I Shall See

Directed by Mercedes Stalenhoef

Netherlands

2025

96 mins

Unclassified 18+

After being blinded in a freak accident, a young diver retreats into the elemental world of dreams as she adjusts to her new reality at a rehabilitation centre. IFFR 2025.

Lot (Aiko Beemsterboer) is an aspiring maritime archaeologist with an eye for the world’s natural beauty and high hopes for the future. The spirited teen regularly goes on deep sea dives with her boyfriend and close-knit group of friends. But when a celebration goes awry, Lot finds herself irreversibly blinded. Forced into a disorienting new reality, she struggles to accept her new home, a rehab centre for the visually impaired. Only in her dreams – which she both dreads and desires – can Lot see and swim again. Delicately handled, sensual and grounded by an incredible central performance, this moving, Rotterdam-selected character study shows how agency and friendship can surface in the murkiest waters.

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“Mercedes Stalenhoef tosses away the rose-tinted glasses and offers us a beautiful cinematic take on the multifaceted experience of blindness without shying away from its jagged edges.”

Olivia Popp, International Film Festival Rotterdam 2025

Tickets

Thu 5 June 2025, 6:15pm

Past Event

Palace Central Cinemas - Cinema 1

Palace Central - Cinema 1

Mon 9 June 2025, 6pm

Past Event

Palace Norton Street - Cinema 3

Palace Norton St - Cinema 3

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Program Strand
Europe! Voices of Women+ In Film
Original Title
IK ZAL ZIEN
Year
2025
Classification
Unclassified 18+
Country
Netherlands
Language
In Dutch with English subtitles
Director
Mercedes Stalenhoef
Producer
Rogier Kramer, Laura Bouwmeester
Cast
Aiko Mila Beemsterboer, Minne Koole, Roman Derwig
Screenwriter
Britt Snel, Mercedes Stalenhoef
Cinematographer
Mark van Aller
Editor
Mieneke Kramer
Genre
Women Directors, Women’s Stories, Disability
Premiere
International Premiere
Company Credits
Production Company: Labyrint Film

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