Dear beloved friend, won a Golden Calf, the Dutch film awards, during the Gala of the Dutch Film Festival. Dear beloved friend, won in the Best Digital Culture Production 2023 category.

The jury writes
“The interactive theater performance Dear beloved friend, takes the viewer via a live internet connection from Nollywood on a compelling and confrontational story in which the archetypal Western view of Africa is contrasted with Africa’s perspective on Europe. With a camera in the middle of the stage as a two-way portal to that other part of the world, the fourth wall is broken down and the digital way of communication is used as a means to bring different worlds together. The digital infrastructure of the internet and livestream is used inventively to create new forms of making, showing and experiencing a work.”

Storyspace
During the Dutch Film Festival a small flashback presentation took place at the Utrecht library. From September 22 – 28 you could visit this Storyspace expo daily during opening hours. In Storyspace you could see Dear beloved friend, and ten other digital cultural productions from eleven artists/studios, most works within the festivals’ Digital Culture selection were free of charge.