Lammert wouldn’t hurt a fly. He lives with his fancy pigeons and his best friend Frieda in the small Groningen village of Kropsdam. His tranquil life is disrupted when he is suspected of making a deal with the energy company GreenNow, in order to have a wind turbine built on his land. Lammert is oblivious to this: he doesn’t want anything to do with wind turbines. Yet he notices that the village starts treating him differently. Because everyone is happy in Kropsdam, unless you’re out of luck.
In Kropsdam Is Iedereen Gelukkig / Greetings From Kropsdam
A film by
Joren Molter
Biography
Born in 1993 and grew up in Netherlands most northern province Groningen. At the age of sixteen his short film Full of life was selected for the debut competition at the Netherlands Film Festival in 2010. Before he started his study at the Netherlands Film Academy, he co-directed feature film Foreigners, shot in New York, Berlin and Groningen, supported by Netherlands Film Fund. At the age of eighteen Joren was admitted at the Netherlands Film Academy.
During his study Joren independently (outside the regular courses of the Film Academy) directed four short films. Joren’s work distinguishes itself in its stylistic vision. Urges and weakness of mankind are returning themes in his work. His graduation film Greetings from Kropsdam (2016) shows how a seemingly peaceful community is united on excluding a lonely man. Joren’s graduation film was selected for 51 international film festivals, like Clermont-Ferrand, Warsaw, Busan and Palm Springs and won 11 international awards.
Joren also directs commercials. His first commercial is nominated for the SAN accent award. Joren’s short film KIND and his 45 minute television film DÒST, both written by Britt Snell and produced by Family Affair Films, are his first films after graduation and are running now in the international film festival circuit. Joren is also developing his first feature film Summerfur based on the novel of Jaap Robben.
Filmography
- Greeting from Kropsdam – 2016
- Rabbit – 2015
- Elle Est Belle – 2015
- Blue – 2015
- De Lullige Levensloop van een Saaie Man – 2014
- Dead Doves – 32’
