About

Exosphere is a Dutch film production company founded in 2016, committed to producing intelligent, internationally resonant films and series that combine artistic integrity with broad audience appeal.

With a bold creative outlook and the capacity to handle large-scale productions, Exosphere seeks to push beyond the traditional scope of Dutch filmmaking and compete on an international stage.

Harald Swinkels is a Dutch writer-director and founder of Exosphere. His films examine the surface traits that allow audiences to forgive the unforgivable, and the moment that forgiveness curdles into complicity.

His debut short Drawback (2024), starring Claes Bang, won 44 international awards. A dialoguefree ode to the visual arts, and a playful rebuke of film convention, it established his register: controlled, unsentimental, and unafraid.

In 2025, Swinkels produced Beyond Silence, directed by Marnie Blok. The film won at Tribeca and Palm Springs and was shortlisted for the 2026 Academy Awards in the Best Live Action Short category. Working on a film about intergenerational trauma shaped his own practice as a director.

Odessa (2026) is his third film and his first shot on 35mm anamorphic. A period piece set in the final days of the Second World War, it turns his interest in moral complicity on the audience itself. Odessa has been officially selected for the 50th edition of the Cleveland International Film Festival and the 25th edition of the Tribeca Festival.

Odessa is produced by Rianne Beenes, part of Exosphere. She was junior producer on Beyond Silence (2025), running the awards-season campaign and logistics for the Tribeca and Palm Springs winner that was shortlisted for the 2026 Academy Awards.

Before film, she worked in high-end international event production - the kind of work that teaches you how to run a crew, hold a budget, and solve problems while the clock is moving.

Odessa is her first film as lead producer, and one of the most logistically demanding shorts a first-time lead producer could choose: 35mm anamorphic, on location in the Dolomites, with an international cast.