“No glorification and idolatry, just a hard-working, totally obsessed young woman with only one goal: skate until she literally drops.”
De Filmkrant
“Beautiful portrait of a beautiful person. You don’t have to be a skateboard fan to enjoy this movie”
Cinemagazine
“Honest look into the life of Candy Jacobs”
Algemeen Dagblad
Candy: A Skater’s Mind provides a penetrating look into the world of Candy Jacobs: Europe’s best female skateboarder, who despite her insecurities and broken knees is on her way to achieving her Olympic dream.
Skating is Candy’s life. Only on the skateboard can she be herself. That’s when she experiences her ‘rush’. A mental state in which she is optimally happy and completely at one with herself. She is addicted to skateboarding, but that has a destructive downside. Because what happens to Candy when she can’t skate because of a serious knee injury? And how does she survive herself when disaster strikes in Tokyo?
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Screenings & Awards
- Limburg Film Festival 2022 (NL), official opening film
- Highfive Festival 2022, Annecy (FRA), Best Documentary nomination
- International FICTS Fest, Milano (ITA) 2022, Mention D'Honneur
- Bettiah International Film Festival (INDIA) 2023, Winner Best Women Empowerment Film
Direction and production
Ruud Lenssen
Camera
Rob Hodselmans NSC
Sound
Menno van den Berg
Editing
Ozan Olçay NCE, Ruud Lenssen
Music
Stan Spronken
Consultancy
Niekie Khaled
Poster design
Patrick Klein Meuleman
Poster photo
Thom Spierenburg
