Jetske Lieber discusses their graduation film "January" from the Netherlands Film Academy, selected for the Future Frames program of the Karlovy Vary Film Festival. The film follows Willem, who experiences heartbreak as a handicap, through the month of January. His interactions with others, from birthday parties to climate activist self-defense training, show his struggle and gradual recovery. Lieber, who experienced heartbreak himself while making the film, sees it more as a story about identity and recovery.

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