Who we are:

photo: Edith Gruson

In 2011 filmmaker Ineke Smits and radiomaker Jeroen Stout joined their knowledge and experience in the Rotterdam based VOF Stout&Smits. We write, direct and produce films and audio productions, and we collaborate on multi-media projects. Our productions can be seen and heard on public broadcasters and are distributed in cinemas, galleries and at international festivals. 

Member of EFA, DDG, EWA and DOCA
Ineke is development producer for Nushi Film Tbilisi - nushifilm.com

Its a wrap! Crew photo Little Man Time and the Troubadour

Coaching and workshops:

We coach international fiction- and documentary projects in all stages. Based on the unique voice of the maker we tailor our coaching to every individual project, while our international expertise and knowledge of local cinema allows us to mediate between filmmakers and their projects on one hand, and the international market on the other. In this way we want to contribute to authentic, personal films for a universal audience.

 coaching&workshops

Along the Border – Workshop for young Dutch and Turkish documentary makers in Nijmegen and Gaziantep

FilmMosaic 2024 - Workshop for young creatives in Tbilisi. Co-production between Denmark, Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan

In development/ production:

War Fever/Oorlogsroes - feature documentary by Stout&Smits
Despite its intrinsic horror, the warzone is home to some. Time and again explosives specialist Chris and paramedic Courtney risk their lives in wars that are not theirs. What is the impact of Courtneys’ unplanned pregnancy on their life in the warzone?

Production: Volya Films (NL)/Cinephage (FR)/Petrapan Films (NMK)
Support: Dutch Film Fund, Région Sud-France, Prince Bernhard Culture Fund and VEVAM Fund.

Cassettepost aan de Maas - audio intervention in public space
Sitting on a bench on the river Maas, you can imagine the steamers of the Holland America Line leaving the port of Rotterdam: smoke dissipates from their chimneys, a ship's horn echoes across the river. All those people who left Rotterdam after WW2 for a new life in Australia, New Zealand or Canada, what would have become of them?

Cassettepost aan de Maas is a pilot project connecting citizens of Rotterdam with the history of their city through voices from the past. 

Supported by Droom en Daad Foundation, Rotterdam

News:

Rezo Gabriadze script development workshop 2024 
From 4 to 10 October 2024, Tekla Machavariani (Nushi Film – GE) and Ineke Smits will lead the 2nd edition of the Rezo Gabriadze Script Workshop during the Kutaisi International Short Film Festival. This intensive workshop will focus on both the content and production development of short film scripts.