PIECE OF MY HEART has been selected for the Official Competition of the prestigious Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (PÖFF). Together with those of Cannes, Venice and Berlin, among others, the festival belongs to the highly selective list of A-festivals, chosen by the FIAPH (Fédération Internationale des Associations de Producteurs de Films). The festival will take place from 11 to 27 November. The Dutch premiere of PIECE OF MY HEART is on Monday 28 November in Amsterdam. From December 1, 2022, PIECE OF MY HEART will hit Dutch cinemas.
The Black Night Film Festival was started in 1997 and previously gave a stage to makers such as Aki Kaurismäki, Neil Jordan and Lukas Moodyson, PIECE OF MY HEART has a chance to win the Grand Prix of the festival, previously won by a.o. Steve McQueen, with his film Hunger and Paolo Sorrentino with La Grande Bellezza. The PÖFF is the largest film festival in Northern Europe. Director Dana Nechushtan, lead actresses Elaine Meijerink and Roos Englebert and screenwriter Roos Ouwehand will attend the world premiere of their film in the Estonian capital.
Creators
The film was initiated by Bracha van Doesburgh and Daan Schuurmans and is inspired by the story of the Dutch ballerina Olga de Haas. With De Haas as their starting point, Daan and Bracha, in collaboration with director Dana Nechushtan and screenwriter Roos Ouwehand, have arrived at a fictitious and impressive story about friendship, the dance world and the price of fame. Igone de Jongh provided the choreography for the ballet scenes.
The film is produced by Frans van Gestel, Arnold Heslenfeld and Laurette Schillings of Topkapi Films (My Father is an Airplane, Another Round, Instinct) and is co-produced in collaboration with. NTR, Triangle Film (Bracha van Doesburgh & Daan Schuurmans) and Eyeworks Belgium (Peter Bouckaert).
Cast
Dancers Elaine Meijerink and Roos Englebert have been selected for the versatile leading roles after casting sessions in the Netherlands and Belgium. They are surrounded by well-known actors such as Peter Paul Muller, Daniël Boissevain, Gijs Scholten van Aschat, Katelijne Damen, Yannick Jozefzoon, Gijs Blom, Tina de Bruin and Jan Kooijman.
Creators
The film was initiated by Bracha van Doesburgh and Daan Schuurmans and is inspired by the story of the Dutch ballerina Olga de Haas. With De Haas as their starting point, Daan and Bracha, in collaboration with director Dana Nechushtan and screenwriter Roos Ouwehand, have arrived at a fictitious and impressive story about friendship, the dance world and the price of fame. Igone de Jongh provided the choreography for the ballet scenes.
The film is produced by Frans van Gestel, Arnold Heslenfeld and Laurette Schillings of Topkapi Films (My Father is an Airplane, Another Round, Instinct) and is co-produced in collaboration with. NTR, Triangle Film (Bracha van Doesburgh & Daan Schuurmans) and Eyeworks Belgium (Peter Bouckaert).
PIECE OF MY HEART was created in the context of the annual collaboration between the Netherlands Film Fund, NPO, the CoBO Fund and is stimulated by the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science, under the name Telescoop. In addition, the film is supported by the Netherlands Film Production Incentive, the Abraham Tuschinski Fund, Screen Flanders and the Belgian Tax Shelter and Equity Investors. The film was developed with support from the MEDIA program of the European Union. Film distributor WW Entertainment will release PIECE OF MY HEART in Dutch cinemas from December 1, 2022.