For twenty-something year old Willem, January begins with a heavy dose of heartbreak. He is confronted with the question: who amI, without my ex? While he gets carried along through birthday parties, dark dancefloors and climate activist trainings he tries to redefine who he actually wants to be.
cast BRAM FLICK
regie JETSKE LIEBER
scenario JIM SLUIS
productie JULIA VOETS, TESSEL VAN DER LINDEN & MEIKE VAN ENGELEN
cinematografie YANNICK GIRAUD
gaffer PIM PIMENTEL
production design JIP VAN DOORNEWAARD & MIES BONGENAAR
kleding PHOEBE MINE DE GEUS
montage BRAM VAN DAM
geluidsopname CASPER VLEK
sound design YORN SLOOTJES, LEVI CUIJPERS & ZITA LEEMANS
mixage SANNE DE BREIJ
componist NICK VERSCHOOR
graphic design JORIS MOORE
in samenwerking met NTR & ROOM FOR FILM
January on Letterboxd
watch trailer on Vimeo
festivals & screenings
Queer Shorts Vienna (2026)
Future Storytellers film festival at Munich (October 2025)
Chéries Chéris Festival du film LGBTQ+ (15-25 nov 2025)
Que du Feu – Festival du Film Émergent de Lyon et sa Métropole (1 – 8 november 2025)
Lyra Ciné Club au Cinéma Les 3 Luxembourg (3 november 2025)
TRIFEST | Triplex International Youth Film Festival, Great Barrington, USA (19 – 21 September 2025)
Kuan Du FIlm Festival, Taipei, Taiwan (11 – 18 October 2025)
FUTURE FRAMES program at Karlovy Vary Film Festival 2025
Out Film CT (June 20-28 2025)
First edition FIFEC festival international des écoles de cinema (Cannes, 5 May 2025)
Go Short – Homegrown program & Short Surprise (1 – 6 April 2025)
NFFTY (National Film Festival for Talented Youth 18th edition) in Seattle, WA
La Fémis, Paris (26 – 27 march 2025)
Vers Film Festival (14, 15, 16 maart 2025)
Premiers Plans d’Angers (37e edition) – Films d’Écoles
Uitnacht Arnhem (14, 15, 16 maart)
International Selection at Poitiers Film Festival (47th edition)
Dag van de Korte Film, in Dutch cinema’s (21 december 2024)
National Dutch television NPO 3 (23 November 2024)
Geldersdoek at Focus Filmtheater Arnhem (20 november 2024)
Studentencompetitie, Nederlands Film Festival (20-27 September 2024)
Keep an Eye Filmacademie Festival (26 juni – 7 juli 2024)
awards & nominations
Best Narrative Film & Best of the Festival at TRIFEST (Great Barrington, New York)
Prix Courts d’Ecole at Que du Feu
Jury Award for Best Narrative (student) at NFFTY 2025
Prix Manifest (Poitiers Film Festival)
KNF award voor beste afstudeerproductie (NFF Student Talent Awards 2024)
Nominatie AHK-eindwerkprijs 2025
Distributed by Manifest Pictures
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