Thessa Meijer Tag Archive

Live Action

Romantic Anxiety Meets Extreme Temperatures in Thessa Meijer’s Pastel-Coloured Comedy Body Horror ‘Heat’

Thessa Meijer describes how she prioritised practical effects over CGI to create the drippy melting effect for her genre-bending short film.

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Film Festival

Ten Terrifying Shorts to Catch at Final Girls Berlin 2021

DN offers a selection of ten must-see horror shorts currently available to stream at the 2021 edition of the Final Girls Berlin film festival.

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Live Action

How an Ambitious Fish Became a Girl in Thessa Meijer’s Celebrated Tragicomedy ‘The Walking Fish’

Thessa Meijer discusses overcoming language barriers for her Japan-set short about an ambitious sea-creature who becomes a woman striving for perfection.

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