Uilenbal
Owls & Mice | Der Fall Mäuserich![](/media/filmstills/2017/generation/201713506_1_RWD_1380.jpg)
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Felix van de Weerdt, Mathieu Hinzen, Jashayra Oehlers, Hiba Ghafry
Uilenbal | Owls & Mice | Der Fall Mäuserich by Simone van Dusseldorp
NLD 2016, Generation
© Lemming Film / Viktor Arnolds
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Hiba Ghafry
Uilenbal | Owls & Mice | Der Fall Mäuserich by Simone van Dusseldorp
NLD 2016, Generation
© Lemming Film / Viktor Arnolds
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Felix van de Weerdt, Mathieu Hinzen, Jashayra Oehlers, Hiba Ghafry
Uilenbal | Owls & Mice | Der Fall Mäuserich by Simone van Dusseldorp
NLD 2016, Generation
© Lemming Film / Viktor Arnolds
Meral is new in the city and immediately finds a playmate: he is small, grey and a mouse. So it's not so bad that her new classmates are not quite as welcoming. She has her hands full with Peepeep anyway. To keep her new friend from getting caught in a mousetrap, she takes him along on a school camp. He will surely feel at home in the woods, with the hedgehogs, deer and other animals. But such an outing to the wilderness holds its own danger, especially for an ignorant city mouse. To the children's horror, Peepeep lands up in the talons of an owl! Yet after their initial shock, they come to understand more about the cycle of life. What sounds like an off-putting experience turns out to be an exciting lesson about the wonders of nature, interspersed with musical numbers.
With
- Hiba Ghafry (Meral)
- Jashayra Oehlers (Desi)
- Felix van de Weerdt (Vito)
- Mathieu Hinzen (Jason)
- Mariana Aparicio Torres (Serine)
- Mimoun Oaissa (Aziz)
- Birgit Schuurman (Teacher Ietje)
Crew
Written and Directed by | Simone van Dusseldorp |
Cinematography | Ton Peters, Stephan Polman |
Editing | Peter Alderliesten |
Music | Kees van der Vooren |
Sound Design | Peter Flamman |
Sound | Sander den Broeder |
Production Design | Florian Legters |
Costumes | Monica Petit |
Make-Up | Françoise Mol |
Assistant Director | Anne van Dongen |
Casting | Elske Falkena, Janusz Gosschalk, Leonie Luttik |
Line Producer | Juri Keuter, Fleur van den Berg |
Producers | Eva Eisenloeffel, Leontine Petit, Joost de Vries |
Executive Producer | Elsemijn Teulings |
Co-Producer | Anna van der Staak |
Co-Production | VPRO Hilversum |
World sales
Attraction Distribution
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Produced by
Lemming Film
Simone van Dusseldorp
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Born in Tilburg, the Netherlands in 1967, she studied photography at the Dutch Academy of Art and Design St Joost, audiovisual communication at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie, and then directing at the Netherlands Film Academy in Amsterdam. Her graduation film Waterlanders won first prize at the International Short Film Festival Oberhausen. She directed a number of short films and childrens’ television series before making Diep, her debut feature film. Uilenbal (Owls & Mice) was the opening film at last year's Cinekid children’s film festival in Amsterdam.
Filmography (selection)
2000 Het; short film 2001 Exit; short film 2005 Diep (Deep) 2009 Kikkerdril (Frogs & Toads) 2010 Briefgeheim (Secret Letter) 2015 Het leven volgens Nino (Life According to Nino) 2016 Uilenbal (Owls & Mice)
Bio- & filmography as of Berlinale 2017