Film Projects

Rotten Apples (2025)

This film was made for the 48 Hour Project Utrecht 2025.

When two Dutch sisters invite their estranged Greek half-sister to their secluded family home to confront her over their father’s inheritance, buried resentments bubble to the surface.

Crew:
Written and directed by Marina Kliueva
DOP & Colorist: Ruan Pienaar
Composer: Hernan C. Fioravanti
Editor: Maria Luntz
Gaffer & Grip: Johnny van Bergen
Best Girl: Chiara Gutierrez
Boom Operators: Rami Fourat and Chiara Gutierrez
Sound Designer: Ruan Pienaar
1st AD & Production Assistant: Karolina Wysinska
Script Supervisor & Production Assistant: Kameja Lukoseviciute
Stylist & Set Photographer: Sabina Craciun
Runner & Catering: Paul Mansveld
Produced by Marina Kliueva.

Cast:
Eveline de Wit
Nikoleta Mougkasi
Melissa May Lassooy
Emmanouela Reppa (Voice)

Lights Are On (2019)

Two socially awkward expats call in sick for work and run away for a secret day full of adventures. But will they come back?

Written, Directed and Produced by Marina Kliueva
Starring Rose Janzen and James Johnson
Director of Photography: Clint Davis
Camera Assistant: Jeisson Garzon
Boom Operator: Roel Baesjou
Gaffer: An Smid
Editor: Karin Split
Production Assistant: Paul Mansveld
Makeup & Hair: Lucia Mihalikova, Anna Kleymenova
Stylist: Karn Verma
Stunt coordinator: Geoffrey Thompson
Set Assistants: Jackeline Peralta Villar, Torben Hanegraaf, Eliza Siu.

Honeycomb (2022)

Mariyam, a young Dutch Muslim heavy metal vocalist, realises she might be pregnant. How does she reconcile this news with her different cultural identities and, above all, tell her mother?

In 2022, I worked as a Script Supervisor on Honeycomb — a short film written and directed by Haider Hussain.

Frozen Music (2024)

This film was made for the 48 Hour Film Project Utrecht 2024.

A soon-to-be demolished building reminds an architect of two of her long-lost passions.

In June 2024, I had the pleasure to work as a Script Supervisor, Writing Assistant and Set Photographer on Frozen Music — a 48HFP short written by Pieter Kranenborg and directed by Sarah Rome and Ilya Artsyman.