PERSONAL (2026)

15-year-old Lucas appears to live a carefree life; he comes from a loving home, does well at school, and is head over heels in love with his girlfriend Esmée. But as financial strain at home increases, so does the tension in the household. The harder he tries to keep his two worlds apart, the more they seem to draw together.

CAST

Boaz de Bever

Nelle de Veer

Evrim Akyigit

Guido Pollemans

Bojan Glas



CREW



Director & screenwriter Meryem Çifteci 

Line producers Faye Bezemer & Janine Liang
First Assistant Director Iris de Git

Third Assistant Director Luuk Lindeboom

Director of Photography Rick de Beurs

Gaffer Teun Pulles & Mees Roozen

Production Design Jip van Doornewaard & Mies Bongenaar

Set Dresser Finn van der Reijden

Costumer Lara Boon

Sound Recordists Suzanne Boekestijn & Mazin Akif

Casting Engel Stam

Post Production Supervisor Rik Kornmann

Editor Scott Dancy

Sound Design Mazin Akif

Mix Yorn Slootjes

Music Xiangming Niu & Jamie Alpherts

Made with generous support of The Dutch Film Fund as part of the Fiction Wildcard program and the Gilles Hondius Foundation.

SCREENINGS
Nederlands Film Festival Debutcompetition  2026 (premiere)