1995 / feature / 70 min / 35mm / b&w.

CAST:
Anne van der Ven (Wanda), André Arend van Noord (Severin)

CREW:
directors: Maartje Seyferth & Victor Nieuwenhuijs
cinematography: Victor Nieuwenhuijs
lighting: Peter Gray
sound: Peter Burghard/Volfango Pecoraio
editing: Herbert van Drongelen/Maartje Seyferth

The story of Severin and Wanda, young lovers who entangle in a passionate and strangely violent love affair, in which masochism plays the lead role. Severin contracts himself as servant, house-keeper and lover, while Wanda learns to enjoy her role as torturer. Perversely, she humiliates him to the limit by taking another lover, breaking the unwritten rules.
A multi-layered beautifully shot film in which the boundaries between fantasy and reality are constantly transgressed
Based on the novel of the same name by Leopold von Sacher Masoch.

The theatrical trailer can be seen here: Trailer Venus in Furs

To contact the filmmakers please use: venus@moskitofilm.nl

On DVD Venus in Furs is distributed by Art-S Home Entertainment

Festivals 1994:

* Int. Film Festival Rotterdam
* Int. Film Festival of St.Petersburg, Russia - Awarded for Creative Quest and True Professional Properties.
* Festival internacional de Cine de Gijon, Spain.
* Nederlands Film Festival in Utrecht, The Netherlands.
* Festival Internacional de Cine de Sante Fe de Bogota, Colombia.
* Festival Internacional de Cinema Figueira de Foz, Portugal.
* Raindance Film Showcase London, England.
* Internacional Film festival of Sao Paulo, Brazil.
* Film Festival of Groningen, The Netherlands.
* La Mostra Internacional de Cinema Alternatiu, Barcelona, Spain.
* Europa Film Festival Nijmegen, The Netherlands.

Festivals 1995:

* Film Festival Karlovi Vary, Czech Republic.
* Public screenings 1996
* NAT Filmfestivalen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
* Silver Award by The Australian Cinematographers Society, Sidney, Australia.

released in:
theatrical: the Netherlands, Germany, France
video: the Netherlands, Germany, France, England, Japan
DVD: internationally

some links to more or less useful chritics:

* http://www.hollandsfilmglorie.com/inVenus_in_furs.html
* http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0111602/