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August 6, 2017

Sand Wanderer

As the world starts moving around him, the young dessert dweller decides to follow the footprints of his fellow tribesmen to the origin of natural forces, time.

a film by Eric Giessmann | script coach Ernie Tee | music Michel Banabila | sound design & final mix Wiebe de Boer | foley art Maurits van Overdulve | grading & delviery Laurent Fluttert
supported by the Netherlands Film Fund in the context of the Wildcard 2015 programme
February 25, 2017

the GAP

An animated short (10mins) by Patrick Vandebroeck & Raf Wathion: little Man is block shaped in a straight lined world; flattening out all irregularities, then one day he meets Red Ball…

script & director Patrick Vandebroeck | script & art director Raf Wathion | a co-production with VIVI film Vivian Vanfleteren | distribution KLIK! Distribution service | international sales SND Films | supported by the Netherlands Film Fund & VAF audiovisual fund
February 16, 2017

Dick Verdult – It Is True But Not Here

documentary on multi-talented artist Dick Verdult from Eindhoven, the Netherlands, founder of the Institute for Affordable Lunacy (Instituut voor Betaalbare Waanzin), also known as Cumbia composer and performer: Dick el Demasiado

script | director | camera Luuk Bouwman

a co-production with Omroep Brabant | NEWTON films, suppported by the Brabantse Beauties | Netherlands Media Fund, sales (North / South America): Gluon Media LLC lipe [at] gluon.media / Distribution (Argentina) Fuera De La Comun
availabe as VOD at Cinema Delicatessen
January 18, 2017

Cloacinae

Every modern society is built on two invisible and indispensable systems. The sanitary and the monetary system. When something goes wrong with one of these two, our civilization is in danger. In this shadow puppet film we follow the journey of a cent who has fallen into the sewer system.

script & director Serge Onnen | stop-motion animation Sverre Fredriksen | music Li Daiguo | sound design Fred Kienhuis | final mix Rob Dul | grading & deliveries Laurent Fluttert |

supported by Stimuleringsfonds voor Creative Industrie, Mondriaan Fonds, Confucius instituut Leiden, stichting Stokroos, Amsterdams Fonds voor de Kunst, Cinecrowd & Institute for Provocation Beijing
premiere International Film Festival Rotterdam 2017 the Netherlands (in competition for the Tiger Award for Short Film) | theatrical screenings IFFR on Tour 2017 screenings in selected Dutch theatres | festivals Holland Animation Film Festival 2017 Utrecht (in competition for the Grand Prix for Dutch Animation, the Trade Award, and the Audience Award) | Ammehoela Festival 2017 Amsterdam | Mammoth Lakes Film Festival 2017 United States | Bunuel Calanda Festival Internacional 2017 Calanda | Sansueña International Festival del Cine 2017 Madrid | FC Hyena Philosophy VG 2017 Amsterdam | Ottawa International Film Festival 2017 Ottawa (in the Narrative Short Animation Competition) | Stop Motion Mx 2017 Mexico City | ZINEBI 2017 Bilbao (in international competition)
November 19, 2016

To Stay Alive – a method

Iggy Pop delivers us ‘To Stay Alive – a method‘ an early essay by Michel Houellebecq

by Lieshout | Hagers | Van Brummelen

a co-production with VPRO Television | AT-Production
supported by the Netherlands Media Fund | Netherlands Film Fund  | Netherlands Film Production Incentive | CoBO Fund | Tax Shelter programme of the Belgian Governement
theatrical distribution Contact Film Gerard Huisman, international sales Cat ‘n Docs Catherine le Clef
September 25, 2016

INTERFACE

‘Imagine that you see everything through a monitor, that you have never seen the face of your loved one, that you even have never seen you own eyes…’

INTERFACE is a selected production for ‘De Ontmoeting’ (the Meeting), an initiative by VERS and Cinecrowd, giving Dutch, young and unconventional filmmakers an opportunity to further develop their skills and style.

script | director Anna Hoetjes, line producer Eva Haak Wegmann, director of photography Stef van Wijk

supported by VPRO,  Dommering Foundation, VSB Fonds & Cinecrowd.nl
This science-fiction short is co-produced with VPRO DORST. seriousFilm acts as producer, and together with director Anna Hoetjes as distributor
the trailer of INTERFACE can be found here
September 24, 2016

Along Chapel Road

feature length (96 mins) cinematic essay by director André Schreuders

film essay; a personal reaction in images and words on the novel ‘Chapel Road’ – the masterpiece by the Flemish writer Louis Paul Boon – about dreams and failure, the pleasure of reading, the beauty of reality and the need for imagination

supported by the Netherlands Film Fund, the Harten Fonds, and the department for Arts and Culture of the City of Rotterdam
September 24, 2016

Melanie

fiction document (72 mins) Melanie is both fiction as well as a documentary; about a woman who appeared as a model on the package of an inflatable hair dryer in the ‘70s.

The film maker decides to investigate her suspicions about the life of the woman and to relate them to reality by searching – and finding – her.

script & director Susanne Helmer | director of photography Susanne Helmer | development & post-production supported by the Netherlands Film Fund
September 11, 2016

the Last Trick

documentary (52 mins): visual artist Paul de Nooijer wants to add one more work to his oeuvre before his nearing death; he and his son Menno, work hard on their last presentation together…

script | director Jacomien Kodde
director of photography Nicole Batteke
sound recordist Carla van der Meijs
editing Sander Cijsouw
commissioning editor Michel van Sluis

this production is supported by the Dutch Media Fund, VSB Fonds, Prins Bernhard Culture Fund & Omroep Zeeland