Or simply HAA! Films, is an Amsterdam based film production company founded by Maurice Schutte. HAA! Films is the home of various [in development] feature films including - but not limited to - the recent globally released drama-thriller The Occupant (2025), the Cyber Thriller PH1SHed_ (2027) and the Sci-Fi Comedy Space Beers.
The Occupant
Status: Released [Global]
Developed at: HAA! Films
Produced by: Revolver Amsterdam & Electric Shadow Company (ESC)
Sales: Altitude Sales
Director: Hugo Keijzer
Screenwriters:
Philip M. Howe, Hugo Keijzer, Roelof-Jan Minneboo, Xiao Tang
Abby is a British Geologist who's been working around the world for months in a row. She desperately needs the money to pay for her dying sister's treatment. But now, when she's finally on her way home, her helicopter crashes, killing the pilot. Abby finds herself stranded and alone in the icy wilderness, where a mysterious helper may or not be her salvation.
Developed at: HAA! Films
Produced by: Revolver Amsterdam & Electric Shadow Company (ESC)
Sales: Altitude Sales
Director: Hugo Keijzer
Screenwriters:
Philip M. Howe, Hugo Keijzer, Roelof-Jan Minneboo, Xiao Tang
Abby is a British Geologist who's been working around the world for months in a row. She desperately needs the money to pay for her dying sister's treatment. But now, when she's finally on her way home, her helicopter crashes, killing the pilot. Abby finds herself stranded and alone in the icy wilderness, where a mysterious helper may or not be her salvation.
PH1SHed_
Status: Completed (out to festivals)
Director: Thijs Meuwese
Screenwriters: Lawant & Thijs Meuwese
Tagline: Nothing is Secure
USP: A cybercrime film grounded in real-world hacking practices rather than fictional interfaces.
By sticking up for a friend who fell victim to a phishing scam, a hacktivist provokes the wrath of a dangerous blackhat cybercriminal and finds herself on the run from both him and the authorities.
Director: Thijs Meuwese
Screenwriters: Lawant & Thijs Meuwese
Tagline: Nothing is Secure
USP: A cybercrime film grounded in real-world hacking practices rather than fictional interfaces.
By sticking up for a friend who fell victim to a phishing scam, a hacktivist provokes the wrath of a dangerous blackhat cybercriminal and finds herself on the run from both him and the authorities.
Hannah
Status: In development (pre-production)
Director: Maurice Schutte
Story by: Maurice Schutte
HANNAH is a contained sci-fi film currently in development, slated to start shooting in Spring 2027. Best described as a GROUNDHOG DAY in Space, the film is a stuck in a time loop story that centres around our protagonist — Dr. Whitlock — experiencing the same day in space over and over again.
Director: Maurice Schutte
Story by: Maurice Schutte
HANNAH is a contained sci-fi film currently in development, slated to start shooting in Spring 2027. Best described as a GROUNDHOG DAY in Space, the film is a stuck in a time loop story that centres around our protagonist — Dr. Whitlock — experiencing the same day in space over and over again.
Space Beers
Status: In development (script ready)
Directors: Maurice Schutte & Bouke van Veen
Screenwriter: Philip M. Howe
Jed, a young Scot on a boozy night out, is forcibly abducted and teleported to a distant alien bar by two bored sociopathic female aliens, who challenge him to defeat them in a drinking competition or suffer being eaten alive as an after-party man-snack. But on the upside, the beers are free.
Directors: Maurice Schutte & Bouke van Veen
Screenwriter: Philip M. Howe
Jed, a young Scot on a boozy night out, is forcibly abducted and teleported to a distant alien bar by two bored sociopathic female aliens, who challenge him to defeat them in a drinking competition or suffer being eaten alive as an after-party man-snack. But on the upside, the beers are free.
For over a decade producer and founder Maurice is (jokingly) known for demanding budget for a helicopter because, to quote him: "helicopters make everything better". So when the time came to slap a production label on the projects, his long time running demand (He did get his wish on occasion) served as a good starting point for a cheerful production label supported by this fun fact.
The Occupant: prologue
Status: completed - July 2019 (Click thumb to watch)
Unbeknownst to public, a covert military coalition has mastered the ability to lure alien objects, in an attempt to immobilize and capture them. When a new target takes the bait, drone operator sergeant Galkina is put in a difficult situation where she needs to decide what is real and what is not.
Unbeknownst to public, a covert military coalition has mastered the ability to lure alien objects, in an attempt to immobilize and capture them. When a new target takes the bait, drone operator sergeant Galkina is put in a difficult situation where she needs to decide what is real and what is not.
배터리 수명 (Battery Life)
Status: completed - Sept. 2019 (World premiere: BiFan, South-Korea)
서연은 문자 그대로 전화 없이는 살 수 없다. 파티에가는 도중에 배터리가 거의 소모되어 너무 늦기 전에 충전기를 찾아야합니다. 왜냐하면 그녀의 전화가 죽으면, 그녀는 죽어 버리기 때문입니다.
Seo-Yeon can't live without her phone, literally. On her way to a party her battery is running low and she must find a charger before it's too late. Because if her phone dies, she dies.
서연은 문자 그대로 전화 없이는 살 수 없다. 파티에가는 도중에 배터리가 거의 소모되어 너무 늦기 전에 충전기를 찾아야합니다. 왜냐하면 그녀의 전화가 죽으면, 그녀는 죽어 버리기 때문입니다.
Seo-Yeon can't live without her phone, literally. On her way to a party her battery is running low and she must find a charger before it's too late. Because if her phone dies, she dies.