Steen / Brick

A film by

the Netherlands | 13' | 08/2013 | fiction

Jeffrey, who lives in a small town near Arnhem with his father and his girlfriend, is about to become a dad. He spends his days working in the local brick factory and leads a life of routine. But this all changes when he has to supervise Kevin, a new coworker. When Kevin tries to become intimate with him, Jeffrey knocks him to the ground. Yet he can’t seem to get Kevin out of his head and starts to question everything that he was once so sure of.

Crew Festivals

Viktor van der Valk

Biography

Director/co-writer Viktor van der Valk studied at the Utrecht University for the Arts and the Netherlands Film Academy in Amsterdam. His short films Brick (2013) and Onno The Oblivious (2014) received acclaim at festivals from San Sebastián to Palm Springs via the Netherlands. He was co-director/assistant on the ground-breaking documentary projects Stop Acting Now (Mijke de Jong, 2015, IFFR) and Stranger In Paradise (Guido Hendrikx, 2016, IDFA). Nocturne is his first feature film; he’s currently preparing his next, The Camera.

Filmography

  • Nocturne – 2019 – 78’
  • Onno The Oblivious – 2014 – 28’
  • Brick – 2013 – 14’
  • The Little Traveller – 2012 / 7’
  • Veyglesa – 2011/ 40’
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Crew

Director: Viktor van der Valk
Screenplay: Viktor van der Valk, Kasper van Beek
Producer: Erik Glijnis, Hanne Sinninghe
Cinematographer: Emo Weemhoff
Sound: Tijn Hazen
Editor: Lot Rossmark
Composer: Eren Önsoy
Production designer: Myrte Beltman
Art director: Sebastián Arroyo Hoebens
Wardrobe: Myrte Beltman
Make-Up: Ibolya Fülöp
Gaffer: Nina Badoux
Cast: Reinout Scholten van Aschat, Coosje Smid, Lourens van den Akker, Manou Kersting

Festivals

  • Beeldbuis Filmfestival, the Netherlands (8 September, 2013)
    Clash of the Shorts
  • Go Short – International Short Film Festival Nijmegen, the Netherlands (9 – 13 April, 2014)
    Out of competition: Go Ahead
  • Palm Springs International ShortFest, United States (17 – 23 June, 2014)
  • IN THE PALACE International Short Film Festival, Bulgaria (28 June – 4 July, 2014)
    Official Selection
  • FEST – New Directors/New Films Festival, Portugal (24 – 30 June, 2014)
    Short Film Competition
  • Queer Lisboa – International Queer Film Festival, Portugal (19 – 27 September, 2014)
    European Student Short Competition
  • Molodist – Kyiv International Film Festival, Ukraine (25 October – 2 November, 2014)
    International Student Competition
  • Arcipelago – International Festival of Short Films and New Images (7 – 11 November, 2014)
    The Short Planet – International Competition
  • Pinx Film Festival, Belgium (22 – 25 January, 2015)
    Out of competition
  • Clermont-Ferrand – International Short Film Festival, France (30 January – 7 February, 2015)
    Out of competition: Netherlands Film Academy retrospective
  • Roze Filmdagen, the Netherlands (12 – 22 March, 2015)
    MADE IN HOLLAND
  • Asterisco International LGBTIQ Film Festival, Argentina (14 – 19 July, 2015)
    Out of Competition: Focus on Dutch films

 

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