Mas en Jap (Mies Bongenaar and Jip van Doornewaard) are a production design duo based in Amsterdam. They graduated together at the Netherlands Filmacademy in 2024, with ‘Januari’ by Jetske Lieber. Mies gets the most pleasure from conceiving and designing the appropriate visual design. She likes to draw inspiration for this from everyday life where the details do not escape her. The resulting designs may also be simplistic and ugly, which according to Mies can actually contribute to a layered narrative. Jip is enthusiastic about the research into the right tone for the film. Colour is often the starting point for her design, she also likes emptiness. She thinks the interesting thing about filmmaking is that you can adapt reality to enhance the story.