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Born September 23, 1959 (Age 57) Rotterdam, Netherlands Occupation Film director, screenwriter and producer Awards Golden Calf for Best Director, Crystal Bear for Best Film Nominations Golden Calf for Best Television Drama Movies Frailer, Layla M, Katia's Sister, Bluebird, Broos Similar Ilias Addab, Jan Eilander, Leonoor Pauw, Marnie Blok, Elsie de Brauw | ||
Mijke de jong over geloven
Mijke de Jong is a Dutch director, screenwriter and producer in the film industry. She is known for creating Dutch drama movies such as BlueBird (2004), Frailer (2014) and Layla M. (2016).
Contents
- Mijke de jong over geloven
- Layla m di mijke de jong
- Biography
- Early life
- Career
- Layla M 2016
- Stages 2007
- BlueBird 2004
- Frail 1997
- Love Hurts 1993
- Awards
- References
Layla m di mijke de jong
Biography
De Jong was born on September 23, 1959, in the city of Rotterdam, within the Netherlands. She moved in 1978 to Amsterdam, where she studied at the Netherlands Film Academy.
Early life
During her time as a student at the Amsterdam Film Academy she was part of the Dutch radical activist group “Onkruit”. The group aimed its actions against the army, nuclear weapons and the weapons industry in general; they fought for an open (military) policy. She had to quit participating in order to remain a student at the Film Academy.
Career
The themes in the films that De Jong directs relate to everyday life in society. Her work centres on topics including bullying, family problems, feeling as though you do not belong, and death. She portrays emotions that accompany these struggles . Her filming techniques are seemingly similar to the filming of a documentary. She uses lots of close-ups of the actors.
Mijke de Jong is part of the project funded by the Netherlands Film Fund (Nederlands Filmfonds). With this project, filmmakers try to tighten the bonds with other film countries. This policy plan is intended to fill the financial gaps that small film productions have to deal with, to promote the Dutch scene as a place for filming and to create more opportunities for national actors.
Layla M. (2016)
The movie Layla M. is about a young Moroccan woman (Nora El Koussour) who was born and raised in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The movie focuses on specific topics including discrimination, feminism, adulthood, faith and disappointment. Layla M. tells the story of a young woman who feels like her background is not accepted within the society she lives. Against the wishes of her parents, she finds herself engaging more and more in radical Islamic activities. Eventually, she gets to the point that she feels the need to leave the country to pursue her true ideas and feelings. Together with her husband Abdel (Ilias Addab) she flees to Amman, Jordan. While there, she realizes she needs to make a choice, as she discovers Jordan is not at all what she expected it to be.
Stages (2007)
Stages (In Dutch: Tussenstand) represents the story of Isaac (Stijn Koomen), a child of divorced parents (Elsie de Brauw and Marcel Musters). Isaac is a very conserved person who does not speak much. His parents are concerned about his behaviour and decide to have a talk about him over dinner. This however leads to heated discussions about personal issues, resulting in disagreeing about everything the other has to say.
BlueBird (2004)
The movie BlueBird is a story about bullying, and the consequences thereof. Thirteen year old Merel (Elske Rotteveel) is a very smart girl who is devoted to taking care of her handicapped brother. This gives her classmates a reason to make fun of her, an extreme level of bullying is reached.
Frail (1997)
Frail (In Dutch: Broos) is a Dutch drama film. The movie is about five sisters (played by Marnie Blok, Lieneke le Roux, Maartje Nevejan, Leonoor Pauw and Adelheid Roosen) who come together to think of a present for the anniversary of their parents. Before being turned into a movie, this story had already being released in theatre in 1995.
Love Hurts (1993)
Love Hurts (In Dutch: Hartverscheurend) tells the story of Marieke Heebink & Mark Rietman, who are in a relationship, but differ in many ways. This story takes place in Amsterdam during the nineties and was written by Jan Eilander and Mijke de Jong. The film contains themes of conflict, love, race, change and commitment.