
To Break a Butterfly + Entertain Me
Keep an Eye 2022
Première of two graduation films by students at the Nederlandse Filmacademie: To Break a Butterfly + Entertain Me

Class of 2022 of the Netherlands Film Academy will graduate during the eleventh edition of the Keep an Eye Film Academy Festival.
Programme
Commercials
At the end of the fourth year of study, the students make one last short exercise; a commercial. This year they were commissioned to make a commercial for SIRE for one of two fictitious campaigns: Even a little sustainability goes a long way or Try turning a page for a change.
To Break a Butterfly (Fiction 17’)
Joy is thirteen. The skate park is her kingdom. This is where she and her friends are in charge. Then one night something strange happens. A stabbing incident. There’s police and Joy’s brother is suddenly acting strange. When Joy finds out what happened, will she still be able to enjoy skating?
Director: Kate Hummel
Screenwriter: Indigo Burnett
Producers: Hannah Schwarz, Roosje Vermeulen
Cinematography: Elf Godefroy
Gaffer: Stan Visser
Production & Art Design: Jakobien Veling, Ziggy Zwart
Costume Design: Jakobien Veling, Ziggy Zwart
Editor: Laura Helbing
VFX Supervisors: Flint Kuijkens, Stevenson Lacroes
Sound Design: Nancy Konijn
Re-recording Mixer: Nicky Brekhof, Mark Dijkstra
Production Sound: Mixer Lesley van Brummelen
Composer: Alexandros Tomagian
This film was made with the support of BNNVARA.Entertain Me (Fiction, 28’)
Revi dreams of a life in the spotlight, like his Hollywood idols. When the cruise ship he works on as a Bingo show host docks in Amsterdam, he chases that dream one more time. On this tour of Amsterdam, however, he discovers that there is no place for entertainers like him in today's world, and he is forced to change his definition of success.
Director: Beek Groot
Screenwriter: Maaike Hasselaar
Screenplay Contribution: Douwe Nagelmaker
Producers: Roosje Vermeulen, Myrthe Laarakker
Cinematography: Thomas Weber
Gaffer: David van der Drift
Production Design: Daan van Hapert
Editor: Erik van der Bijl
VFX Supervisors: Aaron van Daalen, Marlies van Loosbroek, Joris Passchier
Sound Design: Sam Titshof
Re-recording Mixer: Jesse Enzler
Production Sound Mixer: Lesley van Brummelen
Composer: Adam Claussen
This film was made with the support of NTR.
Details
Production year
2022
Length
64 min.
Country
NL
Part of
Keep an Eye Filmacademie Festival 2022
Class of 2022 of the Netherlands Film Academy will graduate during the eleventh edition of the Keep an Eye Film Academy Festival.



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