golden Calfs: for the five actresses in Broos/Brittle (1997), Best Film for Joy (2010), and Best Direction for Tussenstand (2007).
Her twelfth feature film, the telefilm Along the Way (2022), is based on the story of the twin sisters Nahid and Malihe from Afghanistan, whom she met during her volunteer work in Camp Moria on Lesbos.
Filmography
B-121 (1983), In krakende welstand (1989), Still You (1993), Hartverscheurend (1993), De baby huilt (1994), Stills (1995), Lieve Aisja (1996), Broos/Brittle (1997), Het labyrint (1998), Lopen (1999), Uitgesloten (2000), De dioscuren (2001), Kon Esi Baka (2001), Ik ben Willem (2002), Dolle Zina (2003), Bluebird (2004), Ik ben Willem, deel II (2004), Allerzielen (2005), Tussenstand (2007), Ik ben Willem (2009, TV Series, 3 episodes), Joy (2010), Geloven/Believing (2011, TV), Symbiose (2013, TV), Van God Los (2013, TV Series, episode: Warriors), Brozer/Frailer (2014), Stop Acting Now (2016), Layla M. (2016), God Only Knows (2018), Along the Way (2022)
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Mijke de Jong op IFFR
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Along the Way
Mijke de Jong | 80' | Netherlands | None
Twin sisters Zahra and Fatima make a second perilous attempt to reach Europe. A moving and urgent feature by Mijke de Jong. -
Along the Way
Mijke de Jong | 80' | Netherlands | World premiere
Twin sisters Zahra and Fatima make a second perilous attempt to reach Europe. A moving and urgent feature by Mijke de Jong. -
Hartverscheurend
Mijke de Jong | 85' | Netherlands | -
Moving love affair between incompatible couple, with very different ideas about life and society. -
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4tokenS Still You
Mijke de Jong | 7' | Netherlands | -
In Courzand Clara van Gool follows the dancers who play a game with changing relationships in a seaman’s bar.E pur si muove is approached strictly… -
Scenes from Rotterdam (2)
Mijke de Jong | 35' | Netherlands | -
Episode film. Favourite film scenes described by directors who attended Rotterdam in ’92 and ’93. To be continued… -
God Only Knows
Mijke de Jong | 88' | Netherlands | World premiere
When Thomas has a nervous breakdown right before Easter, this puts his relationship with his sisters on edge. -
Stop Acting Now
Mijke de Jong | 82' | Netherlands | World premiere
Desperate attempts by Wunderbaum’s actors to change the world radically. Not words but deeds! So they set off into the suburbs, do some urban gardenin -
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