NEONTETRA
NEONTETRA
Synopsis
Even though his father Jacques has a severe form of Parkinson’s, Julian conducts a happy life in the company of his friends. He has recently been accepted at the conservatory and is considering moving into a student dormitory. When his stepmother disappears, totally exhausted from taking care of the husband, it all comes down to Julian. To prevent his father from having to go to a nursing home facility, Julian does everything he can. But how long can he keep it up for?
Info
Year: 2021
Country: The Netherlands
Type: Fiction
Duration: 46:00
Formats: DCP, H264, ProRes
Spoken language: Dutch
Subtitles: English
Team
Director: Emiel Sandtke
Producers: Loes Komen, Eva Verweij
Cinematographer: Niels van Koevorden
Editor: Tobias Cornelissen
Cast: Gustav Borreman, Sia Cyrroes, Rob Das, Nanette Edens, Marjolijn van Heemstra, Mike Ho Sam Sooi, Bram Klappe, Bart Klever, Walt Klink, Alex Lekatompessy, Lieneke le Roux, Reiky de Valk, Ko Zandvliet
Writer: Emiel Sandtke
Sound Design: Tom Jensen
Production Design: Aline Hogenberg
Colour: Qianwei Tong
Produced by: Room for Film
Director's Bio
Emiel Sandtke (1983), graduated with a master in the audio-visual arts at LUCA School of Arts in Brussel in 2016. His graduation film, Flying Rats, won the youth jury prize at the SIFFCY-youth filmfestival in New Delhi and made it until the semi finals of the Student Academy Awards. Afterwords the film was detected for many festivals around the world like TIFF-Kids (Toronto), KUKI (Berlin), ICFFI (India), CPH (Copenhagen) and Cinekid Amsterdam. In the second year of his bachelor in the audiovisual arts his short film The Biggest won The Pitch at the International Short Film Festival short film Leuven. After this The Biggest was also screened at several national and international film festivals.
Before Emiel started his career as a filmmaker, he studied at The Amsterdam Theatre Academy and worked as an actor in the Dutch theatre, film and television industry. In 2005 he broke through as one of the main characters in the award winning TV series Vuurzee. Besides acting, writing and directing in 2009 en 2010 Emiel was the host of a popular children's show, Zapplife, on national tv. But he is mostly known for his role on the longest running Dutch soap opera Goede Tijden Slechte Tijden.
Director's Filmography
Neontetra (2021, feature)
Flying Rats (2016, short)
The Biggest (2013, short)
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