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Indisch Zwijgen (2022)

Co-director / Documentary 
Indisch Zwijgen (Indo's Silence) is a 30 minute documentary.

Three young Dutch-Indonesian artists research their past and try to break this silence about the Dutch Indonesian ancestry by confronting their family members.

The film was shown more than 100 times in Dutch film theatres, museums and libraries. The film was produced by Stichting There Will Be Film and distributed by Amstelfilm.

Learn more at the official website of Indisch Zwijgen


Stream now online at 2Doc and NPO Start.

Making Memories (2022)

Performer & Live Camera Operator / Documentary Theatre
 A documentary theatre piece in which me and performer Sebastian Gisi explore our fragmented memories of our Dutch-Indonesian family history.

We delve into the archives, film them, tell stories, and erupt in movement to communicate the impossibility of understanding the role of our grandparents in the colonial past of the Dutch East-Indies.

60 minute black box theatre piece. 
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Created at Roxy Birsfelden, Basel Switzerland. By Landholz Productions. 
Swiss / German tour to Baden, Bern and Bonn. 

Human Superfood (2021)

Director and Co-writer / Pilot for web series / Mockumentary comedy
Together with the AVROTROS and 3LAB we made the webseries pilot Human Superfood. The pilot was screened at NPO3 online and where it reached over 32.000 views.

A camera crew from Regio TV Midden-Noord gets unique access to the mysterious Human Superfood movement. The extremist vegans and environmentalists of this movement have found a rigorous way to combat climate change.

Watch here on NPO 3 ONLINE. 


Maus (2020)

Co-director and co-writer/ Midlength fiction film & web series
Together with director Chris De Krijger we're making a 6 part fiction web-series of 6 minutes for OPEN Rotterdam. It's a magical realist journey of a 17 year old boy who experiences the night of Rotterdam for the first time. Along the way he meets all kind of unlikely mentors and strolls from  from abandoned cafes to museums, from cinema's to raves. Until he sees the sun rise for the first time.

The film was televised by RTV Rijnmond and Open Rotterdam and the episodes combined received a total of over 200.000 views. 

't Water moge stijgen (2020)

Co-writer and Co-director / Short Fiction 

't Water Moge Stijgen is a World War II short film shot entirely on a boat in the water. A married couple rows away from their flooded farm in search of dry land, carrying all their possessions on a small boat. When their boat gets stuck in an area surrounded by mines the couple comes to a standstill. Tensions, fed by five years of war, rise between the two.

Premiere & exhibition at Bevrijdingsmuseum Nederland
Official Selection of Film By The Sea 2020
Official selection of Tegenstroom International Short Film Festival 2021
Cinema Tour at Zeeuwse Filmhuizen
Winner Best of Fest, Best Directing, Best Screenplay, Best Cinematography @ Feel the reel IFF 2021
Nominated for Best Dutch Short @ New Renaissance Film Festival Amsterdam 2021 
Winner Best of Fest, Best Director, Best Cinematography @ Shortstop Festival 2021
Official selection at Middelburg Film Festival 2022

Televised by Omroep Zeeland
International Television by ShortsTV

Fietsvakantie (2020) 

Writer and Director  / Short Fiction
Fietsvakantie is a short road movie on bicycles. Two friends embark on a cycling trip through the province of Friesland to restore their friendship, which is fading ever since they've chosen different paths. During the cycling trip, failures and euphoria, drunken moments and leak tires drive them further a part and bring them closer together. Will the friendship survive their changing lives? 
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Closing Short Film at Noordelijk Film Festival 2019
Official Selection of Nederlands Filmfestival 2020
Official Selection  of Amersfoort Fiets Filmfestival 2020
Official Selection of Rialto for Short 2020

Dutch Competition at Roze Filmdagen Amsterdam 2021
Dutch competition at New Renaissance Festival Amsterdam 2021 
International Competition at Filmed By Bike, Portland Oregon 2021
Nominated for the VERS Film Awards 2021
Selected for Natlab Open Air - On The Road 2021
Roze Shorts - Made in Holland @ Ketelhuis 2021 
Official Selection at Queer Film Festival Utrecht  2021
International competition at Filmzeit Algäu, Kempten 2021
Official Selection at Rotterdams Open Doek 2021 
Official Selection at WORM Off Screen 2021
International Filmfestival LGBTQI "Sant Domingo Outfest" 2021

Document Our History Now - Dutch Embassy in Thailand 2021

Filmkick Winner (2019)

Award / Production Budget / Film
With my filmplan for Fietsvakantie, a short coming of age drama of two friends who embark on a cycling trip through the province of Friesland to restore their fading friendship, I pitched at the FIlmkick of de Noordelijk Filmfestival.

I won the production budget of €10.000 and the chance to premiere my film the same year on the Noordelijk Filmfestival 2019.
Sven Peetoom wins Filmkick

De Slag Om de Schelde (2019)

Award / Production budget / Film
Together with co-director and co-writer Chris de Krijger I pitched the idea of the WO II short film 't Water Moge Stijge for the Slag om de Schelde pitch contest from Stichting Filmalot and Zeeland Film Commission.

We were one of the five teams to win
€10.000 production budget for the creation of our short film.
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Samoeraai (2019)

 Writer and Director / Short Fiction / Debut Film
A short coming of age story about a young boy who dreams about becoming a samurai. However, when one day he actually receives a real samurai sword, reality seems to be a lot more threatening than his wildest dreams. 
World premiere at IFFR (International Film Festival Rotterdam) 2019
Selected for Nacht voor de Nacht 2019
Selected for Go Short Talent Campus 2019
Selected for Shortcutz Amsterdam 2019
Selected for En Plein Public 2019
Selected for SHIFT film festival 2019
Selected for Kinenova International Film Festival 2019 
Selected for International Filmfestival Kalmthout 2019
Selected for the Monthly Filmfestival 2019
Selected for the Cinekid Screening Club 2019
Selected for International Short Film Festival Beveren 2019
Finalist at Deep Focus Film Festival 2019 
Selected for Pleinbioscoop Schiedam 2019
Selected for Youth Film Festival Sarajevo 2019
Selected for ROOM film nights 2019
Finalist at Short To The Point 2019

Selected for Catharsis International Film Festival 2020
WINNER best Duch Short @ New Renaissance Film Festival Amsterdam 2020
Selected for "Be a Parent" program at Amarcort International Film Festival Rimini 2021
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Online premiere at Cineville Sunday Shorts
VOD selection at Cinetree 
VOD selection at ShortsTV 
VOD selection at OnsAlmereTV 


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Los (2019)

 Writer and Director / Short Fiction / No budget
A short tale of desperation, misfortune and unlikely encounters around the neon lit canals of Amsterdam. Starring Ariadne Koutsaftis. Shot by Thomas Leur. Editing by Christianna Tsigkou. Music by Harry Peetoom.
​Premiere at Rotterdams Open Doek Festival 2019
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Collectief (2019) 

Director, Camera, Editor / Short Commissioned Documentary
For the website surebuthow.com​ Myrte Rischen and me set out into the Swedish woods to discover how young people build their own utopia's in the Scandavian woods and cities, organising themselves in collectives. 
Premiere at Pakhuis de Zwijger / Talk of the town
Screened at Surebuthow on Tour @ De Kaskantine
Screened at WORM Rotterdam
Screened at iMPACT DOC Amsterdam

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Sores (2018)

Director / 48 Hour Film Project
A dark comedy about a young man who, advised by his successful best friends, goes on a quest to for help to find an easy way out of his adversity. Made in 48 hour for the 48hour film project in Rotterdam.

Nard van Vrijaldenhoven nominated for best actor 

Etappes (2018)

Director / Short Fiction / 7 Day Film Competition
When Bram saves his grandfather's life, the old man ends up in a nursing home. Seeing his once so independent grandfather slip away in agony, the young man starts to regret his heroic deed. 

Won best Dutch/Flemish film at Move Me Productions Film Festival
Honorary Mention at Berlin Flash Film Festival 
Selected for Beveren International Film Festival
Selected for Short to The point Film Festival


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Zacht (2018)

Director / Short Fiction / 48 Hour Film Project
A short horror film about sexual intimidation, the shift of power and the loss of control. Written, filmed, and edited in one weekend during the 48 Hour Film Project in Nijmegen. 
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Gevangenis Monologen on Tour (2018) 

Creative Producer / Theatre Tour
A theatre tour visiting multiple active prisons in the Netherlands. Written by Herman Koch and Christine Otten, starring Birgit Schuurman and Paol Cairo.
​ Will be played in the summer of 2018 
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Searching for Stars (2017) 

Director and Producer  / Short Commissioned Documentary
I'm in the Andes mountains of Chile, working on another short documentary, about a group of scientists working on a telescope, and the reason to commit a lifetime chasing stars. Commissioned by the Technical University of Delft. 
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Ghost Corp (2017)

 Editor / Fiction Series / TV 
My first editing gig on national TV. I worked together with director Mischa Dols, with who I collaborated on Heavenly Gate before, to edit the third and final episode of this Dutch dark comedy series. It's financed by 3Lab and is broadcasted by AVRO Tros.
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The First 100 Years Are The Hardest (2017)

Producer / Short Fiction / 48 Hour Film Project
Together with 13 friends from the European Film College we joined the 48 hour film project in Rotterdam and made a dark comedy about a mans struggle to make his move from his tent on the edge of town towards the big city. 

-Won Award for Best Use of Rotterdam - 
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The Obel Scholarship (2017)

Award / Film
After finishing my year at the European Film College with my graduation project How To Fight Fascism in 7 Days I was awarded with the Obel Family Scholarship for my future film projects.
​The Scholarship, worth
€11.000 will be solely used for investments in gear, projects and further education.

Official statement via this link 
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Moustafa, the Imam of Lesvos (2017)

Editor / Short Documentary 
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The documentary deals with the difficult duty of Moustafa Dawa in the island of Lesvos; the muslim burials of the refugees that crossed the sea.
Directed by Meri Charitonidi & Elma Neykova
Produced by ​
Sugarhigh Productions & CosmoteTV
Camera by ​Elma Neykova
Edited by Sven Peetoom
Sound Design by Seishi Irimajiri

Official selection - Beats Collective festival in London
Official selection - 
International Bosphorus Film Festival
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Viva La Vulva (2016)

Editor / Art Installation
I edited this art installation by artist Liz van den berg for her graduation at WDKA Rotterdam. 

Viva la Vulva is used as a education material, to achieve clarification on the various norms, beauty ideals, myths and taboos. Besides that the movie generates a sense of appreciation for the way the female body works and looks in her natural form.

Exhibited at WDKA finals
​Exhibited at Zefir7: New Signatures at Stroom Den Haag



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Heavenly Gate (2015)

Editor / Short Fiction Film

Meet Bill (Bart de Rijk), a lumpy dunce who has slipped on fish sticks and killed himself. At the customer service desk of the heavenly gates, he is given the chance to relive one last memory, but if he dies, he’ll end up in limbo. Will Bill survive his past?
With a great team I developed this short film in the summer of 2015 from idea till screening.
​ I was responsible for the editing. 
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​-Won-
Best Directing (TOVP @ Nederlands Filmfestival)

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- Selected for-
Short of The Week
Go Short Film Festival
De Pleinbioscoop
Rotterdams Open Doek Festival
Cinematheque Aarhus
Roffa Mon Amour

DOOR: nacht van de duistere film​​
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Watch Heavenly Gate now online at Short Of The Week

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Weerklank (2015)

Editor / Short Fiction Film
In 48 hours we produced this short film on the mesmerizing island of Terschelling. I was responsible for the editing and helped during the overall production.

​With this project I proved to myself that I can deliver high quality within a tight schedule.

Watch Weerklank on Vimeo

Shown at 48HFP Leeuwarden

-Won-
Best Cinematography
Best Sound Design
Best Male Actor

-Nominated for-
Best Film
Best Editing




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Cinemannen

Editor and co founder / Production company
For over two years I'm a co founder and the head editor of Cinemannen, producing over 50 short films for universities, companies and events

We worked for clients as TU Delft, KPN, Zomerfestival, Third Floor events.

Watch our showreel below. 
You can find us at www.cinemannen.nl


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