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January 2, 2012

Ataraxia

an exploration of ‘Life’s Manual’, on how to survive the boredom of earth’s paradise, on penile shrinkage, a treacherous breakfast, research on Change Ringing vs tongue twisters, a duck decoy & much more

director Sander Blom
supported by: the Netherlands Film Fund, Dutch Cultural Media Fund,Rotterdam Media Fund, CoBO Fund & ThuisKopie Fund
co-producer Buddhist Broadcasting Foundation
executive producer Kees Kasander

ATARAXIA is a production of Poodle Shaving BV for more information contact Marc Thelosen at ataraxia@seriousfilm.nl – cell phone +31(0)6.2073.7277
November 1, 2011

Chica Radio Girls

documentary (52 mins)

about teenager girls seeking firm ground in their rough lives in the heart of Rotterdam

together they present the weekly FunX radio show Chica Radio in which they discuss their troubles and those of their listeners heart-to-heart

script & directors Natasja Morales & Elsbeth van Noppen
director of photography Jefrim Rothuizen
editing Albert Markus

co-producer RTV Rijnmond
additionally produced by Menna Laura Meijer for Mint Film
commissioning editor Cees van der Wel
supported by Dutch Cultural Media Fund, SNS REAAL Fonds & Rotterdam Media Fund
June 7, 2011

Shock Head Soul

fiction documentary (78 minutes)

this fiction document by director Simon Pummell unveils the life and writings of Daniel Paul Schreber now famous as an ‘Outsider Artist’, in the late 19th century he receives messages from God through a Story Writing Machine as big as the cosmos

Shock Head Soul utilizes Schrebers story to research modern day notions about psychosis, using many film formats; interviews with experts, reconstructed drama and animation

director Simon Pummell
director of photography Reinier van Brummelen
animation | post-production Barend Onneweer

in co-production with Submarine Amsterdam and Hot Property Films (UK)

supported by the Netherlands Film Fund, Rotterdam Media Fund and the Wellcome Trust (UK)
distribution Cinema Delicatessen (Amsterdam)
June 7, 2010

the Origin of Creatures

animated short (14 mins)

international sales by SND Films

a dark vision by the young, talented animation director Floris Kaayk; hive behaviour in an imaginary city in the aftermath of an immense disaster…

selected for Dutch Film Festival ( September 22 untill October 4, 2010), Sitges Film Festival | October 7-17 2010, Festival International du court metrage de Lille | October 9-16 2010, Festival de Nouveau Cinema | October 13-24 2010, Impakt Festival – Dropstuff Screen Presentation | October 13-17 2010, Cyprus International Film Festival | October 13-18 2010, DOK Leipzig | October 18-24 2010, Tindirindis International Animation Film Festival | October 25-31 2010, Leids Film Festival | October 26-31 2010, Holland Animation Film Festival | November 3-7 2010, Flip Animation Festival | November 4-6 2010, Festival Europeen du Film Court de Brest | November 8-14 2010, Les Utopiales | November 8-14 2010, Interfilm Berlin | November 16-21 2010

this film was the offical Dutch entry for the Academy Awards for Animated Shorts in 2011

director Floris Kaayk
director of photography Reinier van Brummelen

supported by the Netherlands Film Fund, Rotterdam Media Fund & STROOM Den Haag
June 7, 2010

Winter of Love

documentary (52 mins)

Winter of Love is about love and the power of memories. Memories of how an arranged marriage in a small village in Turkey became a true & eternal love in Enschede

Winter of Love has been screened at Dutch Film Festival – September 22 untill October 4, 2010 and Northern Film Festival 10-14 November 2010

this film was awarded the Prix Europa 2011

script & director Gulsah Dogan
script coaching Jeroen Berkvens
director of photography Peter Brugman
sound recordist Diego van Uden
co-producer IKON television
commissioning editor Margje de Koning

supported by Dutch Cultural Media Fund
June 7, 2010

Madame Dakar

a short film by Sabine Mooibroek (50 mins)

what happens when you give in to the temptation of leading a different life – beyond the well-trodden paths but still within the boundaries of reality – along the railways of the Netherlands and Senegal? Joyce (23) would do anything to become an engine driver and in fact she may be already one, though not officially

in the Netherlands she can only achive this at night, when the tacks are abandoned, can Joyce maybe play a part in the Senegalese ‘theatre of trains’? Can she reach autonomy on the line between Dakar and Thi’s, the railway capital of Senegal?

Qu’est-ce qui se passe quand quelqu’un dirige sa vie en la faisant voyager au-dela des sentiers battus, tout en restant dans le cadre de la realite des circonstances? Le long des arteres de circulation reelles, les rails d’Hollande et du Senegal? Joyce veut absolument etre conductrice de train et, elle l’est deja, pas officiellement, pas confirme par d’autres.

Comment elle peut joindre son reve avec ses essaies entre Dakar et Thies, dans le theatre des chemins de fer, en recherche d’une vie presque autonome?

script & director Sabine Mooibroek
director of photography Benito Strangio
sound recordist Diego van Uden
camera assistant Kuba Szutkowski
production NL Jos Khoeblal
production NS Marion Eckenbach

Joyce Juliana Johanidesova
Alex Jasper Teerling

this film was supported by the Netherlands Film Fund, Amsterdam Fund for the Arts, NCDO & Rotterdam Media Fund a co-production with Films d*AfriqueS in cooperation with Nederlandse Spoorwegen
June 7, 2009

Manifesto for a Free Fall

film essay (12mins)

falling is superior to jumping: the jump to rediscover life – the fall as a failure that brings back life

watch it on youtube

script & director Andre Schreuders
compositing, online & grading Reinier van Brummelen
sound editing Arno Hagers
producers Marc Thelosen, Koert Davidse & Yan Ting Yuen

supported by DKC Rotterdam, Thuiskopie Fonds & Rotterdam Film Fund
DVD available (Dutch and international version), price (incl. P&P) € 12,-
for more information, please contact sales@seriousfilm.nl
June 7, 2009

1835+1 | the Monument

interactive installation for the National Monument Flood 1953

1835+1 is an interactive monument dedicated to the memory of the victims of the flood in 1953

website www.deramp.nl

the monument opened its doors in April 2009
opening hours daily from Tuesday untill Sunday (from 10:00hrs to 17:00hrs)
location Weg van de Buitenlandse Pers 5 – 4305 RJ – Ouwerkerk – the Netherlands – tel: +31.11.164.4382

initiators Koert Davidse & Roel Wouters
supported by VSB Fonds, Dutch Media Fund & Mondriaan Foundation
June 7, 2009

LOS

1st wildcard documentary production (21 minutes)

the ferry sailing since 1959 between Stockholm and Helsinki is known for its wild booze parties: the Scandinavians usually so introverted become wild in a way that is hard to understand, they change into savage Vikings

LOS is the result of the first Wildcard for documentary; a programme of the Netherlands Film Fund in which young film makers are offered the opportunity to realise their first production after their training

script & director Ed Cook
camera Ed Cook & Vladas Naudzius
sound Rik Meier
editing Luce van de Weg
sound editing Bart Jilesen
music Paleis van Boem & David Berndsen
producers Marc Thelosen, Koert Davidse & Yan Ting Yuen

this film was supported by the Netherlands Film Fund
DVD available (Dutch and international version), price (incl. P&P) € 12,-
for more information, please contact sales@seriousfilm.nl