Dan Geesin
Dan GEESIN (1970, UK) is a filmmaker, musician and visual artist whose work spans film, sound and visual art. Drawing on a wide range of influences, his films explore the tragic and comic ways people communicate, shaped by a lifelong love-hate relationship with both the city and the countryside. His storytelling often carries a melancholic undertone, tempered by a distinctly British sense of humour. Working across fiction and short-form cinema, Geesin creates character-driven works that observe everyday life with irony and restraint. His latest film Een Mislukt Eerbetoon aan Moederliefde has its world premiere at IFFR 2026.
Filmography
Middle Corridor (1996, short), In the Park (1996, short), Sheep Eat Grass (1997, short), The Garden (1998 co-dir, short), Driving (1999, short), Some Kind of a Killer (2000, short), Pool Shop (2001, short), For Hildo Krop (2001, short), A Short Film from Cannes (2002, short), Things to do Today (2003, short), Der Wolverlei (2003, short), The Man Who’s Roof Fell Off (2003, short), Clods (2003, short), Show Me the Way to Your Most Beautiful Place (2004, short), Flood (2005, short), Other Than You (2006, short), The Scientists Day Off (2006, short), Miniatures (2008, short), Fat Head (2009, short), Olifantenvoeten/Elephant Feet (2010, short), Een Mislukt Eerbetoon aan Moederliefde (2026)
More info: Dan Geesin
Dan Geesin at IFFR
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A Messy Tribute to Motherly Love
Dan Geesin | 85' | Netherlands | World premiere
After his life is surreally and spontaneously exploded, a man’s mother and friend guide him through healing. -
De tuin
Dan Geesin, Esther Rots | 11' | Netherlands | World premiere
Original picture-book novel with stationary yet moving images. -
Korte film van Cannes
Dan Geesin | 5' | Netherlands | World premiere
Diary sketch of a spot pregnant with film history. -
Clods
Dan Geesin | 13' | Netherlands | World premiere
A rhythmic visual fantasy inspired by the wondrous paintings of Jacob Maris about peasant life and mysterious beets. -
For Hildo Krop
Dan Geesin | 6' | Netherlands | World premiere
Juddering, intense, slide-show-like video film in an Amsterdam park. -
Olifantenvoeten
Dan Geesin | 13' | Netherlands | World premiere
Strange things happen to Thomas, a white foreigner in the Netherlands, during his first night shift at a petrol station. Acutely observed and absurdis -
Fat Head
Dan Geesin | 15' | Netherlands | None
The humorous and tragic journey of an idea. Originally shot on Super-8.