BOTANICA

Synopsis: A garden-center employee fears his possible infertility and realizes that sometimes you have to swallow your pride to let love overcome.

Director: Noël Loozen
Writers: Joeri Kloppert, Noël Loozen
Stars: Sytske van der Ster, Guido Pollemans, Jiri Loozen, Olivia Lonsdale, Victor Peeters
Cinematographer: Tim Kerbosch
Production company: Halal Amsterdam
Production: Max de Wolf

Festival list:

Nederlands Film Festival, Netherlands (20 – 29 September, 2017)
Gouden Kalf Competition
Warsaw Film Festival, Poland (13 – 22 October, 2017)
Short Film Competition
Brest European Short Film Festival, France (7 – 12 November, 2017)
Special program
Exground Filmfest, Germany (17 – 26 November, 2017)
Supporting film screening
Porny Days – Film Kunst Festival, Switzerland (24 – 26 November, 2017)
Short Film Competition
International Short Film Festival Leuven, Belgium (2 – 9 December, 2017)
European Competition
Eindhovens Film Festival, the Netherlands (6 – 10 December, 2017)
Official Selection
Zubroffka – International Short Film Festival, Poland (6 – 10 December, 2017)
World Wide Shorts Competition
Limburg Film Festival, the Netherlands (12 – 14 January, 2018)
Korte Film Competitie
La Boca Erotica Film Festival, Spain (February, 2018)
Landshut Short Film Festival, Germany (14 – 19 March, 2018)
Official Competition
Aspen ShortsFest, United States (3 – 8 April, 2018)
Official Competition
Go Short – International Short Film Festival Nijmegen, the Netherlands (11 – 15 April, 2018)
Dutch Competition
Minneapolis St. Paul International Film Festival, United States (12 – 18 April, 2018)
Official Selection
cellu l’art Short Film Festival, Germany (24 – 29 April, 2018)
International Competition Won: Youth Award
Cinema Perpetuum Mobile International Short Film Festival, Belarus (28 April – 1 May, 2018)
Thematic program: Taboo
Maryland Film Fest, United States (2 – 6 May, 2018)
Shorts Selection
Seattle International Film Festival, United States (17 May – 10 June, 2018)
Short Film Competition
Figari Film Fest, Italy (16 – 24 June, 2018)
International Short Film Competition
Palm Springs International ShortFest, United States (19 – 25 June, 2018)
Official Selection
NexT – International Film Festival, Romania (22 – 26 June, 2018)
International Competition
Valencia International Film Festival Cinema Jove, Spain (22 – 29 June, 2018)
Short Film Competition
Lago Film Fest International Festival of Short and Documentaries, Italy (20 – 28 July, 2018)
International Competition
Indie Street Film Festival, United States (21 – 25 July, 2018)
Official Selection
Lviv International Short Film Festival Wiz-Art, Ukraine (6 – 12 August, 2018)
International Competition
La Guarimba International Film Festival, Italy (7 – 11 August, 2018)
Short Fiction Competition
En Plein Public, Netherlands (8 – 24 August, 2018)
Official Selection
Zomerparkfeest, the Netherlands (9 – 12 August, 2018)
Short Film Program
Concorto Film Festival, Italy (18 – 25 August, 2018)
Special Program : Deep Night
Portobello Film Festival, United Kingdom (30 August – 6 September, 2018)
Dutch Focus
Quebec City Film Festival, Canada (13 – 22 September, 2018)
International Competition
Calgary International Film Festival, Canada (19 – 30 September, 2018)
Official Selection
Middle Coast Film Festival, United States (21 – 23 September, 2018)
Official Selection Won: Best Actor
Hell's Half Mile Film & Music Festival, United States (27 – 30 September, 2018)
Official Competition
Edmonton International Film Festival, United States (27 September – 6 October, 2018)
Official Selection
Timishort Film Festival, Romania (3 – 7 October, 2018)
International Competition
Drunken Film Fest Oakland, United Stated (7 – 12 October, 2018)
Official Selection
BRNO 16 International Short Film Festival, Czech Republic (10 – 13 October, 2018)
International Competition
Adelaide Film Festival, Australia (10 – 21 October, 2018)
Official Selection
15 Short Film Festival, United States (14 October, 2018)
DTLA Film Festival, United States (17 – 21 October, 2018)
Competition
shnit Worldwide Shortfilmfestival, Switzerland (18 – 29 October, 2018)
International Competition
Filmets Badalona Film Festival, Spain (19 – 28 October, 2018)
Official Selection
Kurz.Film.Spiele International Short Film Festival, Germany (20 – 21 October, 2018)
Official Competition
Tofifest – International Film Festival, Poland (20 – 28 October, 2018)
ShortCut Film Competition
Soria International Film Festival, Spain (11 – 25 November, 2018)
Out of competition
Fish & Chips International Erotic Film Festival, Italy (17 – 20 January, 2018)
Official Competition Special Mention
Pendance Film Festival, Canada (31 January – 3 February, 2018)
Official Selection
gLocal Film Festival, Italy (5 – 10 March, 2019)
Fish&Chips special
Skepto Film Festival, Italy (3 – 6 April, 2019)
Fish&Chips special
Formentera Film - International Festival, Spain (16 – 19 May, 2019)
Competition

Cast: Noël Loozen