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Thessa Meijer is a Dutch screenwriter and director based in Amsterdam. She graduated with honors in 2015 from the HKU University of Arts and was awarded the Netherlands Film Festival’s Dioraphte Award and a Wildcard from the Netherlands Film Fund. What followed was a mid-length television film, 'The Day My House Fell', which screened at several international festivals and got selected for the Debut competition at the Netherlands Film Festival. Her music video 'Mind Dear' premiered on Nowness, was shown at SXSW Film Festival and got nominated for a 3FM Award Best Video. Her short film ‘The Walking Fish’ was made during an Artist in Residency in Saga, Japan. The work brought home multiple awards, including the Special Jury Prize at YDA in Cannes 2019 in addition to Gold in the Short Film category, the esteemed Grand Prix at Ciclope 2019 and the Gold Medal for ‘Brilliant Filmmaking’ at the 1.4 Awards to mention some. It is also the Dutch submission to the 2020 Academy Awards for Live Action Short Film. Thessa recently joined the commercial roster at HALAL and is now working on her first feature film.