Oculus Film

10/03/2026

Can you spot the cameos?

In these stills from De Klimaatstrijders (The Climate Fighters) we see the escalation in full swing: from a garden full with trees, to a square in the city centre, to a populist politician demanding more trees…what will happen next..?

We made De Klimaatstrijders for with and we got recently nominated for the , the Dutch awards for best commissioned film in the category ‘production’. And what a production it was! From turning a concrete-clad garden into as forest, from a war scene to ‘planting’ trees everywhere with CGI.

The film tells the story of a girl who wants to prevent a climate disaster and convinces her parents to offset their CO2 emissions with trees. However, they're far more than they can grow in their own garden...

Credits:
Client:
Written by:
Directed by: .dop &
Screenplay: & Hans de Jonge
Produced by:

Daughter: .nl
Father:
Mother:
Son:
Neighbour:

Executive producer:
Assistant producer: Asli Gun
Production assistant:
Assistant director:
Art director:
Gardener: Larissa Stolk
Make-up & hair:
Sound:

Director of photography: .dop
Focus puller:
Gaffer: .vis
Best boys: ,
Drone:

Editor: Gijs Walstra
Sound design & mixing:
Music:
CGI & VFX: .studio.visuals
Colorist:

Additional cast: (couldn't mention everyone)delft, , , , , , Johan van den Berk, Edwin van Beers, Elise van den Elsen, Safiero Isselt

Many thanks to:
Familie Stolk
Municipality of Delft
The Green Village
Frans Landmeter
Dr. Riccardo Maria Pulselli

Sponsors:

Israëls Duurzaam Bouwen Fonds

08/03/2026

De Klimaatstrijders (The Climate Fighters) is without doubt been one of our highlight projects of 2025. Here you see batch 1/3 of stills from the film. Watch the film on YouTube through the link in our bio.

De Klimaatstrijders a short fiction film we made for with and was recently nominated for the , the Dutch awards for best commissioned film in the category ‘production’. And what a production it was! From turning a concrete-clad garden into as forest, to a war scene, to ‘planting’ trees everywhere with CGI. If we take home a Gouden Reiger (Golden Heron) on March 12th, it would be the second time with a project we did together with Andy...Fingers crossed…

The film tells the story of a girl who wants to prevent a climate disaster and convinces her parents to offset their CO2 emissions with trees. However, they're far more than they can grow in their own garden...

Credits:
Written by:
Directed by: .dop &
Screenplay: & Hans de Jonge
Produced by:

Daughter: .nl
Father:
Mother:
Son:
Neighbour:

Executive producer:
Assistant producer: Asli Gun
Production assistant:
Assistant director:
Art director:
Gardener: Larissa Stolk
Make-up & hair:
Sound:

Director of photography: .dop
Focus puller:
Gaffer: .vis
Best boys: ,
Drone:

Editor: Gijs Walstra
Sound design & mixing:
Music:
CGI & VFX: .studio.visuals
Colorist:

Additional cast: (couldn't mention everyone)delft,
, ,
,
,
, Johan van den Berk, Edwin van Beers, Elise van den Elsen, Safiero Isselt

Many thanks to:
Familie Stolkdelft

Frans Landmeter
Dr. Riccardo Maria Pulselli

Sponsors:

Israëls Duurzaam Bouwen Fonds

23/12/2025

How many trees would we need if we wanted to offset our carbon emissions?

Together with Andy van den Dobbelsteen of TU Delft, we made De Klimaatstrijders, a short comedy film that tells the story of an ordinary Dutch family who sets out to compensate their emissions by planting trees. A lot of trees... so many trees in fact that they soon run into the limit of space for these trees, leading to unanticipated events...

You can watch the full film on YouTube (link in first comment!)

Credits:
Written by: Andy van den Dobbelsteen
Directed by: Hans de Jonge & Kuba Szutkowski
Screenplay: Andy van den Dobbelsteen & Hans de Jonge

Cast:
Daughter: Jaydie van den Berg
Father: Gurkan Kucuksenturk
Mother: Yvonne van den Eerenbeemt
Son: Hidde knoppert
Neighbour: Zouhair Mtazi

Crew:
Executive producer: Charissa Dezentjé
Assistant producer: Asli Gun
Production assistant: Nina Zandvliet
Assistant director: Jarno de Groot
Art director: Nils Swibben
Gardener: Larissa Viënna Stolk
Make-up & hair: Christel Provoost
Sound: Imre Beerends

Director of photography: Hans de Jonge
Focus puller: Matvey Murashko
Gaffer: Arthur Vis
Best boys: Jorne Ykema, Ruben Klumpers
Drone: Gideon de Vries

Editor: Gijs Walstra
Sound design & mixing: Imre Beerends
Music: Pepijn Van Dorst
CGI & VFX: Rafael Zarza García
Colorist: Frans Suijs

Additional cast:
Mayor: Frank van Vliet
Aldermen: Julian Gommers, Mathijn Brink
Driver: Hans de Jonge
Radio presenter: Inge Snijder

Politician: Leon P.I.M. Hombergen
Supporters: Lisanne Bos, Andy van den Dobbelsteen, Lola Jofriet, Tim Jonathan, Marijn Leeuwenberg, Mani Mustafa, Pieter van Schaik, Hannah Sorgedrager, Nils Swibben, Joep van der Heijden, Bas van Zuijlen

Officer: Andy van den Dobbelsteen
Nurseuymen: Johan van den Berk, Edwin van Beers, Elise van den Elsen

Sergeant: Safiero Isselt
Neighbours & soldiers: Peter de Jong, Frans Landmeter, Bas de Leeuw, Phia Le Roux, Evert Pultrum, Wesley van Tilburg, Albena Padula, Endrie Setijasih, Larissa Stolk, Nina Zandvliet

Many thanks to:
Familie Stolk (Gino Stolk)
Gemeente Delft
The Green Village
Frans Landmeter
Dr. Riccardo Maria Pulselli (Università di Reggio Calabria)

Sponsors:
Delft University of Technology
Israëls Duurzaam Bouwen Fonds
Van den Berk Nurseries

Produced by Oculus Film

01/08/2025

Locatie gezocht!

Voor onze korte film met werktitel ‘De Klimaatstrijders’ zijn we op zoek naar een betegelde tuin van een rijtjeshuis waar we tegels mogen wi**en en kleine boompjes mogen planten (en weer weg gaan halen). De film gaat over een doodnormaal Nederlands gezin iets probeert te doen aan klimaatverandering.

Data: 10, 11, 12 september (1-1,5 dag) (backupdata: 17, 18, 19 september)

Vergoeding: beschikbaar
We willen ook graag binnen enkele shots opnemen.
In het beste geval mogen we ook filmen in de tuin van de directe buren.

Stuur bij interesse graag een mailtje naar [email protected] o.v.v. ‘Klimaatstrijders - tuin’

31/07/2025

We're casting two young actors (11, 13) for our upcoming film about climate change!

Please read more about it in Dutch:

Altijd al willen spelen in een professionele korte film? Voor TU Delft produceren een korte absurdistische komedie waarin een doodgewoon Nederlands gezin iets aan klimaatverandering doet.

We zijn op zoek naar acteurs voor de volgende rollen:

Hoofdrol: Sofie (f, speelleeftijd: 11)
Sofie is slim en weet hoe we klimaatverandering kunnen tegengaan. Ze krijgt iedereen me in haar ambitieuze plan.
We zijn voor deze rol op zoek naar iemand die al wat ervaring heeft op filmsets.

Bijrol: Sam (m, speelleeftijd: 13)
Sam is de (net iets) oudere broer van Sofie. Hij is iets minder fanatiek als het gaat om het tegengaan van klimaatverandering en wil - net als zijn ouders - eigenlijk het liefst verder leven zoals we nu doen.

Over de productie
Het gaat om een professionele productie met marktconforme dagvergoeding, maar zonder buy-out.
We werken op set niet zonder begeleider en/of ouders/verzorgers. De draailocaties zijn nog niet gekozen. Check trouwens van dezelfde makers ook de film ‘Energieslaven’, die over soortgelijke thematiek gaat.

Draaidagen: 10, 11, 12 september 2025 (backup: 17, 18,19 september)

Aanmeldingen / auditie
Stuur je aanmelding met je demoreel of een ander werk voor 22 augustus naar [email protected]. We doen ons best om iedereen een reactie te sturen.
Als je geselecteerd wordt, dan nodigen we je graag uit voor de auditie op woensdagmiddag 27 augustus a.s. in Rotterdam. Zet die datum dus alvast in je agenda!

08/05/2025

13 May - Screening for Delivered Love!

Great news! We’re pleased to announce that the we made with Speckle and Scape Agency will have a screening at Rotterdams Open Doek on 🎬 May 13th. Don't miss out and get your tickets on the website of LantarenVenster!

Credits
🎬 Presented by: Speckle
🎬 Produced by: Oculus Film
🎬 In collaboration with: Scape Agency

🎞️ Created and produced by: Hans De Jonge & Lars van Vianen
🎭 Directed by: Hans de Jonge & Davide Simonetti

🌟 Emma: Lamara Strijdhaftig
🌟 Joost: Allard Jim Van der Heyden
🌟 Astala: Samantha Bonouvrie

✍️ Screenplay: Davide E. Simonetti
🎭 Assistant director: Stína Erlingsdóttir
🎥 Director of photography: Hans de Jonge - DoP
🎥 Camera operator: Matvey Murashko
🎥 Camera assistant: Ivo van Leeuwen
💡 Gaffer: Erik van Houten
🛠️ Grip: Maxim Smulders

✂️ Editor: Gijs Walstra
🎧 Sound recording & post-production: Imre Beerends
🎹 Music: Willem Bijleveld

🎨 Production Designer: Hans de Jonge
🧸 Prop designer: Wasili Angelopoulos
🏗️ Set builder: Joris Prakken
💄 Make-up & Hair: Daniela de Boer
👗 Catering & Wardrobe: Gina Michailidou

💼 Production assistants: Shary Anqui . Serena Gerardi . John Pereira
🖼️ Set decorators: Lars van Vianen . Maxim Smulders
📷 Behind the scenes: Jasper Sauer . Anduo Lucia
📸 Set photographers: Shary Anqui . Jasper Sauer . Lars van Vianen
💻 VFX: Davide Simonetti . Hans de Jonge

Made possible by: Stichting Droom en Daad

Many thanks to:
🚲 Wouter Vonk . JUIZZ Utrecht
🏠 Irina Rosier & Hamza Boucharraba . Valley Living
🪑 Foteini Setaki & Panos Sakkas . The New Raw
🖼️ Arwin Hidding
🧠 Marcel Bilow
👗 Marianna Porcelli

03/04/2025

🎬 What if the air in our buildings wasn’t safe to breathe?

Five years after the COVID-19 pandemic hit the Netherlands, this question has faded into the background. But ensuring air safety remains important to prevent airborne diseases to spread.

MIST Project challenged us to bring this issue back into focus. The result? Clean Air Matters - a thought-provoking short film designed to raise awareness about the importance of good indoor air quality.

🎥 Watch the film here: https://youtu.be/-zLvtVyMbkU?si=rod0DEFYObcYq-cp ▶️

We created an alternate reality where every breath is a risk, and full-face masks are the norm. We step into a world where air safety is taken to the extreme - until one breakthrough changes everything.

To tell this story, we embraced the power of hashtag , using cinematic storytelling. This format allows us to create a non-existing world where we can take things to the extreme, to create - hopefully - a message that sticks.

A huge thank you to Atze Boerstra, Elham Maghsoudi Nia, Maggie Bourgonje- MAGmenu for the trust and close collaboration and to our incredible team who made the film possible:

Client: MIST Project
Produced by: Oculus Film

Crew:
Written and directed by: Hans De Jonge
Concept: Atze Boerstra, Elham Maghsoudi Nia, Maggie Bourgonje- MAGmenu, Hans de Jonge
Assistant director: Jesse Jay Kroon
Line producer: Leda Spiranec
Cinematographer: Hans de Jonge
Editor: Gijs Walstra
Assistant camera: Ivo van leeuwen
Gaffer: Erik Houtman
Location sound, sound design and mixing: Imre Beerends
Set decorator: Nils Swibben
Prop design: Wasili Angelopoulos
Make-up and hair: Daniëla de boer
CGI: Matteo Falduto
Behind the scenes: Jorne Ykema
Location: EDGE Workspaces
Full-face masks: Dräger

Cast:
Charlotte: Claire Schuyffel
John: Michael Krass
Kevin: Ady van de Plas
Jasmine: Nikita van der Linden
Board member: Rudolf Bijleveld
Board member: Jolanda Przybyslawska
Board member: Mico Merk
Board member: Rafi van der Berg

What if we had to breathe only our own air? 😷 Imagine a world where every breath is risky and wearing a full-face breathing mask is the norm. In this though...

26/08/2024

We had a set of Laowa by Venus Optics‬ Proteus 2x anamorphic lenses on loan and went out to test shoot at Radio Kootwijk. The clip was shot on the 28mm and 45mm, mostly wide open or at T2.8. A full review is also coming, so stay tuned!

Model: Kim Sinnige
Director/cinematographer/editor: Hans de Jonge
Focus: Davide Simonetti

https://www.oculusfilm.comWe had a set of Laowa Proteus 2x anamorphic lenses on loan and went out to test shoot at Radio Kootwijk. The clip was shot on the 2...

25/02/2024

Storyboarding for an upcoming project…unfortunately we don’t get to be launched into space to film it

02/01/2024

Starting the new year with some behind the scenes of last year: we tested the pavo anamorphics in a run ‘n gun shoot in Rotterdam. You can find the result on YouTube: https://youtu.be/RjUHdFWc9yg?si=GRSX164VgmkdxToc

20/11/2023

to 2018…for and director we filmed and edited De Binnendienst, a show about the inside of the human body and filmed with actual (dead) human bodies…check it out on .nl