ANGEL IN DOEL (16+)
the Netherlands, 2011, b/w, 76 min.
Director: Tom Fassaert
Director: Tom Fassaert
As the village of Doel dies a slow death under pressure from the advancing Antwerp docks, the elderly Emilienne and the sick village pastor Verstraete try to keep Doel alive. Until they are also forced to let go. Eventually, “Angel in Doel” is about man’s struggle against the inevitable: his own mortality.
Russian Premiere
Russian Premiere
AWARDS
Berlinale Forum (Germany, 2011) – Special mention; Doclisboa (Portugal, 2011) – International Competition Universities award; NL-Awards 2011 (the Netherlands, 2012) – NL-Award voor Documentaire; Anuuru aboro Doc Film Festival (New Caledonia, 2012) – 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, 2011, b/w, 76 min.
Director: Tom Fassaert
Director: Tom Fassaert
As the village of Doel dies a slow death under pressure from the advancing Antwerp docks, the elderly Emilienne and the sick village pastor Verstraete try to keep Doel alive. Until they are also forced to let go. Eventually, “Angel in Doel” is about man’s struggle against the inevitable: his own mortality.
Russian Premiere
Russian Premiere
AWARDS
Berlinale Forum (Germany, 2011) – Special mention; Doclisboa (Portugal, 2011) – International Competition Universities award; NL-Awards 2011 (the Netherlands, 2012) – NL-Award voor Documentaire; Anuuru aboro Doc Film Festival (New Caledonia, 2012) – Grand Prix.