Andreas van Riet
Directing
Biography
Andreas van Riet (November 12, 2001) is a Dutch director, writer, editor, and actor. He made his first short film Rêverie (2020), as a school research project on postmodernist film, at 18-years-old. Shortly after he made the short visual poem Helia (2020), the dystopian drama INTER-VOLTA (2021), and his debut feature film Superbia or: The Fallen Son (2021), a supernatural thriller about a faustian bargain. From 2022-2024 he followed a bachelor in filmmaking at the London Film Academy. Where he wrote, directed and edited the LFA produced short films Attached (2022), an exercise visualising the betrayal of trust, Andy & Lucy Watch TV (2023), an existential horror satirising the American sit-com, and The Nettle Man (2025), a coming-of-age fable, while editing his independent adaptation of Franz Kafka's classic novella The Metamorphosis (2024) in which he played the leading role of Gregor Samsa.
Known For
After 37 years, the canals of Amsterdam are once again turning blood red. Tara Lee is a young ambitious detective with the Amsterdam police force who is confronted by a number of gruesome incidents around the canals. She enlists the help of Visser, a retired detective who once nabbed a serial killer stalking those same canals. They face an adversary who seems to possess superhuman powers.
Amsterdamned II
As Gregor Samsa wakes up one morning from unsettling dreams, he finds himself transformed in his bed into a monstrous vermin.
The Metamorphosis
After getting stung by a nettle plant, a young boy discovers a monster buried in the woods.
The Nettle Man
Andy zaps through channels when Lucy sees something remarkable on TV.
Andy & Lucy Watch TV
Thinking she has some time to herself, Logan relaxes and lights a joint, only to be interrupted by Ruby arriving home with the shopping once again. Logan, oblivious to Ruby’s feelings, attempts to make casual conversation but Ruby isn’t interested. Tensions boil over leading to revelations which will affect their friendship forever.
Lesbian Guinea Pig
A blind girl and a deaf boy are fleeing a faceless threat in an ominous wilderness.