You Can't Sleep Here (2023)

You Can't Sleep Here

2023

Documentary

Synopsis

Where do homeless people in Amsterdam find their night’s rest? This short documentary makes poignantly clear what it means to sleep outside as a social outcast. They populate car parks, mini-trailers and the spaces under fly-overs; the homeless people of Amsterdam, whose sleeping habits are spotlighted in this distressing documentary. Filmmaker Jelmer Wristers called on various outdoor sleepers, the camera in their faces, registering how they spend the night in their hiding places. From sleeping on a bench in open air to a 'luxury tent' where a buzzing fly interferes with sleep. And from the solitary loner hiding under boxes and crates to the group sleepers who set out together.

Credits

Director

Jelmer Wristers

Crew

Niels Koopman (Assistant Editor)

Jelmer Wristers (Camera Operator)

Roy van Egmond (Camera Operator)

Krijn Wintjes (Camera Production Assistant)

Emiel Nuninga (Editor)

Jesse van der Kolk (Executive Producer)

Koen van Bergen (Gaffer)

Jasper Boon (Producer)