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V e r t o n i n g e n :

Nederland

  • 30 april ’25 - Kasteel Cranendonck, Soerendonk

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

  • 30 mei ’25 - Filmhuis Hofdael, Geldrop

  • 12 & 13 juli '25 - Festival Hongerige Wolf, Groningen

  • 27 augustus '25 - Filmfestival TIJD, Lab111, Amsterdam

  • 26 september '25 - K(O)ORTS film festival, Enschede

  • 19 november '25 - FILMPRAAT, Verkadefabriek, 's Hertogenbosch
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België

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

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

  • 31 juli '25 - Zomerfilms Leuven

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

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Interview Eindhovens Dagblad

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Letterboxd

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Awards:

  • Best Film Award & Best Cinematography Award - International shorts competition, Fantasia International Film Festival, Montréal, Canada 2025

  • Best Short Drama Award - New Hampshire International Film Festival, USA 2025

  • Best International Short Award - DETOUR Festival de Cine Nuevo, Montevideo, Uruguay 2025

  • Prix Sauvage Corto for Best European Short, L'Europe autour de L'Europe, Paris, France 2025

  • Best International Short Award, Festival Villa Del Cine, Colombia 2025

  • Best Short Film Award, Torino Underground Cinefest, Italy 2025​

  • Audience Award, Brno16 International Short Film Festival, Prague 2025

  • Jury Special Mention, international shorts competition, Festival Internacional De Cine De Derechos Humanos, Buenos Aires, Argentina 2025

  • Cinematic Achievement Award, TisFF, Thessaloniki International Short Film Festial, Greece 2025

  • Prix du Public, Lisula Cine Musica, France 2025 

  • KersVers Award for best film, International Film Festival Assen 2025

  • Audience Award for Best European Short, Leuven International Short Film Festival , Belgium 2024

  • Mélies d'Argent for Best European Short, Imagine Film Festival, Amsterdam 2024

 

Festival selections:

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

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

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

  • International Film Festival Assen, The Netherlands, mar '25

  • 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

  • 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

  • FEST New Directors New Films, Espinho, Portugal, jun '25, Official selection

  • ​Short Out film festival, Lainate, Milan, Italy, juli '25, in competition

  • Open Eyes Festival, Marburg, Germany, juli '25, in competition

  • Fantasia International Film Festival, Montréal, Canada, juli '25, shorts competition

  • Cerdanya Film Festival, Spain, aug '25, official selection

  • Alpinale Film Festival, Bludenz, Austria, aug '25, in competition

  • Shnit Worldwide Film Festival, aug '25, international competition

  • Minikino Film Week, Bali, Indonesia, sept '25, in competition

  • Nederlands Film Festival, Utrecht, The Netherlands, sept '25, official selection

  • Encounters Film Festival, Bristol, UK, sept '25, international competition (European Film Academy Qualifying)

  • Helsinki International Film Festival LOVE&ANARCHY, Finland, sept '25, official selection

  • Torino Underground Cinefest, Italy, sept '25, international shorts competition

  • Strasbourg European Fantastic Film Festival, France, sept '25, international shorts competition

  • Festival Villa del Cine, Colombia, sept '25, international shorts competition

  • Bolton Film Festival, UK, oct '25, international shorts competition, Nominated for Best International Short & Best Woman in Fim Award

  • BRNO16 film festival, Czech Republic, oct '25, international competition

  • TiSFF Thessaloniki international short film festival, Greece, oct '25, international competition

  • PLONS! Filmfestival, The Netherlands, oct '25, official selection

  • Fine Line Film Fest, Belgrade, Serbia, oct '25, international competition

  • New Hampshire International Film Festival, USA, oct '25, international shorts competition (Academy Award qualifying)

  • Hawai'i International Film Festival, USA, oct '25, international shorts competition, nominated for Best International Short Award (Academy Award qualifying)

  • The European Short Film Film Festival of Nice, Un Festival C'est Trop Court, France, oct '25, in competition

  • IndieCork Film Festival, Ireland, oct '25, international shorts competition

  • Oberá en Cortos Film Festival, Argentina, oct '25, official selection

  • Festival de Cine Nuevo, DETOUR!, Uruguay, oct '25, international shorts competition

  • Cyprus International Short Film Festival, Greece, oct '25, official selection (European Film Academy Qualifying)

  • Lisula CineMusica Festival, Corsica, France, oct '25, shorts competition

  • Kerry International Film Festival, Ireland, oct '25, international shorts competition

  • Brooklyn Horror Film Festival, USA, oct '25, shorts competition

  • Paris International Lesbian & Feminist Film Festival CINEFFABLE, France, nov '25, shorts competition

  • Edinburgh Shorts Film Festival, Scotland, UK, nov '25, international shorts competition

  • Maniatic International Fantastic Film Festival, Valencia, Spain, nov '25, official selection

  • Fancine Fantastic Film Festival, Malaga, Spain, nov '25, official selection

  • Lublin Film Festival, Poland, nov '25, international shorts competition
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