BALDR Film

Frank Hoeve

Da Costakade 176-H | 1053 XE Amsterdam

info@baldrfilm.nl | +31 203032670

With Amsterdam-based BALDR Film (est.2011), producer Frank Hoeve focuses on developing and (co-) producing challenging, director-driven films with a distinctive personal signature. Not risk-averse, he keeps urgent content and artistry at the core of his work.

BALDR’s credits include Alpha. by Jan-Willem van Ewijk (2024, Giornate degli Autori Venice, Winner Europa Cinema Label), All We Image As Light by Payal Kapadia (2024, Cannes Official Competition, Winner of the Grand Prix), Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat by Johan Grimonprez (2024, Sundance World Documentary Competition, Winner of the Special Jury Prize), Along the Way by Mijke de Jong (2022, Opening Film IFFR), Brothers by Bram Schouw (2017, Premiers Plans d’Angers), and Those Who Feel the Fire Burning by Morgan Knibbe (2014, IDFA, two Dutch Academy Awards).

CURRENT PROJECTS

Joe Speedboat

Director: Sam de Jong. Screenwriters: Jan Eilander and Daniel Samkalden. Country: NL/BE. Co-producers: CZAR. Film Status: Production. Release: 2025. Sort: Feature. Duration: 100 min. Genre: Drama. Distribution: September Film.

After his accident, Fransje seems doomed to spend the rest of his life in stagnation and apathy, until Joe Speedboat, the new kid in town, offers him unexpected horizons. Is Fransje able to realize his passionate dreams, or is he just another “project” of the yearning for adventure Joe?

Baraniya

Director: Ashgan El-Hamus. Screenwriters: Ashgan El-Hamus & Roelof Jan Minneboo. Country: NL/EG. Co-producers: SEE MEDIA. Film Status: Pre-production. Release: 2026. Sort: Feature. Duration: 90 min. Genre: Drama. Distribution: Vedette Film.

When the land of pregnant Amal and her family appears to be falling prey to the greed of a large landowner, every effort is made to secure an existence in the village of Baraniya. Amal begins to doubt the future laid out for her, especially when the sale of the land seems to make a future in the city possible.

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