Hold On / Houvast

A film by

the Netherlands | 22' | 04/2016 | fiction

A young cellist has to overcome her fears to keep her position in an orchestra.

Square Eyes - Tribeca2016
Square Eyes - Tribeca2016
Crew Festivals

Charlotte Scott-Wilson

Biography

Director and screenwriter Charlotte Scott-Wilson was born in Scotland and is a Netherlands Film Academy graduate. Charlotte has a deep love for visual storytelling. She wants to reach a wide audience with her films and explores confronting themes in an accessible way. Never compromising to make her films cutting and visceral in a way we haven’t seen before.

Her first short film Forever After premiered at the Oscar qualifying Palm Springs Festival 2013. Hold On had its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival. Presently she has been selected to develop her next film with the Scottish Film Talent Network.

Filmography

  • Hold On – 2016 – short film
  • Made in Iran – 2016 – short documentary
  • Forever After – 2013 – short film
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Crew

Director: Charlotte Scott-Wison
Screenplay: Charlotte Scott-Wilson, Marielot van der Slikke
Producer: Trent
Cinematographer: Lennart Verstegen
Sound: Evelien van der Molen
Editor: Annelotte Medema
Composer: Jesper Ankarfeldt
Production Design: Romke Faber
Kostuumontwerp: Maxa van Panhuis
Geluid: Matthijs Klijn, Brandon Grötzinger
Opnameleiding: Erik Glijnis
Gaffer: Arthur Vis
Make-up en haar: Elsa Helwig, Judith van Belle, Robert Stouthamer
Productieleidng: Olya van Poppel
Cast: Charlie Chan Dagelet, Roeland Fernhout, Lidewij Mahler

Festivals

  • Tribeca Film Festival, United States (13 – 24 April, 2016)
    Official Selection Won: Best Narrative Short Film (Oscar Qualifier)
  • Huesca International Film Festival, Spain (17 – 25 June, 2016)
    International Short Film Competition Won: Dazante for Best International Short Film (Oscar Qualifier)
  • Fest – New Directors | New Films Festival, Portugal (20 – 27 June, 2016)
    Short Fiction Competition Won: Silver Lynx for Best Fiction Short
  • Traverse City Film Festival, United States (26 – 31 July, 2016)
    Official selection
  • Jecheon International Music & Film Festival, Korea (11 – 16 August, 2016)
    Official Selection
  • Nevada City Film Festival, United States (8 – 11 September, 2016)
    International Short Film Competition
  • Jameson CineFest Miskolc International Film Festival, Hungary (9 – 18 September, 2016)
    Competition Best Short Film Prize
  • Duhok International Film Festival, Iraq (9 – 16 September, 2016)
    Out of Competition
  • Quebec City Film Festival, Canada (14 – 24 September, 2016)
    International Competition
  • Helsinki International Film Festival, Finland (15 – 25 September, 2016)
    Official Short Film Selection
  • Nederlands Film Festival, the Netherlands (21 – 30 September, 2016)
    Gouden Kalf Competition
  • Athens International Film Festival, Greece (22 September – 2 October, 2016)
    Out of Competition
  • Manhattan Shorts, United States (September, 2016)
    Official Competition Won: Best Film & Best Actress
  • BFI London Film Festival, United Kingdom (5 – 16 October, 2016)
    Official Selection
  • Tacoma Film Festival, United States (6 – 13 October, 2016)
    Official Selection Won: Best Actress
  • Sapporo International Short Film Festival and Market, Japan (10 – 16 October, 2016)
    One Title Competition
  • Film Fest Gent, Belgium (11 – 21 October, 2016)
    European Short Film Competition
  • Thess International Short Film Festival, Greece (17 – 22 October, 2016)
    Official Selection
  • Festival de Cinema da Bienal Internacional de Curitiba,  (20 – 28 October, 2016)
    Official Selection
  • Leiden International Film Festival, the Netherlands (28 OCtober – 6 November, 2016)
    Official Selection
  • EKADESHMA International Short Film Festival, Nepal (11 – 13 November, 2016)
    Changing Perspective – Competition Won: Audience Award
  • Shortfilmfestival Cologne, Germany (16 – 20 November, 2016)
    Best Of Festivals
  • Eindhoven Film Festival, the Netherlands (9 – 11 December, 2016)
    Official Selection Won: Best Editing
  • Seeyousound International Music Film Festival, Italy (27 January – 3 February, 2017)
    Official Selection Special Mention
  • Portland International Film Festival, United States (9 – 25 February, 2017)
    Official selection
  • Women’s Film Festival Vermont, United Stated (10 – 19 March, 2017)
  • Mecal Pro International Short Film and Animation Festival, Spain (14 March – 2 April, 2017)
    International Selection
  • Festival International du Film d’Aubagne, France (20 – 25 March, 2017)
    Short Film Competition Won: Audience Award
  • Vilnius International Film Festival, Lithuania (23 March – 6 April, 2017)
    Official Short Selection
  • Brookfield Film Festival, United States (31 March – 2 April, 2017)
    Out of competition: Best of the year
  • Newport Beach Film Festival, United States (20 – 27 April, 2017)
    Official Selection
  • Krakow Film Festival, Poland (28 May – 5 June, 2017)
    Out of Competition
  • Oldenburg International Film Festival, Germany (13 – 17 September, 2017)
    Official Competition
  • DTLA Film Festival, United States (21 – 30 September, 2017)
    Official Selection
  • Reykjavík International Film Festival, Iceland (28 September – 8 October, 2017)
    International Shorts Competition
  • Heart of Gold International Film Festival, Australia (5 – 8 October, 2017)
    Official Selection Won: Best Sound Design
  • Twisted Oyster Film Festival, United States (14 – 21 October, 2017)
  • Konstanzer kurz.film.spiele, Germany (21 – 22 October, 2017)
    Official Competition
  • Princeton Independent Film Festival, United States (9 – 11 November, 2017)
    Official Selection
  • Festival du Film Court de Villeurbanne, France (17 – 26 November, 2017)
    International Competition
  • Festival International du Film d’Aubagne, France (19 – 24 March, 2018)
    Out of competition: Carte Blanche FEST – New Directors
  • cellu l’art Short Film Festival, Germany (23 – 28 April, 2019)
    Dutch Retrospective
  • Satellite – Music Video Festival, Italy (3 – 26 May, 2018)
    Official Selection
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