Lioness (2025)
When the temperamental Sylvie (17) is told that she has to give up her child when it’s born, she decides to escape the youth institution where she’s placed. In her eyes it’s the only solution to prevent that her child will have the same institutionalized youth as she endured.
Director: Philip Besamusca
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Coen Bril as Gervinio |
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Ellen Parren as Barbara |
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Mouad Ben-Chaib as Marwah |
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Shira Duizend as Sylvie |
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Firy Beuk as Kim |
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Noa Farinum as Shaleya |
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Esther Drenthe as Judge |
| Writing | Bastiaan Tichler | Writer |
| Directing | Philip Besamusca | Director |
| Sound | Gabor Verhoeven | Sound Designer |
| Art | Vera van de Sandt | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Françoise Mol | Makeup Artist |
| Editing | Augustine Huijsser | Editor |
| Production | Chris Stenger | Producer |
| Sound | Leonardo Fontana Balparda | Sound |
| Camera | Sam du Pon | Director of Photography |
| Costume & Make-Up | Fleur Enderberg | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Naida Amorim | Costumer |
| Production | Floor Onrust | Producer |
| Production | Olya van Poppel | Line Producer |
| Art | Erik Bleeker | Set Designer |