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CineNest Films
Projects

Films that travel beyond the screen.

Our films explore social themes through personal, cinematic stories. From identity and belonging to care, loneliness and intergenerational connection, we develop projects that move beyond the screen and create space for dialogue, reflection and impact.

Short documentary · Cádiz, Spain & Helmond, Netherlands

2PAINTINGS

A short film that follows two painters living in different worlds: Julián Gades in Cádiz (Spain) and Vincent van Ojen in Helmond (Netherlands). Each is shaped by different surroundings and ways of working.

Gades works like a magician within realism, painting scenes that look completely real but don't actually exist, making the viewer believe they are looking at a real place. Van Ojen is not interested in the object itself. He takes it and turns it into something completely different, creating abstract work guided by feeling and color.

Two opposite approaches unfold side by side until both worlds meet in Helmond. Despite a language barrier, they connect through what they share: a strong, simple passion for painting.

2PAINTINGS — Julián Gades in his studio in Cádiz
La Caleta beach, Cádiz
Cádiz cathedral
Julián Gades in his studio
Julián Gades at the sea in Cádiz
Filming at the easel
Interview set-up in the studio
Bram Mulder and Rubén F. Vargas Martens on set
Camera on the Cádiz seafront
Cádiz seafront
Short fiction · Impact programme · In development

Like a Fish out of Water

Written and directed by Kilian Brons. The project is being developed as both a short fiction film and an impact programme around dementia, caregiving and family connection.

Logline

“When his mother with dementia is forced to move onto his aging fishing boat, a fisherman who has avoided her for years must learn to reconnect with her.”

Like a Fish out of Water — fishing boat at sea
Short fiction · Tangier, Morocco · In development

Maktoub

Created in collaboration with Mamoun Elyounoussi and Kilian Brons. Local production by ShouFou Film.

Logline

“When a Moroccan boy who has suffered ongoing abuse is left alone after the death of his father and is thrown out onto the street by his violent stepmother, he is forced to fend for himself and sees only one way out: to flee to Europe.”

Maktoub — location scouting in Tangier
Tangier
Tangier

Photos by Sean Louw · Tangier · 2026

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