功夫雄狮

14-year-oldJimmy(playedbyTyrell Williams )practiceskungfu.Fortheliondance,whichisperformedoutonthestreets,heisdeterminedtoholdtheheadofthelion.Butwhenhisteacher,thesifu,announcesthenewcrew,hisdreamcomescrashingdown.Hehastomakedowiththetailend,whilethetalentednewcomerLiJié(Haye Lee )isgiventhecovetedplace.Jimmydoesallhecantobecomenumberoneandearnhisplaceupfrontwiththehead.Butthismeanshehastodefeatanumberofannoyingbullies,convincethesifuofhisqualitiesand,especially,overcomehimself.Williams,aformerDutchkaratechampionandLee,akungfupractitioner,jumpandkickintheirfirstfeaturefilm.Kungfuleeuwisanexcitingfilmforyoungpeopleaboutthechallengesofgrowingup–whichareeasiertofacewhenyou’rearmedwiththewisdomofthemartialarts.FilmmakerFroukjeTanusesRotterdamasthebackdropfortheliondance,highlightingthelessobvioustraditionsofthecity.Previously,FroukjeTanmadethefeaturefilmsSwchwrm(2012)andlinks(2008),andtheshortHetjongetjedatniemandverstond(2002).