BUURTHUIS 2
16 min, video, HD, 2023
Buurthuis 2 is a fantasy film realized with the community center De Witte Boei in Amsterdam’s Wittenburg neighbourhood. Visitors and staff take on the roles of vampires, wizards, and zombies who are entangled in a real-estate development scheme to turn the residential neighborhood into a luxury spa resort. Anchored by a Dutch fairytale about the pitfalls of preposterous wealth, the plot and characters were developed in scriptwriting workshops together with the artist Josefin Arnell.
Directed by Josefin Arnell
Produced by Helena Julian
Director of photography Sasha Kulak
Second camera Lukas Heistinger
The film was produced for Prix de Rome 2023, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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