Pink Moon

  • Floor Van Der Meulen
  • The Netherlands, Slovenia
  • 2022
  • 95'
  • Pink Moon

During a family dinner with their 74-year-old father, Iris and Ivan receive shocking news – Jan has had enough of life and has decided to die before his next birthday. While Ivan stoically accepts his father’s decision, Iris refuses to come to terms with this absurd idea. Jan is a healthy and vital father and grandfather who lives life to the fullest. According to her, he should live at least another ten years, but Jan has his own plans… Pink Moon premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival, winning a Special Jury Mention in the category of Best New Narrative Director

Subtitles: EN, HR

Floor Van Der Meulen

Born in 1989 in the Netherlands. She directed the short documentary film 9 Days: From My Window in Aleppo (2015), for which she won the European Film Award for Best European Short and the award for Best Short at the BFI London Film Festival. In 2019, she directed the hit series Skam and the feature-length documentary The Last Male Standing. Pink Moon is her narrative feature debut.

Pink Moon

Director
Floor Van Der Meulen
Screenplay
Bastiaan Kroeger
Cast
Julia Akkermans, Johan Leysen, Eelco Smits, Anniek Pheifer, Sinem Kavus
DOP
Emo Weemhoff
Editing
Mieneke Kramer
Producer
Derk-Jan Warrink, Koji Nelissen, Miha Černec, Jožko Rutar, Marina Blok
Production
Keplerfilm, Tramal Films, Staragara, NTR
Festivals & Awards
Tribeca Film Festival – Special Mention: Best New Narrative Director; Guanajuato Int'l Film Festival

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