Cold Open · Essay · aug 31, 2023

Future Frames: A Conversation With Amira Duynhouwer

Amira Duynhouwer defies easy categorisation: filmmaker, screenwriter, chef, and — as Hugo Emmerzael discovers — someone who came to cinema through an appetite for living rather than an appetite for the canon. The conversation ranges from Spielberg to Kurosawa, from industry secrets to kitchen struggles, tracing how a genuinely prolific creative career is built not despite the obstacles but through them. An unusually frank conversation about what it actually takes to make it as a film professional in the Netherlands — and what it costs to stay honest with yourself when you do.

By Elliot Bloom

Film Journalist · Celebrating Cinema

Sitting down with filmmaker, screenwriter, chef, and all-around powerhouse Amira Duynhouwer for a Future Frames interview, film critic Hugo Emmerzael dives into Duynhouwer’s wildly prolific career, her initial love for cinema and the tough lessons she had to learn to make it as a successful film professional.

Ranging from Spielberg to Akira Kurosawa, from industry secrets to cinema inspirations, and from kitchen struggles to biographical cinema, this frank and fun conversation covers a lot of ground. What ties all the disparate topics together is an infectious love for good food, good films and good times.

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