Filmacademie Festival '25 Blok C

Programme

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  DANGLING (Fiction, 20’)

  Driven by a long-suppressed murderous urge, Mart (40) seizes the chance to act when his neighbor's suicide attempt fails, he takes the man hostage in his attic. Now, as the search party, led by his own wife, gathers downstairs Mart must decide whether to finally follow through.
  
  Director Floris van Doorn Screenplay Jeroen van Duyvenbode, Sem de Muinck Keizer Producers Swaantje Kooijmans, Staas Nelis, Kes Raven Line Producer Merel van Beek Cinematography Mees Roozen Gaffer Sil Weel Production Design Robin van den Hoek, Nando van der Veen Costume Design Simone Struijs Editor Luc van Baar VFX Supervision Claudia van Beelen, Birk Bouman, Nino Mastwijk Sound Design & Re-recording Mix Melle Posthuma de Boer, Jan Verburg Sound Recording Sebastiaan Koning Composer Jules Schattenberg Postproduction Coordinator Kes Raven

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  Beneath the Baobab Tree (Fiction, 19’)

  Haunted by disturbing visions of her unborn child, pregnant May seeks out her estranged father, Emmanuel. There, she uncovers the traces of generational trauma that have shaped him. In her search for connection, she is confronted with a painful past — will she break the cycle, or pass it on?
  
  Director Gora Mboup Screenplay Jamy Guda Producers Merel van Beek, Raphael Hogers, Lot Regoor Cinematography Lieneke Veen Gaffer Mees Roozen Production & Art Design Robin van den Hoek, Finn van der Reijden Costume Design Simone Struijs Editor Alya Williams VFX Supervision Claudia van Beelen, Paras Deol, Eli van Herwaarden, Inge Wenneker Sound Design Fons Claessen Re-recording Mixer Hannah Abrahams Production Sound Emilia Voortman Composer Pablo González Cardona Postproduction Coordinator Lot Regoor

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  The Birds Shall Return (Documentary, 27’)

  A documentary narrated by grandmothers and third-generation Palestinians from Jordan and the Netherlands. Their intimate testimonies show how storytelling is an act of resistance—from memories of a paradise lost to the harsh reality of opposing the occupation of their homeland.
  
  Director & Writer Nour Alkheder Producers Janine Liang, Lot Regoor Cinematography Rick de Beurs Editor Luc van Baar VFX Supervision Nino Mastwijk Sound Design Luc Boymans Re-recording Sound Fons Claessen Production Sound (NL) Casper Vlek, Gido Rikken, Luc Boymans Production Sound (Jordan) Mazin Akif Composer Jules Schattenberg Postproduction Coordinator Lot Regoor