Our special guest this session is the remarkable actress GAITE JANSEN. Gaite is considered one of the most promising Dutch young acting talents of her generation, so incredibly young, and she already has an impressive track record with titles such as: PEAKY BLINDERS, LINE OF DUTY, 170 HZ, SUPERNOVA among many others. Gaite recently wrapped JETT, a new show for Cinemax in the US. So much to talk about!
MORE ABOUT GAITE
Gaite Jansen is considered one of the most promising Dutch young acting talents of her generation. Her performance as a deaf teenager in the groundbreaking 2011 drama 170HZ, earned her nominations for Best Actress at the Seattle Film Festival and the Netherlands Film Festival. SUPERNOVA, in which she plays the lead role, screened at the GENERATIONS competition at Berlinale film festival 2014.
She played the lead role in THE PRICE OF SUGAR, the opening film of the Netherlands Film Festival in 2013. Gaite is making the leap to the global stage with her roles on BBC’s PEAKY BLINDERS Season 3 and LINE OF DUTY Season 4. Apart from her TV and film work, Gaite worked on stage with internationally renowned theatre directors, such as Ivo van Hove and Simon Stone. Gaite recently wrapped-up JETT, a new show for Cinemax in the US.
In our Official Selection, you can watch and meet the teams of:
VILSHULT: AN AMSTERDAM PICTURE FROM IKEA
Tom Roes | Documentary | 14:24
After hanging an IKEA picture of Amsterdam on the wall of his living room, filmmaker Tom Roes starts spotting the picture everywhere, across the world. At the same time most of his friends disapprove of the picture, that was sold almost half a million times. They say it's mediocre and a sign of bad taste. Tom decides to find out who made the photo and how it ended up on the shelves of one of the biggest retailers in the world. A remarkable story unfolds.
BELONGING
Aswin Baaijens | Live-Action | 10:00
Three high school teenagers reflect on the absence of the seriously ill Zoë. Voice-overs reveal their deepest thoughts in this poetic triptych.
