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SEE NL Ido Abram Edith van der Heijde Erik Mund Director SEE NL Short Films and Eye Experimental Children's and Youth Films idoabram@eyefilm.nl edithvanderheijde@eyefilm.nl erikmund@eyefilm.nl Ph: +31 20 589 1400 / www.international.eyefilm.nl
INDEX 3 LIVE ACTION SHORT FILMS SHORT DOCUMENTARIES The Art of Giving Up 6 Girlsboysmix 24 AYOR (At Your Own Risk) 6 Honds 24 Beti 7 In Havana 25 Birdland 7 Jano & Shiro, a Brothers’ Journey 25 Chicken Boy 8 Julieta & Turtles in the Plastic Soup 26 The Departure 8 Moments of Being 26 F*ck My Life 9 NAYA 27 Forest Edge Happiness 9 Pavement Party 27 Foster 10 Restless Souls 28 Funkele 10 When You Hear the Divine Call 28 Good Boy 11 Hantu 11 ANIMATED SHORTS Holiday From Mourning 12 Camouflage 30 Home Care Bettie 12 The Cloudmaker 30 How Light Gets in 13 Ink 31 I, Adonis 13 Pig 31 Last Ride 14 Pilar 32 Lioness 14 See Me 32 A Little Less Ordinary 15 Steward 33 Marlon Brando 15 Tourist Trap 33 Mirage 16 Tram 34 Mother Tongue 16 Zangkom Redux 34 Mustachio 17 Nova 17 EXPERIMENTAL SHORTS Of Air and Feathers 18 Breath to Breath 36 Only Time Will Tell 18 L’Eau Faux 36 Radio Freedom 19 Gaka 37 She Used to Sing Here 19 Gentle Wildfire 37 Silent Heat 20 Kinked 38 Stuckwitu 20 Lacerate 38 The Sweet Hassle of a First Time 21 Lost on Arrival 39 Watamalu 21 P-9830 39 When I Explode 22 Remembering the Nights in Safe Haven 40 When Light Fades 22 Wander Around 40 Yorishiro 41
6 LIVE ACTION SHORT FILMS 30’ / colour Genre: youth, drama Original title: THE ART OF GIVING UP Prod: Staccato Films - Storm Rechsteiner, Flip Kwakkel, Mayra Soares Sc: Flip Kwakkel, co-writer Rick Sterker Completed: November 2020 Language: Dutch Flip Kwakkel: TUSSEN ONS (2019, short), SUMMUM (2019, short), LOPENDE BAND (2017, short), WILLEN/MOETEN (2017, short), INSTANT DESK (2017, short). THE ART OF GIVING UP YOUT H Staccato Films Ph: +31 20 419 0404 Flip Kwakkel info@staccatofilms.com www.staccatofilms.com Milos must change in order to understand his comatose daughter. 10’ / colour Genre: drama, LGBTIQ , activism Original title: AYOR (AT YOUR OWN RISK) Prod: Dutch Mountain Film - Rogier Kramer Completed: spring 2021 Language: Dutch Tom Bakker: First short film. Dutch Mountain Film Image courtesy of Ph: +31 20 688 1843 AYOR (AT YOUR Stadsarchief Amsterdam info@dutchmountainfilm.nl www.dutchmountainfilm.nl OWN RISK) LGBT IQ Tom Bakker During Remembrance Day 1970, two young men try to make a statement against gay discri- mination. In the moments before and after the incident, their doubts, fears and firm beliefs be- come a lot clearer.
LIVE ACTION SHORT FILMS 7 10’ / colour Genre: drama, family Original title: BETI Prod: Pupkin Film Completed: October 2020 Language: Dutch Amira Duynhouwer: KIMYA (2019, short) Festivals: a.o. Cinekid FF, ISFF for Children and Youth Berlin “KuKi”, Mo&Friese KinderKurz FF. Pupkin Film Ph: +31 20 489 5088 info@pupkin.com BETI KIDS & FAMIL www.pupkin.nl Y Amira Duynhouwer Festival distribution: Kapitein Kort Ph: +31 6 3630 5627 info@kapiteinmedia.nl Jay must conquer pride and tradition to accept www.kapiteinkort.nl stepdaughter Stacey. 15’ / colour Genre: drama Original title: BIRDLAND Prod: Doxy - Janneke Doolaard Completed: September 2020 Language: Dutch Ashgan El-Hamus: HABIBA (2017, student film). Doxy Ph: +31 20 422 2607 info@doxy.nl www.doxy.nl BIRDLAND YOUT H Ashgan El-Hamus An intimate story about young mother Joy and her daughter Skye, who live in a trailer park on the outskirts of the city. Joy’s easy-going paren- ting style is tested when Skye tries to be just as mature as her mother.
8 LIVE ACTION SHORT FILMS 12’ / colour Genre: comedy, drama, youth Original title: KIPPENKRACHT Prod: Millstreet Films - Rachel van Bommel, Suzan de Swaan Sc: Manon Verhagen Completed: December 2020 Language: Dutch Maria Philips: CAVY WORLD CUP (2017, student film) Festivals: a.o. Interfilm ISFF Berlin, Go Short ISFF Nijmegen, SNOGGING (2016, short). CHICKEN BOY YOUT H Millstreet Films Ph: +31 20 772 5499 Maria Philips info@millstreetfilms.nl www.millstreetfilms.nl A teenager, his mother and a tiny house - that’s trouble. 10’ / colour Genre: horror, psychological drama Original title: DE HUWELIJKSREIS Prod: NL Film - Kaja Wolffers, Sabine Brian Completed: November 2020 Language: Dutch Nico van den Brink: a.o. THE BURDEN (2019, short) Festivals and Awards a.o.: Best Short-South African Horror Fest, Audience Award-San Sebas- tian Horror & Fantasy Fest, Best Director- Fantasia IFF, AVONDLAND (2017, TV film), SWEET TOOTH (2017, short). THE DEPARTURE NL Film Nico van den Brink Ph: +31 20 574 7626 info@nlfilm.tv www.nlfilm.tv 30-year-old Nora has had a tough year which doesn't get any better when she notices that she keeps running into the same man...
LIVE ACTION SHORT FILMS 9 7’ / colour Genre: comedy, drama Original title: KUTLEVEN Prod: Millstreet Films - Rachel van Bommel, Suzan de Swaan Completed: September 2020 Language: Dutch Isis Cabolet: First short film. Millstreet Films Ph: +31 20 772 5499 info@millstreetfilms.nl www.millstreetfilms.nl F*CK MY LIFE Isis Cabolet A comic tragedy about the pervasive fear of not getting everything out of life. 7’ / colour Genre: drama, romantic drama Original title: BOSRANDGELUK Prod: De Familie Film & TV - Michiel van Erp, Monique Busman Completed: September 2020 Language: Dutch Philip Huff: First short film. Familie Film & TV Ph: +31 20 663 3303 info@defamilie.net www.defamilie.net FOREST EDGE HAPPINESS Philip Huff An older couple very much in love cycle to their favourite spot on the edge of the forest. But there’s more to it than that.
10 LIVE ACTION SHORT FILMS 10’ / colour Genre: drama, family Original title: FOSTER Prod: Dutch Mountain Film - Rogier Kramer Completed: fall 2021 Language: Dutch Jordi Wijnalda: GILLES (2016, short) Festivals: a.o. Odense IFF, Interfilm ISFF, LUKAS AAN ZEE (2016, short), NOW WHAT? (2015, short), WE ALL DON'T WANT TO BE AFRAID (2015, short), SOUTHWEST (2013, short). KIDS & Dutch Mountain Film FOSTER FAMIL Ph: +31 20 688 1843 Y info@dutchmountainfilm.nl Jordi Wijnalda www.dutchmountainfilm.nl A normal family of two fathers and two foster children go about their Sunday morning as nor- mally as possible, despite one of the kids ha- ving to go back to his biological father before the morning’s over. 15’ / colour Genre: drama, youth Original title: FUNKELE Prod: Dutch Mountain Film - Rogier Kramer Completed: January 2021 Language: Dutch Nicole Jachmann: a.o. SHADOWHUNTER (2018, short), SERVING IN SILENCE (2011, short doc). Dutch Mountain Film Ph: +31 20 688 1843 info@dutchmountainfilm.nl www.dutchmountainfilm.nl FUNKELE YOUT H Nicole Jachmann Fifteen-year-old Robin and her best friend Merel share everything and are inseparable. Except, that is, for Robin's budding sexuality and her curiosity, something she is ashamed of, and which she keeps anxiously hidden.
LIVE ACTION SHORT FILMS 11 14’ / colour Genre: drama Original title: GOOD BOY Prod: Family Affair Films - Noortje Wilschut Sc: Britt Snel, Mariia Ponomarova Completed: end 2020 Language: English, Ukrainian, Dutch Mariia Ponomarova: FAMILY HOUR (2018, short) Festivals: a.o. Sarajevo FF, VIS Vienna Shorts, IFF Braunschweig, Go Short ISFF, ARDEA (2017, short) Festivals and Awards: a.o. Grand Prix Best Fiction Film and Best Cinematography-Open Night FF Kyiv. GOOD BOY Family Affair Films Mariia Ponomarova Ph: +31 20 707 1713 info@familyaffairfilms.nl www.familyaffairfilms.nl Aside from his own busy life, Andriy must care for his father. 10’ / colour Genre: drama Original title: HANTU Prod: NL Film - Sabine Brian, Kaja Wolffers Completed: Autumn 2021 Language: Dutch Kim Kokosky Deforchaux: a.o. IBINU (2020, feature), COLOSSEUM (2019, short), BAARDMOS (2015, short), IK, MOORDENAAR (2019, short) Festivals: Busan ISFF, Imagine FF, ONS ALLER ONKRUID (2017, student film). NL Film HANTU Ph: +31 20 574 7626 info@nlfilm.tv Kim Kokosky Deforchaux www.nlfilm.tv A lonely widow spends her remaining years in her apartment, every day calling, and cooking for her grown son. At night she is ravaged by demons from a troubled past that she refuses to burden him with.
12 LIVE ACTION SHORT FILMS 15’ / colour Genre: drama, youth Original title: A HOLIDAY FROM MOURNING Prod: Studio Ruba - Layla Meijman & Maarten van der Ven Completed: October 2020 Language: Dutch, English Zara Dwinger: YULIA & JULIET (2018, short), SIRENE (2017, student film) Festivals and Awards: a.o. YOUT Golden Tadpole-Camerimage FF, Best H Short Film-Atlanta IFF, Audience Award- Bogoshorts, Best Screenplay-Poitiers IFF, LIV (2016, short). A HOLIDAY FROM MOURNING Studio Ruba Zara Dwinger Ph: +31 6 4189 8869 info@studioruba.com www.studioruba.com A teenage girl attempts to flee the grief she has felt since her mothers' death by going on a post- Festival distribution: Kapitein Kort Ph: +31 6 3630 5627 exam trip to a Portuguese party town. But the info@kapiteinmedia.nl faster she runs, the more the feeling she is try- www.kapiteinkort.nl ing to escape from catches up on her. 29’ / colour Genre: black comedy, drama Original title: BETTIE VAN DE THUISZORG Prod: Staccato Films - Storm Rechsteiner Sc: Reowin Renkema Completed: January 2021 Language: Dutch Carmen Maria: THE ONLY ONE (2020, short), AFTERMATH (2019, short), MORNING FIX (2018, short). Staccato Films Ph: +31 20 419 0404 info@staccatofilms.com HOME CARE BETTIE www.staccatofilms.com Carmen Maria As a result of the Corona crisis, Home Care Bet- tie is recognized as the hero she's always been. Will she maintain this status after the crisis is over?
LIVE ACTION SHORT FILMS 13 length tbd / colour Genre: coming of age Original title: ZIELBESTUIVER Prod: Topkapi Films - Max de Wolf Sc: Saar Ponsioen Completed: spring 2021 Language: Dutch Marit Weerheijm: a.o. EN ROUTE (2019, short) Festivals and Awards: a.o. Golden Calf Best Short-Ne- therlands FF, Best Dutch Live Action Short- Cinekid FF, Berlinale IFF, New York Int Children’s FF, Oberhausen Short FF, WHEN GREY IS A COLOUR (2016, student film) Fes- HOW LIGHT GETS IN tivals and Awards: a.o. Student Academy Award-International Narrative Film, Best Marit Weerheijm Short Film and Young Jury Award Best Short Film-TIFF Kids IFF. Wies (14) wants to save the climate but her Topkapi Films human desires are restricting her. Ph: +31 20 303 2494 info@topkapifilms.nl www.topkapifilms.nl 14’ / colour Genre: drama, thriller, horror Original title: IK, ADONIS Prod: PRPL - Ellen Havenith Completed: January 2021 Language: Dutch Angelo Raaijmakers: SAD SPIRIT (2015, student film). PRPL info@prpl.nl www.prpl.nl Sales: Aspect Ratio (North-America) I, ADONIS aspectratiofilms@gmail.com www.aspectratiofilms.com Angelo Raaijmakers Go big, or go home.
14 LIVE ACTION SHORT FILMS 11’ / colour Genre: drama Original title: LAATSTE RIT Prod: IJswater Films Sc: Leila Sahir Completed: November 2020 Language: Dutch Edson da Conceicao: a.o. PORFOTTO (2019, student film) Festi- vals and Awards: a.o. Best Film-British Urban FF London, Silk Road IFF (Dublin), EINDHALTE (2018, short) Festivals: a.o. Go Short FF, Short Shorts FF Asia (Tokyo), Joinville Int Short FF. LAST RIDE IJswater Films Edson da Conceicao Ph: +31 20 442 1760 films@ijswater.nl www.ijswater.nl When a cab driver reluctantly picks up his last customer of the night, he doesn’t yet know that this woman will make his last ride unforgettable. 10’ / colour Genre: drama Original title: LEEUWIN Prod: Family Affair Films - Chris Stenger, Floor Onrust Sc: Bastiaan Tichler Completed: November 2020 Language: Dutch Philip Besamusca: VIGOR (2016, short). Family Affair Films Ph: +31 20 707 1713 info@familyaffairfilms.nl LIONESS www.familyaffairfilms.nl Philip Besamusca When the temperamental Sylvie (17) is told that she has to give up her child when it’s born, she decides to escape the youth institution where she’s placed. In her eyes it’s the only way to prevent her child from repeating the same cycle of institutionalized youth.
LIVE ACTION SHORT FILMS 15 23’ / colour Genre: drama Original title: A LITTLE LESS ORDINARY Prod: Riverpark Films - Herman Slagter Completed: November 2020 Language: Dutch, Mandarin Guido Jeurissen: a.o. EMBODY THE EARTH (2020, short), ROFFA REPRESENT (2020, short doc series), CAMP RAUW HOOP (2019, music video), EXODUS (2019, short), 14.05 ALTIJD EEN SOORT VOOR- UIT (2019, short). Riverpark Films A LITTLE LESS ORDINARY Ph: +31 6 5510 7533 herman@riverparkfilms.nl Guido Jeurissen www.riverparkfilms.nl In her quest for adventure, Maye, a young runa- way guided by her own set of rules, is catapul- ted back into reality when it turns out that real life can be much, much harsher. 20’ / colour Genre: drama, coming of age, LGBTIQ Original title: MARLON BRANDO Prod: Room for Film - Loes Komen, Eva Verweij Completed: May 2020 Language: Dutch Vincent Tilanus: GOLD LEAF (2018, student film). Room for Film YOUT H Ph: +31 6 2936 2360 loes@roomforfilm.com www.roomforfilm.com MARLON BRANDO LGBT IQ Sales: Varicoloured Vincent Tilanus Ph: +39 328 284 3112 / +39 327 004 8684 ev@varicoloured.eu / cv@varicoloured.eu www.varicoloured.eu In this warm, wise, and irrestibly energetic film, the tight friendship between two queer teens, Cas and Naomi, is imperilled by the many com- plications that go along with growing up and be- coming who you need to be.
16 LIVE ACTION SHORT FILMS 16’ / colour Genre: drama Original title: MIRAGE Prod: OAK Motion Pictures Completed: October 2020 Language: English Sil van der Woerd: GROWTH (2017, short) Festivals and Awards: a.o. Best Editing-Autumn Shorts FF, REQUIEM 2019 (2017, short). OAK Motion Pictures Ph: +31 20 717 3504 contact@oakmotionpictures.com MIRAGE www.oakmotionpictures.com Sil van der Woerd The personal story of Mendel, a 70-year-old hunter struggling to accept his wife's imminent death. 11’ / colour Genre: drama Original title: SJEEMTE Prod: Rinkel Film - Reinier Selen, Yorn Heijnen Films - Yorn Heijnen Co-prod: Limburg Film Office & Mockus Completed: March 2021 Language: Dutch Floris Ramaekers: SLEEPING DOGS (2012, feature) Festivals: Sofia IFF, Raindance FF, British Indepen- Director Floris Ramaekers dent FF. Rinkel Film MOTHER TONGUE Ph: + 31 20 616 3231 info@rinkelfilm.com Floris Ramaekers www.rinkelfilm.com A benefits claim appointment spins out of con- trol when Candide (23) borrows her sister’s baby and pretends that it’s her own child.
LIVE ACTION SHORT FILMS 17 11’ / colour Genre: black comedy, drama Original title: SNORRIE Prod: OAK Motion Pictures - Trent Completed: December 2020 Language: Dutch Victoria Warmerdam: SHORT CALF MUSCLE (2019, short) Festivals and Awards: a.o. Iris Prize, Best Short- Austrian FF, Best Comedy-Bolton FF, Best Short-Druk FF, Best Film-Kolkata FF, Best Comedy-Mexico FF. OAK Motion Pictures MUSTACHIO Ph: +31 20 717 3504 contact@oakmotionpictures.com Victoria Warmerdam www.oakmotionpictures.com In this mildly absurd tragicomedy Freek is sur- prised by a visit from Mustachio, his best friend from childhood. But their uncomfortable reunion quickly gets out of hand as Mustachio's unresol- ved grief continues to surface. 11’ / colour Genre: LGBTIQ, coming of age Original title: NOVA Prod: IJswater Films - Marc Bary, Nicky Onstenk Completed: November 2020 Language: Dutch Luca Meisters: WHEN BIRDS FLY LOW (2019, short) Festi- vals and Awards: a.o. Cinekid FF, Ober- hausen Kurzfilmtage, Mo & Friese Kinder YOUT H Kurz FF, Encouragement Award-Shift FF. IJswater Films NOVA LGBT IQ Ph: +31 20 442 1760 films@ijswater.nl Luca Meisters www.ijswater.nl When Nova (15) brings her little sister to soccer practice, she exchanges a glance with the new trainer Nadia which results in a feeling she can’t seem to put her finger on.
18 LIVE ACTION SHORT FILMS 15’ / colour Genre: drama Original title: VAN LUCHT EN VEREN Prod: Family Affair Films - Chris Stenger Completed: April 2021 Language: Dutch Jeroen van ’t Hullenaar & Coen Eigenraam: HUMAN DAYS (2018, short). Family Affair Films Ph: +31 20 707 1713 info@familyaffairfilms.nl www.familyaffairfilms.nl OF AIR AND FEATHERS Jeroen van ’t Hullenaar & Coen Eigenraam At the end of their century-long lives two friends look back. As one dissolves in the air the other is covered with feathers. 17’ / colour Genre: psychological thriller Original title: DE TIJD LEERT Prod: Keplerfilm - Derk-Jan Warrink, Koji Nelissen Completed: October 2020 Language: Dutch, English Laras Reinstar: THICKER THAN WATER (2017, student film) Festivals: a.o. VIS Vienna Shorts, Tel Aviv ISFF, Bucharest SFF, WITHIN (2016, short), DAYDREAMS (2012, short). Keplerfilm ONLY TIME WILL TELL Ph: +31 20 737 0608 hello@keplerfilm.nl Laras Reinstar www.keplerfilm.nl A lonely puppeteer encounters the princess of his dreams, but reality isn't quite as he imagined it.
LIVE ACTION SHORT FILMS 19 19’ / b&w Genre: drama Original title: RADIO SLOBODA Prod: YadMedia (NL) - Azur Begovic Co-prod: Realstage (BA) Completed: November 2020 Language: Bosnian Ismar Vejzovic & Bafl Sarhang: AMEEN (2018, short). YadMedia Ph: +31 6 4881 2799 abstrakts@hotmail.com www.yadmedia.com RADIO FREEDOM Ismar Vejzovic & Bafl Sarhang The story of a radio operator's last day in a be- sieged city, when he abandons reporting the war and helping people get in touch with their loved ones outside the city, choosing instead to flee and reunite with his own family. 30’ / colour Genre: psychological drama Original title: FANNY Prod: Topkapi Films - Max de Wolf Completed: 2021 Language: Dutch Sven Bresser: a.o. FREE FIGHT (2018, TV film), L'ÉTÉ ET TOUT LE RESTE (2018, short) Festivals and Awards: a.o Venice IFF Orrizonti, Toronto IFF, Chicago IFF, Golden Calf Award Best Director Sven Bresser Short-Netherlands FF, Grand Jury Prize- Quebec City IFF, CAVELLO (2016, short) Festivals and Awards: a.o Vers Awards: SHE USED TO SING HERE Cam-a-Lot/Filmmore Jury Prize Best Film. Sven Bresser Topkapi Films Ph: +31 20 303 2494 info@topkapifilms.nl When a musician goes looking for his missing www.topkapifilms.nl sister he realizes that he actually lost her a long time ago.
20 LIVE ACTION SHORT FILMS 19’ / colour Genre: experimental, LGBTIQ Original title: SILENT HEAT Prod: Family Affair Films - Chris Stenger, Noortje Wilschut, Floor Onrust Completed: August 2020 Language: English, Dutch, Russian Lucienne Venner: UNLOST (2019, short), ERROR OF EROS (2018, short), A RIDE TO MORESNET (2017, student film). Family Affair Films Ph: +31 20 707 1713 SILENT HEAT LGBT IQ info@familyaffairfilms.nl www.familyaffairfilms.nl Lucienne Venner On vacation with her girlfriend, Lyla’s fantasies are triggered unexpectedly after she is stung by a sea urchin. She meets the sensual Valéry who takes her to an underground sub-culture with its own peculiar fetish, which changes Lyla’s life fo- rever. 10’ / colour Genre: drama Original title: STUCKWITU Prod: NL Film - Sabine Brian, Kaja Wolffers Sc: Elvira Porcedda, Perla Vita Beerens Completed: November 2020 Language: Dutch Timo Ottevanger: a.o. BAD INFLUENCER (2019, TV series), NIN- GYO (2019, student film), SAFE HAVEN (2019, short), RUN BABY RUN (2018, short), MI LOBI (2014, short). NL Film STUCKWITU Ph: +31 20 574 7626 info@nlfilm.tv Timo Ottevanger www.nlfilm.tv Gaby and Kesh are two slackers in their early twenties who spend their days recalling child- hood memories. When the two get wind of a foam party, they decide to relive their teenage years together...
LIVE ACTION SHORT FILMS 21 13’ / colour Genre: comic drama Original title: DE VERRUKKELIJKE ONBEHOLPENHEID VAN EEN EERSTE KEER Prod: The Rogues - Guusje van Deuren, Rianne Poodt Completed: September 2020 Language: Dutch Eva M.C. Zanen: a.o. BEARS LOVE ME (2019, TV Film) Festi- vals: a.o. PÖFF Talinn Black Nights FF, Cinekid FF, Montevideo IFF for Children THE SWEET HASSLE and Youth, SJAAK'S WIFE DIED, SO HE NEEDS TO SAY SOMETHING (2017, short). OF A FIRST TIME The Rogues Eva M.C. Zanen Ph: +31 6 3072 5752 rianne@therogues.nl www.therogues.nl A tragi-comedy in multi-screen revealing the awkwardness and naked truth of a first sexual encounter. 26’ / colour Genre: drama, LGBTIQ, coming of age Original title: WATAMULA Prod: Recent - Mario Gonsalves, Danique Zimmerman Completed: September 2020 Language: Papiamento Kevin Osepa: First short film. Recent Ph: +31 6 4693 4409 mario@recent.co www.recent.co WATAMULA LGBT IQ Kevin Osepa Visual artist and filmmaker Kevin Osepa, for whom young Afro-Caribbean identity is an im- portant subject, moulds a magical-realistic pa- norama, bringing together landscape and fate, spirituality, sensuality and machismo.
140 LIVE ACTION SHORT FILMS 7’ / colour Genre: black comedy Original title: WANNEER IK ONTPLOF Prod: Volya Films - Fleur Knopperts, Dennis Vaslin Completed: September 2020 Language: Dutch Angelo Raaijmakers: I, ADONIS(2020, short), SAD SPIRIT (2015, student film). Volya Films Ph: +31 6 5245 1987 fleur@volyafilms.nl WHEN I EXPLODE www.volyafilms.nl Angelo Raaijmakers A millennial with a bomb in his belly, and time is ticking… 11’ / colour Genre: kids & youth, drama Original title: WHEN LIGHT FADES Prod: Topkapi Films - Laurette Schillings, Frans van Gestel, Arnold Heslenfeld Completed: October 2020 Language: Dutch Daan Groot: AIMÉE (2017, student film). Topkapi Films Ph: +31 20 303 2494 info@topkapifilms.nl KIDS & www.topkapifilms.nl WHEN LIGHT FADES FAMIL Y Daan Groot As a boy spirals further into isolation, it becomes harder for him to resist the visions of an offered escape.
SHORT DOCUMENTARIES
24 SHORT DOCUMENTARIES 7’ / b&w Original title: MEISJESJONGENSMIX Prod: Prospektor - Eefje Blankevoort, Laura Verduijn Completed: September 2020 Language: Dutch Lara Aerts: First short documentary. Prospektor Ph: +31 6 4714 6564 LGBT IQ laura@prospektor.nl www.prospektor.nl KIDS & GIRLSBOYSMIX FAMIL Y Lara Aerts Why is it so important to be a boy or a girl? 26’ / colour Original title: HONDS Prod: NEWTON Film - Ton van Zantvoort Completed: September 2020 Language: Dutch Josefien van Kooten: GOOD PEOPLE (2016, short), POLISH FOR BEGINNERS (2014, short). NEWTON Film Ph: +31 6 4103 9081 info@newtonfilm.nl www.newtonfilm.nl HONDS Josefien van Kooten During dog training the tension between love, control and powerlessness is reflected in the re- lationship between man and beast.
SHORT DOCUMENTARIES 25 16’ / colour Original title: IN HAVANA Prod: Kim Films - Kim van Haaster Completed: September 2020 Language: Spanish Kim van Haaster: Second short documentary. PLAY, NO MATTER WHAT! (2014, doc) Awards: A Like for Documentary Cronograf Int Documentary FF, Special Jury Prize- SIMFEST. Kim Films KIDS & Ph: +31 6 2830 9576 IN HAVANA FAMIL Y info@kimvanhaaster.nl www.kimvanhaaster.nl Kim van Haaster Anthony, Carolina, Camilo. The beliefs, dreams and hopes for the future of three Cuban children. 35’ / colour Original title: JANO & SHIRO, A BROTHERS’ JOURNEY Prod: Prospektor - Laura Verduijn Co-prod: KRO-NCRV Completed: October 2020 Language: Kurdish, Arabic, Dutch Els van Driel & Eefje Blankevoort: a.o. SHADOW GAME (2021, doc), THE DEAL (2017, mid-length doc), THE ASYLUM MACHINE (2016, interactive, mid-length doc). JANO & SHIRO, A Prospektor Ph: +31 6 4714 6564 BROTHERS’ JOURNEY YOUT H laura@prospektor.nl www.prospektor.nl Els van Driel & Eefje Blankevoort The brothers Jano (18) and Shiro (15) flee toge- ther from Syria to the Netherlands. While Shiro, who is a minor, learns the language and makes friends, Jano spends his time waiting in an asy- lum centre for adults.
26 SHORT DOCUMENTARIES 15’ / colour Original title: JULIETA & DE SCHILDPADDEN IN DE PLASTIC SOEP Prod: Tangerine Tree - Nienke Korthof Completed: November 2020 Language: English, Dutch Mirjam Marks: a.o. JOVANNAFORFUTURE (2019, short doc), HARBOURBOYZ (2018, short doc), PRIDE & PREJUDICE (2017, short doc), SPOTLIGHT ON MERNA (2016, short doc), THE GIRL OF 672K (2015, short doc). JULIETA & THE TURTLES KIDS & Tangerine Tree IN THE PLASTIC SOUP FAMIL Y info@tangerinetree.nl www.tangerinetree.nl Mirjam Marks The wonderful world of the ocean feels like home to 14-year-old Julieta, but the amount of plastic pollution she encounters makes her ex- tremely angry. Staying positive and believing that you can create a better world can be a diffi- cult task. 15’ / colour Original title: MOMENTS OF BEING Prod: Rots Filmwerk - Steven Rubinstein Malamud Completed: May 2021 Language: Dutch Paul de Ruijter: WITHOUT SUN (2016, graduation short doc). Rots Filmwerk Ph: +31 6 1491 1222 steven@rotsfilmwerk.nl www.rotsfilmwerk.nl MOMENTS OF BEING Paul de Ruijter An intuitive search for small moments of happi- ness in the year before the family farm gets sold.
SHORT DOCUMENTARIES 27 25’ / colour Original title: NAYA - DER WALT HAT TAUSEND AUGEN Prod: [boondocs] - Jasper Boon Completed: November 2020 Language: Dutch Sebastian Mulder: First short documentary. NATURE: ALL RIGHTS RESERVED (2017, graduation short doc). [boondocs] Ph: +31 6 4821 1049 jasper@boondocs.nl NAYA www.boondocs.nl Sebastian Mulder We follow the story of she-wolf Naya, who wal- ked from East Germany to Belgium with a GPS collar. 15’ / colour Original title: STOEPFEESTJE Prod: Staccato Film - Joey Jansen, Storm Rechsteiner Completed: December 2020 Language: Dutch, Sranantongo Hugo Drechsle: MISERABEL (2017, short). Staccato Films Ph: +31 20 419 0404 info@staccatofilms.com www.staccatofilms.com PAVEMENT PARTY Hugo Drechsler "One and a half metres is the new normal"
28 SHORT DOCUMENTARIES 26’ / colour Original title: RUSTELOZE ZIELEN, SCÈNES UIT DE TBS Prod: Tangerine Tree - Nienke Korthof Completed: October 2020 Language: English, Dutch Ingrid Kamerling: GRAN AND CHRIS & THE RED CAR (2019, doc), VIVIAN, VIVIAN (2016, doc), THE BIRD BOY (2016, short doc), AFTER THE SUMMER (2015, short doc), SOUNDS FOR MAZIN (2012, short doc). Tangerine Tree RESTLESS SOULS info@tangerinetree.nl www.tangerinetree.nl Ingrid Kamerling People detained under hospital orders work hard to return to society. Participating in a thea- tre project helps, but can also cause tension. Is it possible to leave your demons behind, or will they always remain with you? 25’ / colour Original title: WHEN YOU HEAR THE DIVINE CALL Prod: [boondocs] - Jasper Boon Completed: September 2020 Language: English, Dutch Festus Toll: First short documentary. WE WILL MAINTAIN (2017, graduation film). [boondocs] Ph: +31 6 4821 1049 WHEN YOU HEAR jasper@boondocs.nl www.boondocs.nl THE DIVINE CALL Festus Toll Moral questions and the search for identity come together in this short documentary about what ‘home’ means as a half European, half African child.
ANIMATED SHORTS
30 ANIMATED SHORTS 20’ / colour Genre: drama, thriller Original title: CAMOUFLAGE Prod: Mooves (NL) - Jantiene de Kroon Co-prod: Lunanime (BE) Sc: Jantiene de Kroon Completed: December 2020 Language: English Remco Polman: DIRKJAN RULES! (2010, animated short) Award: Jury Award-Computer Space FF Sofia, MORTEL (2006, animated short). Mooves CAMOUFLAGE Ph: + 31 20 694 5602 mooves@mooves.nl Remco Polman www.mooves.nl Festival Distribution: KLIK Distribution An office clerk desperately tries to hold his life Ph.+31 6 2068 9423 together while the world around him gets darker ursulaklik@gmail.com and darker. A brutal regime systematically pro- secutes certain groups - and he is not a brave character. This time, will he be strong enough to resist? 8’ / colour Genre: fantasy, action, adventure Original title: CLOUDMAKER Prod: Hazazah Pictures - Maarten Kuit Completed: December 2020 Language: Spanish Hanna van Niekerk: ANNE FRANK VIDEO DIARY (2020, web series), SOAP (2017, short fiction), IF THE SUN EXPLODES (2016, feature). Hazazah Pictures Ph: +31 20 422 6422 info@hazazahpictures.com CLOUDMAKER www.hazazah.com Hanna van Niekerk Festival Distribution: KLIK Distribution Ph.+31 6 2068 9423 ursulaklik@gmail.com High up in the sky lives the charismatic Hipólito who transforms clouds into wondrous figures. In order to return to his true love on earth, he has first to find a worthy successor.
ANIMATED SHORTS 31 2’ / colour Genre: comedy, kids, family Original title: INKT Prod: Ka-Ching Cartoons Completed: September 2020 Language: none Erik Verkerk & Joost van den Bosch: a.o. CASH FOR TRASH (2019, animated fea- ture), DE TAND DES TIJDS (2019, animated feature), TEX (2017, animated short) Festi- vals: a.o: Golden Elephant ICFF Hydera- bad. KIDS & Ka-Ching Cartoons INK FAMIL Y Ph: +31 6 4509 8574 info@ka-chingcartoons.com Erik Verkerk & Joost van den Bosch www.ka-chingcartoons.com Sales: SND fIlms In this hilarious 2D & 3D animated short, a Ph: +31 6 5495 5266 clean-up neat-freak octopus uses all of his ten- info@sndfilms.com www.sndfilms.com tacles in trying to reach what he’s aiming for. 7’ / colour Genre: black comedy Original title: VARKEN Prod: Studio Pupil - Tünde Vollenbroek Completed: summer 2021 Language: no dialogue Jorn Leeuwerink: a.o. FLOWER FOUND! (2017, student film) Festivals and Awards: a.o. Best Student Animation-Anibar IAF, Best Student Film- European Animated FF Balkanima, Jury’s Special Prize Student Films Competition- Animakom Bilbao, TEKKOL (2015, animated short) Award: Super Short Competition PIG Jury Honorable Mention-MONSTRA: Lis- bon Animated FF. Jorn Leeuwerink Studio Pupil Ph: +31 6 4726 4049 A group of animals hook up a power grid to the contact@studiopupil.com socket-shaped snout of a large, sleeping pig. www.studiopupil.com The animals use the pig’s energy for simple Sales: SND Films things at first, but they are soon dependent on a Ph: +31 20 404 0707 info@sndfilms.com city where everything is automated... www.sndfilms.com
32 ANIMATED SHORTS 9’ / colour Genre: drama Original title: PILAR Dir: Yngwie Boley, J.J. Epping & Diana van Houten Prod: il Luster Productions (NL) - Michiel Snijders en Arnoud Rijken Co-producer: S.O.I.L. (BE) Completed: July 2020 Language: no dialogue Yngwie Boley, J.J. Epping and Diana van Houten: SPELLBREAKER (2013, animated short). PILAR il Luster Films Ph. +31 6 2412 8200 Yngwie Boley, J.J. Epping & Diana van Houten info@illuster.nl www.illuster.nl A dangerous intruder gives Pilar the chance to Sales: SND Films discover the wild animal within, and the means info@sndfilms.com www.sndfilms.com to escape the post-apocalyptic village she lives in. Festival Distribution: Square Eyes info@squareyesfilm.com www.squareeyesfilm.com 7’ / colour Genre: drama, action/adventure, kids Original title: SEE ME Prod: Family Affair Films - Noortje Wilschut, Chris Stenger, Floor Onrust Completed: summer 2020 Language: no dialogue Patty Stenger and Yvonne Kroese: First short film. Family Affair Films Ph: +31 20 707 1713 chris@familyaffairfilms.nl KIDS & www.familyaffarifilms.nl SEE ME FAMIL Y Patty Stenger and Yvonne Kroese When nobody wants to see you, your vision changes. Only when you fall, you seem to be a part of everybody, just for a little while.
ANIMATED SHORTS 33 2’ / colour Genre: comedy Original title: STEWARD Prod: Keplerfilm - Derk-Jan Warrink, Peter Lindhout, Koji Nelissen Completed: October 2020 Language: no dialogue Jim Stüter: First short film. Keplerfilm Ph: +31 20 737 0608 peter@keplerfilm.com www.keplerfilm.nl STEWARD Festival Distribution: KLIK Distribution Jim Stüter Ph.+31 6 2068 9423 ursulaklik@gmail.com Working as a soccer stadium steward is not al- ways great. Especially when your idol is doing his thing on the pitch, while you have to keep an eye on the supporters. 2’ / colour Genre: comedy, drama, environment & nature Original title: TOURIST TRAP Prod: Family Affair Films - Chris Stenger, Floor Onrust Sc: Britt Snel Completed: August 2020 Language: no dialogue Vera van Wolferen: HOW TO CATCH A BIRD (2013, animated student film) Festivals: a.o. Holland Anima- tion FF, Mo&Friese Children's SFF Ham- burg, Montreal Stop Motion FF. TOURIST TRAP Family Affair Films Vera van Wolferen Ph: +31 20 707 1713 info@familyaffairfilms.nl www.familyaffairfilms.nl Jeep is looking for the ultimate vacation spot; an idyllic island full of wilderness and beautiful tro- Sales: SND Films info@sndfilms.com pical birds. But he is not the only adventurer. www.sndfilms.com What starts out as an idyllic trip escalates quic- Festival Distribution: KLIK Distribution kly into a tourist trap from which no escape is Ph.+31 6 2068 9423 possible. ursulaklik@gmail.com
34 ANIMATED SHORTS 2’ / colour Genre: drama Original title: TRAM Prod: il Luster Films - Arnoud Rijken, Michiel Snijders Completed: September 2020 Language: no dialogue Olga van den Brandt: LINEAGE (2015, animated student film) Festivals: a,o, Anilogue IAFF Budapest, Holland Animation FF. il Luster Films Ph: +31 6 2412 8200 TRAM info@illuster.nl www.illuster.nl Olga van den Brandt A tram ride through Amsterdam in the 1930's shows both the proximity of, and distance be- tween, the rich and poor living in the metropolis. 2’ / colour Genre: drama Original title: ZANGKOM REDUX Prod: Volya Films - Fleur Knopperts, Denis Vaslin Sc: Maurice de Bruijne, Randy Oost Completed: October 2021 Language: no dialogue Maurice de Bruijne: KARMAN (2019, TV film), CREDO (2017, short). Volya Films Ph: +31 10 415 5621 ZANGKOM REDUX fleur@volyafilms.com www.volyafilms.com Maurice de Bruijne An ultrashort animation about the transience of essential connection and our deep desire to ex- perience it despite everything.
EXPERIMENTAL SHORTS
36 EXPERIMENTAL SHORTS 5’ / colour Original title: ADEM AAN ADEM Prod: Miloushka Bokma Completed: November 2019 Language: no dialogue Miloushka Bokma: Experimental shorts: a.o. THUIS, HOME, HEIMAT (2018), WINTERWENDE (2016), CYCLES (2015) Award: Pearl Artist Prize- Dance FF Berlin, SOFTLY TO NOT #7 (2013), SOFTLY TO NOT #5/ #6 (2012). Miloushka Bokma Ph: +31 6 4452 1951 BREATH TO BREATH mail@miloushkabokma.nl www.miloushkabokma.nl Miloushka Bokma Distributor: EYE Experimental Ph: +31 20 589 1446 The personal and emotional history which every experimental@eyefilm.nl man carries is the premise of this video-work. www.international.eyefilm.nl Signals, as elusive traces in the body, manifest or suppressed. I examine the language of the body in relation to its environment. 15’ / colour Original title: L’EAU FAUX Prod: seriousFilm - Marc Thelosen & Koert Davidse Completed: 2020 Language: no dialogue Serge Onnen: a.o. CLOACINAE (2017, animated short) Fes- tivals: o.a. IFF Rotterdam, Holland Anima- tion FF, Animator Int Animated FF Poznań, BREAK (2006, animated short). Sverre Fredriksen: a.o. HUMAN NATURE (2019, animated short) Festivals and Awards: a.o. Toronto IFF, L’EAU FAUX Award Best Dutch Short-Kaboom Animation Fest, Jury Prize Best Dutch Animation-Cine- Serge Onnen & Sverre Fredriksen kid FF, CLOACINAE (2017, animated short). seriousFilm There is friction in the water. An entity of nature, Ph: +31 6 2073 7277 marc@seriousfilm.nl constantly manipulated. Something happened, www.seriousfilm.nl when water became a 'thing' that you can buy in Distributor: EYE Experimental a bottle… Ph: +31 20 589 1446 experimental@eyefilm.nl www.international.eyefilm.nl
EXPERIMENTAL SHORTS 37 22’ / colour and b&w Original title: GAKA Prod: seriousFilm - Marc Thelosen & Koert Davidse Sc: Aryan Kaganof Completed: September 2020 Language: no dialogue Tomoko Mukaiyama: First film. Aryan Kaganof: a.o. THE DEAD MAN 2 : RETURN OF THE DEAD MAN (2004, experimental short), WESTERN 4.33 (2002, experimental short), SHABON- GAKA DAMA ELEGY (1999, feature), KIODAY MAKES THE BIG TIME (1992, feature). Tomoko Mukaiyama & Aryan Kaganof seriousFilm Ph: +31 6 2073 7277 Gaka is a ritual performance in which dance, marc@seriousfilm.nl music and stage design contribute equally to an www.seriousfilm.nl aesthetic experience within a specific location Distributor: EYE Experimental and time of day. Ph.+31 20 589 1446 experimental@eyefilm.nl www.international.eyefilm.nl 13’ / colour Original title: GENTLE WILDFIRE Prod: Interakt - René Mendel en Mira Mendel Completed: September 2020 Language: Portuguese Simone Bennett: a.o. MOTOR (2012, experimental short) Festivals: a.o. IFF Rotterdam, Guanajuato IFF, Berwick Film and Media Art Fest, Eu- ropean Media Art Fest, KasselerDokfest, BLUES BROTHER CASTRO THE SCORE (2011, music video). GENTLE WILDFIRE Interakt Ph: +31 20 623 7982 Simone Bennett interakt@interakt.nl www.interakt.nl Photographer Carlos' journey back home rekindles his connection to his roots.
38 EXPERIMENTAL SHORTS 5’ / colour Original title: KINKED Prod: Gerrit Rietveld Academie - Feline Hjermind Completed: summer 2020 Language: English Feline Hjermind: First short film. Feline Hjermind Ph: +31 6 4447 0643 feline.hjermind@gmail.com www.felinehjermind.com KINKED Distributor: EYE Experimental Ph: +31 20 589 1446 Feline Hjermind experimental@eyefilm.nl www.international.eyefilm.nl KINKED seeks to ‘kink’ - bend, warp, curve and twist - familiar images of seduction and desire. In this video, pornographic tropes are imitated and lovingly subverted. The images form a vi- sual vocabulary, moving towards a set of new sensual semantics. 16’ / colour Original title: LACERATE Prod: Fondazione In Between Art Film (IT) Completed: October 2020 Language: no dialogue Janis Rafa: a.o. KALA AZAR (2020, feature) Festivals and Awards: a.o. KNF Award -IFF Rotter- dam, New Directors/New Films MoMA, Best Cinematography-Black Canvas CFF, Special Mention - Hong Kong IFF, Thessa- loniki IFF, GRAVEDIGGERS (2014, medium Lacerate, courtesy the artist and length), REQUIEM TO A FATAL INCIDENT (2015, experimental short). LACERATE Fondazione In Between Art Film Fondazione In Between Art Film Janis Rafa Ph: +39 33 3428 5531 info@inbetweenartfilm.com Inspired by the iconography of biblical paintings www.inbetweenartfilm.com and Flemish still-lifes, LACERATE reflects on the Distributor: EYE Experimental subject of domestic and gender violence by por- Ph: +31 20 589 1446 traying the extreme decision of a woman who experimental@eyefilm.nl www.international.eyefilm.nl turns from victim into executioner. * The work was commissioned and produced by Fondazione In Between Art Film as part of the project 'Mascarilla 19 - Codes of Domestic Violence'.
EXPERIMENTAL SHORTS 39 8’ / colour Original title: LOST ON ARRIVAL Prod: PolakVanBekkum Completed: 2020 Language: Dutch Esther Polak, Ivar van Bekkum: a.o. THE RIDE (2019, experimental short) Festivals: a.o. Int Documentary FF Amster- dam, Visions du Reél Nyon, A COLLISION OF SORTS (2017, short doc), ONCE WE GET THERE (2016, TV doc), TT BOY (2013, short doc). PolakVanBekkum LOST ON ARRIVAL Ph: +31 6 4469 2524 / +31 6 1626 6385 contact@polakvanbekkum.nl PolakVanBekkum www.polakvanbekkum.nl Distributor: EYE Experimental After retiring, a man wants to return to the Carib- Ph: +31 20 589 1446 bean island where he once lived. But advancing experimental@eyefilm.nl www.international.eyefilm.nl dementia ruins his plans. He moves there but never really arrives. 5’ / colour Original title: P-9830 Prod: Zinc Garden - Michiel van Bakel Completed: August 2020 Language: no dialogue Michiel van Bakel: All short experimental: a.o. RE-SCULPTED IN TIME: SANATORIUM ZONNESTRAAL (2020), HOURS OF GLASS (2019) Festivals: a.o.: Int Documentary FF Amsterdam, OBERHAUSEN KURZFILMTAGE, FOREST PATHS -FORGET HEIDEGGER (2018) Festivals: a.o. Karlovy Vary FF. P-9830 Zinc Garden Ph: +31 10 425 9772 Michiel van Bakel info@michielvanbakel.nl www.michielvanbakel.nl Playing with elastic time in a compelling techno- Distributor: LIMA logical landscape. theuszwakhals@li-ma.nl www.li-ma.nl
40 EXPERIMENTAL SHORTS 22’ / colour Original title: REMEMBERING THE NIGHTS IN SAFE HAVEN Prod: Iztokk - Iztok Klančar Completed: November 2020 Language: English, Portuguese, Ukrainian Iztok Klančar: a.o. DESCENT (2020, short), RAPTURE (2019, short), SAFE PLACE (2017, short), HEALING THE FEELING (2016, short). Iztokk REMEMBERING THE Ph: +31 6 1353 6301 info@iztokk.com NIGHTS IN SAFE HAVEN LGBT IQ www.iztokk.com Iztok Klančar Distributor: EYE Experimental Ph: +31 20 589 1446 experimental@eyefilm.nl A drag performer rendez-vous with their many www.international.eyefilm.nl personalities during the after-hours. A man is taken over by his surrogate lover, made of tex- tile. Two brothers dance in an empty nightclub. 9’ / colour Original title: DEAMBULAR Prod: Parquee Completed: December 2020 Language: Spanish, Dutch, French Pilar Falco: LUCY (2019, short), GAM (2018, short). Parquee Ph: +31 6 3339 9356 labancamanque@gmail.com Distributor: EYE Experimental Ph: +31 20 589 1446 WANDER AROUND experimental@eyefilm.nl www.international.eyefilm.nl Pilar Falco A space-time traveler traverses dimensions of matter and energy, crossing parallel, unique realities. A dream trip through her memories, nightmares and fantasies. Fantasy or reality? Nothing is static, nothing is permanent. Or is it?
EXPERIMENTAL SHORTS 41 20’ / colour Original title: YORISHIRO Prod: Charlotte Dumas Sc: Charlotte Dumas & Jolein Laarman Completed: 2020 Language: no dialogue Charlotte Dumas: All shorts: SHIO (2018), WORK HORSE (2015) Festivals: a.o. Int Documentary FF Amster- dam, THE WIDEST PRAIRIES (2013), ANIMA (2012) ) Festivals: a.o. Int Documentary FF Amsterdam. Distributor: EYE Experimental YORISHIRO Ph: +31 20 589 1446 experimental@eyefilm.nl Charlotte Dumas www.international.eyefilm.nl A little girl in a purplish-gray horse suit travels through urban Japanese landscapes to a re- mote island where she finds kinship with the horses, subtly restoring the historical bond be- tween animal and mankind.
Supported a.o.: Monos (2019) Lyrebird (2019) Killing Eve II (2019) Undone (2019) Dirty God (2019) The Goldfinch (2019) Heirs of the Night (2019) A Land Imagined (2018) Stupid Young Heart (2018) Dunkirk (2017) Sense8 (2017)
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