I Don't Wanna Dance
After having lived with their aunt for two years, fifteen-year-old Joey and his younger brother move back in with their mother to their great delight. At first everything goes well: the house is tidy, the fridge is filled, Daphne has a job and Joey finds his place in a dance group. It promises to be a beautiful summer. But the family joy soon comes under pressure when Daphne falls back into her old patterns. Joey does everything to keep child services out, but how long can he keep up this destructive dance with his mother, at the expense of his own happiness? I Don’t Wanna Dance is a true story, told and acted by the boy who experienced it himself.
Flynn von Kleist (Amsterdam, 1987) is a director. When he was nine years old Flynn and his family moved from Amsterdam to Clonakilty, West Cork, on the South coast of Ireland. He studied at the National Film School, IADT, Dublin from 2005 - 2009 where he graduated in 2009 with his short film Love StorEy. He went on to study fiction direction at the Netherlands Film Academy from 2009 - 2013. He graduated with the short film Vloeibaar Staal (Days of Steel). Since his graduation he has directed five short films and one feature film (see filmography). He is currently developing new feature and documentary projects in collaboration with Amsterdam based production company The Rogues and also works as an independent commercial director.
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