Nico Crama: Guest of Honour 5

The guest of honour this year is filmmaker and producer Nico Crama. This film programme contains a selection of more than forty films. He is also active as guest programmer and will be showing a number of bis personal favourites. This retrospective is a collaboration between the Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision, the Netherlands Film Festival and the HAFF.

3 Misses

Paul Driessen
The Netherlands, 1998
10 min.

Not all heroes succeed ... In Paul Driessen's Academy Award nominated short three women in three different ages are in mortal danger and are ready to be saved, but are our heroes actually good at saving? A spoof on fairy tales and rocking a Buster Keaton-esque humour, 3 Misses is an essential Driessen.

Back to the Inkwell

Ronald Bijlsma
The Netherlands, 1992
8 min.

A character from the early days of American cartoon creates his own, modern figure, but loses control over his creation.

Capriccio

Ellen Meske
The Netherlands, 1985
11 min.

Three fun-loving creatures inspire a young girl as she pursues a career in classical music. On the night of her symphonic debut they return with unexpted consequences.

Co Hoedeman, Animator

Nico Crama
The Netherlands, 1980
27 min.

Documentary about Dutch-Canadian animation filmmaker Co Hoedeman, who divides his time between farming and filmmaking. With excerpts from several films, including the Oscar-winning Sand Castle.

Fuga

Hans Nassenstein
The Netherlands, 1986
11 min.

Now and again a man looks out of the window and ponders on some important moments in his life.

Hotel Narcis

Evert de Beijer
The Netherlands, 1993
7 min.

The narcism of a young man in an exotic holiday country leads to blindness for the danger that's lying on the lurk for him.

Spotting a Cow

Paul Driessen
The Netherlands, 1983
6 min.

Dutch director Paul Driessen crafted an intriguing line-drawn story in which spots come to life. Manipulated by their originator, they are ushered to their final destination in a neat black-and-white display.