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Stand Up

2026 · 95 min

A warm, earnest drama about rebuilding after loss, with a gentle pace and emotional honesty that invites empathy.

Directed by: Mari Sanders
Genres: Drama
Starring: Lucia Zemene, Daan Buringa, Kendrick Etmon

Overview: Vera is a fun-loving 23-year-old until her entire life is upended after an accident leaves her in a wheelchair. Struggling to cope with her new reality, she meets Xander, who helps to show her that being in a wheelchair doesn’t mean she’s stuck.

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Directed by: Mari Sanders
Genres: Drama
Starring: Lucia Zemene, Daan Buringa, Kendrick Etmon

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Tone: warmstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
upliftingstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: identity
healing
trauma
friendship
freedom
Places: big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	2
Horror	0
Humour	4
Realism	8
Romance	3
Tension	3
Darkness	4
Complexity	4
Emotional weight	7

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Genres: drama
Directed by: Mari Sanders
Written by: Mari Sanders
Starring: Lucia Zemene, Daan Buringa, Kendrick Etmon, Hana Hussein, Guy Clemens, Tamar van den Dop
Music: Mink Steekelenburg
Cinematography: Sal Kroonenberg
Runtime: 95 min
Country: Netherlands, Greece
Languages: Dutch, English

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