To kick off this 36th edition of the festival, which runs from 8 to 13 July, we invite you to join us on Tuesday 8 July at 9pm, in the exceptional setting of the Théâtre Silvain! Preview screening of Kontinental ‘25 in the presence of Radu Jude and Eszter Tompa. Free admission.

For its 36th edition, FIDMarseille remains true to its mission: to spotlight independent cinema that is attentive to the echoes of the contemporary world and to the stories that reveal its fractures, both intimate and collective.

To kick off this 36th edition of the festival, which runs from 8 to 13 July, we invite you to join us on Tuesday 8 July at 9pm, in the exceptional setting of the Théâtre Silvain! Preview screening of Kontinental ‘25 in the presence of Radu Jude and Eszter Tompa. Free admission.

For its 36th edition, FIDMarseille remains true to its mission: to spotlight independent cinema that is attentive to the echoes of the contemporary world and to the stories that reveal its fractures, both intimate and collective.

a prelude, a prelude

Wendelien van Oldenborgh

Japan, Netherlands, 2024, Color, 36’

World Premiere

In Tokyo, between two major sites of protest and resistance against authoritarianism, a small group of people gather. They move around, talk, and share their experiences of struggle and creativity.

Technical sheet

  • Script:
    Andromeda Oliver, Aliwen Munoz, Yoshiyuki Ishikawa, Hanna Hirakawa, Chelsea Szendi Schieder, Yiqing Yiqing, Midori Morita, Kanae Tanikawa, Takeru Arai
  • Photography:
    Yukiko Iioka
  • Editing:
    Wedelien van Oldenborgh
  • Music:
    Lina Campanella
  • Sound:
    Young Chang Hwan, Junji Nakae
  • Cast:
    Andromeda Oliver, Aliwen Munoz, Yoshiyuki Ishikawa, Hanna Hirakawa, Chelsea Szendi Schieder, Yiqing Yiqing, Midori Morita, Kanae Tanikawa, Takeru Arai
  • Production:
    Natsuko Odate (Yoshiko Isshki Office)
  • Contact:
    Wendelien van Oldenborgh
  • Subtitles:
    French, English

Filmography

  • Wendelien van Oldenborgh

    • Maurits Script, 2006, 67'
    • Sound Track Stage, 2008, 23'
    • No False Echoes, 2008, 30'
    • Lecture/Audience/Camera, 2008, 28'
    • Maurits Film, 2008, 45'
    • Instruction, 2009, 31'
    • Bete & Deise, 2012, 41'
    • La Javanaise, 2012, 25'
    • Beauty and the Right to the Ugly, 2014, 56'
    • From Left to Night, 2015
    • Prologue: Squat/Anti-Squat, 2016, 37'
    • Cinema Olanda Film, 2017, 17'
    • Two Stones, 2020, 60'
    • Hier., 2021, 27'
    • obsada, 2021, 34'
    • of girls, 2023, 43'