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Frantic Attempts

Partner: future frames – presented by european film promotion   |   TalentBridge – Berlinale 2026

A comic journey through a coaching weekend for personal growth. About fatherhood, a self-help book, a role play, a disastrous screaming exercise and our frantic search for answers which we may never really get.

Details

Duration: 23min.

Country: Netherlands

Language: Dutch

Year: 2022

Genre: Fiction (Comedy), Fiction (Drama)

Topic: Adolescence, Adult Relationship, Black Humor, Buddhism, Capitalism, Cinema, Coming of age, Crisis, Desire, Dream, Fatherhood, Fear, Happiness, Human Relationship, Humor, Identity, Love, Manhood, Mental Health, Mobile Phones, Nature, Philosophy, Social, Spirituality, Struggle, Summertime, TragiComedy

Cast & Crew

Director: Joris Tobé

Production company: Hogeschool voor de Kunsten Utrecht

Writer: Joris Tobé

Cinematographer: Cas Esders

Editor: Stan van Lingen

Actors: Matthias - Robbert Bleij , Coach Anne - Wimie Wilhelm , Viktor - Jurjen Zeelen , Lavas - Jatou Sumbunu , Valerie - Emma Buysse , Hiker - Rabbi Jallo

Festivals & Awards

2023

Karlovy Vary International Film Festival

2022

Netherlands Film Festival Netherlands Film Festival KNF Award

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