A BORING DAY IN HELL, 2020
A Boring Day In Hell is an experimental love story about self-love. A woman is wondering what she was wearing on the day that she killed her lover. She goes through her memory during a gathering of women who are preparing themselves for a seated dinner. These women have one thing in common; they all killed their lovers. After realising what she wore on that day, she explains that killing her lover was the only way to feel unconditional love for herself again.
CREDITS
Director - Ayla Spaans
DOP - Zeeger Verschuren
Steadycam - Julian Lomoga
1st AC - Rohwel de Rot
2nd AC - Nico de Voogd
1st AD & production - Yanna Panagopoulos
Production assistent - Minou Hiemstra
Product Designer - Daylene Kroon
Art assistent - Nina van Haren & Tristan Kingdon
Costume designer - Veerle Calkoen
Costume designer assistent - Merel Calkoen
Gaffer - Glenn Bruijntjes
Best-Boy - Aaron Homma
Light assistent - Claudio Zaia, Wessel Verster, Nino Kennis, Stern Noordsiek
Muah - Marine Dogliano
Nails - Jessica Varkevisser
Catering - Katie Varkevisser
Music & Sound design- Jason Malan
Voice over - Alice Phoebe Lou
Logo - Asaf Mendelovich
Edit - Ayla Spaans
Grading - Ruben Labree
Location - Diner thuis by Annejet Paalman
Special thanks: EYE-D, Mick Keus, Vintage Island, Zusjes Vintage Boetiek
CAST
Girls - Denise Bașșahan, Lisette Mantano, Annejet Paalman, Marine Tagawa, Heavenly Dennen, Joke de Grote, Joosje Duk, Josephine de Vries, Natalia Lorenzo
Boys - Owen Welch, Joost Koster, Tommy Noordermeer
Awards:
- Berlin Commercial shortlisted:
new generation award, direction, experimental, costume styling
- London Fashion Film festival:
best Emerging Talent Award
- Artfools - Eco Fashion Film Festival: : selected
- Imagine film festival: selected
- Porto Fashion film festival:
selected
- Shortcutz Amsterdam: selected
Publications:.
- Directorsnotes: directorsnotes.com/2021/01/05/ayla-spaans-a-boring-day-in-hell/.
- Girlsinfilm: girlsinfilm.net/videos/a-boring-day-in-hell.
- ASVOF: ashadedviewonfashion.com/2021/01/04/a-boring-day-in-hell-by-ayla-spaans/.
- Beyondtheshortage: beyondtheshort.com/watch/boring-day-in-hell-ayla-spaans.
- Filmshortage: filmshortage.com/dailyshortpicks/a-boring-bay-in-hell/.
- @odeandiefreude.- @tittymagazine
SANDWITCH, 2018
The short Dutch horror comedy SANDWITCH by Ivan Hidayat and Jasper ten Hoor. In SANDWITCH Fred and Dave, two municipal workers, accidentally shoot a witch during their lunchbreak. And from that moment on trouble really begins.
SANDWITCH had its premiere at the Amsterdam Imagine Film Festival 2018 and was shown at the Dutch Film Festival 2018 in Utrecht, the BUT Film Festival, the Nothern Film Festival in Leeuwarden and at the Lowlands Festival in Biddinghuizen.
The film is produced by Het Shot.
CREDITS
Film by Jasper Ten Hoor and Ivan Hidayat
Production and Stand in - Jette Mes
Set audio and stand in - Ferry Geraads
MUA- Ashley J. Lewis
Music- Tjeerd Nijhof
Sound Design - Studio Willems
Colourist - Koert van der Ploeg
Artwork - Dennis de Bruin
Sandwitch theme song - Duncan meijering, Eelco Slont
CAST
Duncan Meijering, Max van Kreij, Denise Bașșahan