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Nocturne

Entangled in a dark dream, HIM finds HER- searching for the true meaning of happiness. When HIM begins to lose himself in his everlasting search, he is confronted with the truth about his reality.

A short film about modern love and the destructive pursuit of happiness told through a mixture of poetry, music and dance.

  • Jordy Tempelman
    Director
  • Jordy Tempelman
    Writer
  • Shakuru Tajiri
    Writer
  • Jesse Jans
    Writer
  • Hannah Padding
    Producer
  • Cath Kwok
    Producer
  • Niek Vanoosterweyck
    Key Cast
  • Thirza Riphagen
    Key Cast
  • Levien Priem
    Cinematography
  • Shakuru Tajiri
    Music
  • Bertus Pelser
    Sound Design
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    Dagblind
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Genres:
    Drama, Art, Dance
  • Runtime:
    9 minutes 19 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    September 1, 2022
  • Production Budget:
    10,000 EUR
  • Country of Origin:
    Netherlands
  • Country of Filming:
    Netherlands
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Distribution Information
  • Bandit Amsterdam
    Distributor
    Country: Netherlands
    Rights: All Rights
Director Biography - Jordy Tempelman

With a deep-seated fascination for the unordinary and unorthodox, Jordy’s work centers on exploring the human condition and its flaws and imperfections. With a dreamy and raw visual style, he crafts narratives with a recognisable and humanistic voice.
 
He started out at a young age experimenting with photography and developed a visual style that resonates trough in his filmic work. He was admitted at Filmschool in The Netherlands and graduated in 2015 as Director, after which he started making short films, music videos and commercials.

The focus on original stories and characters is an essential element that filters trough in his work, creating diverse and original cinematic content.

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Director Statement

About Dagblind [Nocturne] - Nocturne is a poetic Short Film Video about modern love and the destructive quest for happiness, told from the perspective of two young lovers, named HIM and HER.

The film plays with dreamy, surrealistic imagery and metaphors to reveal a larger issue; will there come a point in life where we are truly happy? A quest where today's young generations - Millennials and Generation-Z - increasingly struggles with it.

Through the media and our phone screens we are continuously confronted with ideal images; the beauty, prosperity, creativity, self-confidence and the success of the other. This drives us to constantly look for a better variant of ourselves, but where will this search end?

When do we achieve an ultimate form of happiness and can we do it? Can we even find it outside ourselves? To what extent are we currently creating a society, in which we (consciously and unconsciously) experience an unrealistic drive to constantly perform, and be successful?

With Dagblind I wanted to open a dialogue about these issues that many contemporaries face. We feel the pressure to perform constantly, and project an image of personal success in our pursuit of happiness. While more often it results in stress, depression and unrealistic expectations about life.

I felt that it was more important than ever to make this film, now that we had the self reflection that was necessary in the lockdown periods.

Due to the social isolation of the past years, the mental condition of young people has deteriorated significantly and many came face-to-face with themselves and their true selves, in a world that is increasingly alienating from them.