WdKA Graduation shorts: Documentary 1 – Fighting for Home
Hoezo in KINO
What does the place we live in mean to us? In this program, the filmmakers explore the idea of home and what we do to protect and preserve it. Through music, law, and street photography, they offer glimpses of the many ways people seek to sustain and carry a sense of belonging. This programme includes Q&A’s with the graduation students moderated by Sibrich Wijnia.
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A Sign Of Life by Houwert Veerkamp. Short film. When Borre gets completely fed up with Rotterdam’s impossible housing market, he decides to stop waiting and takes matters into his own hands by constructing a controversial and risky house in the public of the city
Home Is a Rhythm by Wanisha Balak. Short film. Torn between the musical life she is building and the future that awaits her, Varshita searches for a place to belong in Rotterdam. Facing the possibility of being pushed out of the city she is beginning to call home.
How To Sue A Climate Criminal by Lena Grøtting. Short film. Lawyers and scholars analyze the current landscape of climate litigation, exposing the grave injustices in who contributes most to and is most affected by climate change, and the role law can play in pursuing justice. Trigger warning: Contains photosensitive content (flashing lights). 9+
La Séptima by Alejandra Sánchez Ibañez. Short film. Through fotocine—street photographs taken in mid-century Colombia—this filmic letter addressed to the director’s grandmother, traces a sense of belonging from a distance. Grounded in personal reflection on family, resemblance, and the life that might have been.