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VAN DER
STAAY
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Born and raised in Amsterdam
2017-2018
Part of "De Jeugd"
Youth programming group of the Music & Arts festival
Into the Great Wide Open
(ITGWO)
Filmmaking Summer School
Prague Film School
2019
As a member of De Jeugd I was involved all year round with programming and organising the festival. Our mission was to create an independent space and community for the youth on the festival.

CV
During the intensive summer workshop I had the chance to taste of all aspects of filmmaking, from writing, to producing to directing and shot my first short film "An Act of Rebellion".

See the film and read more
HERE
Start of honour's programme bachelor Liberal Arts & Sciences: Philosophy, Politics and Economics
at EUC
2019
2019-2020
Part of the extracurricular Arts & Culture Programme at EUC

Despite the covid pandemic, as a team, we set up a four-day online festival around arts and the reclaiming of space.

Student Assistant for Rotterdam Arts & Sciences Lab


RASL is a lab for pollination between Rotterdam's art schools and universities. In this part time job, I was the right hand of the RASL coordinator of my institution and together we worked on various projects such as the launch of the new podcast series "Un-Disciplined" run by two master students. As well as helping with office tasks and PR.

2021
2021
Realization of Short Documentary
Back To Normal
As part of the engaged citizens programme at EUC, two other students and I, with the guidance of production company Korrel film, made a short documentary about the cultural sector in Rotterdam and Covid. We spoke to creators/artist/managers about this extraordinary time and how to get back to "normal".

See the film and read more
HERE
2021
MYRTHE
VAN DER
STAAY
Superstar
Music Video
My first music video was born as a fun project with friends.
See the video and read more
HERE
2022
2018
Graduation
Het Amsterdams Lyceum
VWO Cum Laude
Winner Best Film Audience Award
Chair of the Film & Photo Committee
2020-2021

In charge of leading a small committee to together organize events for the student body.
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Graduation Bachelor:
Liberal Arts & Sciences
Cum Laude
Intern at Rauwkost Film
Rauwkost Film is a production house and collective of filmmakers that non-hierarchically makes short films, documentaries, brand films and commercials. During my internship, I got to work in several different departments of film making from art direction, to funding to writing to directing two live performance videos.

2023
Freelance member of Rauwkost Film Collective
After my five-month internship I joined the collective as a freelance filmmaker.