Festus Toll

Festus Toll

Biography

Festus Toll graduated from AKV St. Joost in Breda in 2017 with his film We Will Maintain, a personal documentary about his family, his origins and Dutch society. The film was selected for IDFA 2017, received a nomination for the Pathé Tuschinski Award and the Special Jury Award, and won the TENT Award 2017. With his short documentary When You Hear the Divine Call (2020), a film about what 'home' means and about where your roots are, Festus won the VERS Film Award 2021. His documentary THE STORY OF NE KUKO (2023) premiered in IDFA's Short Film Competition and then screened at HotDocs 2024.

Filmography

THE STORY OF NE KUKO (2023): Direction