Production

Jelle Lamers

Born January 12, 2004 · The Netherlands (age 22)

Jelle Lamers is a Dutch filmmaker, director, writer and producer from Heesch. He graduated from the Dutch Filmers Academy in Eindhoven, where he studied Film and Audiovisual Media, and is a co-founder of the production collective Studio Hulot. His work includes the short films *HAPPYLAND* (2024), *Amé* (2025), and his graduation film *De man die niet slapen kan* (2026), a surrealistic black-and-w…

Known For

HAPPYLAND

HAPPYLAND · 2024

An experimental short film exploring rave culture as a contemporary form of ritual, spirituality, and collective devotion.

Amé

The man who can't sleep

The man who can't sleep · 2026

The man who can't sleep

Kept awake by an unbearably loud punk concert, a man's frustration mounts as his deaf girlfriend struggles to understand why he’s making such a fuss.

ECHOES

MovieScience Fiction

A man is lost in the modern world and seeks a way out in a digital one.

Bolle Piet

Bolle Piet · 2024

In search of a smile, a sad clown finds a new friend in a struggling bar.

BAGAGE

A man is faced with the consequences of his own actions when he attempts to help a man trapped inside the trunk of an abandoned car.

Operation Playground: Zero

Operation Playground: Zero · 2026

Operation Playground: Zero

MovieThrillerAdventure

After the death of his mother, Ricky, a twelve-year-old non-verbal boy, is left to care for his infant sister on his own while struggling to survive in a collapsing Western Europe overrun by the living dead

Staged

MovieMusicThriller

Filmography

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HAPPYLAND

HAPPYLAND · 2024

An experimental short film exploring rave culture as a contemporary form of ritual, spirituality, and collective devotion.

Director

Amé

Producer

The man who can't sleep

The man who can't sleep · 2026

The man who can't sleep

Kept awake by an unbearably loud punk concert, a man's frustration mounts as his deaf girlfriend struggles to understand why he’s making such a fuss.

Writer

ECHOES

MovieScience Fiction

A man is lost in the modern world and seeks a way out in a digital one.

Boom Operator

Bolle Piet

Bolle Piet · 2024

In search of a smile, a sad clown finds a new friend in a struggling bar.

Producer

BAGAGE

A man is faced with the consequences of his own actions when he attempts to help a man trapped inside the trunk of an abandoned car.

Director

Operation Playground: Zero

Operation Playground: Zero · 2026

Operation Playground: Zero

MovieThrillerAdventure

After the death of his mother, Ricky, a twelve-year-old non-verbal boy, is left to care for his infant sister on his own while struggling to survive in a collapsing Western Europe overrun by the living dead

First Assistant Director

Staged

MovieMusicThriller

Cinematography

BAKED

In Baked, a man runs a home bakery where he delivers cakes to customers. To earn some extra cash, he occasionally adds drugs to the orders of certain clients. But when a drug-laced cake meant for a group of students gets swapped with a regular cake for a sweet old grandma, it sparks a chaotic night full of unexpected twists and wild surprises.

Assistant Director

Road to Nowhere

Road to Nowhere · 2024

Road to Nowhere

On a graduation trip to sunny Spain, Layla struggles with the pressure of her art school admissions, while Naomi is haunted by calls from her mother about her future plans. Their growing bond culminates in a drunken kiss that unleashes unexpected feelings.

Editor