Nine minutes. One backyard. Zero answers. This sci-fi mystery will haunt your afternoon.
A young couple has drifted apart, when all of a sudden a mysterious figure appears in their backyard.
Direction
De Graaf stretches nine minutes into infinite unease.
Cinematography
Backyard becomes alien terrain through sheer restraint.
Acting
Mtazi and Leenart communicate collapse without speaking.
Director
Jan-Willem de Graaf
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Omhoger emerged from the Dutch short film scene's fascination with mundane surrealism, where kitchen-sink realism meets cosmic horror.
The title 'Omhoger' roughly translates to something raised or elevated—fitting for a film about lifting the veil on domestic rot.
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