When reed cutter Johan discovers the lifeless body of a girl on his land, he is overcome by an ambiguous sense of guilt. While taking care of his granddaughter, he sets out on a quest to track down evil. But darkness can thrive in unexpected places.
Sven Bresser | Belgium, Netherlands | 2025 | 111 mins. | Dutch
Thu, Oct 29 | 2:50 PM | Hermann Gmeiner Hall
When reed cutter Johan discovers the lifeless body of a girl on his land, he is overcome by an ambiguous sense of guilt. While taking care of his granddaughter, he sets out on a quest to track down evil. But darkness can thrive in unexpected places.
Sven Bresser
Sven Bresser is a filmmaker based in Amsterdam. His first short film L’été et tout le reste premiered in the official selection of the 75th Venice International Film Festival, was selected at the Toronto International Film Festival and won the Dutch Academy Award for Best Short Film. That same year, his TV film Free Fight was nominated for two Dutch Academy Awards. After finishing the mid-length film She Used to Sing Here in 2021, he started working on his feature film Reedland, which premiered at the 2025 Cannes Critics’ Week. It is a story set in the same rural landscape where he grew up.
Producer: Marleen Slot
Writer: Sven Bresser
Cinematographer: Sam du Pon
Editor: Lot Rossmark
Sound: Calixte De Coster, Kwinten Van Laethem, Vincent Sinceretti
Music: Mitchel van Dinther, Lyckle de Jong
Cast: Gerrit Knobbe, Loïs Reinders
Cannes Film Festival 2025 (Critics’ Week)
