25/7 Media

04/01/2021

This has been a difficult year for everybody, filmindustry included. So when trying to make my annual list of must watch media in 2020 I get a little sad thinking about how many releases got postponed and every project that got scrapped. I've had to resort to watching a lot of old movies this year, which is also a good thing of course, but here's my list of favorites for 2020. As always, there's some 2019 releases in there, that only got a (dvd) release here in 2020.

2020's annual list of must watch media.
Favorite film: Uncut Gems
Favorite series: The New Pope
Favorite animation: Soul
Favorite documentary: Tiger King
Best actrice: Adèle Haenel (Portrait of a Lady on Fire)
Best actor: Willem Dafoe (The Lighthouse)
Best music and sound: The New Pope
Best cinematography: 1917
Best oldie (first viewing): Fitzcarraldo
Best out of left field: Color Out of Space
Notable mentions: On the Rocks, Portrait of a Lady on Fire, Shoplifters, Raised by Wolves, Bacurau

31/12/2019

2019's annual list of must watch media. Since many Oscar candidates have not been released in the Netherlands yet, films like Uncut Gems and The Lighthouse will undoubtedly be included in next years' list. But for now, these are my favorites of the year:

Favorite film: Climax
Favorite series: Euphoria
Favorite animation: The Dark Crystal (puppetry)
Favorite documentary: I Love You Now Die
Best actrice: Awkwafina - The Farewell
Best actor: Joaquin Phoenix - The Joker
Best support (m/f): Joe Pesci - The Irishman
Best music and sound: Climax
Best cinematography: Midsommar
Best oldie (first viewing): Solaris (Tarkovsky)
Best out of left field: The Beach Bum

Notable mentions: Joker, Dolor y Gloria, The Farewell, Parasite, Bojack Horseman, Ramy, Mindhunter, Cold Case Hammarskjöld, The Peanut Butter Falcon, Chernobyl, Eight Grade.

22/08/2019

"Ossip - from father to son" won the gold Remi award at the 52nd annual international film festival in Houston. As one of the longest running film festivals in the world, it gave first honors to the likes of Lynch, Ang Lee, Coen Brothers and many more.

Happy to join that list!

24/07/2019

First phase of editing the Maison the Faux documentary has started. Locked in the studio despite the beautiful weather outside. All about getting everything neat and tidy and then work towards what we need to make this a great film, in phase two of the shooting process starting this fall.

So far it's going very well, but I'm keeping it all under wraps for now.

29/03/2019

Last week I flew to Tokyo, Japan to film Maison the Faux.
Lots to be said about that project but I'd like to share my two
cents about which camera to use. I brought my trustworthy Canon NederlandC100 alongside with a Canon XC15 rented from Budgetcam.

For serious scenes I will always go to a proper camera like a C100,
ever since I made the switch from DSLR I just can't go back. You have
to be quick with your hands on the buttons a lot of the time, white balance,
ND, ISO, a camera like a C100 will get you there no problem. It's when
you want to shoot B-Roll but you don't know where you're going and if it's worth it, where an XC15 will come into play. Walking around Tokyo with a C100 all day will get you tired very fast, and people will notice you're filming instantly. With the XC15 I managed to grab quick shots of people and places, without making too much of a scene. I got kicked out of buildings and shops a couple of times with my C100, none of that with the XC15. It shoots log, so it's easy to grade alongside the rest of the footage, and it has a lens that can go up to 300mm! That's just amazing for such a small package! The bad part is that you have to rely on autofocus as the lens is
really shoddy to handle, also managing your white balance, ND and ISO, although possible, just takes too long to adjust. So it's shooting auto mode 75% of the time.

I'm curious about filming with a GH5 or a blackmagic pocket, but the fact that this camera just had everything in one package really spoke to me. I didn't even shoot 4k except for shots I really thought would be worth it, because who wants to come home to hundreds of gigabytes of B-roll. So shooting Canon log on an SD would do the trick. Comparing it with 4k I'd say that the 4k is a little bit sharper, but really not worth it for B-roll.

Would I buy it? I'm not sure. I would probably rent it again if I have a job like this, since carrying it around all day, just chucking it in your bag is no problem. But the main thing I dislike is the focus ring. So if Canon works on that for a future model, yeah I'd buy it. I'd love it to death.

If blackmagic has a 24-300mm lens option available and it's still lightweight
I'll take that into serious consideration, but right now this is the baby to take with you if you want to keep it light.

Budgetcam sponsored me the camera, but I'm not obligated to write this nor am I paid for any of it by the brands I mention. This is just my two cents.

07/03/2019

Bij mijn nieuwe onderneming Groenevisie (.nl) zetten wij ons in voor duurzame projecten. Zo hebben wij deze video voor de Dierenambulance Den Haag gesponsord.

https://vimeo.com/321539149

Binnenkort meer over deze onderneming.

In 2018 is de Dierenambulance Den Haag ingetrokken in het nieuwe hospitaal. Het streven is dit gebouw CO2 neutraal te maken en in deze video zien we hoe hieraan…

02/03/2019

Sesamestreet meets runway fashion. check it out!

Dutch fashion designer Jimmy Paul sets off to London for his first ever London Fashion Week runway show; a Sesamestreet based collection, in collaboration with the…

02/03/2019

Last week I got to film Jimmy Paul presenting his Sesamestreet inspired collection on London Fashion Week. Excited for more? Stay tuned

Dutch fashion designer Jimmy Paul sets off to London for his first ever London Fashion Week runway show; a Sesamestreet based collection, in collaboration with the…

22/02/2019

Many thanks to everyone watching it on TV or attending the premières of course. Here it is, screening for all eternity and beyond

Uitzending gemist | Close Up, Ossip - Van vader op zoon op Nederland 2

14/02/2019

Before I will announce my next big project, here comes the television premiere of Ossip

Thursday 21st of februari 22:55 NPO2

https://www.avrotros.nl/close-up/gemist/detail/item/ossip-van-vader-op-zoon-21-02-2019/

De Haagse kunstenaar Ossip bewerkt foto's van anonieme personen - vaak uit een ver verleden - tot objecten en installaties. Het resultaat is licht verontrustend en raadselachtig. Wie is deze man, die zichzelf niet graag 'kunstenaar' noemt?

01/02/2019

Lovely review about the Ossip premiere at Gemeentemuseum Den Haag in the paper yesterday

"Misschien gaat die relatie hier nog wel dieper dan de band die als vanzelfsprekend door het vaderschap zou moeten bestaan." - Eline van der Haak voor www.denhaagcentraal.net

"Ossip - van vader op zoon, donderdag 21 februari 2019 om 23:00 op NPO2"

21/01/2019

Thanks go out to everybody attending yesterday. This premiere at the Gemeentemuseum Den Haag was really the icing on the cake, watching it on the big screen in a full cinema was also a first for me, so that was a kid's dream come true basically.

Februari 21st on NPO2 - AVROTROS.Kunst - Close Up at 23:00 hrs

14/01/2019

Very kind words from Utah Film Festival & Awards

Screening this sunday 15:00 at Gemeentemuseum Den Haag
Open for public and free of charge. Come see it on the big screen with Ossip and myself.

07/01/2019

We hold one final, (free of charge) special screening (before the actual TV premiere) with Ossip and myself attending as well, at the Gemeentemuseum The Hague on sunday, januari 20th at 15:00

It will be lovely to see you there

30/12/2018

This year's (2018) favourites are...
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Best film: Loro (directed by Paolo Sorrentino)

Runners up (in no particular order):
The Favourite
Under The Silver Lake
The Florida project

Best Series: Sharp Objects
tied with Kidding (uncomparable)
Best Actrice: Margot Robbie in I, Tonya
Best Actor: Toni Servillo in Loro
Best Support (m/f): Olivia Colman in The Favourite
Best Music and Sound: Phantom Thread
Best Cinematography: Loro
Best Oldie (first view): Le Mépris

Special Mentions (no yearly category) :
Best Horror: Hereditary
Crazy Ride Of A Movie: Under The Silver Lake

All solely based on personal opinion.

28/12/2018

Bijzondere video's die ik mag maken voor Stichting Philadelphia Zorg.

Camera: Julian Philbert
Geluid: Imre Nathan Beerends

Voor meer informatie ga naar www.philadelphia.nl/robotica

20/12/2018

Only today, screen 'Ossip' online via the Switzerland International Film Festival

copy/paste the vimeo link on this page in your browser and don't forget to vote. I don't think your vote matters, but why not...

http://screenings.festti.com/ossip-from-father-to-son/

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12/12/2018

Somewhere between 17 and 21 december my documentary 'Ossip - from father to son' will be screened ONLINE at the Switzerland International Film Festival

This might be your best chance to view it with English subtitles!

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