Seahorse
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2023 NOMINEE - BEST ACTOR IN A SHORT FILM (RIFKA LODEIZEN)
2021
Netherlands
21 mins
Dutch
NYC Premiere
Short Film Competition
| Natalie Bruijns | |
| Sanne Windig, Iris Lammertsma | |
| RIfka Lodeizen (Dana) |
When Dana sees a small dot of light flickering in her uterus in black and white on the ultrasound screen, she has to face facts; she is pregnant. Dana decides to end the pregnancy. On the day of her abortion, Dana meets women who each deal with the procedure in their own way. One is panicked, the other self-assured. Dana does things differently – she wants to study the picture of her embryo. She wants to utter the words “mother” on the day of her abortion. She wants to hear the voice of the partner she’s lying to one last time. She wants to experience everything. It is the only way she will be able to get through this day.
About the Director
Natalie Bruijns got her Filmmaking degree from the University of the Arts Utrecht in 2012, majoring in Fiction. After graduation, she started her career working chiefly on set as an Assistant Director for television and film. Natalie developed into making documentaries and directed for the Dutch television series TITAANTJES. She is currently working on a big screen documentary for young people. SEAHORSE is her fiction film debut.
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