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Jacqueline van Vugt starts filming her debut feature, Crossing, in Croatia

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- The Dutch director's multi-character drama takes place on a ferry between Morocco and Spain, in a co-production between Revolver Amsterdam, A Private View and Nukleus Film

Jacqueline van Vugt starts filming her debut feature, Crossing, in Croatia
Director Jacqueline van Vugt

Principal photography on the debut fiction feature by Dutch writer-director Jacqueline van Vugt, Crossing [+see also:
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, started last week in Pula, Croatia, and will continue on location in Rijeka, Zadar and Zagreb. Van Vugt is best known internationally for her 2013 Krakow winner Borders.

The multi-character drama consists of three stories that intertwine in real time during a ferry-boat crossing from Morocco to Spain. Desperate in their fear of loss, the protagonists struggle to find a way to reach each other, but their powerlessness leaves room for the inevitable.

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The co-production between Revolver Amsterdam, Belgium's A Private View and Croatia's Nukleus Film stars Dutch actors Hadewych Minis (A Perfectly Normal Family [+see also:
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, Toni Erdmann [+see also:
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) and Gijs Naber (The Story of My Wife [+see also:
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, My Foolish Heart [+see also:
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) as well as Moroccan actress Soumaya Akaaboune (Looking for Oum Kulthum [+see also:
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, Green Zone [+see also:
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).

Most heads of departments are seasoned Dutch and Croatian professionals, including DoP Gregor Meerman (My Rembrandt [+see also:
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), production manager Nikolina Koceić (Goltzius and the Pelican Company [+see also:
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), production designer Kurt Rigolle (The Broken Circle Breakdown [+see also:
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), make-up designer Ana Bulajić Ćrček (The Constitution [+see also:
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) and costume designer Zorana Meić (My Grandpa Is an Alien [+see also:
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).

“The film is set in Morocco and Spain, but the filming will be done in Croatia, which is challenging in itself. Still, the experienced and well-prepared crew we will be working with in Croatia will make it that much easier,” says producer Germen Boelens,of Revolver Amsterdam.

Nukleus Film's Siniša Juričić adds: "The filming is very challenging. The crew gets tested every two days; the director remains in her so-called ‘bubble’ along with only a handful of other people… We have made a great effort in terms of security, with the Netherlands Film Fund having provided financial support in that regard. I should also point out that the Croatian Audiovisual Centre was very helpful in providing assistance with bringing our actress over from Morocco, which is currently a country without a visa or diplomatic system."

Crossing was supported by the Netherlands Film Fund, the Flanders Audiovisual Fund and the Croatian Audiovisual Centre, and has accessed tax-incentive schemes in all three countries.

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