Instinct
Instinct · dir. Halina Reijn
The Netherlands 2019, 98’ · Polish premiere
22 October, 15:00 · Cinema City — room 8
Nicoline, an experienced psychologist, starts a new job at a penal institution. She meets Idris, a sex offender who committed a series of grave crimes. After five years of treatment, he is about to go on his first unaccompanied probation. His team of practitioners are enthusiastic about his development but newcomer Nicoline does not trust him and tries to push his probation. Idris tries his hardest to convince Nicoline of his good intentions, but slowly but surely, he transforms into the manipulative man she saw in him from the beginning. A power play emerges between the two and Nicoline, in spite of her knowledge and experience, lets herself be trapped completely…
| Director: | Halina Reijn |
| Screenplay: | Esther Gerritsen, Halina Reijn |
| Music: | Ella van der Woude |
| Cinematography: | Jasper Wolf |
| Editing: | Job ter Burg |
| Cast: | Carice van Houten, Marwan Kenzari, Marie-Mae van Zuilen, Pieter Embrechts, Betty Schuurman |
| Producers: | Frans van Gestel, Laurette Schillings, Arnold Heslenfeld |
| Production: | Topkapi Films |
| Distribution: | Films Boutique |
| Awards: | MFF w Toronto / TIFF – oficjalna selekcja / official selection (2019); FF w Locarno / Locarno FF – Nagroda Variety Piazza Grande, Nagroda Swatch Art Peace Hotel: Specjalne Wyróżnienie / Variety Piazza Grande Award, Swatch Art Peace Hotel Award: Special Mention (2019) |
Halina Reijn (1975) is a Dutch actress, director, writer and producer. She was professionally trained at the Maastricht Academy of Dramatic Arts. As actress she won multiple awards, including the Dutch film Award, the Golden Calf for Best Actress, the highly prestigious Dutch theater awards Theo D’Or and Colombina as well as the Courbois Pearl. Instinct is her directorial début.
Filmography:
- 2019 – Instinct
2019 Programme
- Films from A to Z
- Downloadable programme
- Open meetings
- Opening and Closing Concerts
- On Air
- Shortcut
- From Poland
- Must Be Must See
- Phenomena: Metropolis, Mass, Machine
- Focus on Quebec Cinema
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- Polonica
- Special screenings
- Baltic Silent Cinema
- Hot and Cold
- Cinema Classics — Movies from the Heart of Poland
- Forum 2018/2019
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