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Dec 31, 2020 · Cindy Jansen made her feature film writing, directorial and producing debuts on the drama. ‘Chasing the Rain’ follows Eric, a shy photographer who desperately tries to fit in with his...
Jan 28, 2021 · After his first Star Wars live-action role in The Mandalorian, Lanter went on to star in Cindy Jansen's indie film Chasing the Rain.
Cindy Jansen is a Dutch filmmaker rooted in the arts. She made several short fiction films, like Alice (2004) and Don't hit me I love you (2008), before she released her first mid-length -English spoken- documentary Auld Lang Syne at the International Filmfestival Rotterdam in 2015.
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Jan 4, 2021 · Cindy Jansen ‘s directorial debut, Chasing The Rain, feels like the perfect film for 2020, one which attempts to see, step by step, which straw will break the camel’s back. The camel, in this case, is Eric, played coarsely by Matt Lanter ( Star Wars: The Clone Wars ).
- Chasing Optimism
- Lifting The Lid
- First Film
- Eco Message
- Hurdles of Independent Filmmaking
Jansen uses her picture to ask the question ‘why?’ but not to answer it. “It’s unanswerable this side of death,” she says. Why do some individuals have more suffering than others? With this, we move straight into the central question of the lead: ‘If hope is stupid, why would anything matter?’ Jansen wants to challenge the perception of extreme suf...
Degreed in psychology and addiction, Jansen notes the well-meaning messages in our culture such as #blessed. From the other side of the coin, a scarcity of blessings can feel disenfranchising. We talk about how negative occurrences are defined as ‘acts of god.’ And the persistent idea that ‘bad situations’ are tied to the simple definition (rather ...
Aside from the story itself, Jansen discusses creating her first full-length feature. As a writer, she’d intended to create a play but somehow became an Indie writer/director/producer combined. ‘I didn’t think I could or should lead a movie, but I had directed theatre,’ she says. Originally, Jansen had imagined a performance with friends and neighb...
There’s also a powerful eco message in Chasing The Rain. Now is the perfect time to share it too, especially when the planet is telling us it’s had enough of our wasteful ways. Originally set in South America, Jansen switched with an opportunity to consult with native Kenyans locally who both understood the issue and were able to help create the se...
Jansen conveys the pressure of competing for eyeballs and gives a view of Indie filmmaking. “Our budget was small so we were dealing with limitations,” she notes. “The furniture in Stu’s house came from my living room.” Many motion pictures die midway to the camera, so getting an idea to screen is itself a huge success. But the reality is, “viewers...
'Clockwork Universe' is a psychological drama that revolves around a middle-aged man's relentless struggle to uphold his perfect self-image at any cost. This absolute denial has dire consequences not only for himself but also for his relatives and his son.
Auld Lang Syne: Directed by Cindy Jansen. With Alan Lawson, John Lawson. A portrait on John and Alan Lawson, brothers who were physically lookalikes, but whose lives evolved into poles apart.
