HALAL is an international production company & photography agency based in Amsterdam and Berlin
About Halal
We create work that pushes the boundaries, challenges the forbidden and interrupts the status quo. We make. We entertain. We connect craft with the zeitgeist of tomorrow.
HALAL is a production company and photography agency that redefines moments of popular culture through radical approaches to storytelling. With an artist centric business made up of an international roster of talent, we have a holistic approach to content creation.
Consisting of a photography, fiction, documentary and commercial department, our DNA lies in thinking outside conventional narratives.
Founded in 2005, HALAL is owned and run by four partners: Gijs Kerbosch, Roel Oude Nijhuis, Gijs Determeijer and Olivia Sophie van Leeuwen. Meet the people that make it all happen.
Press
Gijs Kerbosch part of ‘Inside Pictures’ programme in Screendaily
A Day in the Life of Gonca Odabas in Shots
Interview with Gijs Determeijer in Volkskrant
Interview Olivia Sophie van Leeuwen in Vance
Roel Oude Nijhuis part of THNK School of Creative Leadership
Interview with Gijs Kerbosch on SEE NL
Opinion piece Roel Oude Nijhuis on LBBO
Where to find us?
Prinsengracht 546,
Amsterdam, Netherlands
.amsterdam
Call us
+3120 639 1402
Contact our different departments
contact@halal.amsterdam
commercials@halal.amsterdam
photography@halal.amsterdam
docs@halal.amsterdam
fiction@halal.amsterdam
For all PR related issues, contact
Connect
Gormannstraße 25,
Berlin, Germany
.berlin
+49 176 70537393
Awards & Mentions
JONAS AND THE SEA:
TIFF KIDS Festival Adult Jury Award 2016
KLIK! Amsterdam Animation Festival, Holland, Award for Craftmanship
Holland Animation Film Festival, Holland, Professional Award Dutch animation + Nomination Grand Prix Dutch animation
Athens Animfest, Greece, Grand Prix “ATHENA”
Festival Internacional de Cine de Huesca, España, Prize JINETE IBÉRICO/ Best Animation Short Film
SPOETNIK:
Best European Short Fiction Film Go Short Festival 2016
Festival De Cinema De La Ville de Quebec, Grand Jury Prize best international Short Film
Concorto Filmfestival Italy, Award, Best Short Film
Kino Trampkach, Poland, Special Mention
Festival du Premier Court-Métrage, France, Audience Award
International Fantastic And Etrange Short Film Festival, France, Prix de France Télévision
Kinodiseea International Children’s Film Festival, Romania, Best Short for 15y-18y by Young Jury & Best Youth Short Film by Professional Jury
UN CREUX DANS MON COEUR:
Young Director Award Cannes (silver) 2015
Dutch entry for the OSCARS
PRINCE:
Special Mention Berlinale 2015 Generation 14+
8 nominations for the Dutch Film Festival
MARC JACOBS:
Best Direction at Ciclope Festival 2014, Winner Golden Chair at Norwegian short film festival
FOX SPORTS:
SILVER Editing at Ciclope Festival 2013
NEW KIDS TURBO:
Best Direction at Fantastic Fest 2011
NEW KIDS NITRO:
Best Comedy at Fantastic Fest 2012
Production Team
Olivia Sophie van Leeuwen
Partner, Producer & Head of Documentary Department
olivia@halal.amsterdam
+316 4181 3130
Gijs Determeijer
Partner, Executive Producer, Head of Commercial Dept
gijsd@halal.amsterdam
+316 2492 7213
