short film ‘Moving Pictures three, Diabolo’ | shown in ‘a night of short art films’ Lloyd Hotel Cultural Embassy | Amsterdam

diablo (alt)

Moving Pictures three, Diabolo

film | 10 minutes

A quiet hollow in the dunes on a hot summer day. A bald man tries to teach a girl the noble art of the diabolo. This man, despite his good intentions, turns out to be a powerless tyrant. The innocent girl is not easily daunted and liberates the contorted man from his perilous position.


director and script: Carina Ellemers
cast: Wilfried de Jong, Madelief Blanken
camera: Sander Snoep
sound: Sander den Broeder
editing: Barbara Hin (†) and Carina Ellemers
produced: Carina Ellemers (for Foundation Benina)