A FAMILY AFFAIR (12+)
the Netherlands, 2015, colour, 115 min.
Director: Tom Fassaert
Director: Tom Fassaert
On his 30th birthday, Tom Fassaert receives a mysterious invitation from his 95-year-old grandmother Marianne to come to visit her in South Africa. At that time, the only things he knows about her are the myths and predominantly negative stories his father told him. She was a femme fatale who went through countless men, a famous model in the 1950s, and a mother that put her two sons into a children’s home. Fassaert decides to accept her invitation. But when his grandmother makes an unexpected confession, his venture becomes much more complicated than he could ever have imagined.
AWARDS
IDFA (Netherlands, 2015) – Special Jury Award for Dutch Documentary; It’s All True Festival (Brazil, 2016) – Best Film Award of the International Competition; Millenium Film Festival (Belgium, 2016) – Special Jury Award for Most Innovative and Original Film; IDFF Flahertiana (Russia, 2016) – Grand Prix.
Tom Fassaert
Tom Fassaert
was born in 1979, grew up in the Netherlands and partly in South Africa. His films were screened at many festivals around the world and won a variety of prestigious nominations and awards (Special Jury Award at IDFA, the Gouden Kalf Award, etc.). The film “A Family Affair” was acquired by Net ix for global broadcasting. “Variety” newspaper named Tom “One of the Ten Docu-makers to Watch”.
FILMOGRAPHY
Cockerill est a nous, 2004; Doel Is Alive, 2006; An Angel In Doel, 2011; Marinus Boezem, 2013; A Family Affair, 2015; La Visite, 2017.
the Netherlands, 2015, colour, 115 min.
Director: Tom Fassaert
Director: Tom Fassaert
On his 30th birthday, Tom Fassaert receives a mysterious invitation from his 95-year-old grandmother Marianne to come to visit her in South Africa. At that time, the only things he knows about her are the myths and predominantly negative stories his father told him. She was a femme fatale who went through countless men, a famous model in the 1950s, and a mother that put her two sons into a children’s home. Fassaert decides to accept her invitation. But when his grandmother makes an unexpected confession, his venture becomes much more complicated than he could ever have imagined.
AWARDS
IDFA (Netherlands, 2015) – Special Jury Award for Dutch Documentary; It’s All True Festival (Brazil, 2016) – Best Film Award of the International Competition; Millenium Film Festival (Belgium, 2016) – Special Jury Award for Most Innovative and Original Film; IDFF Flahertiana (Russia, 2016) – Grand Prix.