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Douwe Dijkstra

Green Screen Gringo

Logline
Behind a green screen, a foreigner finds his way in an enchanting - and yet turbulent - Brazil. 
Where the streets are a stage for politics, art and affection, a gringo can only watch.
Talent
Douwe Dijkstra
Role of participant
Director, Editor, Cinematographer, Screenwriter
Director
Douwe Dijkstra
Producer
Douwe Dijkstra
Screenwriter
Douwe Dijkstra
Status
finished
Year of production
2016
Running time
16 min
Genre
Documentary (Creative)
Countries of Production
Brazil , Netherlands
Production Company
Douwe Dijkstra
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Festivals and Awards

1. Uppsala International Short Film Festival, Sweden (24 – 30 October, 2016)
International Competition
2. Sleepwalkers International Short Film Festival, Estonia (12 – 16 November, 2016)
International Competition
3. Vilnius International Short Film Festival, Lithuania (18 – 22 January, 2017)
International Competition Won: Best Documentary
4. Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival, France (3 – 11 February, 2017)
Lab Competition Won: Grand Prix Labo
5. Punto De Vista - International Documentary Film Festival of Navarra, Spain (6 – 11 March,
2017)
International Competition
6. Tampere Film Festival, Finland (8 – 12 March, 2017)
International Competition
7. Glasgow Short Film Festival, United Kingdom (15 – 19 March, 2017)
International Competition Won: Bill Douglas Award For Best International Short Film
8. Short Waves Festival, Poland (21 – 26 March, 2016)
International Competition
9. Flatpack Film Festival, United Kingdom (4 – 9 April, 2017)
International Competition
10. Go Short – International Short Film Festival Nijmegen, the Netherlands (5 – 9 April, 2017)
Dutch Competition
11. International Film Festival of Lanzarote, Spain (18 – 29 April, 2017)
Documental Short Film Section
12. Kyiv International Short Film Festival, Ukraine (19 – 23 April, 2017)
Special Program
13. Skopje Film Festival, Macedonia (20 – 28 April, 2017)
Out of Competition: thematic program on capitalism
14. IndieLisboa - Lisbon International Independent Film Festival, Portugal (3 - 14 May, 2017)
Silvestre Section
15. International Short Film Festival Oberhausen, Germany (11 – 16 May, 2017)

Out of competition: Award Winners of Other festivals
16. Kinodot Experimental Film Festival, Russia (27 – 28 May, 2017)
International Competition
17. VIS Vienna Shorts Film Festival, Austria (1 – 6 June, 2017)
Out of competition: FAKE NEWS. SAD COUNTERFEITING REALITY
18. Encounters South African International Documentary Film Festival, South-Africa (1 – 11 June,
2017)
19. Rooftop Films Summer Series, United States (10 June, 2017)
20. Contis Festival, France (15 – 19 June, 2017)
European Short Film Competition
21. Art Film Fest Kosice, Slovakia (16 – 24 June, 2017)
International Competition
22. Palm Springs ShortFest, United States (21 – 27 June, 2017)
International Competition
23. NexT International Film Festival, Romania (22 – 26 June, 2017)
International Competition
24. International Short Film Festival Tabor, Croatia (6 – 9 July, 2017)
International Competition
25. Curtas Vila do Conde International Film Festival, Portugal (8 – 16 July, 2017)
Go Short: Best Dutch Shorts
26. European Film Festival Palic, Serbia (15 – 21 July, 2017)
Young Spirit of Europe
27. Guanajuato International Film Festival, Mexico (21 – 30 July, 2017)
Official Selection: Experimental Short Film
28. Lago Film Fest International Festival of Short and Documentaries, Italy (21 – 29 July, 2017)
New Signs Special Mention for Best Experimental Film
29. Kinemastik International Short Film Festival, Malta (27 – 30 July, 2017)
Official Competition
30. Dokufest - International Documentary and Short Film Festival, Kosovo (4 – 12 August, 2017)

Short Film Competition
31. Pleinbioscoop, the Netherlands (9 – 27 August, 2017)
En Plein Public Won: Best Sound Design and Music
32. Zomerparkfeest, the Netherlands (17 – 20 August, 2017)
33. Seoul International New Media Festival, Korea (17 – 25 August, 2017)
Competition: Glocal Propose Won: Best Glocal Propose Award
34. Concorto Short Film Festival, Italy (19 – 26 August, 2017)
International Competition Won: Special Jury Prize
35. São Paulo International Short Films Festival, Brazil (23 August – 3 September, 2017)
International program
36. MEETINGS - Video And Performance Festival, Denmark (1 – 10 September, 2017)
37. Seoul International Architecture Film Festival, Korea (4 – 24 September, 2017) 
38. Eureka University Film Festival, Colombia (18 – 23 September, 2017)
39. First Step Film Festival, Albania (19 - 23 September, 2017)
Go Short: Best Dutch Shorts
40. Bolton Film Festival, United Kingdom (20 – 21 September, 2017)
Experimental strand Won: Best Experimental Short Film
41. Nederlands Film Festival, Netherlands (20 – 29 September, 2017)
Gouden Kalf Competition
42. Lille International Short Film Festival, France (24 September – 1 October, 2017)
International Competition
43. 25 FPS Festival, Croatia (28 September – 1 October, 2017)
Competition
44. Milano Film Festival, Italy (28 September – 08 October, 2017)
International Short Film Competition
45. Vancouver International Film Festival, Canada (28 September – 13 October, 2017)

MODES program
46. FESTCURTASBH - Belo Horizonte International Short Film Festival, Brazil (29 September – 8
October)
Special program: Atravessamentos
47. Hancheng International Short Film Festival, China (1 – 8 October, 2017)
International Competition
48. Heart of Gold International Film Festival, Australia (5 – 8 October, 2017)
Official Selection
49. IndieCork Festival, Ireland (8 – 15 October, 2017)
International Competition
50. Sapporo International Short Film Festival & Market, Japan (5 – 9 October, 2017)
One Title Section Won: Best Contemporary Experimental Short
51. Timishort Film Festival, Romania (12 – 15 October, 2017)
Videorama Competition Special Jury Mention
52. International Short Film Festival of Cyprus, Cyprus (14 – 21 October, 2017)
International Competition
53. Document Human Rights Film Festival, United Kingdom (19 – 22 October, 2017)
Official Selection
54. Kaohsiung Film Festival, Taiwan (20 October – 5 November, 2017)
International Short Film Competition Won: Green S.O.S. Award
55. Uppsala International Short Film Festival, Sweden (23 – 29 October, 2017)
Out of competition: FAKE NEWS. SAD COUNTERFEITING REALITY
56. Leeds International Film Festival, United Kingdom (2 – 16 November, 2017)
Short Documentary Films Panorama
57. Janela Internacional de Cinema do Recife, Brazil (3 – 12 November, 2017)
Short Film Competition
58. Fike International Short Film Festival, Portugal (3 – 12 November, 2017)
Competition
59. Escales Documentaires - International Festival of Creative Documentary, France (7 – 12
November, 2017)
Out of Competition: Escale en courts
60. Cinemaforum, Polen (8 - 12 November, 2017)
Go Short: Best Dutch Shorts
61. Interférences Documentary Festival, France (8 – 18 November, 2017)
Official selection
62. ALCINE - Festival de Cine de Alcalá de Henares, Spain (10 – 17 November, 2017)
European Competition Won: Third Prize
63. l'Alternativa - Barcelona Independent Film Festival, Spain (13 – 19 November, 2017)
Out Of Competition: l’Alternativa Hall Selects
64. Kassel Documentary Film and Video Festival, Germany (15 – 19 November, 2017)
Official Selection
65. Short Film Festival Cologne, Germany (15 – 19 November, 2017)
New Aesthetic
66. Invideo, Italy (16 – 19 November, 2017)
67. International Bosphorus Film Festival, Turkey (17 – 26 November, 2017)
International Short Documentary Competition
68. Interfilm - International Short Film Festival Berlin, Germany (20 – 26 November, 2017)
Documentary Competition
69. Sequence Short Film Festival, France (22 – 26 November, 2017)
International Competition
70. Crossing The Screen, United Kingdom (23 – 26 November, 2017)
Competition
71. Festival Tous Courts, France (27 November – 2 December, 2017)
Experimental Short Film Competition 
72. Verín International Short Film Festival, Spain (1 – 10 December, 2017)

Offical Competition
73. Leuven International Short Film Festival, Belgium (2 – 9 December, 2017)
Labo Program
74. Eindhovens Film Festival, the Netherlands (6 – 10 December, 2017)
Official Selection
75. Zubroffka International Short Film Festival, Poland (7 – 11 December, 2017)
Out of competition: FAKE NEWS. SAD. COUNTERFEITING REALITY
76. THESS International Short Film Festival Thessaloniki, Greece (13 – 17 December, 2017)
Official Selection
77. London Short Film Festival, United Kingdom (12 – 21 January, 2017)
International Shorts Competition
78. Vilnius International Short Film Festival, Lithuania (18 – 20 January, 2017)
Out of competition: FAKE NEWS. SAD. COUNTERFEITING REALITY
79. Festival International du Film d'Aubagne, France (19 – 24 March, 2018)
Short Film Competition Won: Mathieu Hoche Prize for Best Documentary
80. Ammehoela Film Festival, the Netherlands (31 March, 2018)
Official Selection
81. Filmfest Dresden, Germany (17 – 22 April, 2018)
Open Air Programme
82. cellu l’art Short Film Festival, Germany (24 – 29 April, 2018)
International Competition Won: Lichtstadt Award
83. Nashville Film Festival, United States (10 – 19 May, 2018)
Official Selection Won: Grand Jury Prize Best Experimental Short
84. LUNATIK Short Film Festival Leipzig, Germany (16 June, 2018)
85. Lviv International Short Film Festival Wiz-Art, Ukraine (6 – 12 August, 2018)
Out of competition: Urban mobility
86. Court c’est Court, France (14 – 18 November, 2018)
87. Manaki Brothers International Cinematographers Festival, Italy (14 – 21 September, 2019)
Short Waves Special program
88. Internationale Kurzfilmtage Winterthur, Switzerland (5 – 11 November, 2019)
Focus program
89. Sebastopol Documentary Film Festival, United States (11 – 20 September, 2020)
Official Selection
90. Glasgow Short Film Festival, Scotland (22 – 28 March, 2021)
10 th Anniversary Bill Douglas Award & Opening program
91. Busan International Short Film Festival, South-Korea (21 – 26 April, 2021)
Dutch Panorama
92. Minute Short Film International Film Festival, China (November, 2021)
Out of Competition
93. Fenêtres sur courts, France (5 – 12 November, 2022)
Out of competition
94. Minimalen Short Film Festival, Norway (10 - 15 January, 2023)
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