I Don't Wanna Dance

I Don't Wanna Dance

from 16 y/o
the Netherlands
2020
100’

Dutch

Screenings
06.12 18:00 Online Online room 3

After having lived with their aunt for two years, 15-year-old Joey and his younger brother move back in with their mother to their great delight. At first, everything goes well: the house is tidy, the fridge is filled, Daphne has a job and Joey finds his place in a dance group. But the family joy soon comes under pressure when Daphne falls back into her old patterns. Joey does everything to keep child services out. This is the true story, told and acted by the boy who experienced it himself.

Competition

Flynn von Kleist

Flynn was born in Amsterdam and grew up in West Cork, Ireland. In 2009, he graduated as a director from the National Film School of Ireland. That same year he moved back to Amsterdam, where he graduated from the Film Academy in 2013 in the field of Fiction Direction. His graduation film Liquid Steel was screened at many international festivals and won awards in Seoul, St. Petersburg and Oberhausen, among others.