

13 minutes, 10 kids, one mysterious Figure — what could go wrong?
Ten children are led through a series of trials and transformations by a mysterious Figure.
Direction
Kamminga builds dread in under 15 minutes
Acting
Anna Drijver's Figure is terrifyingly calm

Director
Shanice Kamminga
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The clinical, ritualistic structure mirrors real-world institutional abuse narratives, compressing years of grooming into minutes.
Dutch director Shanice Kamminga made this as a graduation project — proof that film school trauma sticks with you.