Breaking Walls
- Runtime22 min
- DirectorJan-Dirk Bouw
- GenreAnimated documentary
- Released2026
Journalist and activist Hoi Yi fights against the ever-growing global rise of surveillance and censorship, while suppressing his queer identity from his family. The personal repression he faces is reflected in his commitment to the freedom of others
written & directed by JAN-DIRK BOUW | art director & lead animator SVERRE FREDRIKSEN
based on the story of ————–
with PATRICK NG | SIJTZE VAN DER MEER | SHEILA HO | LAI PING CHEUNG CHAN
animators SYLVIE FLAMAND | ROBIN MARTENS | SANTIAGO PÉREZ RODRÍGUEZ | KJERSTIN WESTBYE-CHRISTIANSEN
camera STEF VAN WIJK | sound recordists WOLF DOYEN | RIEN BOUWENS
editors METTE CHUNG MUNTHE-KAAS | JOHANNA DOROTHEA RAITA | sound design & rerecording mixer FRODE LØES HVATUM |musicians STEINAR OFSDAL | EVEN STEINE | RUNE VAN DEUR | grading & mastering FREDRIK HARRESCHOU
produced by KOERT DAVIDSE & MARC THELOSEN for seriousFilm (NL) | STEVEN DHOEDT for Visualantics (BE) |METTE CHUNG MUNTHE-KAAS & JOHANNA DOROTHEA RAITA for TEN THOUSAND IMAGES (NO) | FRODE SØBSTAD for TENK.TV (NO) | MATHIJS JORRITSMA for VPRO (NL)
commission editor VPRO TAMARA VUURMANS | KAREN VAN DIJK
supported by the NETHERLANDS FILM FUND (NFF) | VPRO | FLANDERS AUDIOVISUAL FUND (VAF) | THE TAX SHELTER MEASURE OF THE BELGIAN FEDERAL GOVERNMENT through FLANDERS TAX SHELTER | FONDS 21 | AMSTERDAM FUND FOR THE ARTS | NORWEGIAN FILM INSTITUTE | VIKEN FILMSENTER | FRITT ORD FOUNDATION
distribution KABOOM DISTRIBUTION
screenings
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- 2026
- Festival International du Court Metrage Clermont-Ferrand
- International Competition
- Runtime22 min
- DirectorJan-Dirk Bouw
- GenreAnimated documentary
- Released2026