VENICE 2024 Giornate degli Autori
Jan-Willem van Ewijk • Director of Alpha.
"I was interested in the concept of one person dominating another, while nature dominates everybody"
by Vittoria Scarpa, Daniele Zoica
VENICE 2024: The Dutch director talks to us about his Europa Cinemas Label winner, in which the unresolved relationship between a father and son is transformed into a dangerous competition
Dutch director Jan-Willem van Ewijk talks to us about his new film Alpha. [+see also:
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interview: Jan-Willem van Ewijk
film profile], winner of the Europa Cinemas Label in the 21st Giornate degli Autori at the Venice Film Festival, in which the unresolved relationship between a father and son is transformed into a precarious and dangerous competition amidst the mountain peaks.