Marthe Peters

Dutch filmmaker Marthe Peters lives and works in Ghent since graduating from KASK School of Arts in 2023. Her film Baldilocks premiered at Berlinale Shorts and went on to screen at festivals including Courtisane, Karlovy Vary, Seminci Valladolid, and at the Barbican in London. Her work depicts her daily reality in an intimate way, focusing on the banal as something important and worthy, as individuals search for solace and care for one another.

Related movies

Baldilocks (Marthe Peters, 2024)

Baldilocks

Marthe Peters, Belgium, 2024, 25’

Through the lens of her father’s camcorder, she looks back on a period she can no longer remember. Twenty years after surviving childhood cancer, she searches for traces of illness between scars and desires.

Henry is a Girl Who Likes to Sleep (Marthe Peters, 2026)

Henry is a Girl Who Likes to Sleep

Marthe Peters, Belgium, 2026, 13’

Marthe Peters seeks in her beloved cat Henry something soft and tender to inhabit, a little fur to retreat into. Between bedsheets and freckles, a love declaration emerges. An ode to the intimate worlds where we learn to live and to rest.

Kaalkapje (Marthe Peters, 2024)

Tedere pijn

Marthe Peters’ Kaalkapje (2024)

Michiel Philippaerts

29.03.2024

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Al wat de pas afgestudeerde filmstudent Marthe Peters nodig heeft om te reflecteren op de spanningen en tegenstrijdigheden tussen het verleden en het heden, zijn verloren video-opnames uit haar jeugd. Aangevuld met nieuwe, poëtische beelden (handen die tekenen, een kat aaien, of met kaarsenvet spelen) en een doordachte voice-over, verkent Peters de littekens van een vergeten tijd uit haar leven.

Waar verhalen nooit komen

Marthe Peters over Kaalkapje

Bo Alfaro Decreton

21.02.2024

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Marthe Peters’ Kaalkapje gaat deze week in wereldpremière als deel van Berlinale Shorts, de officiële kortfilmcompetitie van de Berlinale. In een gesprek met Bo Alfaro Decreton vertelt ze over hoe haar afstudeerfilm aan KASK School of Arts tot stand kwam.

Henry is a Girl Who Likes to Sleep (Marthe Peters, 2026)

In the Bosom of Images

Marthe Peters’ Henry is a Girl Who Likes to Sleep (2026)

Öykü Sofuoğlu

31.03.2026

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Henry is a Girl Who Likes to Sleep finds the filmmaker once again looking back at herself, this time by orienting her gaze toward her beloved cat, the titular Henry—a chubby white feline with tricoloured splotches on her fur. Throughout the film, Marthe Peters delivers a playful voice-over addressed to Henry, drawing comparisons between their bodies, their unique habits and traits, while also questioning the love and affection she may be burdening her cat with.