De Anti-Familie (2023) won the “Upcoming Talent”-award at Queer Film Festival Utrecht 2023 and was selected for Fringe! Film Fest UK 2024.
It is a fictional short film made by the Freaky Film Collectief. The film tells the story of emo kid Frankie, who as per usual gets chased by their peers who relentlessly bully them for being different. Though this time something unusual happens: Frankie stumbles upon an abandoned Gothic castle and decides to take refuge there. But what appears to be a haunted house turns out to be inhabited by a peculiar group of beautiful, monstrous outcasts: the anti-family. Outside rules and standards don’t seem to apply here, and Frankie, both curious and suspicious, allows themselves to be drawn into the scary, wonderful world of the anti-family. Are they even weirder than Frankie? Or just as much?
Written, directed and produced by Freaky Film Collectief
Cinematography by An Smid
Production design by Imre Korpadi
Acting directing by Melody Boorsma
Light by Martta Kinnunen
Costume design by Imre Korpadi & Juno Yang
Hair & make-up by Aileen Gijsberti Hodenpijl
Sound recording by Sietske Brockhoff
Location managing & set dressing assisting by Winola Grupp
Edit & sound design by Melody Boorsma & An Smid
Color grading by An Smid
Music by Dorpsstraat 3
Set photography by Yuliia Baranchuk
Rayan Naftchi as Frankie
Nadine van Rietschoten as Anti-Mother
Juno Yang as Candy
Sini Karjalainen as Ella
Pina van Berckelaer as Jack