PLANK A Film About Nassim Guammaz HD

directed by Billy Pols A short documentary about he 15-year-old Dutch-Moroccan Nassim Guammaz who is a skateboarder - even though he is well aware that Moroccans are supposed to like soccer or kickboxing. "They just don't think it's cool," he explains, "When they think of skaters, they think of that Gothic shit and people with black nail polish." Now that his parents are divorced, Nassim lives with his mother and sisters. Things were "not cool" at home before his folks split. Because his father did not keep his word about paying for soccer, Nassim started skating -- it is free, after all, and you can do it anywhere. "Skating is my springboard to another world." This film was developed in the Kids & Docs workshop by IDFA, Cinekid and the Dutch Cultural Media Fund. This film was made with financial support of the Dutch Cultural Media Fund. AWARDS & FESTIVALS Best International Film / LA Skate Film Festival 2010 Best Documentary / Sapporo ShortFest 2010 nomination Cinekid Kinderkast Juryprijs 2010 special mention IndieJunior Award / IndieLisboa 2010 winner 7th round NTR New Arrivals / International Film Festival Rotterdam 2011 special mention Short Documentary Film / Divercine Montevideo 2011 Best Documentary / Marin County International Film Festival 2011 nomination Best Short Dutch Film / Go Short Festival 2011 Best Short Documentary / Beijing International Film Festival 2011 selection of festivals: Aspen ShortsFest, Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen, IDFA, Cinekid, Gdansk Doc Film Festival, Taiwan International Documentary Festival, Nederlands Film Festival, Hamptons International Film Festival, Uppsala Short Film Festival, Museum of Arts and Design New York