We, the clean
A poetic documentary about cleaning in an indifferent universe.
November 10, 2023
August 11, 2023
director Hanneke van der Linden | script Rob de Barbanson | this film is supported by the Netherlands Film Fund, City of Utrecht, K.F. Heijn fund, Stimuleringsfonds Rouw, Voordekunst,nl, Flanders Audiovisual Fund, Tax Shelter programme of the Belgian Gouvernement, in co-production with S.O.I.L. Geert van Goethem & Linda Sterckx | development producer Cineté Willem Thijssen & Nancy Fornoville
LouLou
An 8-year-old child saves a butterfly at the memorial of his father. The child desperately tries to keep the butterfly alive. He barely succeeds, but then his new friend announces his departure…
director Hanneke van der Linden | script Rob de Barbanson | this film is supported by the Netherlands Film Fund, City of Utrecht, K.F. Heijn fund, Stimuleringsfonds Rouw, Voordekunst,nl, Flanders Audiovisual Fund, Tax Shelter programme of the Belgian Gouvernement, in co-production with S.O.I.L. Geert van Goethem & Linda Sterckx | development producer Cineté Willem Thijssen & Nancy Fornoville
March 1, 2023
Squid
When an aspiring composer, Dune, is mansplained by her boss in a seafood restaurant about the proper skills needed to cut up a squid – she leaves work with a feeling that only worsens as her boyfriend breaks up with her once and for all.
Fearing failure in all areas of life, Dune cycles to the beach only to be surprised by her findings.
script & director Lucy Cordes Engelman | with Ishtar Bakhtali | editor Stephanie Sibbald | music Ishtar Bakhtali | supported by the Netherlands Film Fund & City of Rotterdam moving image
September 9, 2022
the Infinite Anatomical Theatre
THE INFINITE ANATOMICAL THEATRE is an animated re-telling of the myth of The Fall inspired by Baroque Anatomical Art in Holland. The film combines hand-drawn figures with digital scans of Baroque architecture to create a myth of our culture’s relationship to both the human body and technology.
script & director Simon Pummell | script coach Margot Knijn | VFX Barend Onneweer | 3D animation Ryan Cherewaty | editing Tim Roza | co-produced with Visualantics Steven Dhoedt | supported by the Netherlands Film Fund & Flemish Audiovisual Fund
September 9, 2022
Ziggurat
A dead body is found at the art fair. Commissioner Ziggurat and Lieutenant Le Bon go to investigate.
script & director Pieter Samyn | production design & animation Pieter Samyn | music Ruben de Gheselle | sound design Senjan Jansen | supported by the Flemish Audiovisual Fund & Netherlands Film Fund | a co-production with S.O.I.L. Brussels Linda Sterckx & Geert van Goethem
February 8, 2022
Dromodriller
Mister Ø has been working alone for years on a slow boring damp tunnel drilling machine. He passes his time well with his Concorde flight simulator. Until he gets a grain of sand in his eye.
script & directors Serge Onnen & Sverre Fredriksen | technical development & support Zoltan Korai | supported by the Netherlands Film Fund in the framework of De Korte Verbeelding (Short Imagination) & Creative Industries Fund NL
March 17, 2021
ZAAD
ZAAD is the story of a man who gazes blindly at the supposed heredity of his father’s mental illness, without realizing that the most powerful drug against it is within his grasp.
script & director Dries Meddens | director of photography Benito Strangio | sound design Wiebe de Boer | music Maarten Meddens & Arthur Fink | supported by the Netherlands Film Fund & Flemish Audiovisual Fund | distribution Windmill Film Distribution Annemiek van der Hell & Wallie Pollé | a co-production with Associate Directors Mark Daems
July 22, 2020
Desert of the Real
Intimate conversations with ex-psychotics unravel seeking answers to how much control man has over his own psyche. During the film, the boundary between madness and common sense appear rather cloudy.
script | director | animator Luuk Bouwman | research Luuk Bouwman & Linde van Schuppen | line producers Gwen Pol & Edgar Kapp | design Pien den Hollander | director of photography Jan Pieter Tuinstra | set sound Luuk Bouwman | VFX Jos Wabeke | co-produced with EO | supported by Netherlands Media Fund in the framework of LEF & by CoBO Fund & the Netherlands Film Fund in the framework of Teledoc | commissioning editor EOdocs Margit Balogh | editor EOdocs Judith Vreriks
June 5, 2020
This is your captain speaking
What would you do if you could fly for one day? While local residents answer this question, we fly with them. Along the flight it becomes clear that fantasy is more urgent for some persons than for others.