OBESK

INFO

Director

Jonas Smulders

Genre

Fiction

Runtime

13’

Year

2022

Nationality

Netherlands

SYNOPSIS

After one of the members of a close-knit group of young dockers has been missing for months, the taciturn Mug realises on yet another rough night in their local pub that the cracks in their friendship are widening into an unbridgeable chasm.

IMMAGINI

CREDITS

Director

Jonas Smulders

Genre

Drama

Runtime

13′

Nationality

Netherlands

Cast

Raymond Thiry

Laura de Geest

Violet Braeckman

Jan Braem

Script

Jonas Smulders

Producer

The Rogues
Guusje van Deuren

Assistant Director

Jesse Wismeier

Editor

Tobias Cornelissen

DOP

Niels Stoetie

AWARDS AND SELECTIONS

2022
National Premiere
Nederlands Film Festival
2023 - OSCAR ® / EFA ® / BAFTA ® QUALIFYING
International Premiere
45. Clermont Ferrand International Short Film Festival
2023
Official Selection
27. Sofia International Film Festival
2023 - OSCAR ® QUALIFYING
Norwegian Premiere
46. Kortfilmfestivalen Grimstad
2023
Greek Premiere
16. Psarokokalo International Short Film Festival
2023
Italian Premiere
2. Short Out Film Festival
2023
Special Mention
24. Shorts International Film Festival
2023
Best Cinematography, Best Actress
10. Toko Film Fest
2023
Official Selection
11. Ariano Film Festival
2023
Official Selection
6. Octopus Film Festival
2023 - EFA ® Qualifying
Official Selection
13. International Short Film Festival of Cyprus
2023
Official Selection
6. CUT TO: Ghent
2023
Official Selection
13. Micro μ Festival
2023
Official Selection
2. Spicy Indie International Film Festival

JONAS SMULDERS

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BIO

Jonas Smulders (1994) is considered one of the most promising Dutch acting talents of his generation. He has worked on a large variety of both national and international films. In the meantime Jonas has initiated a career as writer/director. Obesk is his second short film, but the first that was funded by the Dutch film fund.

FILMOGRAPHY

TEX

2017