38th edition
17-25 january 2026

Waterlanders

Simone Van Dusseldorp

Image Waterlanders
Netherlands
1994 Fiction 23 min
After the death of their parents, two sisters Hanne and Ester, live alone with their grandmother. Confined to the house, they create a world with its own rules and games.
With : Suzan van der Meer, Priscilla Braam, Lisa Yvès-Hoogkamer
Screenplay : Simone Van Dusseldorp
Image : Daniel Gallenkamp
Sound : Joost Roskam
Music : Henk Stoop
Editing : Ellen Verhoeff
Decors : Fleur Ankoné
Simone Van Dusseldorp was born in 1967, and studied at the Sint Joost Academy, then at the Gerrit Rietveld Academy, and finally at the NFTA, specialising in directing and sriptwriting.