sound design for storytelling

Saturday the 20th of April new drama series MÁXIMA by Saskia Diesing will be available for streaming on Videoland. The six-part high-end dramaseries explores the life of queen, Máxima, based on the bestselling novel by Marcia Luyten. Krezip is the featuring artist for it’s titelsong, and in addition they’ve created an original song for every episode.

NEEM ME MEE (TAKE ME WITH YOU) by Will Koopman had its premiere at the Tuschinski theater in Amsterdam last night. NEEM ME MEE will be released in 65 cities around The Netherlands Thursday December 21st.

We are working on Dolby Atmos sound design and mix of the Disney+ series NEMESIS by Willem Bosch and Pieter Kuijpers. NEMESIS is a True Crime Series about Public Prosecutor Sylvia van Maele who, after a brutal murder of a key witness, decides to take matters into her own hands. With an underground team of detectives, she opens the hunt for a group of international criminals who until then have remained out of reach of the law. NEMESIS will be on Disney+ soon.

After PÖFF in Tallinn the THE MAN FROM ROME will travel to Rome itself, where the Italian premiere will take place at the Tertio Millenio Film Fest 2023. Leading actor Michele Riondino will be present to give a Q&A at the screening, on November 16.

Editor Jasper Quispel, Director Jaap van Heusden and Marco Vermaas at Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival | PÖFF in Estonia for the international premiere of THE MAN FROM ROME (DE MAN UIT ROME). The feature is also selected for the official competition at the prestigious festival.

Feature LAATSTE RONDE by Boris Paval Conen has started Sound Design. When four friends in their sixties start working in a bar together, they no longer seem immortal. Loyalty, fate and humour as a lifeline seem to be desperately needed to face the next phase of their lives.

Soon we will start audiopost for the new Dutch series MÁXIMA about the life of our queen. Dutch band Krezip has been asked to write music for the series. MÁXIMA is produced by Millstreet Films and directed by Saskia Diesing. It can be seen on Videoland in 2024.

TV series SAÏD & ANNA, about two best friends (6 and 7 years old) and their life in a repair-shop, will premiere at Cinekid festival in Amsterdam on World Repair Day, Monday October 21st. During the following school holidays, six episodes of the series can be seen in 41 cinemas around the country. SAÏD & ANNA will air on NPO Zapp, October 23. The co-production series will also broadcast on Belgian and German television.

Feature NEEM ME MEE by Will Koopman will be in theaters around the Netherlands from December 21st.

Minco Eggersman wins Best Original Score Golden Calf Award 2023 for THE MAN FROM ROME (DE MAN UIT ROME). Congratulations to Minco!

DOJO by Paval Conen will have its international premiere at the Zürich Film Festival. The TeleFilm will be screened at ZFF for kids, Saturday October 7th.

Next to the GOLDEN CALF nomination Best Sound Design, THE MAN FROM ROME (DE MAN UIT ROME) also received nominations for Best Original Score, Best Film Editing and Best Production Design. TOEN IK JE ZAG has a nomination for Best Original Score. PIECE OF MY HEART is nominated for Best Production Design and Best Costume Design. And LOST TRANSPORT got nominations for Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor. Congratulations to everybody! The Award Ceremony will be held at the NFF Golden Calf Gala in Utrecht 29 September. Best of luck to all nominees!

THE MAN FROM ROME by Jaap van Heusden is selected for the main competition at Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival. At PÖFF it will have its international premiere on November 10.

Dutch-Irish Mini Series THE SPECTACULAR with Hadewych Minis and Aoibhínn McGinnity can now be seen on Videoland.

We’re proud to have 5 films with our Sound Design selected for NFF Golden Calf competition. THE MAN FROM ROME by Jaap van Heusden, LOST TRANSPORT by Saskia Diesing, PIECE OF MY HEART by Dana Nechushtan, DOJO by Boris Pavel Conen and TOEN IK JE ZAG by Ben Verbong. The nominations will be announced Sunday September 24th. Fingers crossed for all five films. The prizes are awarded during the Golden Calves Gala, on 29 September 2023.

We’re proud to have done Sound Design and Mix for the full length documentary by Willy Lindwer, VERDWENEN STAD (LOST CITY). It tells the unknown story of the Amsterdam city tram that collaborated with the Nazis and deported tens of thousands of Jews to the train stations on their way to the death camps. We experience their last tram ride.

PIECE OF MY HEART by Dana Nechushtan wins Bernhard Wicki Award at Emden Filmfest 2023. This prize goes to the feature film with the highest audience rating in the competition. Congratulations!

THE MAN FROM ROME (DE MAN UIT ROME) wins an LFF Nightingale Award for Best Feature Film at the Limburg Film Festival 2023. Congratulations to Jaap van Heusden and IJswater Films!

Telefilm DOJO by Boris Paval Conen has been selected for the 63rd Zlìn International Film Festival for Children and Youth. The film festival takes place in the Czech Republic from 1 to 7 June 2023.

DE MAN UIT ROME (THE MAN FROM ROME) by Jaap van Heusden can now be seen on picl.nl.