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Browse 19 movies from Valk Productions
The film explores the catastrophic influence of Russian invasion on nature in Ukraine. This is a journey from the harmonious life of nature to the fiery whirl of war which burns out the earth, forests and all flesh. As the spring comes, nature revives and brings new life among animals despite the irreversible damage. Yet the tremendous scope of the tragedy deprives us of hope for immediate natural recovery and cleaning of the remains of war.
Jul 2025
A turbulent day in a life, painted by air.
Dec 2019
A fragmented portrait of a moment, a person, and a place, seen through the subjective memories of a young Black girl, Imani, and a rookie police officer, David, who both have wildly different recollections of the same fateful moment in a corner store that will leave their lives altered forever.
Jun 2023
Flow invites you to surrender to the whims of the wind on a seemingly ordinary day, concealing within its turbulence a captivating night in the life of a woman, portrayed through the dance of air currents. The interplay of scents, warmth, respiration, and both natural and artificial gusts of wind, influenced by invisible forces, renders the imperceptible tangible. These atmospheric movements unveil a sequence of events inviting us to follow the woman on her meanderings, plunging us into a realm crafted entirely from air. However, as the storm subsides and the woman awakens from what transpires to have been a dream, her world is no longer the same.
Aug 2023
A Long Goodbye tells the story of Ida, a 72-year-old pianist living with dementia. In this animated, interactive VR experience, we walk in Ida’s shoes. We experience a day in her life, as her reality is fading.
Aug 2025
Mia has spent her whole life freediving, fishing and gliding through seaweed and rocks. Time has passed, tracing its lines on her body, and shaping the landscapes around her. Loved ones have vanished. Tonight, Mia remembers.
May 2025
There is no place like home, there is no place like hell. The first in Rosto AD's Thee Wreckers Tetralogy.
Mar 2008
An apocalyptic nightmare about war and destruction, set to the Allegro from Shostakovich' 10th symphony.
Jun 2026
A young woman recalls a day when she was attacked by three men on her way home, but daily life must resume its course.
How can you understand a violent past? Somali-born Abdi is furniture designer and support worker. He reenacts his life, marked by war and criminality, with the help of his neighbor and filmmaker Douwe. By means of playful reconstructions in a special effects studio, Abdi and Douwe embark on a candid and investigative journey through a painful history, focusing on the creative process throughout.
Aug 2022
A short animated film that tells the story about two gnomes who flee from a world-drowning flood.
Apr 2024
An abstract pursuit that leaves you gasping for breath.
Feb 2012
A short animated documentary exploring the immigration experience through the eyes of children learning how to swim with clothes on in the Netherlands.
A body experiences extreme inner tension. Its slowly mutating silhouette gradually invades an empty space to a point of complete saturation.
Mar 2012
Nov 2024
A little girl walks through a forest picking mushrooms. A crow with an empty nest keeps a sinister eye on her. What will happen when their paths cross?
Sep 2023
A young woman lives in the streets of a city where people are watched by cameras 24 hours a day. Even in her sleep she is followed. Is it possible to find a place where you can be yourself in a disquieting world of constant surveillance?
A bird restaurant nestled on a sandbank in the Wadden Sea thrives in harmony with the tide. All visitors eat and are eaten, until a single footstep throws everything off balance.
Dec 2025
What happens to a phone and a tablet after children go to sleep?
Nov 2014