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Punks

Documentary, 2019, 90 min.

Release date: 22 November 2019 (Netherlands). The parents are at their wits’ end, so a temporary supervision order is the last hope for a group of teenagers in Punks. Now, on a remote farm in France, they’re going to have to get their lives back on track, with the help of a counselor.

If they want any chance of a happy life, they need to engage in some frank and painful conversations. Mitchel has to find a way to get along with his father, but maybe too much has already happened since his mother died. Jahlano is already at the next stage: he’s no longer allowed to live with his mother and needs to get over the disappointment. Mike, meanwhile, is struggling with his image as a boy who’s “got a screw loose.”

Filmed in constant close-up by director Maasja Ooms, the teenagers try to tame their demons with music and therapy, but problems from the past keep resurfacing. In this intimate and sincere portrait, these troubled kids show us their most vulnerable sides. Source IDFA

won prizes

  • NL - Amsterdam International Docu Film Festival IDFA selection
  • NL - Amsterdam International Docu Film Festival IDFA award (2)

other prizes

  • NL - Amsterdam International Docu Film Festival Special Mention

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