NOSEBLEED

PREMIÈRE 2026 NEDERLANDS FILM FESTIVAL

When unresolved trauma resurfaces, Maya is forced to confront her fluctuating and spiraling character as both victim and perpetrator. NOSEBLEED is a semi-autobiographical arthouse dance film, blurring reality and fiction in a provocative exploration of desire and power.

GENRE : Dance film
DURATION :13 min

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CONCEPT

NOSEBLEED, a film by Yoko Haveman, navigates the fragile and volatile intersections of desire, identity, and embodied trauma. Blurring the boundaries between fiction and reality, this work invites audiences into the inner world of Maya, a young woman caught in a charged helix where pleasure and identity collapse into personal interactions.

Set within the intimate confines of a loft, a seemingly ominous gathering between lovers (Mingjou Chen, Sjaid Foncé, Cain Wittenhaus) unfolds into a series of increasingly visceral encounters. What begins as innocent curiosity and physical exploration gradually evolves into a hypnotic choreography where Maya is confronted by past abuse within her relation to current desires.

’There is a question about giving trauma a place where it can exist without needing it to be resolved, blamed, minimized, or romanticized. A place where it can simply be, in all its weight and contradiction. With this work, I aim for discomfort to be felt, where taboos can be spoken about, and different perceptions can emerge.’

NOSEBLEED operates as a deeply embodied experience. The film moves fluidly between surreal, striking imagery and raw physicality, where the space transforms into a psychological landscape. This film offers a layered and ambiguous portrait of eerie connections.