LYNX Film is a new Dutch film production company. With a keen eye for stories with underlying social issues LYNX produces films that are cinematographically enticing. 

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August 4 1:00 PM - Laemmle NOHO7 Theatre, North Hollywood, 24th edition Valley Film Festival

Watch UNDER WATER V.O.D. on Pathé Thuis, Prime Video, Google-Play and i-Tunes (Dutch territories)

A FEATURE

ONDER WATER (UNDER WATER) is a dark offbeat comedy drama about survival of the fittest, rabbit holes of conspiracy theories and a challenging childhood. It is a feature length fiction debut by Edgar Kapp and Kuba Szutkowski, who have made a couple of short films together such as Hitchcock Hitchcock (2017) Spark (2015) and Sledgehammer (2018).

When Foekje, together with her soon-to-be ex-husband, cunningly tries to convince her mother, an avid doomsday prepper, to give up her house and land, Nel locks the three of them in her survival cellar. Underground, without day or night, Foekje must finally confront her mother about their dark family past.

UNDER WATER is a loose adaptation of the theatre play Apocalypse How, written by Simon Weeda and produced by Julia van de Graaff/LYNX. The film retained the same actors as the play: Julia van de Graaff as Nel, Elisa Beuger as Foekje and Stijn Westenend as Evert. Cast members added for the film are Jack Wouterse as the lawyer, Zouhair Mtazi as the shrink and Livia Lamers and Liv van Kollenburg as young Foekje and Tess.

D.o.P. is Benito Strangio, Henk-Jelle de Groot boom operator and sound designer, Diana van de Vossenberg is the Production Designer, Marcel van As and Johan Hendrikse are the composers, Julia van de Graaff is producer and Marc Thelosen (seriousFilm) is creative producer.

SELECTION UNDER WATER FILM FESTIVALS

Film by the Sea 2022 - Official Selection

38th Warsaw International Film Festival 2022 (recognized by FIAPF) - Official Selection and Nomination Competition 1-2 

29th Austin Film Festival 2022 (out of 5400 submissions) - Official Selection and Nomination Narrative Feature Jury Award 

33rd CineQuest Film & VR Festival 2023 (voted #1 Filmfestival in the US by USA Today) - Official Selection

24th Valley Film Festival 2024 Los Angeles - Official Selection

cast Julia van de Graaff, Elisa Beuger, Stijn Westenend, Jack Wouterse, Zouhair Mtazi, Livia Lamers, Liv van Kollenburg and Guido van Hulzen | directed by Edgar Kapp and Kuba Szutkowski | screenplay by Simon Weeda, Kuba Szutkowski, Julia van de Graaff & Edgar Kapp (based on the theatre play ‘Apocalypse How’ by Simon Weeda, directed by Ivar van Urk) | script coach Nanouk Leopold | producer Julia van de Graaff | director of photography Benito Strangio | production design Diana van de Vossenberg | editor Niels Dekker | music by Marcel van As, Johan Hendrikse and Hédi Carlee | costume design Gerda Knuivers | executive producers Julia van de Graaff, Kuba Szutkowski and Edgar Kapp | creative producer Marc Thelosen | line producer Thijs de Neeve | 1st AD Arjen Slings | gaffer Otto Ligt | camera and light assistent Bram van der Giessen | sound Henk-Jelle de Groot and Dennis van Rijswijk | boom operator Stella Happel | set dressers Anita van Pelt, Miranda Lockhorst, Laura Windt, Sanne Croonenberg and Jan Willem van der Schoot | dressers on set Anita van Pelt and Sanne Croonenberg | make-up hair and special effects Corine Hamel | color grading by Laurent Fluttert | sound design Henk-Jelle de Groot | visual effects Alain Maessen | catering Tante Nino, Hotel Roommate Bruno, Eveline Honselaar and Spek & Bonen