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DIVE DEEP
Short | 20 min | a film by Veerle Ackerstaff
Dive Deep is a heart-warming film about not letting your circumstances dictate your life.
A reckless skater with a physical disability must show his vulnerable side before he loses everything and everyone he holds dear.
Worldwide, more than 650 million people have either a visible or invisible disability. Yet this large group of people is vastly underrepresented in the film industry. In a time where it is still difficult to be ‘different’, Dive Deep breaks with all stereotypes to create this groundbreaking film about and by people with a disability.
Dive Deep is a heart-warming film about not letting your circumstances dictate your life.
A reckless skater with a physical disability must show his vulnerable side before he loses everything and everyone he holds dear.
Worldwide, more than 650 million people have either a visible or invisible disability. Yet this large group of people is vastly underrepresented in the film industry. In a time where it is still difficult to be ‘different’, Dive Deep breaks with all stereotypes to create this groundbreaking film about and by people with a disability.
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Writer/Director: Veerle Ackerstaff
Camera: Eveline Haverslag Producer: Suzanne Lauwen Styling: Eleftheria Lavdaki Production Design: Anne Clercx Editor: Fabio van Elswijk Sound Design: Andrea de Jong Composer: Ernst Spyckerelle |
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About Veerle Ackerstaff
Veerle is the director of Dive Deep. Her debut short BLURRED (Troebel, 2019) rose to international fame, winning numerous awards at festivals around the globe, such as: The New York Movie Award for Best First Time Director, the award for Best Director at the Zero Degrees Film Festival, Best Dutch Film at the European Cinematography Awards, finalist for Best First Time Director at the Los Angeles Cinematography Awards, semi-finalist for Best International Short at the Australian Independent Film Festival, and most recently the gold medal for Best Drama and Best Emerging Filmmaker at the Global Independent Film Awards. Veerle graduated with distinction for her Master’s Degree in Professional Writing with a major in Screenwriting and Fiction and holds a degree in Directing Fiction from the Amsterdam Film School. In 2019 she designed an inclusivity toolkit for Higher Education which got academically published. Her novel debut novel The Fire of Dawn was released in 2012. Her latest novel, The Dharma Prophecy, is expected to be released soon in the UK. |
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This project is supported by the Dutch Film Fund and the Inclusive Film Foundation, and the Municipality of 's-Hertogenbosch.
The municipality of 's-Hertogenbosch sees the added value of this project and supports Dive Deep. Local companies and organizations with a Social Return Obligation, eligible for the category 'social added value', can fulfill this obligation (in total or in part) by making a financial donation to Dive Deep through the Inclusive Film Foundation.
Please contact us for more information.
The municipality of 's-Hertogenbosch sees the added value of this project and supports Dive Deep. Local companies and organizations with a Social Return Obligation, eligible for the category 'social added value', can fulfill this obligation (in total or in part) by making a financial donation to Dive Deep through the Inclusive Film Foundation.
Please contact us for more information.