Lotus

Film

Original Title (If different):

Lotus

Language:

Dutch

Production country:

Netherlands

Running time (In minutes):

102

Theme:

not specified

Category/Format:

Digital / DVD

Student film:

Film URL Site:

http://www.lotusdefilm.nl

Poster:

POSTER_LOTUS_A4__DEF_Versie.jpg

Production year:

September, 2011

Film Credits

About the Director:

Pascale Simons studied Film- en Television science at the University of Amsterdam and Directing at the Dutch Film Academy.

Since 1999, she directs films, commercials, television- series and –shows and made a little journey in theatre with the successful and comic theatre production ‘The Naked Truth’. This diversity of projects suits her very much.

Filmography
YOU 2 (TV film, 2001)
KINKERSTRAAT (TV film, 2006)
IN LOVE (TV film, 2008)
NIGHT SHADE (TV film, 2008)
LOTUS (feature film, 2011)

Prizes & Awards
YOU 2:
HBO Audience Award for Best Women’s Short at the ONE IN TEN Film
Festival in Washington DC, Audience Choice Award for OUTstanding Narrative Short Film at OUTFEST in LA
Audience Award for Best Short at the Portland LGBT Film Festival
Audience Choice Award for Best Girl’s Short Film at The Film Festival of Seattle.
Silver Rabbit Award for Best Foreign Short Film at The Festival Mix Brazil in Sao Paolo
Expresso Audience Award at De Roze Filmdagen in Amsterdam
Best Women’s Short at the Long Island GL Film Festival
Second Prize at the Berlin Lesbian Film Festival

Film director:

Pascale Simons

Producer:

Marc Bary

About the Producer:

Marc Bary graduated at the Dutch Film & Television Academy in 1993 and post graduated at the Binger Film Lab. He was co-founder of the NFTVM/VERS, now the largest association for young filmmakers in the Netherlands and a member of the Dutch Producers Guild. He has been advisor for the Amsterdam Arts Fund and the Rotterdam Art & Culture Institution. He is a visiting lecturer at the Dutch Film Academy and is advisor of faaam, the film/tv-actors education programme of the Amsterdam Media College. In 2010 and in 2011 he was juror for the International Emmy Award selection committee for European TV drama.

Screenplay:

Philip Delmaar

Editing:

Peter Alderliesten

Film photographer:

Micha Douwes

Sound:

Eddy de Cloe

Music:

Pequisite & Renske Taminiau & Jasper Slijderink

Art Director:

Harry Ammerlaan

Costume:

Sanne van Deursen

Cast 1:

Monic Hendrickx

Cast 2:

Jack Wouterse

Cast 3:

Georgina Verbaas

Cast 4:

Chris Zegers

Cast 5:

Raymond Thiry

Film synopsis:

The daughter of a mother who wants to die, a disabled soccer player, a family man with a double life, a hip couple in their thirties and a broken family with an autistic son. They all live in one city. And in the next 24 hours , they will be more connected than they think. A painful and loving look at the complexity of loneliness in the Netherlands. LOTUS is a rare cinematic experience that challenges audiences to question their own loneliness and that of others. Diving headfirst into the harsh individualistic reality of a big city, this film investigates fear, loneliness and love from multiple perspectives. No one seems safe in the battle for happiness. And no one is immune to the hidden pain of individualism and anonymity that causes loneliness and changes lives. The lotus is a water plant that grows from the mud towards the light. The lotus effect is the phenomenon that occurs when dirt lands on the leaf of a Lotus: It won't stick. This self-cleaning feature is due to the numerous small bumps on the leaf.

Budget

Budget Range:

Between $100 000 and $1 Million

Actual Budget:

€950000

Technical infos

Original Film Format:

Digital - other

Format Ratio:

1:1,85

Film Sound:

Dolby SR