Triton

Jeroen Kooistra recounts how a shared creative itch with DOP Jasper de Kloet and the bleak setting of the gritty fishing town of IJmuiden evolved into his stark debut short Triton, exploring how our need for belonging can be manipulated to serve others as a neglected young man seeks belonging in the wrong place.

Warm

Exploring the invisible grip of social and parental power, Véras Fawaz reveals how a stranger than fiction news story he and actor Gover Meit stumbled across inspired his tension fuelled psychological thriller Warm where Jenny Hsia’s recently seperated character’s complicated life takes a turn for the worse when she tries to sell her suitcase to a mysterious stranger.

Ecstasie

Lily Baldwin digs deep into the central premise of her hybrid documentary Ecstasie, featuring Berlin-based visual and performance artist Liz Rosenfeld, where viewers are prompted to reconsider the power dynamics of director vs. subject vs. viewer as she explores the concept of ecstasy itself.