In "Ma mère et moi" we embark on a road trip with mother and daughter. The 17-year-old Kees tries to break away from her mother and attends a language course in Marseille. It is a film about parting and letting go, told from a very personal perspective.

Original title: Ma mère et moi
Director: Emma Branderhorst
Cinematography: Daan Bukman
Production: Maaike Neve, Joram Willink, Piet-Harm Sterk
Music: Jorrit Kleijnen, Jacob Meijer
Editor: Tessel de Vries
Cast: Celeste Holsheimer, Hannah van Lunteren
Script: Nena van Driel, Emma Branderhorst
Dialogue: English, French, Dutch

2023
Berlinale – Berlin Int. Film Festival
Go Short Film Festival Nijmegen
Mo & Friese Junges Kurzfilm Festival Hamburg
Int. Film Festival Innsbruck
CUT TO GENT
Bolton Int. Film Festival
Cinemagic Belfast; Athens Int. Children's Film Festival
Cactus Int. Children's and Youth Film Festival

2023
Winner Youth Jury, Kristiansand Int. Children's Film Festival
Winner, FICBUEU
Golden Calf (Dutch academy award) for best actor short film and Golden Calf Nomination best short film, Netherlands Film Festival