Is life worth living if all your days are grey? In this coming-of-age film, the young Cato is confronted with her elder brother who comes back to live at home after a suicide attempt. Cato tries to get closer to her brother, but he doesn’t allow her to. When she doesn’t know what to do anymore, she unexpectedly meets a strange man with large, white fake wings.
When Grey Is A Colour / Grijs Is Ook Een Kleur
A film by
Marit Weerheijm
Biography
Born in Utrecht in 1992, Marit Weerheijm is a young Dutch director based in Amsterdam. In 2016, she graduated as a director of fiction films from the Netherlands Film Academy with her short film, ‘When Grey is a Colour’. This film won the prestigious Student Academy Award, the Oscars for student films. Next to that, the film gathered two jury awards at TIFF Kids and was selected for multiple international film festivals.
In 2018 she finished a new short film called ‘Before Dark’. This film was made in the context of the Wildcard award from the Dutch Filmfund. Her latest film ‘En Route’ will premiere in 2019.
For Marits commercial work she is represented by production company CZAR. Her latest film for breast cancer organization Pink Ribbon was nominated for the Young Director Award at Cannes Lions in 2019.
Marits work is based on subtle storytelling, with a strong fascination for interpersonal relationships, particularly within family ties. She has a love for intimate films with now and then a touch of magic realism.
Filmography
- En Route – 10’ – 2019
- Before Dark – 25’ – 2018
- When Grey Is a Colour – 27’ – 2016
