FILM
INTEGREREN KUN JE LEREN! / IT'S GREAT TO INTEGRATE! (2002)
What is it? Shortfilm / 6 mins. / Dutch spoken
Genre: Comedy / Parody
Plot Outline: Cultural integration can be fun! Just watch this video and you'll be a top notch-Dutchman, or -woman, in no time. No matter where you're from.
Directed by: Silvain Hooglander
Starring: Rogier Bisschop, Teun Hoogendoorn, Ruben van Eijl and a couple of friendly immigrants.
Produced by: Funky Popcorn Entertainment
I'm credited as: Writer & Producer
Extra:
Won Grand Prix at CanalPlus Pan-European ShortfilmFestival (2002)
Won First Prize at Dutch CanalPlus Shortfilm Festival (2002)
Won Golden Pin at Film Front Festival Gorcum (2002)
DE EERSTE DAG / THE FIRST DAY (2004)
What is it? Shortfilm / 9 mins. / Dutch spoken
Genre: Drama
Plot Outline: However strong their faith, life hasn't been easy on Leon and Margot. Little do they realize, however, that an even darker shadow looms above.
Directed by: Silvain Hooglander
Starring: Cynthia Abma, Ronald Top, Hedy Wiegner, Mylene Vreugdenhil
Produced by: Visivius Productions
I'm credited as: Writer & Composer
SAMEN / TOGETHER (WRITTEN 2005)
What is it? Shortfilm / (About) 25 mins. / Dutch
Genre: Thriller / Drama
Plot Outline: 16 year old mental patient Emma carries a dark secret - and it is about to change the life of clinical psychologist Maurice forever.
Director: Silvain Hooglander
Starring: tbc
Production Company: Visivius Productions
I'm active as: Writer & Composer
Status: Currently in preproduction
THE TENANTS (2006)
What is it? Shortfilm / 15 mins. / English
Genre: Thriller / Horror
Plot Outline: Daniel and Sarah, a young couple, move into an old farmhouse only to discover they might not be the only ones inside.
Directed by: Silvain Hooglander
Starring: Carlijn van Ramshorst, Mischa van der Klei, Thom Kuijsten, Wouter Smit
Produced by: Fragma Entertainment
I'm credited as: Writer & Composer
FRAGMA (WRITTEN 2005)
What is it? Feature / (About) 100 mins. / English
Genre: Horror / Drama
Plot Outline: Vera, an emotionally troubled woman, returns to The Netherlands to take care of her mute daughter in the farmhouse she herself grew up in. A gruesome secret from Vera's past resurfaces, when she and her daughter are haunted by a ghastly entity.
Director: Silvain Hooglander
Starring: tbc
Production Company: Fragma Entertainment
I'm active as: Writer
Extra:
Currently in the early stages of pre-production.
First Draft dates from december 2005.
TRANSIT (WRITTEN 2008)
What is it? Feature / (About) 90 mins. / Dutch
Genre: Horror / Drama
Plot Outline: When a touring bus, en route to Spain, mysteriously strands in a desolate no-man's-land, its passengers are unwittingly plunged into a gruesome and bloody nightmare, as the surreal situation forces them to face certain death outside and each other inside.
Director: Silvain Hooglander
Starring: tbc
Production Company: Irfan Dama
I'm active as: Writer
Extra:
Currently in the early stages of financing.
First draft dates from july 2008.
TELEVISION
GOEDE TIJDEN SLECHTE TIJDEN / GOOD TIMES BAD TIMES (2004)
What is it? TV-series / 20 mins. per episode / Dutch
Genre: Soap
Plot Outline: This soap opera follows the ups and downs, good times and bad times of various characters in the fictional town of Meerdijk.
Directed by: Dennis Bots, Idse Grotenhuis & others
Starring: Lieke van Lexmond, Inge Schrama, Wilbert Gieske, Charlotte Besijn & many others
Produced by: Endemol Entertainment
I'm credited as: Staff Writer (in 2004)
UNTITLED DRAMADY (2007)
What is it? TV-series / 42 min. per episode / Dutch
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Plot Outline: After the unexpected death of her rich husband, a thirtysomething mother is forced to abandon the high life and move to a small and rather quirky town with her 16 and 8 year old daughters.
Director: Silvain Hooglander / more
Starring: tbc
Production Company: Funky Popcorn Entertainment / tbc
I'm active as: Writer, Composer and Producer
Extra:
Currently in early stages of preproduction
MULTIMEDIA / OTHER
BANKLEVEN / BANK LIFE (2005)
What is it? Interactive series / Dutch
Genre: Soap / Company Film
Plot Outline: We follow two families - one rich and powerful, the other middle class - as their lives become more and more intertwined. Their finances (and related banking products) are central to the story.
Directed by: -
Starring: -
Produced by: Bookmark B.V.
I'm credited as: Writer