Harpy Films
Charlotte Driessen
Nieuwe Ginnekenstraat 38 | 4811 NS Breda
+31 6 37320198 | info@harpyfilms.com
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Founded by Charlotte Driessen in 2021 and based in the lively city of Breda in the south of The Netherlands, Harpy Films focusses on both national and international film productions. Harpy Films translates real stories to powerful content to leave a clear message or to confuse you. Either way: we create impact. We are not afraid to take it one step further and to push boundaries. It can be crude and it can touch a nerve. In our content we are not bound to the restrictions of life. We won’t sugarcoat anything, unless it has a clear function. We are getting our inspiration from simplicity and look for our freedom in creativity. Our stories aim to appeal to the imagination and surprise you. Harpy Films is all about pushing reality and changing perspectives.
CURRENT PROJECTS
FANNY
Directors: Milder Sisters
Screenwriter: Rosanne Pel
Cast: Abigél Szoke, Franziska von Harsdorf, Thekla Reuten, Fabian Männel, Hadewych Minis, Katu Roman, Bert Luppes
Countries: NL / HU / DE
Status: in production
Sort: international short (and follow-up feature film)
Genre: tragicomic period piece
In a world full of outward appearance, competition and rivalry, a true connection with another wins.
The ambitious hairdresser Fanny and the tormented empress Sisi must find means to survive within the suffocating rules of the Viennese court. Despite their tremendous differences in both class and character, these two women help each other break loose, empowering one another to oppose convention and give all prevailing morality and rule the brush-off.
AS REQUESTED (OP VERZOEK)
Director/Screenwriter: Myrte van der Molen
Cast: Danii Merx, Terence Scheurs, Roeland Fernhout, Poppy Anaïs, Carly Wijs, Mieneke Bakker, Daniël Boissevain
Country: NL
Status: completed
Release: 2024
Sort: Short film
Duration: 14min.
Genre: Experimental drama.
Because of her autism, 11-year-old Maya is not understood. When she is forced into a socially desirable straitjacket by her environment, she seems to lose herself.
The only person Maya really understands and with whom she can really be herself is her best friend Kiera. Together they can completely lose themselves in their fantasy world. The two are inseparable. They can lose themselves in self-created stories and worlds, but also find comfort and support in each other. Yet this special friendship is in danger.
ULTRAVIOLET
Director/Screenwriter: Veerle de Wilde
Cast: Pip Campbell, Titus de Voogdt, Naomi Velissariou, Hadewych Minis, Fons Dhaenens
Country: BE/NL/WA
Main producer: Krater Films (BE)
Co-producers: Harpy Films (NL), NAOKO (WA)
Status: completed
Release: world premiere Brussels Short Film Festival 2024
Sort: Short film
Duration: 23:55 min
Genre: Drama
Teenager Mathilde and her father ride on a motorcycle along an endless Flemish road, on their way to visit Mathilde’s mother, who has been admitted to a psychiatric hospital. Mathilde doesn’t know how to deal with this situation. As the hot summer and first love beckon her, she is torn by longing and remorse.