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PRESS Reviews UNDER WATER

18, 19 en 20 april vonden de voorpremières van ONDER WATER van Edgar Kapp en Kuba Szutkowski plaats in Het Ketelhuis en de Balie in Amsterdam en Lantaren/Venster Rotterdam. Sindsdien hebben we prachtige recensies mogen ontvangen o.a. in de Filmkrant, op FilmVandaag en in de Volkskrant. NRC schreef naar aanleiding van onze première een uitgebreid artikel over Nederhorror.

On April 18, 19 and 20 the pre-premieres of ONDER WATER by Edgar Kapp and Kuba Szutkowski took place in Ketelhuis and Balie in Amsterdam and Lantaren/Venster Rotterdam. Since then we have received some wonderful reviews in the Filmkrant, on FilmVandaag and in De Volkskrant. On the occasion of our premiere NRC wrote an extensive article about Nederhorror.

"Het is een schrijnend en soms griezelig verhaal, maar de Rotterdamse regisseurs Kuba Szutkowski en Edgar Kapp houden door hun humane blik en flinke dosis zwarte humor hun speelfilmdebuut luchtig en toegankelijk". ★★★ - Volkskrant

"De hoofdrollen worden gespeeld door Julia van de Graaff, Elisa Beuger en Stijn Westenend. Van de Graaff maakt indruk als de getroebleerde Nel en haar sterke spel zorgt voor veel spanning en chemie tussen haar en haar medespelers." ... "ONDER WATER is ijzersterk. Een verfrissende toevoeging aan de Nederlandse cinema". ★★★★ - FilmVandaag

"Overtuigd van hun eigen waarheid en tot elkaar veroordeeld, leidt dat in deze claustrofobische tragikomedie tot steeds steviger confrontaties. Prikkelende dialogen en goed doordachte details krijgen daarbij een glansrol". ★★★1/2★ - Telegraaf

"Gaandeweg de lekker puntige 70 minuten speeltijd van ONDER WATER wordt de complexe voorgeschiedenis van het gezin van Nel en Foekje uit de doeken gedaan (...) Met elk nieuw puzzelstukje wordt minder duidelijk wie er nou eigenlijk gelijk heeft in het getouwtrek in de kelder, waar de drie samen opgesloten zitten nadat Nel de boel op slot gooit." Filmkrant

ONDER WATER was te zien in bioscopen in Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Den Haag, Alblasserdam, Nijmegen en Oostburg.

"It is a harrowing and sometimes eerie story, but Rotterdam directors Kuba Szutkowski and Edgar Kapp keep their feature debut light and accessible through their humane look and good dose of black humor.” ★★★ - Volkskrant

"The main characters are played by Julia van de Graaff, Elisa Beuger and Stijn Westenend. Van de Graaff impresses as the troubled Nel and her strong performance creates a lot of tension and chemistry between her and her fellow actors."... "UNDER WATER is rock solid. A refreshing addition to Dutch cinema." ★★★★  - FilmVandaag

"Convinced of their own truth and condemned to each other, this leads to increasingly strong confrontations in this claustrophobic tragicomedy. Stimulating dialogues and well-thought-out details are given a starring role." ★★★ (out of 4★) - Telegraaf

"Along the way the nice and compact 70 minutes of playing time of UNDER WATER the complex history of Nel and Foekje's family is explained (...) With each new piece of the puzzle, it becomes less clear who is actually right in the tug-of-war in the basement, where the three are condemned to each other after Nel locks things up.” -  Filmkrant

UNDER WATER was shown in cinemas in Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Den Haag, Alblasserdam, Nijmegen and Oostburg.

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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).

Along with her soon-to-be ex-husband, a woman returns to her childhood home to confront her mother, an avid doomsday prepper.

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.

cast Julia van de Graaff, Elisa Beuger, Stijn Westenend, Jack Wouterse, Zouhair Mtazi, Livia Lamers, Liv van Kollenburg and Guido van Hulzen | producer Julia van de Graaff | creative producer Marc Thelosen | executive producers Julia van de Graaff, Kuba Szutkowski and Edgar Kapp | line producer Thijs de Neeve | 1st AD Arjen Slings | 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 | director of photography Benito Strangio | gaffer Otto Ligt | camera and light assistent Bram van der Giessen | sound Henk-Jelle de Groot and Dennis van Rijswijk | boom operator Stella Happel | art direction Diana van de Vossenberg | 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 | costume design Gerda Knuivers | make-up hair and special effects Corine Hamel | editing by Niels Dekker, Edgar Kapp & Kuba Szutkowski | color grading by Laurent Fluttert | visual effects Alain Maessen | sound design Henk-Jelle de Groot | music by Marcel van As, Johan Hendrikse and Hédi Carlee | catering Tante Nino, Hotel Roommate Bruno, Eveline Honselaar and Spek & Bonen