‘NOW SOMETHING IS SLOWLY CHANGING’

'NU VERANDERT ER LANGZAAM IETS'

By Mint Film OFFICE

SQUARE EYES - as SALES All rights, World

Documentary - Completed 2018

A clear-cut, distinctly visual film about our present-day search for meaning, personal growth and performance improvement.

Festivals
& Awards

IDFA 2018
IDFA Competition For Feature Length Documentary & IDFA Competition for Dutch Documentary Won: Beeld en Geluid IDFA Award for Dutch Documentary
Sheffield Doc/Fest 2019
Think
ZagrebDox 2019
International Competition
True/False 2019
    • Year of production
    • 2018
    • Genres
    • Documentary
    • Countries
    • NETHERLANDS
    • Languages
    • DUTCH
    • Duration
    • 106 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Mint Film OFFICE
    • Producer(s)
    • Jeanmarc VAN SAMBEEK (mint film office)
    • Synopsis
    • Now something is slowly changing is a clear-cut, distinctly visual portrayal of the present-day coaching and training culture. Using only fixed, wide camera angles, the film investigates different forms of self-development and courses for inner growth and performance improvement. Without protagonists, interviews or voice-overs the film observes, for instance, animal assisted therapy sessions, a class in happiness for primary school children, a training session in dealing with tension and aggression for city law enforcement officers and a vlogger trying to calm her stressed-out followers with gentle, relaxing sounds. It is left up to the spectator to decide whether these mindfulness training programs and coaching courses symbolize something bigger. Where did this search for self-improvement come from? Are we ever good enough?