Official Dutch Oscar entry: Sven Bresser’s acclaimed “Reedland” opens at Cinema Village in NYC

Cinema Village is pleased to present Sven Bresser’s acclaimed Dutch film “Reedland” beginning Friday November 14. The official Dutch entry for Best International Feature at the 98th Academy Awards “Reedland” tells the story of a reed cutter named Johan. When he discovers the lifeless body of a girl on his land he is overcome by an ambiguous sense of guilt. While taking care of his granddaughter he sets out on a quest to track down evil. But darkness can thrive in unexpected places.

A man nature and evil. The connection between these elements form the essence of a Dutch landscape slowly turning into the complex inner landscape of its main character. Despite its plot the film is not a classic murder-mystery. The search for a factual truth—the whodunit—is a vehicle to explore a more complex and deeply human truth and a prompt to reflect on questions of guilt and innocence violence and xenophobia.

For more information visit www.cinemavillage.com/Now-Playing/reedland.html

Sven Bresser

Sven Bresser is a filmmaker based in Amsterdam. His first short film “L’été et tout le reste” premiered in the official selection of the 75th Venice International Film Festival was selected at the Toronto International Film Festival and won the Dutch Academy Award for Best Short film. That same year his TV film “Free Fight” was nominated for two Dutch Academy Awards. After finishing the mid-length film “She Used to Sing Here“ in 2021 he started working on his feature film “Reedland” which premiered at the 2025 Cannes’ Critic’s Week and is the Official Dutch Entry to the 2026 Academy Awards. 

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