Cave Play

Hamara cannot suppress her desire to disappear.

Fixy
Short

After news from her doctor, Hamara feels stranger than ever. As her relationship crumbles, she becomes captivated by a mysterious cave that seems to be calling to her.

In this enigmatic debut film, director Simon Becks explores how the certainty of an impending end can drag someone into dark obsessions. Hamara (Hadewych Minis) is told that she will soon die. Instead of seeking solace among the living, she feels irresistibly drawn to the depths of an abandoned cave, which acts on her like a magnet. To reassure herself, she delves into the ways people disappear, as if trying to gain control over her own fate. But while Francys (Abke Haring) still tries to keep her partner close, she discovers what it is that draws Hamara so irresistibly in.

Cast

Hamara • Hadewich Minis
Francys • Abke Haring
 

Credits

writer & director • Simon Becks
DOP • Jasper de Kloet
editor • Lot Rossmark
sound design • Jan Schermer & Jurriaan Kruithof
producer • Veerle Hackens
First AD • Cas Mulder
Production design • Kino Haverkorn
jr producent • Noa Selles
producers FIXY • Janneke Doolaard & Sylvia Baan
financiers • Cultuurfonds, Provincie Limburg and Limburg Film Office, AFK, FIXY
 

Festivals

Netherlands Film Festival 2025 • Selection Debut Competition

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