Tag: Ijswater Films

THE MAN FROM ROME by Jaap van Heusden receives a Honorable Mention from the jury of the XXVII Tertio Millennio Film Fest in Italy. 

20/11/23

The honorable motivation of the jury in Italy reads: “A film that questions us all, both religious and secular, on the tension of relating to the different manifestations of the Sacred, especially those that apparently appear distant from our way of experiencing religiosity. In his tormented search for the Truth, the protagonist (played with passion by Michele Riondino) goes through a harsh questioning of his own certainties and realises that what he seeks is in its essence changeable and elusive, and, consequently, he cannot help but develop an empathetic and compassionate gaze. The encounter with the Sacred therefore flourishes when we open our hearts and meet the other/different from us with his sufferings and his hopes”.

THE MAN FROM ROME is selected in the main competition of the great PÖFF / Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival and will have its international premiere on November 10! 

18/09/23

Directed & written by Jaap van Heusden, co-written by Rogier de Blok. 

We are extremly proud and happy for the amazing cast, lead by Michele Riondino, Emma Bading, Marie-Louise Stheins and Raymond Thiry, and our wunderful crew.

Produced by IJswater Films, coproduced by FICTION PARK & EO, supported by Nederlands Filmfonds, FPI, CoBO, Limburg Film Office, DFFF, Film- und Medienstiftung NRW and Eurimages
Distributor Benelux: Gusto entertainment, Germany: missingFILMs

Japp van Heusden’s THE MAN FROM ROME is nominated for the Dutch Film Awards Golden Calf 2023.

20/07/2023

Filippo – De Man uit Rome – The Man from Rome – is ready to leave for Utrecht.

On September 29th during Nederlands Film Festival, this years Golden Calve winners will be announced.

Fingers crossed for director Jaap van Heusden and our amazing crew and cast – Michele Riondino, Emma Bading, Marie Louise Stheins, Raymond Thiry, Aus Greidanaus and many others.