Cindy Jansen
Cindy JANSEN (Netherlands) is a filmmaker working across experimental video and feature-length documentary. She studied at the Academy of Visual Arts in Arnhem and Milan, and completed the International Script Development and Directors Program at the Binger Filmlab in Amsterdam. Her films have been presented at international film festivals including International Film Festival Rotterdam, Hamburg Film Festival and Edinburgh International Film Festival, as well as in gallery and museum contexts. Alongside her artistic practice, she develops fiction and documentary projects for cinema and broadcast.
Filmography
(selection) Alice (2004, short), Useless is Blood (2004, short), Don’t Hit Me I Love You (2008, short), Come Spring (2009, short), With Love (2010, short), Belgrade Forest (2012, short), Crows of the Sunday Pond (2013, short), Auld Lang Syne (2015, mid-length), Sovereign Son (2026)
Cindy Jansen at IFFR
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Sovereign Son
Cindy Jansen | 79' | Netherlands | Dutch Premiere
Intimate documentary following a man searching for traces of his father – and his own identity. -
Oswald’s Traces
Cindy Jansen | 10' | Netherlands | -
5 May 2002. The plans of a hitman who is about to murder Pim Fortuyn are confused by an unexpected encounter. -
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Auld Lang Syne
Cindy Jansen | 48' | France | World premiere
A portrait of two brothers who start out being close and very similar, but end up on either end of the social spectrum. Calm, loving… -
Useless is Blood
Cindy Jansen | 1' | Netherlands | -
Film poem about violence. Children play far from innocent games. -