Private Project

The Holy Trinity

THE HOLY TRINITY
A coming-of-age film about three friends from Eindhoven, the Netherlands: Alex Sophie, Emma and Robbie. Three emo kids aged 15 and 16, going through the main developmental stage of life, on their way to adulthood. The camera intimately shows their boldness and strength, but also the vulnerability of the three best friends. Filmmaker Martijn van de Griendt captures them during the summer of their high school graduation year. A musical rollercoaster about friendship, loss and insecurity.

  • Martijn van de Griendt
    Director
    Maria I Need Your Lovin'
  • Martijn van de Griendt
    Writer
    Maria I Need Your Lovin'
  • Martijn van de Griendt
    Producer
  • Anneloes Pabbruwee
    Sound
  • Eva Heinsbroek
    Camera
  • Martijn van de Griendt
    Camera
  • Sander Kuipers
    Editing/Montage
  • Kees Kroot
    Sound Design
  • Pepijn Klijs
    Coulourgrading
  • Bas Mooij
    Animation
  • Thomas Azier
    Music end credits
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    De Heilige Drie-eenheid
  • Project Type:
    Documentary
  • Runtime:
    1 hour 10 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    January 1, 2024
  • Production Budget:
    25,000 EUR
  • Country of Origin:
    Netherlands
  • Country of Filming:
    Netherlands
  • Language:
    Dutch
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Brooklyn Film Festival
    New York
    United States
    June 6, 2024
    US Premiere
  • Movies That Matter
    The Hague (The Netherlands)
    Netherlands
    March 24, 2024
    World Premiere
Director Biography - Martijn van de Griendt

Martijn van de Griendt has been photographing teenagers all over the world for 30 years now. As a street photographer, working in the tradition of Ed van der Elsken, Van de Griendt records a generation of young people, still searching for its identity, in an open and direct way. His photos form an exceptional overview of the younger generation, then and now, in the Netherlands and elsewhere in the world.

Martijn van de Griendt works for many magazines and newspapers in The Netherlands. Alongside this, Van de Griendt records a fast-changing Western society in thematically-based series, which often encompass many years of work.

Martijn van de Griendt has made his first film documentary in 2017. A film about the girl Maria. (Dutch National television)
He started ten years ago taking polaroid’s of Maria, whom he met on the streets of his hometown Eindhoven.
One year later he bought a video camera and started his very first documentary.
Together with the film he released a photobook about Maria, containing a large selection of his polaroid’s that he took over the past nine years.

Since his movie about Maria Van de Griendt has the plan of making a documentary about teenagers.
In the beginning of 2022 he met three teenagers, Alex, Emma & Robbie, on the same spot as where he had met Maria. He took pictures of them for half a year and then decided that they were the perfect teenagers for his second film.
The kids graduated from high school this summer and Van de Griendt followed them for a story about friendship, insecurity and loss.
The result is a touching film with a lot of music about three close friends in their last summer together. (The Holy Trinity)

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Director Statement

Finally I have made my second documentary after my debut in 2017. (and this is my very first film that I produced myself) And for me also the proof that I may call myself a filmmaker after almost 30 years of being 'just' a photographer.. ;)
For me, film is the perfect way to tell my stories about the youth of today and give them a voice and let the audience FEEL the story!

regards Martijn