Housewitz

Name: Housewitz
Director: Oeke Hoogendijk
Released: 2021

Oeke Hoogendijk 2021

In HOUSEWITZ, daughter and filmmaker Oeke Hoogendijk tries to find out the reason behind her mother’s categorically refusal to leave her house. Lous Hoogendijk-de Jong literally hasn’t been outside her home for dozens of years. She has a recurring nightmare which she puts down to the day when as a Jewish girl she was taken from her house and deported to the Nazi camps. What seems perfectly ordinary in this film at first sight – a woman in a living room watching tv with her cat – gradually turns into an oppressive reality where the inside and outside worlds are at odds and housemate Holocaust is a daily presence.

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Running Time:

71 min.

Spoken Languages:

Dutch

Subtitles:

English

Directors:

Oeke Hoogendijk

Producers:

Frank van den Engel, Oeke Hoogendijk

Cinematographers:

Sander Snoep, Jet Homoet, Oeke Hoogendijk

Editors:

Katharina Wartena

Production Companies:

Discours Films

Festival Participation

IDFA - 2021
Jury Mention for Best Dutch Film
IDFA - 2021
2nd Place Audience Award
DOK.fest Munich - 2022
Thessaloniki Doc Festival - 2022
HOT DOCS - 2022

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