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Januari

Director: Jetske Lieber
Coming-of-age drama about a twenty-something whose new year begins with heartbreak. As a fresh single, he struggles through all sorts of social moments and discovers he has to reinvent himself.
Early January, twenty-something Willem awakes with pangs of love. And with some existential questions. Who is he actually, as a person without his ex? Without his trusted clutch, Willem decides to take on a new form, by looking for himself in other people. In this graduation coming-of-age drama, he struggles through birthday parties in circles, dark dancefloors and climate action training, There, he changes identity like a chameleon. Until Willem realises he will have to assume his own colour.


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Title: Januari
Year: 2024
Duration : 24 minutes
Type: Short Film
Edition: NFF 2024

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KNF Award (2024)

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