DEAREST FIONA

By Fiona TAN

SEE NL (EYE / NETHERLANDS FILMFUND / NETHERLANDS FILM COMMISSION) - as PROMO

Documentary - Completed 2023

Forgotten letters from a father to his faraway daughter provide the point of departure for an unexpectedly emotional voyage through time and place.

Festivals
& Awards

Berlinale - Berlin IFF 2023
Forum
    • Year of production
    • 2023
    • Genres
    • Documentary
    • Countries
    • NETHERLANDS
    • Languages
    • ENGLISH
    • Duration
    • 102 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Fiona TAN
    • Producer(s)
    • Fiona TAN (Antithesis Films)
    • Synopsis
    • Offscreen we hear a man’s gentle voice; a father in Australia writes regularly to his daughter in Amsterdam. As the film unfolds we see rare archival footage of Dutch daily life, mainly people at work. Unforgettable scenes. Combined with documentary images from the silent era in an evocative soundscape, we get to know the father, their relationship and the times they live in. A hypnotic montage, an unexpectedly emotional voyage through time and place, questioning the current status quo.