The introverted but fiery Esra (9) is having a hard time acknowledging the new reality of her recently
disabled father. At her new school she tells a lie that makes her pain and anger boil up to the surface.

Original title: Magma
Director: Luca Meisters
Cinematography: Roy van Egmond
Production: Nicky Onstenk, Marc Bary
Music: Annelotte Coster
Editor: Tessel Flora de Vries
Cast: Leah Fischer, Mustafa Duygulu, Nadia Amin, Joya Kloppenborg, Erwin Boschmans, Judith van den Berg
Script: Nena van Driel
Others: Sound: Tim Marsman
Dialogue: Dutch

2023
Oympia IFF, Greece
Brest European Short FIlm Festival, France
Thessalonki IFF, Greece
Cinekid,Netherland
The Black Box, Ireland
Avond van de Limburgse korte film, Netherlands
Nederlands Film Festival, Netherlands
Ficbueu, Spain
Reykjavic International Film Festival, Iceland
Art Film Fest Kosice, Slovakia
VERS Awards, Netherlands
Mo &Friese KinderKurzfilm Festival Hamburg, Germany
Limburg film festival, Netherlands
International film festival Uruguay, Uruguay
Busan International Short FF, Korea
Oberhausen International Short FF, Germany
Indie Lisboa, Portugal
Go Short Film Festival Nijmegen, Netherlands
Euregion Film Forum - Maastricht, Netherlands
Stockholm Film Festival Junior 2023, Sweden
BUFF Malmö, Sweden
Berlinale – Berlin Int. Film Festival