With Amsterdam-based BALDR Film (est.2011), Frank Hoeve focuses on developing and (co-)producing challenging, director-driven films with a distinctive personal signature. Not risk-averse, he keeps urgent content and artistry at the core of his work.

BALDR Films credits include Joe Speedboot by Sam de Jong (2026, based on the bestseller by Tommy Wieringa), Paikar by Dawood Hilmandi (2025, IDFA Winner Best First Feature and FIPRESCI Award), The Garden of Earthly Delights by Morgan Knibbe (2025, Torino Winner Best Film and 4 Dutch Academy Awards), Alpha. by Jan-Willem van Ewijk (2024, Venice’s Giornate Degli Autori, Winner Europa Cinema Label).

Their latest (co-)productions have been released at major festivals;
All we Imagine as Light by Payal Kapadia (2024, Cannes Official Competition – Winner Grand Prix, two Golden Globe Nominations), Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat by Johan Grimonprez (2024, Oscar Nomination for Best Documentary Feature Film, Sundance World Documentary Competition, Winner Special Jury Award) and In the Land of Brothers by Alireza Ghasemi and Raha Amirfazli (2024, Sundance World Dramatic Competition, Winner Best Directors Award).

Currently in (post-)production are Al Baraneya by Ashgan El-Hamus, The Smell of Apples by John Trengove, Weird Elliot by Johannes Nyholm and Jenjira’s Magnificant Dream by Apichatpong Weerasethakul.

Frank Hoeve Producer

Producer Frank Hoeve graduated from the Haarlem Business School with a Bachelor of Economics and studied at Universitat Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona.

In addition to his producing work, he was the chairman for the Association of New Film and Television Makers (NFTVM) and, until recently, a board member of the Go Short International Film Festival. Currently he is a member of the Supervisory Board of the Movies that Matter Film Festival and a board member of the Netherlands Audiovisual Producers Alliance.

He participated in ACE and EAVE and is the national representative for the EAVE-network and was part of the Realness Institute’s first Creative Producer Indaba workshop, focusing on the African continent. Frank was selected as Producer on the Move during the Cannes Film Festival 2018.

Janniek Sinnige

Janniek Sinnige studied Media & Culture with a specialization in film, and finished a research master in Cultural Analysis. After working as a special film programmer for Filmtheater de Uitkijk and assistant producer for Family Affair Films, she joined BALDR Film in 2024.