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Finding Skateboarding

Belgium, 2022. A teenage girl is addicted to skateboarding, and doesn’t always feel understood. We follow her as she shows us how falling should be seen as a normal aspect of life the way it's normalized in skateboarding. This intimate and sweet project shows us how Nora finds community, meaning, lessons and answers. While she also questions what skateboarding has become today.

  • dries vanherwegen
    Director
    Jugartistas, Here to Stay, Skate Spectrum
  • dries vanherwegen
    Writer
    Jugartistas, Here to Stay, Skate Spectrum
  • dries vanherwegen
    Producer
    Jugartistas, Here to Stay, Skate Spectrum
  • Project Type:
    Documentary, Short
  • Genres:
    documentary, inspirational
  • Runtime:
    11 minutes 58 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    October 30, 2022
  • Production Budget:
    1,000 EUR
  • Country of Origin:
    Belgium
  • Country of Filming:
    Belgium
  • Language:
    Dutch
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Skate and Surf Film Festival
    Milan
    Italy
    May 28, 2023
    Official Selection
  • How We Roll: Reshaping skateboarding and football
    Barcelona
    Spain
    June 27, 2023
Director Biography - dries vanherwegen

Dries Vanherwegen (Belgium, 1985) studied sociology and did academic research on social inequalities in art education, cultural and creative capital. Meanwhile he worked as a skateboard teacher, teacher and a personal assistant to differently abled people. Based in Barcelona he now draws on those experiences to make social documentaries mainly focusing on mental health, social and personal transitions, creativity, and identity within socially turbulent times.

Co-director and co-producer of Jugartistas (Barcelona, 2022) with OTOXO productions.
Director, producer of Here to Stay (Belgium, 2022) a series of shorts on the meaning of skateboarding in women's lives and Skate Spectrum (Belgium, 2022) a short documentary on a group of children on the autism spectrum who enter the world of skateboarding.

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