Bezness as Usual
Directed by
Netherlands
2016
93 min
- English
- German
- Arabic
- Dutch
Documentary
Toronto IFF - TIFF Docs
Filmmaker Alex Pitstra has lived his life pulled between cultures. Raised in Holland by his mother, Anneke, he longed to know more about Mohsen, his absent Tunisian father. Alex was the result of a holiday romance, conceived after 36-year-old divorcee Anneke met 23-year-old Mohsen in Tunisia. In Bezness as Usual he attempts to get to know his father, make sense of his roots, and bridge his own personal cultural divide.
As mass migration creates conditions for more children to be born of mixed cultural parentage, Bezness as Usual is a sensitive exploration of unexpected consequences.
Festivals
Credits
- Screenplay
- Alex Pitstra
- Katja Schoondergang
- Cinematography
- Tadeusz Kieniewicz
- Rosan Breman
- Alex Pitstra
- Editing
- Jos Driessen
- Music
- Renger Koning
- Sales
- SYNDICADO FILM SALES
- Production
- SELFMADE FILMS
Karim Alexander Pitstra
Netherlands
Alex Pitstra was born in Dordrecht, The Netherlands, in 1979, to a Tunisian father and a Dutch mother. He made his first film at 15, but worked in music production before setting up his own production company to make commercials, installations and corporate films. He has also worked as a director of photography. DIE WELT is his first feature.
