BEFORE DARK

WRITTEN BY: JOLEIN LAARMAN & MARIT WEERHEIJM
DIRECTED BY: MARIT WEERHEIJM

original title Voor het donker
release 2018
genre drama
length 25 minutes
language Dutch, Flemish
starring Mistral Guidotti & Sam Louwyck &
Joes Brauers & Bart Slegers
produced by Room for Film & N279 Entertainment
festival distribution CUT-UP

Olaf, an engineering student, lives with his father Vincent. Once a renowned architect, now suffering from early Alzheimer’s disease. Olaf is struggling, because he wants to keep seeing Vincent as the man who knows everything. In the run-up to the birthday party Olaf organises for his dad, their surroundings grow darker; a concrete wall casts a shadow over their house from the garden and Vincent’s condition is deteriorating. Olaf will have to realise that living together in the present is more valuable than persistently clinging on to what used to be.

casting OI MUNDO CASTING - REBECCA VAN UNEN & MATHIAS SOURBRON

first assistent director RENÉ JONKERS

cinematography MARTIJN MELIS

gaffer JEROEN ZWART

production design ESRA GHILANE

art director CLARA BRAGDON

costume design KRISTIEN LAMMERS

make-up and hair RENEE WIJNHOVEN

sound recordist FREEK VRIJHOF

editor FATIH TURA

sound design TOM JANSEN & HANZA VAN DER VEER

composer JORRIT KLEIJNEN & ALEXANDER REUMERS

visual effects supervisor PLANET X - ROEL MEIJERING

colorist FERNANDO RODRIGUES

graphic design SANDER BROUWER

line producer JASPER POL

production manager INDY KISOEN

produced by LOES KOMEN & EVA VERWEIJ

written by JOLEIN LAARMAN & MARIT WEERHEIJM

directed by MARIT WEERHEIJM

casting OI MUNDO CASTING - REBECCA VAN UNEN & MATHIAS SOURBRON first assistent director RENÉ JONKERS cinematography MARTIJN MELIS gaffer JEROEN ZWART production design ESRA GHILANE art director CLARA BRAGDON costume design KRISTIEN LAMMERS make-up and hair RENEE WIJNHOVEN sound recordist FREEK VRIJHOF editor FATIH TURA sound design TOM JANSEN & HANZA VAN DER VEER composer JORRIT KLEIJNEN & ALEXANDER REUMERS visual effects supervisor PLANET X - ROEL MEIJERING colorist FERNANDO RODRIGUES graphic design SANDER BROUWER line producer JASPER POL production manager INDY KISOEN produced by LOES KOMEN & EVA VERWEIJ written by JOLEIN LAARMAN & MARIT WEERHEIJM directed by MARIT WEERHEIJM