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About the film

IIL FAIT BEAU is a short film set in Amsterdam exploring the subject of loneliness, social isolation and mental health in these pandemic times. It’s a poetic, romantic and very timely story centered around the struggles of a young man longing to find connection in this new world of lockdowns, social distancing and hybrid working. In his quest for happiness and deeper human connection, Jean meets Olivia through the windows of a FEBO snack wall. Has he finally found what he’s been looking for all this time?

Why this film is important

Loneliness and social isolation have increased dramatically in our new era of lockdowns, social isolation and hybrid working. This is resulting in many unintended negative consequences, such as a dramatic increase in mental health issues,

IL FAIT BEAU highlights the struggles of a young man who is longing to connect with someone, break out of his isolation and find happiness.

What has this story to do with FEBO?

FEBO is a Dutch institution famous for their snack walls with rows of windows featuring freshly prepared goodies. Most party goers have ended up at one of the FEBO windows at one point in their lives to grab a late night (or early morning) snack. It is through one of these windows that Jean sees Olivia for the first time and begins his quest to connect and find happiness.

The FEBO snack windows thereby also represent the typical curtain-less Dutch windows. Likely influenced by their Calvinistic roots, Dutch people often leave their windows open for every one to look inside and to show that they have nothing to hide.

Why we need your help

We are very fortunate to have raised over 8,000 EUR for our short film project from the AFK, the Amsterdam Art Funds . The AFK was especially impressed by our artistic vision to compare the Amsterdam windows with the Dutch snack walls and find it an appealing and unique point of departure for a narrative short film. Furthermore they were fond of the theme of loneliness around our protagonist Jean, a foreigner in Amsterdam. The central subject of loneliness and social isolation is currently also an important thematic focus of the AFK. The screenplay convinced the AFK due to the visual strength and dramatic quality.

In order to make this film in the way it should be made and be able to pay a salary to our talented film crew and actors, we need to raise another 15,000 EUR.

What is the timeline?

Filming is set to start beginning of December. We expect post-production and editing to take 6 weeks and our film to be finalized by end of February 2022!

Our fabulous team

Leonardo Cariglino (Writer and Director)`- Coen van Berkel (Producer) - Nanko Goeting (Camera)

About the writer

Born and raised in Germany to Italian and Greek parents Leonardo was shaped to become an observer within the various cultural contexts he grew up in. He found a channel to express those perspectives that he was harbouring, which was cinema.

Leonardo's films are visually raw, sensory and yet poetic while anchored in realistic contexts. With his concepts that revolve around human identity he aims to find that secret ingredient that transcends a truth that can be hardly described.

His short film "Traffic" went to multiple festivals worldwide and allowed him to to enter the industry in Amsterdam, Netherlands where he currently resides. "In 2016 Leonardo won the pitch competition for his Italian feature project "Dogs and Lizards" at the T-Mobile New Horizon Film Festival in Wroclaw. Previously in 2015 the same project was printed and distributed in the Daazo magazine during the Cannes Film Festival in 2015. The feature film "The convert" is a project currently supported by East End Film GmbH. Since February 2020 the project is being funded by the MFG Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

Find out more about Leonardo here: https://www.leonardocariglino.com

Our amazing cast

Minne Koole
Minne Koole completed his studies in 2017 at the Kleinkunst Academie in Amsterdam. Koole played in the theatre plays 'Ivanov', METAMAN and De dood van Ricky Martin. In 2018 he appeared in the feature film 'Niemand in de Stad' by Michiel van Erp.

Sara Luna
Sara Luna began performing at a young age at a youth theater school in Amsterdam. She landed her first major role at the age of 17 in the award-winning arthouse film "Take Me Somewhere Nice" directed by Ena Sendiarevic. Afterwards Sara Luna continued to act in several short films and series. In 2021 she began her study at the Amsterdam University of Arts, where she studies drama and contemporary music theatre.

Liliana de Vries
Liliana became known for her role in the TV series 'Het Huis Anubis' where she played Mara Sabri. She had guest appearances in 'Voetbalvrouwen', 'Spoorloos verdwenen', 'Jeuk' and 'Bluf'. Further she played in 'Boy 7', 'Hartenstraat','Waterboys', 'Mannenharten', 'Mega Mindy vs Rox' and Bonbini Holland.

Juda Goslinga
Juda Goslinga played next to Yorick van Wageningen in the opening film of the IFFR, The Resurrection of a Bastard. In the psychological drama Cornea, Juda played a strong leading role, for which he won the title of Best Actor at the Montelupo Film Festival in 2014. He also featured in the feature films Instinct, Publieke Werken (Public Works), Quo Vadis Aida.

Beatrice Dalle
No introduction is needed for the iconic French actress who is generously supporting our project. Beatrice has worked with cinema giants such as Michael Haneke, Claire Denis, Jim Jarmusch, Gaspar Noe and Jean-Jacques Beiniex. To mention a few.

Amélie Onzon
Amélie Onzon is a French-British actress. She trained in Meisner Technique with Steven Ditmyer (who trained with Stanford Meisner himself). She has performed in several award-winning films, as well as plays and TV shows, including You’re Beautiful (with Gouden Kalf winner Gijs Naber), Dutch tv series Verborgen Verhalen, and the feature Red Heart, Blank Face, among others.

Jord Knotter
Jord Knotter appeared in series such as Moordvrouw, Flikken Maastricht, Fashion Planet en A'dam - E.V.A, Celblok and in Goede tijden, slechte tijden. Most recently he played an eccentric yoga teacher in the shortfilm "Downward facing dogs".

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