Vlam

Olivia (Sophie Lindner) and her mother (Thekla Reuten) share a tumultuous bond: intense, unpredictable, but inseparable. After a severe confrontation, Olivia is taken into care and placed in emergency housing. There, she encounters other young people who, like her, carry their own wounds, and gradually, this new living situation shifts her perspective. Every time she goes home, she sees that her mother is no ordinary parent, but a volatile, destructive presence - a friend you’d rather not have. Olivia faces an impossible choice: to be consumed or finally break free

Vlam is Groningen-born director Daphne Lucker’s feature film debut and was screened as part of the Official Youth Competition at the BUFF International Film Festival in Malmö and the Dutch Focus Competition at Movies That Matter this spring. 

Director Daphne Lucker is present at the screening for an aftertalk.