A selection from thousands of hours of found footage – mostly 8mm material from the sixties and seventies – tells the coming-of-age story of two girls growing up along a border in Europe, as the border gradually drives them apart. Combining fiction with real footage, this poetic film sensitively portrays what it means to grow up in a world where one day fences appear, creating an ‘us’ and ‘them’.


Read our interview with the director: 
https://www.verzio.org/en/interview-with-misja-pekel-director-of-the-insides-of-our-lives

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Misja Pekel

Misja Pekel is a Dutch documentary filmmaker. His first documentary, about judges ruling on the future of refugees and migrants, premiered at IDFA in 2008. In the following years, he co-directed many documentaries for the Dutch broadcasting cooperation, some of which won prizes at international festivals. His work is characterized by the use of found footage and an urge to understand and visualize the inner world of others.

Screenings 
Saturday, 9 November 6:45PM
Toldi - Small Hall
Tuesday, 12 November 4:30PM
Művész - Huszárik
Netherlands
2024
50min
English
 
Director 
Misja Pekel
Producer 
Madeleine Somer
Editor 
Menno Otten
Sound 
Evelien van der Molen
Music 
Daan Temmink
Distribution info 
Misja Pekel