Odyssey by Sabine Groenewegen
photo: Spectre productionsCANNES: Sabine Groenewegen’s Dutch documentary Odyssey won the annual Doc Alliance Selection Award 2019, traditionally presented by seven key European festivals.
The winning documentary takes a creative approach to archival materials and addresses the colonial heritage of the Netherlands and all of Europe. The director received the award on Tuesday, 21 May at the Cannes IFF.
Ji.hlava IDFF was among the seven festivals contributing to the list of nominated films. The award, which is a project of DAFilms.com, has been given out annually since 2008.
The Film New Europe (FNE) Association is the networking platform for film professionals in the CEE/SEE/Baltics region. The webportal and FNE newswire was chosen as the MAIN TOOL to achieve the network’s objectives of the sharing of know how, visibility of regional cultural diversity and finally the VOICE of the region.
FNE’s objectives include VISIBILITY for the region and AUDIENCES for films by providing a special focus on the region.