BIO

AFTER TELLING STORIES THROUGH PHOTOGRAPHY FOR YEARS MAX BLOMAARD SHIFTED HIS CREATIVE FOCUS TO THE WORLD OF CINEMA. HE RECENTLY GRADUATED AS A FILM DIRECTOR FROM THE ROYAL INSTITUTE FOR THEATER CINEMA AND SOUND IN BRUSSELS. ALTHOUGH ORIGINALLY HAILING FROM AMSTERDAM, HE SOUGHT TO ABSORB AS MUCH KNOWLEDGE AS POSSIBLE FROM THE NOW THRIVING BELGIAN FILM SCENE. MAX’S JOURNEY INTO FILMMAKING IS EPITOMIZED BY HIS GRADUATION PROJECT, ‘A PLACE OF OUR OWN.’ THIS FILM SERVES AS A QUINTESSENTIAL REPRESENTATION OF HIS ARTISTIC VISION: SMALL FILMS ABOUT HUMANE THEMES, TOLD IN A SUBTLE AND MINIMALISTIC WAY BUT WITH A LOT OF ATMOSPHERE.