House of Salt

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We follow a man who seems to be forever dripping with water, who meets a group of people that won’t recognize his presence and pretend he’s simply not there. The film follows the man’s struggle to become part of the others and learns what he must give up to do so.

House of Salt is an immersive collaboration between fashion designer duo MARTAN, writer/director Willem Gerritsen and composer Raphael Vanoli (with the Asko Schonberg Ensemble). The result is a short film in which three art forms melt together in a unique way, working side-by-side in synchronicity.

Willem Gerritsen

Studying Philosophy at the University of Amsterdam, Willem discovered his love for film making. He started making shorts and music videos for several top Dutch artists and founded a production company in 2005. Later he broke through on an international level in commercials by winning a Young Director Award at the Cannes Lions Festival and many other international awards followed. Especially for his viral films, that garnished over 40 million Youtube hits together. In recent years he has written & directed two shorts, a feature film (Renesse) and directed and co-wrote two well-known Dutch crime TV-series (Smeris & Penoza). Willem is represented by UTA in Los Angeles.