SHORT FILM (20′)

Title: The Malthus Law (De Malthus wet)
Status: Post-production
Genre: dark comedy with sci-fi elements
Logline: Twelve Angry Men meets Black Mirror. In a future battling resource scarcity, a government AI randomly drafts citizens to justify why they deserve to stay alive. When privileged TV presenter Olivia is drafted, she tries to rally the fellow draftees in the waiting room to uncover the AI’s hidden logic — but her prejudice soon sparks conflict about the value of life and how much is really within our control.

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Screenplay selected for Imagine Fantastic Talent Labs & Cinesud’s Directors Village.

Written & directed by me
Producer: Monique van Kessel | MakeWay Film
Production manager: Lola Tee
DOP: Aziz Al-Dilaimi
Production design: Rivka Koops
Costume: Iris Janssen
Make up & hair: Christel Provoost
Score: Eveline Ypma
Edit: Stefan Hickert
Grade: Bart Voorsluis
Sound, sound design & sound mix: Pete Suyderhoud