BosBros is the producer of the family feature film The Boy who stopped Talking. Memo is a nine-year old Kurdish boy, who lives in Eastern Turkey with his mother and little sister. When war threatens the region where Memo is living, his father decides to permanently relocate the family to the Netherlands, where he works. Memo doesn‘t want to leave his beloved village, so after he has arrived in the Netherlands, Memo begins his own unique protest against the forced move: he stops talking.
Year of production 1995 | Age 6+ | Length 108 minutes
Louis Ates
Brader Musiki
Lava Sulayman
Husna Killi
Celil Toks
Halso Huassain
Shielan Muhammed
Heleen Hummelen
SCREENPLAY Lou Brouwers
DISTRIBUTION In The Air
OMROEP KRO, IKON, BRTN
D.O.P. Piotr Kukla
PRODUCTION DESIGN Michel de Graaf
PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR Rens Oomens
GAFFER Jacco Post
SOUND Erik Langhout
COSTUME DESIGN Vera de Jong, Mariëlla Devos
MAKE UP AND HAAR Iris Bakker
STILLS Laurie Hagen
Prix Henri Langlois – Festival International Acteurs, Tours 1999
Prix du Public, Festival International du Film d’Amour 1999
Best Idea, Prix Jeunesse International 1999
ASN ADO Price, Amsterdam 1998
Special Unesco Price, Prix Jeunesse International 1998
Prix de la poste en Prix C.I.F.E.J., Laon 1997
Grand Prix, Cannes Junior and Award for Best Story – Cannes Junior, Cannes 1997
Silver Poznan Goat en Marcinek Award, International Children’s Film Festival Poznan, Polen 1997
Award of Excellence, Unicef, “Flicks” Festival, Saskatoon, Canada 1997
Grand Prix, Prix Danube en C.I.F.E.J. Award, Bratislava, Slowakiije 1997
Unicef Price, Cinekid Film Festival Amsterdam 1997
Prix Henri Langlois, Unicef Award, Berlin 1996
