Under Water (a feature)

A FEATURE

Onder Water (Under Water) is a dark offbeat comedy drama about survival of the fittest, rabbit holes of conspiracy theories and a challenging childhood. It is a feature length fiction debut by Edgar Kapp and Kuba Szutkowski, who have made a couple of short films together such as Hitchcock Hitchcock (2017) Spark (2015) and Sledgehammer (2018).

Along with her soon-to-be ex-husband, a woman returns to her childhood home to confront her mother, an avid doomsday prepper.

Under Water is a loose adaptation of the theatre play Apocalypse How, written by Simon Weeda and produced by Julia van de Graaff /LYNX. The film retained the same actors as the play: Julia van de Graaff as Nel, Elisa Beuger as Foekje and Stijn Westenend as Evert. Cast members added for the film are Jack Wouterse as the lawyer, Zouhair Mtazi as the shrink and Livia Lamers and Liv van Kollenburg as young Foekje and Tess.

D.o.P. is Benito Strangio, Henk-Jelle de Groot boom operator and sound designer, Diana van de Vossenberg is the Production Designer, Marcel van As and Johan Hendrikse are the composers, Marc Thelosen (seriousFilm) is creative producer.

cast Julia van de Graaff, Elisa Beuger, Stijn Westenend, Jack Wouterse, Zouhair Mtazi, Livia Lamers, Liv van Kollenburg and Guido van Hulzen | producer Julia van de Graaff | creative producer Marc Thelosen | executive producers Julia van de Graaff, Kuba Szutkowski and Edgar Kapp | line producer Thijs de Neeve | 1st AD Arjen Slings | directed by Edgar Kapp and Kuba Szutkowski | screenplay by Simon Weeda, Kuba Szutkowski, Julia van de Graaff & Edgar Kapp (based on the theatre play Apocalypse How by Simon Weeda, directed by Ivar van Urk) | script coach Nanouk Leopold | director of photography Benito Strangio | gaffer Otto Ligt | camera and light assistent Bram van der Giessen | sound Henk-Jelle de Groot and Dennis van Rijswijk | boom operator Stella Happel | production design Diana van de Vossenberg | set dressers Anita van Pelt, Miranda Lockhorst, Laura Windt, Sanne Croonenberg and Jan Willem van der Schoot | dressers on set Anita van Pelt and Sanne Croonenberg | costume design Gerda Knuivers | make-up hair and special effects Corine Hamel | editing by Niels Dekker, Edgar Kapp & Kuba Szutkowski | color grading by Laurent Fluttert | visual effects Alain Maessen | sound design Henk-Jelle de Groot | music by Marcel van As, Johan Hendrikse and Hédi Carlee | catering Tante Nino, Hotel Roommate Bruno, Eveline Honselaar and Spek & Bonen