Un Creux Dans Mon Coeur / A Hole In My Heart

A film by

the Netherlands | 10' | 01/2015 | fiction

Sometimes things happen that turn everything to silence. To the point that nothing makes sense anymore. As if everything got stuck.

Mees Peijnenburg

Biography

Mees is a native from Amsterdam. In 2013 he graduated from the Netherlands Film Academy. His graduation film Even Cowboys Get to Cry was critically acclaimed and awarded several prices, it premiered at the Berlinale 2014. His short film ‘Un Creux Dans Mon Coeur’ is the Dutch representative at the Oscars 2016, category Best Live Action Short, and premiered at the Berlinale 2015. The most recent film he made, ‘We Will Never Be Royals’, won 2 Golden Calfs at the Netherlands Film Festival 2015.
His creative style experiments with different narrative forms, in which his distinct visual style is constant.

Filmography

  • Wij Waren Wolen / We Were Wolves – 2012 – 11’
  • Cowboys Janken Ook / Even Cowboys Get to Cry – 2013 – 20’
  • Bloedhond / Wild Dog – 2014 – 8’
  • Un Creux dans mon Coeur / A Hole In My Heart – 2014 – 9’
  • Geen Koningen in ons Bloed / We Will Never Be Royals – 2015 – 40
  • Paradise Drifter – 2020 – 90′
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Crew

Director: Mees Peijnenburg
Writer: Mees Peijnenburg
Producer: Gijs Kerbosch
Production supervisor: Maarten Hoedemaekers
Cinematographer: Stephan Polman
Editor: Imre Reutelingsperger
Sound designer: Taco Drijfhout
Composers: Ella van der Woude, Juho Nurmela
Boom operator: Taco Drijfhout
Production Designer: Maeve Human
Grading: Job te Veldhuis
Focus Puller: Nina Badoux
Title Designer: Abel van Erkel
Cast: Henri Leblanc, Leyla de Muynck, Rodrigo Vissers

Festivals

  • Berlinale, Germany (5 – 15 February, 2015)
    Generation 14Plus
  • Go Short – International Short Film Festival Nijmegen (8 – 12 April, 2015)
    Dutch Competition
  • Nashville Film Festival, United States (16 – 25 April)
    International Competition
  • International Short Film Festival Oberhausen, Germany (30 April – 5 May, 2015)
    Children’s and Youth Film Competition
  • Festival de Finos Filmes Curtos, Brasil (5 – 11 May, 2015)
    Official Competition
  • VIS Vienna Independent Shorts Film Festival, Austria (26 – 31 May, 2015)
    International Competition Fiction & Documentary
  • Cinema in Sneakers – Film Festival for Children and Youth, Poland (13 – 21 June, 2015)
    Short film competition
  • Palm Springs International ShortFest, United States (16 – 22 June, 2015)
    Short Film Competition
  • Art Film Fest, Slovakia (19 – 26 June, 2015)
    International Shorts Competition
  • FEST – New Directors/New Films Festival (22 – 29 June, 2015)
    Fiction Short Film Competition
  • Festival Internacional de Curtmetratges Mas Sorrer, Spain (31 July – 2 August, 2015)
    Official selection
  • DokuFest International Documentary and Short Film Festival, Kosovo (8 – 16 August, 2015)
    International Short Film Competition
  • Odense International Film Festival, Denmark (24 – 30 August, 2015)
    Main Competition
  • Milano Film Festival, Italy (10 – 20 September, 2015)
    International Short Film Competition
  • 2ANNAS – Riga International Short Film Festival, Latvia (22 – 27 September, 2015)
    International Short Film Competition
  • Raindance Film Festival, United Kingdom (23 September – 4 October, 2015)
    Best International Shorts Competition Nomination
  • Netherlands Film Festival, the Netherlands (23 September – 2 October, 2015)
    Gouden Kalf Competition
  • Curtocircuíto – International Short Film Festival, Spain (6 – 11 October, 2015)
    Out of Competition: Teenage Riot
  • Vilnius International Short Film Festival, Lithuania (7 – 11 October, 2015)
    International Competition
  • BFI London Film Festival, United Kingdom (7 – 18 October, 2015)
    Official Selection – Short Film Award Nomination
  • Thess International Short Film Festival, Greece (9 – 14 October, 2015)
    Official Selection Won: Cinematic Achievement Award
  • Cinemagic – International Film Festival for Young People, United Kingdom (9 October – 4 November, 2015)
    Out of competition: School program
  • Chicago International Film Festival, USA (15 – 29 October, 2015)
    Short Film Competition
  • Tofifest – International Film Festival, Poland (18 – 25 October, 2015)
    ShortCut Film Competition
  • KUKI – International Short Film Festival for Children and Youth, Germany (8 – 15 November, 2015)
    Out of competition: French language programme 14+
  • Zinebi – International Festival of Documentary and Short Film of Bilbao, Spain (13 – 20 November, 2015)
    International Competition
  • Suikerzoet Filmfestival, the Netherlands (26 – 29 November, 2015)
  • Leuven International Short Film Festival (27 November – 5 December, 2015)
    European Competition
  • International Young Audience Film Festival Ale Kino!, Poland (29 November – 6 December, 2015)
    International Competition
  • Porto / Post / Doc, Portugal (1 – 8 December, 2015)
    Out of Competition: Teenage Riot
  • Premiers Plans Film Festival, France (22 – 31 January, 2016)
    European Short Film Competition
  • BUFF International Film Festival For Children And Young People, Sweden (14 – 19 March, 2016)
    Competition
  • WE Film Festival, the Netherlands (28 – 30 April, 2016)
    Non-competitive festival
  • shnit International Shortfilmfestival, Switzerland (5 – 16 October, 2016)
    International Competition