How to read a movie? with Lidewijde Paris: 'To Light' by Nora Särak

A documentary from Estonia on the close ties between a mother and a son. With some tips beforehand on what to watch for, and discussing the film after the screening.

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Date and time Friday 18 January 2019 21:15 tot 22:15 uur
Location Filmhuis - zaal 2

The short documentary To Light by Nora Särak (Estonia/Latvia, 2015) shows the close ties between an mother and son in Pechora, now a Russian city but once part of Estonia. What exactly is the difference between a film and a novel? How can watching films well help you to read novels? What can a film do that a book can't? Lidewijde Paris gave you some tips beforehand on what to watch for. After the screening she discussed the film and its relation towards Winternachten festival's theme Who Wants to Live Forever?
(With thanks to Go Short)

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Lidewijde Paris

(The Netherlands, 1962) is a writer and journalist. She studied Dutch Language and Literature at Utrecht University. She then started working as a journalist for the Dutch daily NRC. She later worked as a publisher at publishing houses such as Querido, Ailantus and Nieuw Amsterdam. In 2016, Paris founded De Lees!ambassade (The Reading Embassy) to promote literary reading. Since 2017, she has also worked as a radio presenter and since 2018 as a book reviewer with Dutch broadcasters. At the Filmhuis Den Haag, she regularly presents Hoe lees ik een film? (How Do I Read a Film?). She published Hoe lees ik? (How Do I Read?, an accessible book explaining literary tricks), Hoe lees ik korte verhalen? (How Do I Read Short Stories?) and Een gedicht is ook maar een ding (A Poem is Just a Thing).
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