was founded in 1995. Up to the present, the company has been producing films, documentaries and multimedia productions for which financial support, subsidies and donations were received from various institutions. A selection of films produced by Draft Foundation feature in the collection of EYE Film Museum in Amsterdam, which also distributes them. The films continue to be shown in museums, galleries, festivals and special venues all over the world. Several films were shown in the Cinémathèque Française in Paris.

Selection of productions by Draft Foundation:

Lockdown Variations (work-in-progress video project)

HD, 21min, colour, English, Dutch, French spoken, in post-production
Video about a woman and her cat in lockdown during the Covid-19 pandemic
With: Janica Draisma, Luna the Cat, editor: Caitlin Hulscher, produced by Draft Foundation
Supported by the Prince Bernhard Culture Fund (Cultuurmakers Fonds)

8’46 – and you touch the world (video installation)

HD, 17min, colour, English language, 2022
Video and music installation made in the memory of George Floyd, who died on the 25th of May 2020, during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Voice improvisation and instant composing: Claron McFadden, Janica Draisma, text: Janica Draisma

Camera and sound: Thomas Kist, soundmix: Paul Pouwer, colour grading: Laurent Fluttert
Written, edited and directed by: Janica Draisma, produced by: Draft Foundation
Supported by the Prince Bernhard Culture Fund (Cultuurmakers Fonds) 

The Secret Room – A journey into the universe of Odin Teatret (creative documentary)

DV/HD, 93min, BL/W & Colour, Danish, Italian, English spoken, 2019

Film about Eugenio Barba (1936) and the history of Odin Teatret (1964), based in Holstebro, Denmark

Script, direction, co-production: Janica Draisma, camera: Claire Pijman, Janica Draisma
Supervising editor: Menno Boerema, editing consultant: Molly Stensgaard
Supported by Dutch Film Fund, Mondrian Fund, Odin Teatret, Crowd-funded with Cinecrowd.nl
Produced by Draft Foundation in collaboration with INTERAKT (René Mendel, Mira Mendel)

Into The Light – Cinematographic Choreographies and Visual Poems (Book and DVD)

Hardcover, limited edition, 415 pages, colour & BL/W, English language, DVD 80min, 2015
Oeuvre book by Janica Draisma about her films and work, with a foreword by Sandra den Hamer, EYE
For this publication the films of Janica were digitalised and restored with EYE Film Museum

Subsidized by the Mondrian Foundation, AFK, Film Fund, EYE Film Museum
Distribution by Draft Foundation in collaboration with IDEA BOOKS

Romance with double-bass / Romance met contrabass (film with live music)

HD video, 75min, BL/W & colour, English voice-over, 2009

Featuring: double-bass player Quirijn van Regteren Altena, Janica Draisma and eight musicians

Production, script, direction and editing: Janica Draisma
Co-production with Muziekgebouw aan ‘t IJ, Amsterdam, where it premiered in 2009 and the Dutch Film Festival 2009, Utrecht, where it had a special screening

Over mijn lippen / Crossing my lips (short documentary, EPTAS Competition Dutch Film Fund)

HD video, 14min, colour, Dutch spoken, English subtitles, 2005

Short visual and musical film about stuttering and communication
Concept, script, direction: Janica Draisma, camera: Thomas Kist, editor: Merel Notten
Draft Foundation applied at Dutch Film Fund, production then executed by SNG Film, Digna Sinke
Selected for EPTAS (Every Picture Tells a Story) Competition of Dutch Film Fund

Winner of NPS New Arrivals Prize February 2006, International Film Festival Rotterdam, 2006
Nomination for Best Short Documentary, Dutch Film Festival 2005
Featuring in The Best of Look and Roll DVD, Switzerland and The Best of EPTAS, 2008

Ea Sola – Sécheresse et Pluie / Draught and Rain (documentary)

Video, 26min, colour, French spoken, Dutch subtitles, 1999

Film about the French-Vietnamese choreographer Ea Sola and her performance Sécheresse et Pluie Script, direction, production: Janica Draisma, camera: Sebastian Dewsbery, editor: Jascha de Wilde Co-production with DasArts (Ritsaert ten Cate) and NPS Television (Henk van der Meulen)
Screenings at Cinémathèque Française, Paris, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris and other venues

La Terra e la Morte – Estratto II (dance, film and poetry)

Video, 27min, colour, Italian spoken, English subtitles, 1999-2000

Dance and film project part II, inspired by the poetry of Cesare Pavese

Concept, camera and direction: Janica Draisma, editor: Menno Boerema

Dance: Cibelle Domingos de Padua, voice-over: Giorgio Barberio Corsetti, music: Harry de Wit

Co-production with Naranti Productions (Brigitta Gadella)

Subsidized by Dutch Film Fund, Dutch Foundation for Performing Arts, Mama Cash, Anjer Fonds

Presented at Löss Theatre, Maastricht, Springdance Utrecht, 2000, broadcast on Dutch Arts Channels

La Terra e la Morte – Estratto I (dance, film and poetry)

Video, 22min, colour, Italian spoken, English subtitles, 1998

Dance and film project part I, inspired by the poetry of Cesare Pavese
Concept, camera and direction: Janica Draisma, editor: Menno Boerema
Dance: Emio Greco, Kumiko Hayakawa, Valery Valentine, composition and live music: Harry de Wit
co-production with Naranti Productions (Brigitta Gadella)
Subsidized by Dutch Film Fund, Dutch Foundation for Performing Arts, Mama Cash, Anjer Fonds
Presented at Dansers Studio, Beppie Blankert, Amsterdam, 1998

The Wondrous I + The Wondrous II (art video/ creative documentary)

Short version: video / 35MM, 10min, colour, 1998 / Longer version: video, 20min, colour, 1998

Abstract portrait of mentally handicapped, made in collaboration with artist Berend Strik
Camera, direction, production: Janica Draisma, Berend Strik, editor: Menno Boerema
Commissioned by Art Foundation Sassenoord, co-production NPS Television (Henk van der Meulen)
Broadcast by NPS Television and various Arts Channels, screenings in galleries and museums, Cinemathèque Française, Maison Européenne de la Photographie, Paris and other venues

Sonata do mar (animation/dance film)

Video / 35MM, 5min, colour, 1998

Short Life-Forms Animation made in collaboration with Albert Jan van der Stel
Production, camera and direction: Janica Draisma
Co-production with Rieks Hadders, Netherlands Film museum
Subsidized by Mondrian Foundation, Montevideo
Broadcast by NPS Television, Arts Channels, screenings in galleries and museums
Cinemathèque Française, Video Danse Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, Philadelphia Museum of Modern Art, USA, and other venues, Special Mention at Media Dance, Paris, 1999

De Iside ed Osiride (experimental, fiction) (part of project Rainbow Stories)

Super 8/16MM, 16min, colour & BL/W, French voice-over, English subtitles, 1996

Short film taking place in Paris, shot clandestinely in and around the Louvre and in theatre le Trianon
Production, script, direction, montage: Janica Draisma, camera: Sebastian Dewsbery
Cast: Gilles Monteil, Gilbert Afoy, Howard Buten, Janica Draisma
Co-production with Karel Doing, for his project Rainbow Stories

Screen-play for three (experimental, fiction)

16MM, 30min, BL/W, English, French voice-over, English subtitles, 1995
Short film inspired by La femme et son ombre by Paul Claudel
Production, scenario and direction: Janica Draisma, camera: Sebastian Dewsbery, editor: Jan Dop
Cast: Sherida Lie, Natascha d’Armagnac, Yashja Musatov
Co-production with DasArts (Ritsaert ten Cate) 

Prizes and nominations for productions by DRAFT FOUNDATION 

2008      Over mijn lippen/Crossing my Lips selected for The Best of Look & Roll, Switzerland

2008      Over mijn lippen/Crossing my Lips selected for The Best of EPTAS, Netherlands

2006      NPS New Arrivals Month Prize for Over mijn lippen/Crossing my Lips, Netherlands

Screening at International Film Festival Rotterdam

2005      Nomination Gouden Kalf Best Short Documentary for Over mijn lippen/Crossing my Lips, Netherlands Film Festival, Utrecht

1999      Special Mention for Sonata do mar, Media Dance, Paris, France

Venus & Adonis (multimedia chamber opera)

Small chamber opera after John Blow with live music, dance and video, 60min, English lyrics, 1996
Concept and direction: Janica Draisma, camera: Sebastian Dewsbery
With Amos de Haas, Brita Falk, Adriaan Kans, Janica Draisma and other singers, musicians
Subsidized by Dutch Foundation for Performing Arts, Springdance Festival
Presented as work-in-progress at Springdance Festival Utrecht, 1996