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Malu JANSSEN

Malu Janssen (1989, Eindhoven) is a screenwriter and director based in Amsterdam. After studying Theater and Film Studies at the University of Utrecht she enrolled at the Netherlands Film Academy where she graduated in 2016 in directing fiction. Her short films Eigen (2016, graduation film), Stuff (2019), A Cappella in D Minor (2022, graduation film) and Barlebas (2024) have successfully traveled and won awards on the international festival circuit. She is in late development of her feature debut We are Light, about a small living commune that strives to let go of food, to live on light, with far reaching consequences. The film is supported by the Netherlands Film Fund and produced by Family Affair Films. The script is based on the novel by Gerda Blees.

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October 30th to November 2nd, 2025

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