PARADIJS (WORKING TITLE)

PARADIJS

By Bobbie KOEK

FIXY - as PROD

First film - Post-Production 2024

On the day his girlfriend leaves their baby with him, Noah (16) is thrown into adulthood. Full in denial, he gets on his motorbike to bring their son back to her, so he can get on with his life. But driving away to get loose gradually becomes a journey to connection.

Festivals
& Awards

Les Arcs Film Festival 2024
Selection Work in Progress program
    • Year of production
    • 2024
    • Genres
    • First film, Female director, Road movie
    • Countries
    • NETHERLANDS, BELGIUM
    • Languages
    • DUTCH, ENGLISH, FRENCH
    • Budget
    • 1 - 3 M$
    • Duration
    • 90 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Bobbie KOEK
    • Writer(s)
    • Bobbie KOEK
    • Producer(s)
    • Sylvia BAAN (FIXY), Janneke DOOLAARD (FIXY)
    • Synopsis
    • Noah (16) became a father far too young with a girl he had been with. Due to the enormous responsibility thrust upon him, he left the young mother to her own devices. But when she left their infant son on Noah's doorstep and runs off by herself, the responsibility comes back like a boomerang. Because of his resistance, his fear of being a father and the conflicts it creates with his mother and youth services, Noah chooses to bring back his infant son. The search for his ex turns out to be much longer than Noah ever expected. It takes him to places he never imagined while the search becomes a journey into himself and fatherhood.