Hier bij jou is alles wat ik wil (2026)

Still from 'Hier bij jou is alles wat ik wil'. It's a wide shot in a garden. On the left, up on a ladder, is Abel, a white man of around 60 years old. he is wearing a red sweater and is reaching towards a tree with garden scissors in hand. On the right side, in the door opening of the shed, is Hester. She is a white woman with curly grey hair of around 60-years-old. She is wearing a yellow sweater.

Still from 'Hier bij jou is alles wat ik wil'. It's a close-up over the shoulder shot on Caitlyn. She is a young Dutch-Asian girl of around 16-years-old with her long dark hair tied up in a ponytail. She is wearing round glasses and is looking lovingly at Abel, the 16-year-old white boy whose shoulder we are looking over.

Still from 'Hier bij jou is alles wat ik wil'. A wide shot of Abel and Hester biking through Frankendaalpark.. They are holding hands.

Still from 'Hier bij jou is alles wat ik wil'. A close-up on a tree with cherry blossoms in bloom.

Still from 'Hier bij jou is alles wat ik wil'. A wide shot of (young) Abel and Caitlyn running away from us down a hill. They are both wearing backpacks, one red, one blue.

Hier bij jou is alles wat ik wil is a short documentary made at the Netherlands Film Academy. Second year students at the Film Academy end their year with a short film made on 16mm. Since there were not enough editors in this year, I was hired to edit one of them.

The film is a raw and personal look at love. Jaimy, the narrator and director of the film, reads entries from her diary written about her struggle with love. Meanwhile, we look at two different couples, young and old, in nature. It’s a film full of yearning and hope.

7″30 – Dutch

Director // Jaimy Speetjens

Editor // Eva Plompen