Plaster
Twelve-year-old Pelle breaks his arm just before he goes on holiday with his parents. When he comes across a potential summer romance, Pelle realizes he can’t stay a wallflower forever.
- Netherlands
- 2015, 11 min
- Director: Jeroen Houben
- Director of photography: Gregg Telussa
- Editor: Wouter van Luijn
- Screenplay: Martijn Hillenius
- Music: Jeroen Houben
- Sound: Django Kroon
- Cast: Rohan Timmermans, Huub Smit
- Art Director: Myrte Beltman
- Producer: Julius Ponten
- Production: New Amsterdam Film Company
Jeroen Houben
Jeroen Houben is a writer and director based in Amsterdam. His fascination with cinema began as a young child making short films and animations. A graduate in both design and film, his work is characterized by distinctive art direction and understated performances. Houben has written and directed several internationally acclaimed short films, including Best Wishes (2014), Home Suite Home (2015), and Plaster (2015). His feature film Your Mother Should Know (2018) attracted more than 100,000 viewers to Dutch cinemas. In 2024, he released Torch Song, a feature film he wrote and directed and also composed the music for.