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A Stranger From the Past

When a mechanic opens the hood of a car, he accidentally awakens a dark force of nature.

  • Netherlands
  • 2020, 5 min
  • Director: Jan Verdijk
  • Director of photography: Thijmen Doornik
  • Editor: Jushua Menco
  • Screenplay: Jan Verdijk
  • Music: Koen van de Wardt
  • Cast: Jochem ten Haaf, Reinier Schimmel
  • Art Director: Jeroen Echter
  • Producer: Daniel Dow
  • Production: DPPLR

PROJECTIONS
10.6. 20:30 Praha | Aero
17.6. 20:30 Hradec Králové | Bio Central
18.6. 21:00 Praha | Kasárna Karlín
21.6. 20:45 Praha | Světozor - Grand Hall
23.6. 21:00 Brno | Kino Scala

Jan Verdijk

Jan Verdijk

Jan Verdijk (Netherlands) graduated from the directing program at the Utrecht School of Arts in 2012. During his education he worked on many film sets as an assistant director in order to gain the necessary experience. He began making short films after graduation. In 2017, he made his first short film, A Man Falls from the Sky (together with Kurt Platvoet), which won various awards. After that he wrote and directed Wild (2018). He is currently writing his first feature-length screenplay.