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Nova

DIRECTOR / LUCA MEISTERS

When Nova (15) takes her sister Ivy to football practice along with her mother Maria, the new coach Nadia tells them that Ivy unfortunately can no longer participate until the membership fee is paid. Furious, Maria takes Ivy off the field. When Nova then feels a reassuring hand from Nadia on her shoulder, she is overwhelmed by a feeling she has never known before.

Produced by IJswater Films in co-production with NTR. Created in the context of Kort! 2020, with support from the Netherlands Film Fund, the NPO Fund and CoBO.

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Credits

Festivals

  • BUFF Malmö 2020 – Region Skåne Short Film Competition, Sweden, March 2021

    • Nomination Best Short Film

  • 67th International Short Film Festival Oberhausen - Children’s and Youth Film Competition, Germany, May 2021

    • Certificate of the Ecumenical Jury

  • 23rd Mo&Friese Children’s Short Film Festival Hamburg, Germany, May 2021

  • 27th Palm Springs ShortFest International Short Film Festival - Best LGBT Short-competition, June 2021

  • 41st Netherlands Film Festival – short film selection, Netherlands, September 2021

  • 29th GAZE International LGBTQ+ Film Festival , Ireland, September 2021

  • 1st Golden Leaf International Film Festival – LGBT short film selection, India, October 2021

    • Winner Best LGBT Short Film

  • 35th Cinekid – Best Dutch Short Film Competition (Live-action), Netherlands, October 2021

  • 40th Uppsala Short Film Festival - Best Children's Short Film Competition, Uppsala, Sweden, October 2021

  • 25th Queer Filmfest Weiterstadt – Short Film Brunch, Germany, October 2021

  • 6th Queer Film Festival Munich –Germany, October 2021

  • 35th Braunschweig International Film Festival – short film selection, Germany, November 2021

  • 16th TLVFest- Tel Aviv International LGBT Film Festival – international short’s competition, Tel Aviv, Israel, November 2021

  • 25th Roze Filmdagen Amsterdam - MADE IN HOLLAND shorts program, Amsterdam, March, 2022

  • 2022 Landshuter Kurzfilmfestival/ Landshut Short Film Festival – International competition, Germany, April/May 2022

  • 6th Limburg Film Festival – Professional - Fiction Short, Netherlands, April 2022

  • 8th Lesbian Film Festival of Freiburg, Germany, May 2022

  • 35th OUT Film CT: Connecticut LGBTQ Film Festival – Short Film Competition, America (Connecticut), June 2022

  • Queer Kurzfilm Fest – International short program, Austria, Juli 2022

  • Queer Film Festival Utrecht – official program, The Netherlands, August 2022

// Cast

Pauline Bas

Nadia Amin

Naomi Velissariou

Lona van Steekelenburg

Kendrick Etmon

// Director

Luca Meisters

// Scenario

Luca Meisters

// Producer

Marc Bary (IJswater Films)

Nicky Onstenk (IJswater Films)

// Line producent

Sacha Krynen

// Production manager

Marijn Koppenaal

// Camera

Jeroen Kiers

// Sound

Kristian Knoop

// Production design

Ida Doodeman

// Costume design

Kathleen Hilbers

// Hair & make-up

Francoise Mol

// Editor

Tessel de Vries

// Sound design

Evelien van der Molen

// Post production

STORM Post production

// Music

Minco Eggersman

// Distributor

Kapitein Kort

// Broadcaster

NTR

// Funds/financiers

CoBO Fonds

Nederlands Filmfonds

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