Yim & Yoyo
Mohaq - ages 8+
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Anna van Keimpema / Short Narrative / Netherlands, The / 2012 / 25 min / Colour / DCP
In Chinese, Dutch / Arabic, English subtitles
Interests: Friendship
Gulf Premiere
Synopsis
In Competition
Yim suffers from speech anxiety. He has no friends at school and spends most of the time alone – but at home, he lives out wild adventures with his imaginary friend Yoyo, the panda bear he has been drawing for years. When Yim befriends a kind girl who has just moved to town, Yoyo helps them face their fears. Mixing live-action and hand-drawn animation to poetic effect, ‘Yim & Yoyo’ is a candid hymn to the power of imagination.
About the Directors
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Born in Amsterdam, Anna van Keimpema graduated from Netherlands Film and Television Academy in 2010. She has recently developed and shot a pilot for a children’s television series, and assists fellow directors Marc de Cloe and Antoinette Beumer on their feature films. She is a casting director at ElskesKast, where she has cast projects including ‘Kauwboy’ (2012) (also screening at the Ayjal). ‘Yim & Yoyo’ is Anna’s first project after graduating from film school.
Credits
- Director
- Anna van Keimpema
- Screenwriter
- Marianne Riphagen
- Producer
- Ivo Noorlander
- Editor
- Tim Wijbenga
- Music
- Dennis Braunsdorf
- Cinematographer
- Lonneke Worm
- Sales Company
- Volt Films
- Production Company
- Volt Films
- Cast
- Jack Wong, Aiko Beemsterboer, Darryl, Stefan Rokebrand, Maarten Hutten