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Barlebas

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Written & directed by Malu Janssen

Produced by DOXY / FIXY - the Netherlands

Co-produced by Storyhouse - Belgium

​20 min.

Language / late Medieval Dutch

Starring & music by PITOU NICOLAES

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Barlebas depicts the last days in the life of the headstrong woman Heylken. She is accused of witchcraft, just as she was about to leave her village for good.
While Heylken never gets to leave, she inspires young girl Griet with her free spirit and powerful voice.

An experimental musical period drama, set around 1595, centered on the persecution of witches in the Dutch South.

With Pitou Nicolaes, Fay IJsseldijk, Phedra Vandenbergh, Annemarie Feltmann, Ko Zandvliet, Guido Pollemans en Rogier Schippers

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Cinematography / Sam du Pon

Editor / Nina Graafland

Sound / Gedeon Depauw

Music / Pitou Nicolaes

Production Design / Iris Schutgevaar

Costume / Gera Brouwer

Make-up & Hair / Rianne Bakker

Gaffer / Berend Holtkamp

VFX / Gert-Jan Verdeyen

Grading / Peter Bernaers

First AD / Sander Donker

Line Producer / Steffie Meijers

Producers / Janneke Doolaard, Sylvia Baan

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Supported by the Netherlands Film Fund, Flandres Audiovisual Fund and Cultuurfonds 's-Hertogenbosch

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P u b l i c a t i o n s :

 

Review by Talking Shorts

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Interview & Review by Testkammer

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Interview Eindhovens Dagblad

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Festival selections:

  • Imagine Film Festival, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Premiere: 27 october 2024

     WON: Mélies d'Argent for Best European Short

  • Leuven International Short Film Festival, Leuven, Belgium, dec '24 - European Competition (Academy Award qualifying)

     WON: Audience Award for Best European Short

  • WENCH film festival, Mumbai, India, feb '25, Shorts competition

  • International Film Festival Assen, The Netherlands, mar '25
    WON: KersVers Award for best film

  • Landshut Short Film Festival, Germany, mar '25, Deadline Competition

  • Movies That Matter Film Festival, The Hague, The Netherlands, mar '25, Shorts competition

  • L'Europe autour de L'Europe, Paris, France, apr '25, Short Film competition
    WON: Prix Sauvage Corto for best European short

  • Porto Femme International Film Festival, Porto, Portugal, apr '25, international shorts competition

  • Bref International Short Film Festival, Aosta, Italy, apr '25, Fight For Your Rights! competition

  • Festival Internacional de Cine de Lanzarote, Spain, mai '25, International competition

  • Shortcutz Amsterdam, The Netherlands, mei '25, official selection

  • Festival Internacional de Cine de Huesca, Spain, jun '25, International competition (Academy Award qualifying)

  • The Norwegian Short Film Festival, Grimstad, Norway, jun '25, International competition (Academy Award qualifying)

  • Nederlands-Vlaams Kortfilmfestival Tegenstroom, Terneuzen, The Netherlands, jun '25, in competition

  • Raindance Film Festival, London, UK, jun '25, shorts competition (Academy award qualifying)

  • Festival Internacional De Cine De Derechos Humanos, Buenos Aires, Argentinia, jun '25, short fiction competition

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S c r e e n i n g s :

Nederland

  • 30 april ’25 - Kasteel Cranendonck, Soerendonk

  • 8, 13 en 14 mei ’25 - Filmhuis ’t Beest, Goes

  • 30 mei ’25 - Filmhuis Hofdael, Geldrop
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België

  • 9 en 16 juni ’25 - Filmhuis Klappei, Antwerpen

  • 21 & 30 juni en 1 juli ’25 - Cinema ZED, Leuven

  • 26 september en 5 oktober ’25 - Sphinx Cinema, Gent
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