Experiencing Interruptions?

Aardbei (Strawberry)

In a smudgy hotel at the end of the world, guests and employees meet fate. Fate is an old woman sitting in the lobby behind a slot machine. Indifferently she pushes the buttons and lets the images decide between life and death.

  • Leendert Roosenbrand
    Director
  • Leendert Roosenbrand
    Writer
  • Veerle Ackerstaff
    Producer
    Troebel
  • Leendert Roosenbrand
    Producer
  • Monic Hendrickx
    Key Cast
    De Poolse Bruid (1998), Nynke (2001), Het Zuiden (2004), Penoza (2010-2017)
  • Carry Tefsen
    Key Cast
    Blue Movie (1971), Keetje Tippel (1975), Zeg 'ns Aaa (1981-1993), 't Schaep (2011-2013), Judas (2019)
  • René van 't Hof
    Key Cast
    Flodder (1986 / 1992), Alles is Liefde (2007), Alles is Familie (2012), De Boskampi's (2015)
  • Lowie van Oers
    Key Cast
    Ballen (2013), HOND (2015), Turing (2016)
  • Marijn Claes
    Key Cast
    The Pain Body (2016), Voor elkaar gemaakt (2017)
  • Henk Otte
    Director of Photography
  • Peggy de Bruin
    Art Director
  • Ellemieke Middelhoff
    Edit
  • Kamila Wójcik
    Sound Design
  • Lutz Forster
    Coloring
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Runtime:
    17 minutes 9 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    January 31, 2020
  • Production Budget:
    15,000 EUR
  • Country of Origin:
    Netherlands
  • Country of Filming:
    Netherlands
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    4:3
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Imagine Film Festival
    Amsterdam
    Netherlands
    April 19, 2020
Director Biography - Leendert Roosenbrand

Leendert Roosenbrand lives and works in Amsterdam and Berlin, and is a self taught filmmaker. He studied Cultural Anthropology and worked as a freelance journalist and a songwriter / musician. In 2015 he wrote and directed his first short film HOND (DOG). Aardbei is his second short film.

He currently works as a local producer for documentary and commercials in Amsterdam and is developing his first feature, a coming of age film about the sexual awaking a 15 year old son of a pastor.

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