LOTUS is een pijnlijke, liefdevolle kijk op de complexiteit van eenzaamheid in Nederland. LOTUS is een zeldzaam filmische ervaring die het publiek uitdaagt vragen te zetten bij hun eigen eenzaamheid en die van anderen. Vol duikend in de harde individualistische werkelijkheid van de grote stad, onderzoekt deze film angst, eenzaamheid en liefde vanuit meerdere perspectieven. Niemand lijkt veilig in het gevecht om geluk.
En niemand is immuun voor de sluimerende pijn van het individualisme en de anonimiteit die eenzaamheid veroorzaakt en levens verandert...
Three generations of filmmakers tell a story about Brussels, three stories settled in the rue Saint Quentin, a forgotten street somewhere in the shadow of the European administration area.
(Official selection Leuven film festival)
Sandra Samson, a young Surinamese woman in her early twenties is coming to terms with the fact that she's gay.
Awards:
- OUTstanding Narrative Short Film at OUTFEST in LA.
- HBO Award for Best Women's Short at the ONE IN TEN Film Festival in Washington DC
- Best Shorfilmt at the Portland LGBT Film Festival.
- Best Girl's Short Film at The Film Festival of Seattle.
- Best film at LESGAICINEMAD (Madrid).
- The Ursula Award for Best Short at the Hamburg Lesbian and Gay Film Festival
- 'Rosa Brille' for Best Short at QUEERSIGHT in Bern
- The Silver Rabbit Award for Best Foreign Short Film at The Festival Mix Brazil in Sao Paolo
- The Expresso Award at De Roze Filmdagen, Amsterdam
- The IMMAGINARIA Award at the International Lesbian Film Festival IMMAGINARIA in Bologna.
- The Festival Award for Best Foreign Film at The Fire Island Film Festival
- Best Womens Short at the Long Island GL Filmfestival
- Second Prize at the Berlin Lesbian Film Festival
- Nr 4 in The Top Ten of Most…
Since my graduation from the Amsterdam Film Academy I have been working as a director of photography on commercials for clients like Canon, Philips, Chrysler, Footlocker, United Biscuits, Nestle, Kraft Foods, and the NFL.
With 15 years of experience shooting commercials and music videos for national and international artists I also photographed numerous feature films and short films in Amsterdam, New York and Brussels. Among
Since my graduation from the Amsterdam Film Academy I have been working as a director of photography on commercials for clients like Canon, Philips, Chrysler, Footlocker, United Biscuits, Nestle, Kraft Foods, and the NFL.
With 15 years of experience shooting commercials and music videos for national and international artists I also photographed numerous feature films and short films in Amsterdam, New York and Brussels. Among them 'You 2' (winner of 14 awards worldwide), 'Cologne' (Winner best film, Film Festival Gent), 'Kinkerstraat' (Nominated for the Prix De L'europe) and 'Bruxelles Mon Amour'.
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