06/09/2024
And the winner is...ALPHA!✨
Jan-Willem Van Ewijk Frank Hoeve BALDR Film Staragara LevelK September Film NL Nederlands Filmfonds SWISS FILMS SRF Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen Blue Entertainment
ALPHA. by Jan-Willem van Ewijk wins the Europa Cinemas Label 2024 with the following motivation:
“Jan-Willem van Ewijk’s Alpha. was our unanimous choice for this year’s Europa Cinemas Label in Venice. We were all very impressed by the script, editing, photography and character development in this dynamic and believable study of the relationship between father and son. We also really liked the choice of music, and the absence of any sentimentality – it does not preach. Their petty grievances and posturing early on in the film are re-valuated against the empty, majestic backdrop of the vast, silent mountains. The film is beautifully shot but the director never allows the audience’s attention to waver from the intensity of the physical and emotional interaction between father and son as they are faced with a fight for survival. A real tour de force which we think audiences will connect with. Congratulations.”
BALDR Film