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| DIRECTOR | WRITER | PRODUCER |
JULIA MARINA FREE
BRUSSELS X AMSTERDAM
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"SCENES OF CURRENT AFFAIRS
OFFERING AMBIGUOUS NARRATIVE
SUGGESTIONS AND BLURRED LINES BETWEEN FICTION AND REALITY"
Artwista Gallery, Berlin DE
PHOTO
FILM & TV
VOICES OF LIBERATION - RELEASED
Producer
Voices of Liberation is an 11-part WW-II docu series, released on Netflix Netherlands May 2022 and Streamz Belgium September 2022.
Written & Directed by Koen Mortier (BE)
Produced by CZAR FILM & TV (BE) in co-production with Interstellar Pictures (NL) & NL Film.
SLAVE ISLAND - IN PRODUCTION
Producer
Slave Island is a documentary that deals with the delicate topic of slave trading between families, according to principles of Sumbanese culture and the Marapu religion. Rina was sold for cattle and sent abroad as a child, simply because she was born as someone else's property. Brought back by Catholic nuns after many years of abuse in Malaysia, she now faces the people who stood against her freedom.
Produced by Harald House (BE) in co production with Baltic Film Production (ES) and KOI Films (FR)
DAUGHTER - IN PRODUCTION
Art Director
Short Film directed by Jorge Sermini (PR), written by Nicole Elmer (US)
Produced by Harald House (BE) in co-production with Filmoption International (CAN)
Writer & Director
GAY & GREY - IN DEVELOPMENT
VRT-Canvas docu-series following the lives of lesbian 70+ senior couples, whose relationships have stood the test of time.
Created, written & directed by Julia Marina Free (NL)
Co-written by Kate Maveau (BE)
Produced by Bulletproof Cupid (BE)
Participated in Cinesud Docroom Development Lab (NL) 2023
Supported by the Flemish Audiovisual Talent Development Fund (VAF)
@gayandgrey_theseries
CELENE - IN DEVELOPMENT
Writer & Director
Live Action Short Film written & directed by Julia Marina Free (NL)
Participated in
Greenlitpitch Development Lab (NL) 2024
Torino Film Industry TSFM / Ostend Film Festival Development Lab (BE/IT) 2023
CineSud Shift Film Festival 2022 Development Lab (NL) 2023
Supported by the Flemish Audiovisual Talent Development Fund (VAF) & Amarte Fund (NL)
@celene_shortfilm
ABOUT
ABOUT.
Member of the Flemish Association of Journalists (VVJ)
Member of DeAuteurs
Exhibitions
2024
Rotterdam Photo Festival NL
2021
"A portrait of a Covid Nurse" Festival del la Fotografia Etica Lodiand Codogno IT
2018
"Grensgevallen" Les Rencontres de la Photographie d'Arles Arles FR
2016
"Eurocrats" Permanent exhibition in the Berlaymont, the headquarters of the European Commission Brussels BE
2016
"Grensgevallen" Conception Photography Show New York US
2015
"Grensgevallen" Mister B. Leuven BE
2013
"London 2012 Olympics" Nacht van de Journalistiek The Egg Brussels BE
2012
"Amsterdam Jazz Portraits" BHART#1 Contemporary Arts Festival Antwerp BE
2011
"Amsterdam Jazz Portraits" NEL Amstelveld Amsterdam NL
Interviews
2021
MVIBE Magazine, USA
2020
STREEM Magazine, DE
2015
Grensgevallen MO Magazine BE
2012
Amsterdam Jazz portraits Entitle Photography Magazine UK
2012
London 2012 Olympics Apache News BE
2012
Saxophonist Toine Thys captured by Julia M. Free Knack Focus Magazine BE
Reviews
Artwista Gallery, Berlin DE
"Scenes of current affairs offering ambiguous narrative suggestions and blurred lines between fiction and reality"
Grensgevallen Art Magazine Kunstkrant NL
"Pure photography in exhibition 'Grensgevallen'. This series offers a wide variety of images and remains infectious to watch. It is photography at its most fresh and pure form. The photos last, not only as a series but also individually."
Amsterdam Jazz portraits De Singel International Art Campus BE
"Photos that summarize their fined ambiance of jazz concerts, mastered in black and white. Lots of potential, ambition, and courage."
Jan Jasper Tamboer, culture-critic. Parool Daily Newspaper NL
"She comes, she sees. Photographer Julia M. Free needs a few chances to isolate exactly the image that she has in mind. From a creative vision to
realizing her ideas in a very personal way. Julia has guts and differs from the usual. For example, showed at the Belgian journalistic medium Apache.be, for which they made a run from her own perspective on the impact of the Olympic Games on London. The series of portraits of jazz musicians is remarkable. Julia is currently working on an oeuvre in the demanding surroundings of the European Commission in Brussels."
Awards
2021
World Report Award / Documenting Humanity - Festival del la Fotografia Etica 2021 Lodiand Codogno IT
2021
EMERGENTES 2021 - Lisboa Photo Festival, Lisboa, PT
Education
2022
ScriptAcademy EYE Filmmuseum
Amsterdam NL
2020
DanceWorks Institute for Modern Dance
Berlin DE
2019
Film, Creative Media Production and Performing Arts
Raindance Film Institute, London UK
2013-2017
Fine Arts and Photography
LUCA School of Arts, Brussels BE
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