23/12/2025
How many trees would we need if we wanted to offset our carbon emissions?
Together with Andy van den Dobbelsteen of TU Delft, we made De Klimaatstrijders, a short comedy film that tells the story of an ordinary Dutch family who sets out to compensate their emissions by planting trees. A lot of trees... so many trees in fact that they soon run into the limit of space for these trees, leading to unanticipated events...
You can watch the full film on YouTube (link in first comment!)
Credits:
Written by: Andy van den Dobbelsteen
Directed by: Hans de Jonge & Kuba Szutkowski
Screenplay: Andy van den Dobbelsteen & Hans de Jonge
Cast:
Daughter: Jaydie van den Berg
Father: Gurkan Kucuksenturk
Mother: Yvonne van den Eerenbeemt
Son: Hidde knoppert
Neighbour: Zouhair Mtazi
Crew:
Executive producer: Charissa Dezentjé
Assistant producer: Asli Gun
Production assistant: Nina Zandvliet
Assistant director: Jarno de Groot
Art director: Nils Swibben
Gardener: Larissa Viënna Stolk
Make-up & hair: Christel Provoost
Sound: Imre Beerends
Director of photography: Hans de Jonge
Focus puller: Matvey Murashko
Gaffer: Arthur Vis
Best boys: Jorne Ykema, Ruben Klumpers
Drone: Gideon de Vries
Editor: Gijs Walstra
Sound design & mixing: Imre Beerends
Music: Pepijn Van Dorst
CGI & VFX: Rafael Zarza García
Colorist: Frans Suijs
Additional cast:
Mayor: Frank van Vliet
Aldermen: Julian Gommers, Mathijn Brink
Driver: Hans de Jonge
Radio presenter: Inge Snijder
Politician: Leon P.I.M. Hombergen
Supporters: Lisanne Bos, Andy van den Dobbelsteen, Lola Jofriet, Tim Jonathan, Marijn Leeuwenberg, Mani Mustafa, Pieter van Schaik, Hannah Sorgedrager, Nils Swibben, Joep van der Heijden, Bas van Zuijlen
Officer: Andy van den Dobbelsteen
Nurseuymen: Johan van den Berk, Edwin van Beers, Elise van den Elsen
Sergeant: Safiero Isselt
Neighbours & soldiers: Peter de Jong, Frans Landmeter, Bas de Leeuw, Phia Le Roux, Evert Pultrum, Wesley van Tilburg, Albena Padula, Endrie Setijasih, Larissa Stolk, Nina Zandvliet
Many thanks to:
Familie Stolk (Gino Stolk)
Gemeente Delft
The Green Village
Frans Landmeter
Dr. Riccardo Maria Pulselli (Università di Reggio Calabria)
Sponsors:
Delft University of Technology
Israëls Duurzaam Bouwen Fonds
Van den Berk Nurseries
Produced by Oculus Film
