Below follows a selection of short films, ranging from documentary to
fiction, from experimental (XZhi) to conventional - that I made
autonomously and in collaboration from the early 21st century
onwards.
Autonomous
work
-Fried Egg (2012)
1'00" (colour)
Experimental cooking video.
-Progress (2011)
1'00" (colour)
Experimental audiovisual poetry clip.
-Maalstroom
(2011)
3'51" (Dutch, colour)
Video installation based on ancient and modern local (Veenhuizen and
surroundings) stories about researching bog bodies, policy making for
infrastructure and the impact of archiving heritage on the body and
mind.
Made in collaboration with Walter van der Munnik (propmaker), Eva de
Groot (gaffer); Rosan Breman/Veenhuizen Cultuur & Toerisme, UMCG.
Featuring Klaas van Linschoten, Bouke Mekel, Judith van der Meer and
Jan Plenter.
-Hé meiden (2010)
1'06" (Dutch, colour)
One take short documentary on making an impression on the opposite sex
on a canal and mistaken identity of the camera person.
-dRAIN (2010)
2'27" (Dutch, colour/BW)
Experimental musical short docufiction on water leaking into inner city
life.
-Arts (City Minute
12:00-13:00 Groningen) (2009)
1'00" (Dutch, BW)
Experimental short docufiction on the art of editing and framing a city
space saved for medical doctors.
-Bliksemafleiding
(2009)
0'28" (colour)
Experimental short docufiction on the origins of artificial
lightning.
-Catbird (2009)
0'34" (colour)
Experimental short docufiction featuring the neighbour's Eurasian black
cat and a Eurasian jay.
-Arbitrary (2009)
1'59" (colour)
Experimental docufiction on getting hurt while documenting a tree
battling with infrastructure.
-Tape Live Live Tape (2008)
8'31" (Dutch, colour)
Experimental musical docufiction metafilm representing DV tape as a
medium, filmmaking, giving a film presentation, breathing life into
film.
-Licht van Achter, Het (2007)
2'05" (Dutch, colour/nightvision)
Experimental musical docufiction of a spooky campfire song.
-Post-
(2007)
0'04" (English, BW)
YouTube experiment #3.
-Video Light v.
1.0 (2007)
0'18" (BW)
YouTube experiment #2.
-Verdacht
videobestand (2007)
0'02" (BW)
YouTube experiment #1.
-Balloony (2006)
Short documentary about balloons getting stuck in ceiling of the
Stephansdom.
-Stadtmosphère
Wien (2006)
29'59" (German/Turkish, colour)
First person-shot audiovisual city symphony about experiencing and
getting lost in the continuously threatened infrastructure of post-war
Vienna.
-Untitled (2005)
1'04" (colour)
Experimental musical docufiction representing the desktop PC.
-K7 (2005)
1'08" (French, colour)
Experimental musical docufiction representing the DV tape.
-Knock
(2005)
1'19" (English, colour)
Experimental musical docufiction representing the PC's CRT monitor.
-Stadtmosphère
Genève (2004)
First person-shot audiovisual city symphony about experiencing
Geneva.
-Akai Xperiment (2003)
Experimental musical clip exploring the colour red and fire.
-Paranoia (2002)
Experimental musical clip fusing tea cups and fish bowls.
-Breekbaar (2002)
0'50" (colour)
Experimental clip about fragility.
Collaborations
-Eastern Roots (2013)(script/direction/art direction/co-sound/co-music)
(in development)
90/120'00" (approximate length) (English/Gronings, colour)
Eastern Roots is a feature-length tragicomical fantastic exploitation film with surreal and absurd elements, following the prequel no-budget featurette DISEASTER/PAASHAAT, to be made in Groningen and its surroundings. The film is currently in its pre-production phase and aims at a release during Easter Fools Day 2013.
-Nicci (2011)
(co-editing/co-visual effects)
78'00" (Dutch, colour)
Psychological mystery drama directred by Arjen Nolles about a young girl who is found dead by a
jogger in the park near a VINEX-location.
-Grollywood (2011) (art
direction/add. camera)
-PAASHAAT
(2011) (script/direction/co-sound/co-music)
30'00" (Dutch/Gronings, colour)
Fantastic exploitation fiction film about a carrot farming and hunting
dysfunctional family - pre-occupied with their roots and in a love-hate
relationship with their sexy toxic neighbour - coming under attack by a
vengeful zombie Easter bunny.
A northern Eastern film with western influences in collaboration with this cast and crew.
-Tragic
Relief (2011) (co-script/co-sound design)
6'37" (English, colour)
Short mockumentary film made during 48H Nijmegen in collaboration with
PuddingStudio, Videocollectief and Stranger things have
happened.
-Sam (2010)
(co-editing)
Short realistic fiction film about Sam, involved in a history of
violence.
Film directed by Pepijn Sonneveld and Roeland Dijksterhuis.
-Zeeduivel (2010)
(co-script/sound
design/music)
Short ghost horror film made during 48H Breda in collaboration with PuddingStudio.
-Tea Party (2010) (co-acting) (teaser)
Short film by Dimitri Astroschenko.
-THE
END (2009) (script/direction/camera/editing/sound/music)
5'23" (Dutch/English, colour)
Experimental dystopian film about the end, featuring Jan Paul Hof as
politician.
-Infiltrating
Presence (2009) (co-camera/technical solutions)
Experimental dance research video with Nuska Peszke Dako and Kenzo
Kusuda. -Funis (2008) (co-script/co-acting)
Short film made by Videocollectief.
-In Hemelsnaam (2007)
(co-acting)
Short film made by Videocollectief.
-Der Günthergang (2006)
(co-acting/co-script) (trailer)
Short film made by Videocollectief.
-EZ Rollers ("Mag ik 'm ff vasthouden") (2001)
(co-script/co-direction/co-acting/co-editing)
Short fiction film about a theft of a Digital Video (DV) camera from
the point of view of the camera.
Co-directed with and featuring Pepijn Sonneveld.