Queer and Pride

Thrilled to have collaborated for the second year in a row with Trip to the Moon Films and director Max Grapperhaus, bringing this year’s Queer & Pride film to life for the City of Amsterdam!

With the film, Max wants to present Queer & Pride Amsterdam in a sensitive and serious way, uncovering a side of the city that’s omnipresent though not always visible. “We want people to feel it’s always there by tickling their senses throughout the city.” 

Art Director Stefano Paron adds ‘Our team crafted playful, frame by frame, hand-drawn animations that highlight the VO and sprinkle colour across our elegant city’. The 16mm footage gave us the perfect texture and surrealist look to work on, as our Colourist Amy Besate said: “Most of the time I am being asked to recreate film so this was just a pure pleasure!”

Musically, we aimed to create a counterpoint to the playful animations, subtly underlining the voiceover and adding dimension to the film. We avoided ambient or tactile sounds to stay rooted in a more magical world and focus on the voice. 

“Amsterdam is, for me, a city where people should be able to show their true colours, especially in terms of sexual and gender diversity. We want to capture that Amsterdam feeling – its sincerity, which has a vulnerable touch – in a very sensible way with this video.” - Max 

Find the whole Queer & Pride programme here.