Film Programme
Sunset from a Rooftop
fiction
Netherlands, 2009, 11'02''
Director: Marinus Groothof
Producer: Sander Verdonk
Director of photography: Marc de Meijer
Writer: Marinus Groothof, Niels Pieterse
Composer: Arno Tijnagel
Editor: Brian Ent
Synopsis: While Belgrade is being hit by NATO-bombings, Ivana is preparing herself in the early evening for a night out and tell her
boyfriend the news of her pregnancy.
Director: Marinus Groothof
Born on 24th July 1979 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Marinus developed an early interest for photography and at the age of 14 he earned himself the money to buy his first camera. In the years before he was accepted to the Film Academy in Amsterdam, Groothof, besides being active
in photography, began writing stories. In 2004 he graduated in Camera and Lighting. After the Film Academy Groothof could no longer suppress his true
passion: writing and directing films. Since then he has made several short
films.He initiated his first short, 3-minute film “Monday” with Dragan Bakema as the lead. Only six months later “November” followed, starring Eric Schneider,
which was filmed over just three nights in Belgium. “Morning to Noon'”, a short film shot in Serbia was released early 2008. It was awarded the second prize
at the Shocking Shorts programme of NBC Universal. NBC immediately acquired the broadcasting rights afterwards for a period of three years.
Groothof is a self taught writer, director and producer. He views this as a huge advantage, as it enables him to ask the right questions, without being biased.