Doha Film Institute
Hilal Short Film Programme
Carried along by the crescent in their teenage years, soon-to-be adults will find films in this section that trigger new thoughts and ideas, and that encourage their self-expression. Hilal films are suitable for audiences 13 years of age and older.
It’s the King’s Day holiday in the Netherlands and everyone is celebrating the day off – except Younes and Kelvin, whose fathers have other plans for them.
It’s the King’s Day holiday in the Netherlands and everyone is celebrating the day off with a visit to the park for fun, games and tasty snacks – but Younes’s dad is making him stay at their stall to sell car accessories and promote the family garage business. Things get a little tense when Kelvin, a young Dutch folk singer, and his aggressive father arrive – but over the course of the afternoon, Younes and Kelvin discover they might have a lot in common.

Credits

Director
Steven Wouterlood
Screenwriter
Steven Wouterlood, Maarten van Voornveld
Producer
Joram Willink, Piet-Harm Sterk
Cinematographer
Joost Rietdijk
Editor
Christine Houbiers
Production Company
BIND
Music
Jorrit Kleijnen, Alexander Reumers
Cast
Justen de Wildt, Walid Taha el Idrissi, Sabri Saad El-Hamus, Martijn Fischer

About the Director

Steven Wouterlood
Steven Wouterlood was born in 1984 in Utrecht, the Netherlands. In 2013, he directed ‘Anything Goes’, a children’s television film that won an International Emmy Kids Award and numerous other awards worldwide. ‘King’s Day’ won the Jury Award at TIFF Kids and has been selected for film festivals worldwide.