img
KIDDO
KIDDO
ZARA DWINGER
image
KIDDO
KIDDO
ZARA DWINGER
Country
NETHERLANDS
language
DUTCH | ENGLISH | POLISH
2023 year
90 Minutes

Synopsis

Eleven-year-old Lu is living in a foster home when her long-lost mother Karina shows up unexpectedly and takes her on a wild road trip in a beat-up sports car – all the way to her grandma in Poland. Lu soon finds out it’s all or nothing with Karina when she gets pulled into a Bonnie and Clyde-like fantasy. But reality quickly catches up, forcing them to decide what they’re willing to do to stay together forever.

Producer(s) or Production Company: Layla Meijman, Maarten van der Ven for Studio Ruba
Screenplay: Zara Dwinger & Nena van Driel
Director of Photography: Douwe Hennink
Editor: Fatih Tura
Music: Jac van Exter
Sound: Zita Leemans
Cast: Rosa van Leeuwen, Frieda Barnhard, Lidia Sadowa, Maksymilian Rudnicki, Aisa Winter
Awards - Winner: Molodist Kyiv IFF (Scythian Deer - Teen Screen Competition(Director)), Cinekid (Cinekid Lion Award - Best Dutch Children's Film), Hainan IFF (Golden Coconut - Best Children's Picture), Golden Apricot Yerevan IFF (Special Mention)
Awards - Nominations | Screened | Official Selection: Berlin IFF (Crystal Bear Generation Kplus - Best Film), inema Jove - Valencia IFF (Moon of Valencia - Best Film)
Director's Biography
img
ZARA DWINGER

Zara Dwinger has born in Amsterdam, the Netherlands in 1990, she studied anthropology, worked as an editor for an online magazine and took various film internships before graduating in fiction film direction from the Netherlands Film Academy. Her graduation film, Siren, screened at over 35 festivals worldwide and won several awards and she has directed several short films. Kiddo (2023) is her debut feature film.