Emma BRANDERHORST

Emma Branderhorst is an Amsterdam-based filmmaker known for intimate, character-driven stories that explore social dynamics from a distinctly female perspective. Her short films Under the Skin, Spotless (Crystal Bear winner) and Ma Mère et Moi were selected for the Berlinale. Alongside her fiction work, she also directed the Cannes Lions Grand Prix winning short Piece of Me, and regularly makes narrative-driven commercials across Europe. She works in a naturalistic, performance-led style, revealing emotion between the lines. She is currently developing her debut feature This Will Not End Well.