“Strangely beautiful in spite of the harshness of its images – a skilful combination of horror and melodrama.”

– San Sebastian HFFF Jury

 

NIGHTINGALE

SHORT FILM - 2020 - 15 minutes
Make Way Film, De man & de vos

  • A heavily overworked nurse is being stalked by a mysterious figure during her night shift in the nursing home. While trying to tend to everyone’s needs, she also has to deal with her stalker and pushes herself to extremes.

    World premiere at Fantasia’s ‘Small Gauge Trauma’ showcase.

    Watch Nightingale - Behind the Scenes

    Featured on ALTER

  • Special Jury Mention Best Short Film - San Sebastian Horror and Fantasy Film Festival 2020.

  • Fantasia Film Festival 2020 (World Premiere)
    Telluride Horror Show 2020
    Chicago International Film Festival 2020 (Nominated - Best Narrative Short)
    Nightmares Film Festival 2020 (Nominated - Best Short Horror)
    New York City Horror Film Festival 2020
    San Sebastian Horror and Fantasy Film Festival 2020
    CRASH International Fantastic Film Festival 2020
    Soho Horror Film Festival 2021
    Brussels International Festival of Fantastic Film 2021 (Nominated - Silver Méliès)
    Friss Hús Budapest International Film Festival 2021
    Alter 2021
    Ravenheart International Film Festival 2021
    Twelve Cabins 2021
    L'Étrange Festival 2021
    Mayhem Film Festival 2021
    Spamflix 2021
    Vera Zienema 2021
    Dark Arts Film Festival 2021 (Nominated - Best Benelux Short)
    Phenomena Festival 2021

  • JULIA - Nina Fokker
    MR. CORNELISSE - William Dashwood
    THOMAS - Johan Vanderpol
    MRS. BENTHORN - Ingeborg Uyt den Boogaard
    MR. BLANKER - Alfred Heppener

  • WRITER - Simone Duwel
    DIRECTOR - Jasper de Bruin
    PRODUCER - Monique van Kessel
    CO-PRODUCER - Jasper de Bruin
    EXECUTIVE PRODUCER - Jennifer Eikelenboom
    2ND AD - Pamela Berhitoe
    DOP - Robert M. Berger NSC
    PRODUCTION DESIGNER - Rivka Koops
    HAIR & MAKE UP - Anne Roozen
    GAFFER - Otto Ligt
    SET SOUND - Richard Wilder
    SPECIAL EFFECTS: Mad Scientists Movement
    SPECIAL EFFECTS MAKE UP - Stephan Vos
    STUNTS - Roland Gotjé
    VISUAL EFFECTS - Rogier Mulder, Sara Orfali
    EDITOR - Xander Nijsten
    COLORIST - Kees Riphagen
    SOUND DESIGNER - Richard Wilder
    COMPOSER - Sjoerd Leijten
    TITLE DESIGN - Diana Ovezea

    MADE POSSIBLE BY
    Amsterdams Fonds voor de Kunst
    Cinecrowd Supporters
    Erasmus Stichting

    FULL CREW LIST ON IMDb

 

“There’s something Lynchian in the DNA of this surreal film.”

– SLUG MAG

 

FAST NACHT

SHORT FILM - 2014 - 15 minutes
De man & de vos

  • Two young women arrive in a town at a scenic lake, the day after carnival. On the shore lays the body of a man in a wig, with a shark fin attached to his back. A folkloristic ritual is set in motion, evoking a sacred place.

    A collaboration with filmmaker Bart Voorbergen and fashion designer duo fORS.

    Watch Fast Nacht - Behind the Scenes

  • Best Music - Eindhovens Film Festival 2015
    Best Art Direction - Eindhovens Film Festival 2015
    Best Cinematography - Shortcutz Amsterdam 2015

  • Salon Big Bang 2014
    Fashion Clash Maastricht 2014

    Exbunker Experimental Film Weekend 2014
    Theater De Mus 2015
    BuSho Film Festival 2015
    Fear No Film Festival 2015
    Versi di Luce Festival 2015
    Regensburg Short Film Week 2015
    Eindhovens Film Festival 2015 (Nominated - Best Cinematography)

    Shortcutz Amsterdam 2015 (Nominated - Best Experimental Film)
    WE Film Festival 2016

  • TOURIST GIRL 1 - Zoe Hutmacher
    TOURIST GIRL 2 - Anne Haug
    MOURNING GIRL - Sibylle Mumenthaler
    BOY IN PARK 1 - Kai Wido Meyer
    BOY IN PARK 2 - Bart Voorbergen
    DRUMMER - Roland Pilger
    TRUMPETER - Walter Koch
    BOY IN POOL - Michaël Gössler
    HÄNSELER LEAD - Nina Fokker
    HÄNSELER LEAD - Eva Kijlstra

  • WRITER - Bart Voorbergen
    DIRECTORS - Jasper de Bruin, Bart Voorbergen
    PRODUCER - Jasper de Bruin
    CO-PRODUCERS - Bart Voorbergen, Bettina Keller, Patricia Neubauer
    EXECUTIVE PRODUCER - Py Tswang Jin
    DOP - Casper Brink
    GAFFER - Otto Ligt
    PRODUCTION DESIGN - fORS, Bart Voorbergen, Jasper de Bruin
    COSTUME DESIGN - fORS
    EDITORS - Jasper de Bruin, Bart Voorbergen
    SOUND DESIGN - Sjoerd Leijten
    COMPOSER - Sjoerd Leijten

    MADE POSSIBLE BY
    Amsterdams Fonds voor de Kunst

    FULL CREW LIST ON IMDb

 

“Een beeldverhaal dat net zo kwetsbaar en gelaagd is als haar debuutalbum ‘Nimmen’.”

– 3voor12

 

IMMEN - REIN

MUSIC VIDEO - 2025 - 6 minutes
De man & de vos

  • Music video for Frisian musician Immen.

    Escaping the hustle and bustle, Immen parks at the forest, where she improvises a comforting song on her guitar. Her singing wakes a dormant forest spirit: the Reed Wanderer. This mysterious figure follows Immen while dark clouds gather above them: rain is coming.

  • Noordelijk Film Festival 2025
    Eurosonic Noorderslag 2026

  • IMMEN - Clasine Haringsma
    REED WANDERER - Durk Haringsma

  • WRITER - Jasper de Bruin
    DIRECTOR - Jasper de Bruin
    DOP - Casper Brink
    COSTUME DESIGNER - Wine de Smet
    SET SOUND - Koen van der Stelt
    SET DESIGNER - Hoyte Haringsma
    PRODUCER - Jasper de Bruin
    EXECUTIVE PRODUCER - Merel van Kuijen
    PRODUCTION ASSISTANT - Laila Bakker
    PRODUCTION ASSISTANT - Miriam Bonink
    EDITOR - Jasper de Bruin
    COLORIST - Casper Brink
    COMPOSER - Clasine Haringsma
    TITLE DESIGN - Thijs Kuijken

    MADE POSSIBLE BY
    BeeldRuis (New Noardic Wave & Popfabryk)

 

Een magisch realistische vertelling waarin Hoek zichzelf verliest en weer terugvindt.

– 3voor12

 

PAUL HOEK - EILAND

MUSIC VIDEO - 2025 - 5 minutes
De man & de vos

  • Music video for poet and musician Paul Hoek.

    Paul Hoek wanders around on an island, searching. Is it the sea he's looking for? He stands at the shore for days — through all the tides — until he magically finds a new perspective on the island.

    Watch the Album Trailer we made for his album ‘Dromer’.

  • Nederlands Poëziefilm Festival 2025 (Nominated - PoëzieFilmAward)
    Dichter bij Water - Poëzie in het museum 2025
    NPF on Tour 2025, 2026

  • WRITERS - Jasper de Bruin, Paul Hoek
    DIRECTOR - Jasper de Bruin
    DOP - Casper Brink
    PRODUCER - Jasper de Bruin
    EDITOR - Jasper de Bruin
    VISUAL EFFECTS - Drifter Tv Studio — Nils Mühlenbruch
    COLORIST - Casper Brink
    CRANE GRIP - Bouwbedrijf Tj. Dijkstra Vlieland 
    TIMELAPSE VIDEO - Remco de Vries
    DRONE VIDEO - Jesse Slink
    STUDIO - Tungsten Studio — Colette Grootenboer

“Ook in de videoclip, in broeierige zwart-wit beelden, wordt dat ambigue spel gespeeld.”

– KNACK FOCUS

ROOSBEEF - ARME SLECHTERIK

MUSIC VIDEO - 2022 - 4 minutes
De man & de vos

  • Music video for Roosbeef, starring artist Sharon Van Overmeiren.

    An artist paces around her studio working on a mysterious clay sculpture. The sculpture – fixed to its pedestal – can only watch her working on him. Who’s the ‘slechterik’?

  • DIRECTOR - Jasper de Bruin
    DOP - Casper Brink
    PRODUCER - Jasper de Bruin
    EDITOR - Jasper de Bruin
    COLORIST - Casper Brink

REVOLVE

COMMISSIONED SHORT - 2011 - 4 minutes
Independent production

Film for fashion designer duo KARSSENBERG-GREIDANUS, made in collaboration with Bart Voorbergen. We made Revolve to complement a one-of-a-kind garment, made of bulletproof material.

The garment was designed by K-G from a concept by Jonas Staal: Bullet Proof Artist. Film and garment were exhibited at the Arnhem Mode Biennale 2011.