https://sebastianmulder.com Sebastian Mulder Mon, 08 Jun 2026 21:45:02 +0000 https://sebastianmulder.com en https://sebastianmulder.com/Main Mon, 08 Jun 2026 21:45:02 +0000 Sebastian Mulder https://sebastianmulder.com/Main <img width="118" height="104" width_o="118" height_o="104" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/54b827678751ae8ce1d816dbc86f31bd1a906359f40056001ec4d75c3bb7459f/Naamloos2.png" data-mid="249276964" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/118/i/54b827678751ae8ce1d816dbc86f31bd1a906359f40056001ec4d75c3bb7459f/Naamloos2.png" /> <img width="107" height="89" width_o="107" height_o="89" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a1882daf9571b9beeb2ed37a28d74ca95daecd57a9c57964504dc014da94266d/Naamloos.png" data-mid="249276956" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/107/i/a1882daf9571b9beeb2ed37a28d74ca95daecd57a9c57964504dc014da94266d/Naamloos.png" /> <img width="111" height="93" width_o="111" height_o="93" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7c939a8cc981d34956fcd031286a7452ba28e87c9dd7766beafaeae03c723fdc/Naamloos-6.png" data-mid="249276951" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/111/i/7c939a8cc981d34956fcd031286a7452ba28e87c9dd7766beafaeae03c723fdc/Naamloos-6.png" /> ~~ SEBASTIAN MULDER ~~ SEBASTIAN MULDER ~~ SEBASTIAN MULDER ~~ SEBASTIAN MULDER ~~ SEBASTIAN MULDER ~~ SEBASTIAN MULDER&nbsp;~~&nbsp;SEBASTIAN MULDER&nbsp;~~&nbsp;SEBASTIAN MULDER&nbsp; AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR NAYA - DER WALD HAT TAUSEND AUGEN NATURE: ALL RIGHTS RESERVED About https://sebastianmulder.com/AND-A-HAPPY-NEW-YEAR Wed, 06 Apr 2022 14:59:23 +0000 Sebastian Mulder https://sebastianmulder.com/AND-A-HAPPY-NEW-YEAR AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR Documentary | 21’ | 2023Director: Sebastian Mulder Producer: Sebastian Mulder D.O.P At Bieschbos: Dick Harrewijn, Annefleur de Rochemont Animal Harnas Designer: Esmée Kulik Image Research: Bregje van Schie Editor: Nina Graafland, Sebastian MulderSound Design: Nick Smith, Stainless SoundTitle Design: Amos Mulder Grading: Michiel Rummens, Amator Mixage: Ruben de Wither, Sound Adventure Post-Production: Jan Jaap Kuiper, AmatorPre-Production: Jasper Boon, [Boondocs]Executive Production: Mevrouw de AdvocaatTrailer Editor: Rens Christiaansen Poster Design: Peter van Langen Dutch viewers can watch the film here. <img width="1920" height="2736" width_o="1920" height_o="2736" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/235dd6d14b1232caf8ab555ee83e5fb1236c143b144710599c3017ed65899aad/SebastianMulder_HappyNewYear_Poster__700x1000mm.jpg" data-mid="195768772" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/235dd6d14b1232caf8ab555ee83e5fb1236c143b144710599c3017ed65899aad/SebastianMulder_HappyNewYear_Poster__700x1000mm.jpg" /> There are 8,765 hours in a year, and at the end of it, millions of euros’ worth of fireworks go up in smoke in the Netherlands, as in many other parts of the world. Many people enjoy this, but for animals, New Year’s Eve is a total nightmare. To make their experience tangible, Sebastian Mulder’s documentary takes an original approach: in the run-up to the big night, dogs belonging to different owners are fitted with a GoPro, and we follow their movements. From the first bangs during the day to the deafening spectacle at midnight and in the hours afterwards, we witness the tension, stress and fear of the animals and their owners. This is certainly no celebration. We also see the effects on animals in pastures and in nature—the panic among horses, foxes and birds is filmed using infrared cameras. The poetry of the nighttime shots and the fireworks filmed in slow motion contrast starkly with the trembling, panting and slobbering animals in bare bathrooms and under beds. No commentary is needed, the images and sound speak for themselves, and the message is loud and clear—even louder than the fireworks. And a Happy New Year is a coproduction with Dieren Bescherming Nederland, Amsterdams Fonds voor de Kunst,&nbsp;Stichting Bouwstenen voor Dierenwelzijn, Mevrouw de Advocaat, De Koninklijke Hondenbescherming, World Animal Protection, Stichting Abri Voor Dieren, Nederlands Film Fonds and&nbsp;Stichting Dier &amp; Recht. The film is also made possible by the A-38 Stipendium from&nbsp;Kasseler Dokfest and all the donors at our Voordekunst crowdfunding campaign. FESTIVALS &amp; AWARDSIDFA – International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam Best Youth Documentary 9-12 AwardGo Short– International short Film Festival NijmegenLet’s Doc Film Festival Lynx Award for best Youth Documentary 10+ Zagreb Dox Short Cutz AmsterdamNomination best Documentary Leiden Shorts Europe on Screen Festival&nbsp;FEST New Directors I New Films Special Mention DOXRUHR Seoul Animal Film Festival&nbsp;Best Short Film + Audience Award Animal Nature Future Film Festival Best Young Filmmaker Award Cinéma de la ville de Québec Plons Film Festival&nbsp; Go Short Arnhem Golden Deer Award Alcine Film Festival&nbsp; Pärnu Film Festival Nederlands Film Festival Iceland Documentary Film Festival&nbsp; https://sebastianmulder.com/NAYA-DER-WALD-HAT-TAUSEND-AUGEN-2 Wed, 06 Apr 2022 14:59:25 +0000 Sebastian Mulder https://sebastianmulder.com/NAYA-DER-WALD-HAT-TAUSEND-AUGEN-2 NAYA - DER WALD HAT TAUSEND AUGENDocumentary | 24' | 2021 Director: Sebastian MulderProducer: [boondocs]: Jasper BoonSound Design: Jacob OostraEditor: Nina GraaflandComposer: Eren ÖnsoyMotion Graphics: Amos MulderGrading: Michiel RummensPost-Production: Amator, Jan Jaap KuiperResearch: Bente MarsLine-producer: Bente Mars Poster Design: Peter van LangenFestival Distributer: Wouter Jansen / Square Eyes You can watch the film on the videoplatform of The New Yorker.Dutch viewers can watch the film here. <img width="4134" height="5906" width_o="4134" height_o="5906" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/74d05271155fa5f6b9b85bcfc6cfc3cb0bf93117ab1a86bd846746eff545d0b5/NAYA_Poster.jpg" data-mid="147836559" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/74d05271155fa5f6b9b85bcfc6cfc3cb0bf93117ab1a86bd846746eff545d0b5/NAYA_Poster.jpg" /> The short documentary NAYA – Der Wald hat tausend Augen follows the life of Naya, a wolf that walked from eastern Germany to Belgium tagged with a GPS collar. The first wolf in Belgium in a hundred years, she suddenly makes headlines – but then her presence takes a mysterious turn. This voyeuristic visual collage of wildlife and surveillance camera imagery captivatingly explores the relationship between humans and this iconic wild animal. Even by just taking the disembodied point of view of automatic cameras, ‘Naya’ covers an almost incredible amount of ground, and not only geographically: in addition to the relationship between humans, nature and technology, it deals with the effects of commercialism and capitalism, with animals' rights and the increasingly hard-to-justify issue of hunting. But most pointedly it deals with the elusive cushiness of the civilisation that we've built in the West and how we've forgotten that real nature still exists around us.Read the full review by Talking Shorts here. NAYA is a coproduction with the Evangelische Omroep (EO), The Netherlands Film Fund and the CoBO Fund. FESTIVALS &amp; AWARDS Go Short – International Short Film Festival Nijmegen National Competition Special Mention Hot Docs International Documentary Ismailia International Film Festival for Documentaries and Shorts Short Documentary Competition Special Mention VIENNA SHORTS – International Short Film Festival Special Mention Aegean Film Festival Best Short Film Award DOKUFEST&nbsp;Sarajevo Film Festival Go Short Arnhem Golden Deer Award Helsinki International Film Festival Lille International Short Film Festival Guanajuato International Film Festival Nederlands Film Festival PROVINZIALE – Filmfest Eberswalde CineEco – International Environmental Film Festival of Serra da Estrela Kaohsiung Film Festival&nbsp; Special Mention EKOFILM International Film Festival Film Festival Cologne Valladolid International Film Festival Un Festival C’Est Trop Court West Lake International Documentary Festival Uppsala Short Film Festival FestCurtasBH – Belo Horizonte International Short Film Festival Internationale Kurzfilmtage Winterthur Prix George For The Best Documentary Form Ljubljana International Film Festival Rencontres Internationales Du Documentaire De Montréal Kassel Documentary Film and Video Festival A38 Production-Grant Kassel-Halle Bucharest International Experimental Film Festival Festival Dei Popoli dokumentART Latücht Award given by the MV Filmförderung Kortfilmfestival Leuven Guangzhou International Documentary Film Festival Hishorts! Xiamen Short Film Festival Vilnius International Short Film Festival Best Short Film Award Premiers Plans Film Festival Big Sky Documentary Film Festival Dhaka International Short and Independent Film Festival Tampere Film Festival Pendance Film Festival Glasgow Short Film Festival&nbsp; https://sebastianmulder.com/NATURE-ALL-RIGHTS-RESERVED-2 Wed, 06 Apr 2022 14:59:26 +0000 Sebastian Mulder https://sebastianmulder.com/NATURE-ALL-RIGHTS-RESERVED-2 NATURE: ALL RIGHTS RESERVEDDocumentary | 22' | 2016&nbsp; Director: Sebastian MulderProducer: Sebastian MulderCinematographer: Maxime BrunSound: Apollonia van DunEditor: Wouter HoekComposer: Joost van ‘T HoffSound Design: Mike van Creij &amp; Lars van LeeuwenPoster design: Sanne Marieke Festival Ditribution: Wouter Jansen / Square EyesWatch the full film here. <img width="4134" height="5905" width_o="4134" height_o="5905" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1e64b8a2b80878e24fbc6f083f00b035c3ad30023cd1901cdd8bbcf929744e2f/NATURE-POSTER-B1.jpg" data-mid="147618346" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1e64b8a2b80878e24fbc6f083f00b035c3ad30023cd1901cdd8bbcf929744e2f/NATURE-POSTER-B1.jpg" /> Nature: All Rights Reserved investigates the role of simulated nature in modern society. The film shows how artificial nature meets the needs of today's city dwellers and where it still falls short compared to real nature. A romantic forest wallpaper, an indoor tropical island and phenomena such as artificial grass and stuffed animals take the viewer into the world of this new kind of nature. Towards the end the film looks at the uncertain future, in which the arrival of new technologies such as Virtual Reality will blur the lines between reality and illusion. Could artificial nature replace real nature? This graduation film was made with support from HKU and Cinecrowd. FESTIVALS &amp; AWARDSNetherlands Film FestivalNomination Dioraphte Award Vers Awards ZagrebDox REGARD&nbsp; International Short Film Week Regensburg ON Original Narrative Student Film Festival Best Short Documentary Film Go Short – International Short Film Festival NijmegenEncouragement Award for Best Student Film International Film Festival of LanzaroteSpecial Mention Rotterdams Open Doek Filmfestival Vienna Shorts Film Festival Huesca International Film Festival Art Film Fest Kosice Palm Springs ShortFest Pärnu Film Festival Shorts Mexico&nbsp; Neu Now Quebec City Film Festival GoDebut European Film Festival Hancheng International Short Film Festival Hamptons International Film Festival Timishort Film Festival Short Sounds Film Festival European Film Festival dokumentARTCity Of Neubrandenburg Award Tehran International Short Film Festival ForadCamp, Cinema and Nature Exhibition Best Documentary Jury Award &amp; Audience Award International Student Film &amp; Video Festival of Beijing Film Academy Outstanding International Student Film Award Uppsala International Short Film Festival Jhlava International Documentary Film Festival Best Testimony on Nature Award Hyperfest ALCINE – Festival de Cine de Alcalá de Henares Interfilm – International Short Film Festival Berlin Eindhovens Film Festival, the Netherlands&nbsp; Zubroffka – International Short Film Festival THESS International Short Film Festival Thessaloniki Cinematic Achievement Award London Short Film Festival MiradasDoc Landshut Short Film Festival DOK Award Short Waves FestivalMain Award &amp; Audience Award - Urban View Competition Bucharest International Experimental Film Festival Festival Rencontres Cinema-Nature Best Documentary AwardSolar Cinema Malta&nbsp; Taiwan International Documentary Festival&nbsp; International Film Festival about Environment Cinemambiente –&nbsp; Environmental Film Festival Ecofalante Environmental Film Festival Resistances Film Festival, France&nbsp; The Great Picnic Animal Film Festival Helsinki International Film Festival&nbsp; Environmental Film Festival Australia Creative Common Film Festival Okolišni filmski festival this human world – International Human Rights Film Festival AFSAD – Internatiınal Short Film Festival https://sebastianmulder.com/About-1 Tue, 21 Nov 2017 11:06:04 +0000 Sebastian Mulder https://sebastianmulder.com/About-1 There is no impossibility as to what ‘form’ conscious life may take. Because of our infinite relationships, potentialities are there. The shapes of form are not yet exhausted and there are no miracles beyond living matter. Though flesh in its most radiant beauty is miraculous, it does not imply that Nature has exhausted all possibilities of pleasuring in flesh. “The mind in repose becomes the speculum of all creation” — we hear too much about relaxing and ‘meditation’. My mind (and I expect yours) works in reverse — the stimulus is from without — always chaotic, procreative and spatial of strange conjunctures; and ‘repose’ a period of fatigue or sleep, a renewal of the tension necessary for contexturation of creativity. The supreme defeat is resignation. The triumph over death and all things is by fearless desire. There is not one thing obtained in this world except by effort and struggle to render desire. The born genius is only spending the virtue of previous effort. Ubique Daemon / Ubique Deus Austin Osman Spare;&nbsp;Wikipedia︎