Lena Vos

Lena
Vos

Director · Cinematographer — b. 1989, Antwerp

Films about the distance between people in the same room. Selected work, 2014—present.

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I'm not interested in what happens. I'm interested in the silence right before it does.

— Lena Vos, BFI lecture

Selected Stills

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2023

The Quiet Hour

Feature
2021

Saltwater

Short
2019

Northpoint

Feature
2018

Ember

Doc
2016

Glass House

Short

A grammar of restraint.

Lena Vos works in long takes and natural light, building tension through what the frame withholds. Her features have premiered at Venice, Telluride and the BFI London Film Festival, and her commercial work spans fashion houses and independent labels.

She shoots almost everything herself — a director who refuses to hand the camera away. The result is a body of work that feels less directed than overheard.

Currently developing her third feature, an adaptation set across two winters on the Belgian coast.

Filmography

2023The Quiet Hour featureDir · DP 2021Saltwater shortDir · Writer 2019Northpoint featureDir · DP 2018Ember documentaryDir 2016Glass House shortDir · DP 2014First Light shortDP
A filmmaker who treats patience as a special effect.
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