Through an intensive programme, 13-year-old Thijs hopes to overcome his stutter. But the journey proves more challenging than expected. Will he manage to find his own voice?

The inner world of someone who stutters is often difficult to perceive from the outside. Through music, I make that experience audible and tangible, drawing on conversations with director Lante Kluiving about the physical and mental experience of stuttering.

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During a school camping trip, Step (17) becomes fascinated by the masculine behavior of his roommates. As he observes them from a distance, his feminine energy sets something in motion. A few words are enough to turn their unquestioned world upside down.

Together with Lex Bijlsma, I created a deliberately constructed score that reflects masculinity as a construct. We use exaggerated and intentionally fake-sounding instruments, such as a synthetic cello, to give the music a crafted and slightly unnatural quality. A cynical tone runs throughout, reflecting the boys’ obsessive attempts to prove their masculinity.

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You know the typical Dutch birthday gathering: a party where awkwardness is hard to avoid. In Maar, mama, we witness three of these birthdays, where Nena constantly seeks validation from her mother, just as her mother does from hers. Nena’s partner, Jip, finds their family dynamic strange and hopes to make Nena see it too.

For Maar, Mama, a film about breaking family patterns and their impact on a relationship, I created a score that moves between bold, expansive moments and intimate, subtle passages, reflecting the emotional shifts between mother and daughter.

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