The script, an adaptation of my novel ‘De Stille Stad’.
Producers: KeyFilm and Samsa Film.
Silent City is a psychological journey in which a young ambitious woman experiences the ultimate culture shock. To realise her goal, ‘learning from the best fish-master of the world’, she has to go deeper than she could ever imagine possible.
For this project I did a extensive RESEARCH in Tokio.
The MOODBOARD for the film.
Status: in development, with the participation of the Dutch Film Fund and Luxembough Film Fund in co-operation with Dutch public broadcaster AVRO, distributor Benelux A-film.
TRAILER
The DVD available on internet (they do mail it abroad, but this site is only in Dutch).
Hollywood reporter: impressive directorial debut
Movie2movie: Beautiful magical images
Filmkrant: visually very striking
Opzij: stunning beauty
Dutch Film Festival: an impressive firstling
Price for 'Dutch Best First Directors Film 2007' (5000 euro prize money).
Nominations Gouden Kalf for best sound design and camera.
'Stimulus for Succes Prize' (25.000 euro for a new film project).
Special Jury Award IFF Sofia.
Best film and best director at the Zimbabwe Film Festival
Best film at the ‘Fabrica dei Progetti’ on the Festival Internazionale del Film di Roma, (4000 euro prize money).
The prize for the best film script
(1996 short film)
An adaptation of the Dogtroep show Noordwesterwals. A mythical story about the survival of a flood.
