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Een Vrije Dag / A Day Off

A film by

the Netherlands | 9' | 09/2015 | fiction

Erik finds a new goal when sees the au pair of the neighbours sunbathing in the garden: to prove that he is not a forty-year-old familyman living in a suburb with the task to mow the lawn.

Wouter Stoter

Biography

Wouter Stoter studied Graphic Design at the Rietveld Art Academy, after he finished his studies in Political Science (at the same time he tried to make it as a rock star, in which he clearly did not succeed).   As a designer he did motion graphic leaders for film festivals and music videos, which got him international acclaim. The promo for Dutch band Coparck even made it to one of the best promos of 2007. According to Spin Magazine (US):“It does in four minutes what most movies can’t do in 90” .

In 2008 Wouter’s career was launched at Czar, he was featured in Shots magazine as ‘New Director’. His work evolved into visually strong- and personal commercial films and music videos. Besides his commercial work Stoter shot two short fiction films of which ‘A day off’ was nominated for a Golden Calf for Best Short at the 2015 Netherlands Film Festival.

Filmography

  • At the Other Side (2013), 15’
  • A Day Off (2015), 9’
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Crew

Director: Wouter Stoter
Screenplay: Wouter Stoter
Producer: Maarten van der Ven
Cinematographer: Mark van Aller
Sound: Michiel de Boer
Editor: Axel Skovdall Roelofs
Cast Marc Madeleyn & Anemone Valcke

Festivals

  • Netherlands Film Festival, the Netherlands (23 September – 2 October, 2015)
    Gouden Kalf Competition
  • Internationale Kurzfilmwoche Regensburg, Germany (9 – 16 March, 2016)
    International Competition
  • Go Short – International Short Film Festival Nijmegen, the Netherlands (6 – 10 April, 2016)
    Dutch Competition
  • Brussels Short Film Festival, Belgium (27 April – 8 May, 2016)
    Out of competition: Dutch Focus
  • Art Film Fest, Slovakia (17 – 25 June, 2016)
    International Short Film Competition
  • Duhok International Film Festival, Iraq (9 – 16 September, 2016)
    Out of Competition
  • Encounters Short Film and Animation Festival, United Kingdom (20 – 25 September, 2016)
    International Competition
  • Hellofest, Indonesia (24 – 25 September, 2016)
    Encounters retrospective
  • Festival du Premier Court-Métrage, France (7 – 9 October, 2016)
    Official Selection
  • Les Enfants Terribles – European First Film Festival, Belgium (20 -23 October, 2016)
    Short Film Competition
  • Izmir International Short Film Festival, Turkey (2 – 6 November, 2016)
    International competition
  • Braunschweig International Film Festival, Germany (7 – 13 November, 2016)
    Short Film Program
  • Zagreb Film Festival, Croatie (12 – 20 November, 2016)
    Short Film Competition
  • Tegenstroom Internationaal Festival, the Netherlands (9 -11 December, 2016)
    Competition
  • Festival Jeunes Pousses de Nevers, Belgium (8 February, 2019)
    Carte Blanche Les Enfants Terribles
  • cellu l’art Short Film Festival, Germany (23 – 28 April, 2019)
    Dutch Retrospective