Dutch documentary wins prestigious award at Busan International Film Festival
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The Dutch-English documentary 'Bruce Lee & The Outlaw' by Dutch director and photographer Joost Vandebrug has won the prestigious Cinephile Award for 'Best World Documentary' at the Busan International Film Festival. The Korean film festival is one of the most important film festivals in the world.

The film tells the story of the homeless Nicu. He is 'adopted' by Bruce Lee, the notorious 'King of the Underworld' of Romania, and lives with a large group of other children in the tunnels beneath the streets of Bucharest. As Nicu grows older, he begins to question whether this King of the Underworld is the perfect father extra and is faced with the choice of staying in his familiar surroundings or living above ground. Filmed over a period of five years, 'Bruce Lee & The Outlaw' is a modern-day Oliver Twist story set beneath the streets of the metropolis of Bucharest.

The film is the debut of photographer Joost Vandebrug, a graduate of the Gerrit Rietveld Academy and known for his work for Vogue, Dazed & Confused, among others, and his solo exhibition 'New Faces' at Foam.

The film premiered at Sheffield DocFest and was selected for the prestigious Busan Film Festival and the Warsaw Film Festival, among others. The documentary is a co-production between Revolver Amsterdam and the English Grain Media, known for Oscar winner 'The White Helmets'. Renowned actress Noomi Rappace served as executive producer of the film. The film was supported by the Netherlands Film Fund and is a co-production with Eo/Ikon Docs. The Cinephile Award was previously presented to films including '5 Broken Cameras' (Emad Burnat/Guy Davidi in 2012) and 'The Look of Silence' (Joshua Oppenheimer in 2014).



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