I'm Never Afraid!

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I'm Never Afraid!
Directed byWillem Baptist
Written byWillem Baptist
Produced byMete Gümurhhan
StarringMack Bouwense
CinematographyDirk-Jan Kerkkamp
Edited byAlbert Markus
Release date
  • November 2010 (2010-11)
Running time
25 minutes
Country Netherlands
LanguageDutch

I'm Never Afraid! (Dutch: Ik ben echt niet bang!) is a 2010 Dutch Super 16mm [1] documentary film about Mack Bouwense an eight-year-old professional motocross racer who has a mirrored heart, a condition known as dextrocardia. It is directed by award-winning Dutch filmmaker Willem Baptist and broadcast by VPRO on 20 November 2010. In German and French speaking countries the documentary was broadcast by ARTE. [2]

It premiered at the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam, [3] and screened at more than 100 film festivals worldwide including BFI London Film Festival, Slamdance, [4] Sprockets; Toronto Film Festival, [5] and Kraków Film Festival. [6] It won multiple international awards [7] [8] [9] including a Golden Gate Award at San Francisco International Film Festival, [10] Documentary Short Grand Jury Prize at Atlanta Film Festival, [11] and a Kinderkast Jury award non-fiction at Cinekid Festival. [12] In 2011, the documentary was nominated for a broadcast award for Best Children Programme at the Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision. [13]

In 2018, the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) compiled a list of the fifteen best classic children's documentaries of recent years. I'm Never Afraid! and the fourteen other documentaries in the Top 15 were made available free of charge by IDFA in April 2020 for children studying from home during the COVID-19 pandemic. [14]


References

  1. ↑ Bowers, Jeffrey (2013-03-27). "I'm Short, Not Stupid Presents: 'I'm Never Afraid!'". Vice.com. Retrieved 2013-10-05.
  2. ↑ "kleine-grosse-helden-tv". tvmovie.de. Archived from the original on 2014-07-14. Retrieved 2014-07-10.
  3. ↑ "I'm Never Afraid! | IDFA 2013". Idfa.nl. 2013-08-01. Archived from the original on 2013-10-11. Retrieved 2013-10-05.
  4. ↑ Willem Baptist. "I'm Never Afraid!". Slamdance.festivalgenius.com. Retrieved 2013-10-05.
  5. ↑ "EYE International | Dutch youth cinema at Sprockets". International.eyefilm.nl. Retrieved 2013-10-05.
  6. ↑ "Krakowski Festiwal Filmowy". Krakowfilmfestival.pl. Archived from the original on October 11, 2013. Retrieved 2013-10-05.
  7. ↑ "Ik-ben-echt-niet-bang-wint-opnieuw-filmprijs-in-VS" (in Dutch). volkskrant.nl. 2012-04-05.
  8. ↑ "ik-ben-echt-niet-bang-valt-in-vs-in-de-prijzen" (in Dutch). nrc.nl. 2012-04-05.
  9. ↑ "Ik-ben-echt-niet-bang-wint-opnieuw-filmprijs-in-VS" (in Dutch). parool.nl. 2012-04-05.
  10. ↑ "55th San Francisco International Film Festival Winners Announced at Golden Gate Awards Ceremony Wedndesday, May 2 - San Francisco Film Society". Sffs.org. 2012-02-05. Archived from the original on 2013-10-11. Retrieved 2013-10-05.
  11. ↑ "Grand Jury Winners — Atlanta Film Festival". Atlantafilmfestival.com. Archived from the original on 2013-10-11. Retrieved 2013-10-05.
  12. ↑ "Winnaars 2011 | Cinekid" (in Dutch). Cinekid.nl. Archived from the original on 2013-10-11. Retrieved 2013-10-05.
  13. ↑ "Genomineerden 2011 | Beeld en Geluid". Beeldengeluid.nl. Retrieved 2013-10-05.
  14. ↑ "Kids Top 15". International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam. Retrieved 1 April 2023.
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