Filmacademie Festival '25 Blok B

Programme

• Commercials (10 x 1’)

  At the end of the fourth academic year, students complete one final short exercise: a commercial. They receive a briefing which they use as a basis to develop and produce a commercial. Industry professionals are involved both in the course content and in its practical execution. All film academy students are eligible to participate.
  
  This year, students were asked to create a commercial for SIRE for a fictional campaign titled “Know What You Eat.” The campaign aims to encourage young people to think more deeply—and perhaps differently—about their daily eating and drinking habits, so they can make more conscious and better choices.

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  Somewhere in Between (Fiction, 20’)

  During a vacation on an island, 16-year-old Lina struggles with her parents’ looming divorce. She meets 17-year-old Dylan and is drawn to the harmony in his family—a painful contrast to her own situation. As their friendship deepens, Lina withdraws. After a fight with her mother, she is left alone and learns that vulnerability is her true strength.
  
  Director Matthijs Sluijs Screenplay Senna ben Aissa, Luuk Verberne Producers Yunus M. Benli, Faye Bezemer, Yamel Stam Line Producer Yamel Stam Cinematography Julie van den Bos Gaffer Stern Nordsiek Production Design Henriëtte Wieberdink Art Direction Max Driest Costume Design Simone Struijs Editor Djurre Pijlman VFX Supervision Paras Deol, Eli van Herwaarden Sound Design Emilia Voortman Re-recording Mixer George Ammerlaan Production Sound Sebastiaan Koning Composer Mees Blankevoort Postproduction Coordinator Yunus M. Benli

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  Mothers, Mothers, Mothers (Documentary, 29’)

  Mothers, Mothers, Mothers is an intimate portrait in which director Paul (27) wants to understand why he and his mother can’t discuss family matters. To find answers, he reconnects with his estranged family members after a ten-year silence, uncovering a family history of avoidance and denial.
  
  Director Paul Hylkema Producers Faye Bezemer, Rik Kornmann, Janine Liang Dramaturgy Senna ben Aissa, Ollie Launspach Cinematography Jan Roelfs Editors Djurre Pijlman, Paul Hylkema Animation Look Development Finn van der Reijden, Timouch ben Amar Animation Supervision Isabella-Shiraz Hitzert, Femke Roozendaal Sound Design Luc Boymans Re-recording Mixer George Ammerlaan Production Sound Jan Verburg Composer Pablo González Cardona Postproduction Coordinator Rik Kornmann