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Jay Plaat

Jay Plaat

Jay Plaat received his BA in Cultural Studies and his MA in Creative Industries from Radboud University Nijmegen. His work focuses primarily on cinematic rhythm and autonomous cinematic space. He currently works as a creative copywriter in his native town Uden (the Netherlands), the greenest city of Europe.

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  • Fantasia 2025: A Monster Under The Bed

    Published in Volume 29, Issue 6 / June 2025

  • Canadian Art & Trash At Fantasia 2024

    Published in Volume 29, Issue 6 / June 2025

  • Fantasia 2024: Shorts, Retrospectives and Special Events

    Published in Volume 29, Issue 6 / June 2025

  • Cannes 2025: Returning Names Brush Up Against Fresh Faces For An Unpredictably Relaxed Festival Lineup

    Published in Volume 29, Issue 6 / June 2025

  • Xenophonic Tendencies: Sonic Encounters with the Non-Human at Fantasia 2024

    Published in Volume 29, Issue 6 / June 2025

  • Canadian Independent Cinema: Crawdaddy, Desire and Isolation

    Published in Volume 29, Issue 3-5 / May 2025

  • Contemplations on the Artistic Mind at the 44th Istanbul Film Festival

    Published in Volume 29, Issue 3-5 / May 2025

  • Atlas Cinema and the Moving Image as an Experiment in Community Building

    Published in Volume 29, Issue 3-5 / May 2025

  • Trainwrecks on the Mountain, Shipwrecks at Sea

    Published in Volume 29, Issue 3-5 / May 2025

  • Staring at the Sun: Luminous Tragedies, Repertory Screenings, and Sentimental Stories at Cannes 2025

    Published in Volume 29, Issue 3-5 / May 2025

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