Direction, camera, edit for Festival Downtown, a music festival across multiple locations in downtown Rotterdam. In this project I aimed to capture the rawness and diversity of the festival. I was requested to incorporate every music stage, which explains the length of the video. 

Directed by Sebastiaan Verbeeten
B-Cam and colour-grade Rutger Nijkamp

2024

An inside look at the process of KIRAC’s Episode 27, featuring Michel Houellebecq. Stefan and Kate discuss the state of the film and its legal procedings with a visitor.

Directed by Sebastiaan Verbeeten
2024

Sandra has fled cold Toronto. She thought she could be a loving wife, but when the lockdowns forced her to spend one hundred percent of her time with her husband, she found it so awful that the only option was to run away. Her first destination is Amsterdam. The Dutch are impressed by her worldly charms, so they start filming her. In the eye of my camera, her newfound freedom appears less harsh. Also, Melchior wants to join the KIRAC collective, and our patron Philip seems to like him – a lot. 

I was involved in filming and editing one of the core scenes of the film. 
See their website for the full film.

Directed by Stefan Ruitenbeek and Kate Sinha
Camera and Edit: Sebastiaan Verbeeten
2024

Traumburg is an arts and music festival held in a charming Baroque-era castle in Dornburg, Germany. The festival thrives on a collaborative ethos, with many attendees being volunteers or artists themselves.

Elastiek (Sebastiaan Verbeeten, Rutger Nijkamp) have been a consistent contributor to the festival, involved in both documentation and dj performances. We have produced aftermovies and teasers for the last two events and will create a longer-format documentary for the 5th edition of Traumburg in 2024. This documentary will combine the visual style of these aftermovies with the intimate approach I used in films such as Happy Together and Defragmentation (see Film tab).

Directed and Edited by Sebastiaan Verbeeten
Colour Grade by Rutger Nijkamp
Music by Rutger Nijkamp
2024

In this aftermovie I experimented with the aftermovie form, creating a dynamic, flowing video that highlights the atmosphere of the festival. This visual aesthetic has been dominant in my work since.

Directed by Sebastiaan Verbeeten and Rutger Nijkamp
Edit by Sebastiaan Verbeeten + Rutger Nijkamp
Colour Grade by Rutger Nijkamp
Music by Rutger Nijkamp
2023

The film explores the hopes and illusions of young art students coming of age in a world that is saying goodbye to the enlightenment and its values; about the cheerful anticipation with which they face the possibilities of a setting sun. It also features several ‘cancelled’ youths — students who have been expelled from their schools, academies, or social circles due to accusations of sexual misconduct.
I did camerwork and subtitles. See their website for the full film.

Directed by Stefan Ruitenbeek and Kate Sinha
2022

In this film, you will witness the unlikely endeavour of right-wing conservative Sid Lukassen who chivalrously tries to win the heart of lefty student Jini. When he enters her boudoir in Zandvoort, he gets caught up in a literary, enchanting and unpredictable world, in which Jini starts to undress him, surrounded by classical music and grapes. While Sid tries his best to connect to Jini, he realises that the woman has set him up for humiliation. How will Sid save himself from this situation? Will he, despite everything, find love?

I did camerawork, subtitles, performance.

See their website for the full film.

Directed by Stefan Ruitenbeek and Kate Sinha
Starring Dr. Sid Lukkassen
2021

During my internship at KIRAC I made a video showing what we would do at the studio. It incorporates the reflective style of a KIRAC film, but this time told from my perspective, and not that of Stefan and Kate. This film was the start of a deep and productive relationship with KIRAC.

Directed by Sebastiaan Verbeeten
2021