Yulia & Juliet | Queer Short Film about Forbidden Love

A short film about tragic love, confinement and pink hair.
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"Whilst one of Shakespeare’s most famous tragedies echoes in the title, Yulia & Juliet is a clear and inventive vision in its own right, and you won’t find any trace of a Romeo in this modern-day love story. Centred around two teenage girls who fall for each other whilst locked up in a detention centre, Zara Dwinger’s (Liv) 12-minute drama takes its audience on an intimate ride, led by a couple of electrifying performances.
Managing to illuminate a familiar tale and make it accessible, bold and genuinely moving, Yulia & Juliet is not a depiction of young love, first love or same-sex love, but simply love - as all-consuming, sensual and destructive as the real thing should be, wherever and whoever it strikes.
Upon first meeting the titular characters of Dwinger’s short, you’d be forgiven for thinking that these are just two regular girls, bumping into each other in a noisy school corridor. But then we spot the ventilation grills that link their dimly-lit rooms and remember the buzzer at the very start, signalling that the doors are now unlocked. This is a much bleaker setting than Verona’s Casa di Giulietta, it’s a prison for juvenile female offenders.
Despite the setting, love has blossomed for this smitten pair, but with Juliet’s release imminent, her leaving threatens to put an end to her secret relationship with Yulia. The film makes for an intense and emotionally-supercharged watch. The 4×5 aspect ratio, paired with the tight framing of the shots, creating a claustrophobic aesthetic, reflective of both the protagonists’ oppressive surroundings and the intimacy between them.
“I was interested in the idea of two girls forming this very special relationship in a confined space, and what would happen if one of them got out. What would you do? Not only is this inspired by the feeling of being stuck as a teenager, and finding solace in the tight bonds you form as a teenager. This idea of tragic love also reminded us of the most famous love story ever written: Romeo and Juliet, two actually pretty extreme teenagers if you think about it” - Dwinger shared in an interview for S/W.
“I hoped to make a film that, although it is about extreme circumstances not many of us actually go through, it would still remind you of the intense feeling of being young”, the director adds. Before concluding that she “hoped to make a colourful film about real people in a kind of uplifted world”.
Dwinger’s direction pumps vigour into Yulia & Juliet by keeping it youthful, effervescent and relevant. Even placing her characters in a somewhat unusual setting, as she touched upon, hasn’t stopped this talented filmmaker from making their story compelling and relatable. By capturing the fierce yearning of young love and translating the family feud at the heart of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet into themes much more relevant today, such as family upbringing, background and social status, she has modernised and reinvented a classic and much-adapted tale.
Much of the credit for bringing Yulia and Juliet’s story to life is due to Sara Luna Zoric who performs with an instinctive authority and conviction as Yulia, and Dylan Jongejans as Julia, whose acting debut shines with a naivety and innocence that are genuinely disarming. The two actors deliver something as close to star-making performances as it is possible to get, making it difficult not to care about the two young lovers, for never was a story of more woe than this of Yulia and her Juliet.
Yulia & Juliet had its international Premiere at Berlinale in 2019, then made its way through a long list of respectable film festivals including Edinburgh International Film Festival and Palm Springs International ShortFest, before hitting the internet late in 2020." - S/W Curator Serafima Serafimova
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CAST
Yulia | Sara Luna Zoric
Juliet | Dylan Jongejans
CREW
Cinematographer | Douwe Hennink
Production Designer | Tim Balk
Costume Designer | Nedda Nagel
Make-Up & Hair | Renee Wijnhoven
First AD | Tony van der Veer
Editor | Fatih Tura
Sound on Set | Oliver Pattinama
Supervising Sound Design | Tijn Hazen
Composer | Ella van der Woude
Colorist | Joppo in de Grot
Casting | Bobbie Koek
Title Design | Abel van Erkel
Festival Distributor | Kapitein Kort
Reproduced on this channel with the permission of the filmmakers.

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[@fraglo]

It’s a shame how the world justifies the wrong and evil people but destroys true love. Great film

[@farhanjasmine1660]

Why you don't drink water from toilet bowl...that also true water.....

[@AE_Sunset-Nutrix_AE]

​@@farhanjasmine1660Crappy comparison.

[@thelmahodge6415]

😍❤️✨️😍🙏⚀️⚁️⚅️💖😏✨️👀😘🙏

[@thelmahodge6415]

Chh ru 0ag0chgg Ed YYYjan 👁‍🗨

[@kashie539]

Okay????​@@farhanjasmine1660

[@blueblack8214]

The way she pretended to steal to go back to her girl. I love this.

[@sara-co1xz]

in the end they were so close to each other yet so far Yulia took the pills to be free to be be with Juliet and juliet stole and hit the security to be locked in with Yulia again they both tried to be together but somehow ended up sperated the end portrayed a deep meaning for me "sometimes trying too hard to fix something only breaks it more so it's better to let things go with the flow because no matter what you will one day get what you want no matter how far and impossible the thing you want is" Yulia died trying to be with Juliet and I think that for her was a win and i think that when she was smiling while looking at Juliet she felt peaceful for the very first and last time she was happy .

[@lucywoodhams9759]

This is so powerful. I love it

[@nnmk02]

the empowerment this holds.

[@rose_yts]

I hope she didn't die. She took pills, it can be fixed.

[@bashkimbungu633]

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[@idai330]

Se ela morreu mesmo, vou ficar triste

[@sirseahorse8532]

There so pretty it hurts im not talking about boys im talking about girls

[@sillysillymcsilly]

Lol

[@binghamguevara6814]

go away.

[@gs0760]

they're so pretty with their button up shirts

[@ivonetemaria9731]

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[@malcourtroom9996]

Wow, that short film packs a punch of passion, helpless rage, serenity in the end...... just a few minutes and I'm moved..shifted... great acting and filming..

[@tangerineblaze2567]

I don’t know what to think about the end scene, She took those capsules, and my mind was shouting saying... “no! Wait for Juliette!”

[@shaelaislam1828]

I hope at the end she lives

[@Devilchick1996]

@@shaelaislam1828 i just keep saying to myself “she can get her stomach pumped it’ll be fine” bc IT CANT END LIKE THAT

[@jessicahunt107]

Right?!! Gosh DAMN! I hope she lives! Or else that would be a SuckAss ending to an otherwise beautiful story! In my mind, she lives!

[@rose_yts]

@@Devilchick1996 Hope that was the end. She lives.

[@terrenceprasaad956]

@@jessicahunt107 hi

[@Yolo-cn2gv]

I almost freaking cried when I FINALLY realised what happened.

[@pozolemouse]

pls I’m so dumb can you explain ?

[@Yolo-cn2gv]

@@pozolemouse right so, I watched this a long time ago and I have the memory of a gold fish lmao. So I think that I meant that at the end, Yulia wants to die and takes the stuff to do that. Juliet does illegal stuff to get back in the place to be with Yulia, and then Yulia realises what Juliet did. Yulia then dies and Juliet realises what Yulia did. I'm pretty sure that's what i was talking about when I wrote this comment lolz.

[@pozolemouse]

@@Yolo-cn2gv oh thank you sm !! I get it now

[@Florid03]

That ending sequence where they walk towards each other and you knows there’s space in between them but I somehow couldn’t feel it. And their shadows falling together at the end, it’s just beautiful. Thank you for making this. 😍

[@antoniogonzales8501]

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[@rdyous6717]

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[@adelmobrandimarte9006]

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[@adamsameh1052]

قمنبنخق

[@irfanmunandar1875]

Wi

[@no-one8494]

Omg the blonde girl is extremely pretty they both are 😍

[@MP-kc8nr]

Filmmaking, story, actresses, everything is just perfect

[@HhhhHhhh-ki1up]

Yes my love

[@ejhowell2003]

The cinematography is gorgeous throughout this entire film. Amazing!

[@markiacarothers4561]

IMMM OVER HERE CRYINGGG this was AMAZING the romance and how hard they were trying to stay together and have love conquer all i just cant it incredibe and i feel so bad for yulia and juliet becsause now yulia tried to get away from it all and juliet is now on her own losing the obvious love of her life

[@کریمبابات]

هححک ۰۰چموززد۶نسکسیج۰۸۶

[@kettebece]

That last shot is just incredible. Beautiful cinematography throughout!

[@juliagebhardt2674]

Wie geht dir

[@juliagebhardt2674]

Mir geht gut

[@مصطفىالشلوي-ن9ل]

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[@juliagebhardt2674]

Mir geht gut

[@suhari8621]

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[@ava130]

So good- and that ending was so clever and beautifully done

[@naveenchandra9720]

That pure emotion between yulia and juliet so beautifully portrayed.

[@lena-do6xc]

DIT IS OPRECHT DE BESTE WLW SHORT FILM DIE IK HEB GEZIEN. (en geloof me ik heb er echt HEEL veel gezien).. en dan is het ook nog eens nederlands?? WOW.

[@aymayman8106]

Morocco Khalid

[@pamelakabeyu]

Imagine how to live without that one person, love is eternal and when love dies you die completely

[@ChelseaLupkin]

Ugh!! This was so romantic! Gorgeous film

[@aymayman8106]

مرحبا

[@bebenoeliaisabel]

KZbin BEBE Noelia 🌕🎃🕷️🌟📲🧟

[@mahorney4265]

Hello my dear plz hw are u

[@jayyyy2567]

8:15 I can feel her pain

[@Skibiditoiletrizzzzzz]

Oh wow

[@mcdonnell-douglasdc-1087]

When Romeo roams around in search of other girls, the new pair is Yulia and Juliet. 🤣🤣

[@tonk2002]

i got scared when the mom started talking on bosnian/croatian/serbian cause i could understand her👀

[@doiknowyou6284]

Same😳

[@tajender_singh]

I would like to thank the Channel to bring such amazing artpieces and storied... Thank you so much

[@shortoftheweek]

So nice of you!

[@ОльгаКнязева-к2в]

Ijftjdoog🤣😂😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤫🤗🤭😙😙

[@davidschouten3915]

❤❤ this story is so freaking sad it took my emotions and a whirlwind I understand people's emotions of love go in many different directions because humans or like that some like man some like females some like male male some like female female there are people out there trust me who even like animals to me that's disgusting but not to them and some people just want to be left alone to each his own but like I said before this film is a whirlwind of emotions that just too sad I hate it when anybody dies or when love is denied I have an adage is Live and Let Live we can work it out no matter what because we are human we have a conscience we have thought we have thinking we have forgiveness we can work wonders in relationships if we only are willing to do so that's the problem too many people are filled with hate on all sides and I'm afraid that the world is spiraling down because of that hate we will find ourselves destroying ourselves in the long-run unfortunately that saddens me

[@kriskelvin5775]

That last shot, wow.

[@souravbhattacharya4968]

I hope she survives. I hope their love survives.

[@borisfernandezalcivar23]

Very deep, direct and fearless. Beautifully driven, nice performances. As short as intense. Congratulations for the team who made this possible.

[@Rupani_Mansi56]

4:14 and my mom walks in.. Gosh I shut my laptop so quick like literally was panicking

[@phaniraj-b6n]

haha u naughtyyyy 😅

[@emmavanderende4559]

lol im dutch and i was like o well guess i dont have to read the subtitles lmaoooooooo

[@melodiesloops]

your last name says it all

[@midnightblackheart1821]

I've been in this situation before being locked up and shit and wanted to feel loved but the feelings weren't half as intense or genuine as these girls

[@strawbrifield]

I love how this movie portrayed the storyline - also I was surprised it was in Dutch :D

[@shanakaysubratie1424]

To those who does not support gays its not fair i mean come on love is not a choice it just happen and after all god made us human being so if anyone should be blame its not the gays

[@backqueen8167]

These girls really love each other. Very cute

[@aestheticcat8556]

For some minutes I thought that I was watching Netflix but then a fucking add interrupted and I remember that this is youtube 😂

[@MrAgmoore]

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[@jamesrowell6654]

Just be who God made you an do your best in life that's all you can do

[@midnightblackheart1821]

I've been watching everyday I'm sure that helped the ratings lol

[@Yourmother247]

Samee

[@joycegabriel9312]

What's life without love, single lesbian?????,,..

[@dorcasmussa5839]

😀

[@mickeyrosa7226]

I can relate.......

[@carriesmith3494]

You're hurting my feelings

[@Skibiditoiletrizzzzzz]

@@carriesmith3494 😂

[@leenaleena2070]

@@carriesmith3494 she hurting me also

[@buzzvideochannel]

Beautiful filmmaking - really love the performances & cinematography

[@sammylane21]

I can get worse then this 8:05, it happened when I am working on my own Graphic Design project and I can't transfer the image in my head. I've been known to start boxing walls until exhaustion while screaming or I finally get how to transfer the image in my head to Photoshop and then I'll need a pair of semi frozen gel packs...for obvious reasons.

[@Lesflicks]

Such a beautifully made film!

[@michaelseymour7211]

All I can say is that I loved them both.

[@lotfisouai2549]

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[@lotfisouai2549]

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[@lotfisouai2549]

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[@yasar1756]

YASAR

[@ExoukeN]

what language is this? I'm so confused, is this dutch?

[@shrushruth3708]

Wow this is so amazing 😍🙌

[@nehasidhu7982]

Hy..

[@shrushruth3708]

@@nehasidhu7982Hello 🙋😊

[@nehasidhu7982]

@@shrushruth3708 where r u from?

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[@mirjamiishuki]

Am I the only one that was offended by the ending?? Like what? That's it?😂 Either ways, beautiful film❤️

[@barb2435]

somtimes love hurts,,,thank you ;)

[@TititoDeBologay]

A brilliant little jewel of a movie

[@vanmust]

took about 10 pills just collapsing in front of Juliet so with a stomach wash she could still be saved,,,it would have been helpless if they found her lying in coma....last scene with the body symmetry was awsome

[@MrAgmoore]

They may have been over-the-counter sleeping tablets, at which point, she throws them up ( like I did ) and then ends up in ICU and a psych ward.

[@Yuleki13]

Okay but my name is literally Yulia 🕴

[@ayaan1550]

My name is ayaan

[@herlbertomurcia5023]

Holaa

[@shlengmelgar8661]

Not me hoping for part twoo 😢this is so beautiful yet soo painful

[@chissstardestroyer]

This kind of relationship sure takes the cake in the category of forbidden love; and should; and Will Shakespeare would heartily agree with that judgement. Same with his play "Romeo and Juliet" was about forbidden love at that, and the consequences thereof.

[@Stan-sj2dj]

Pourquoi il n'y a pas de commentaires en Français ?

[@anastasijalukic2616]

Ja kad skontam da ova priča na srpskom/hrvatskom/hrvatskom 😂

[@Lazygirl1999]

Wow perfect short film ❤️

[@mcelliotdawson7700]

WOW, excellent film , thank you 💕

[@vi-8783]

Loved it sm 😍

[@asifhossan9180]

Hi. Place friend ship me.

[@aymayman8106]

Morocco Khalid

[@vi-8783]

@@aymayman8106sorry, what do you mean?

[@vi-8783]

@@asifhossan9180 ship you?

[@rightoncue495]

Caitvi shipper huh?

[@sammylane21]

I'm sorry but I missed the point to this short. I just saw it as "High School Girls Kissing...The Movie". What this about anyways? Not that I'm complaining.

[@Anonymousopposum]

It’s.. like Romeo and Juliet, but lesbian

[@gothicchildcreations3410]

THEY BOTH WENT ABOUT IT THE WRONG WAY, IF IN FACT THEY LOVED EACH OTHER BEING APART AND TIME ITSELF DOESN'T STOP THE CLOCK. THEY WOULD HAVE EVENTUALLY BEEN TOGETHER...PEACE.

[@paulosilva2515]

jgff

[@wisterkouters]

geweldig dat dit in het nederlands is 🤯

[@بدويمغتربولكناصيل]

امممممم

[@RadinFattahi-cb4ww]

Yes i can feel the tempo …

[@clairoswife]

what language is this

[@froess]

Dutch

[@froess]

But the mother speaks some Slavic language like Serbian or Croatian idk

[@nehasidhu7982]

ur Indian?

[@Funnymemesforall]

Part 2 would be nice

[@its_mikahla6217]

Yea they needa make part to

[@brirhieverything171]

I dont know what language that is but most of the gay and lesbian shorts i watch sound the same

[@sweaterweather4275]

Second part please.. its so reall

[@rainbowswirl3243]

What language are they speaking?

[@unanem811]

Dutch

[@dollfacedlo]

soo beautiful!!

[@gk2394]

Hi

[@anammorar]

Speechless

[@anammorar]

@@asifhossan9180 Speechles

[@asifhossan9180]

@@anammorar hi

[@anammorar]

@@asifhossan9180 hey :)

[@asifhossan9180]

How are you?

[@anammorar]

@@asifhossan9180 Doing my best, and you ?

[@midnightblackheart1821]

Are they supposed to be at boarding school or something and is this is France I presume?

[@heavenlypets6149]

What happened at the end? My kitten is distracting me and my mind is blank so I don’t exactly get the ending

[@amandaalvespereira2314]

what? no continuation?

[@irodamaxmudova559]

А где можно посмотреть подскажите пожалуста

[@niflheim6078]

What a wonderful germanic language.

[@yourfavleaa]

the end 🥺

[@chandbishaikh9799]

Hi

[@michaelweir6274]

My husband said he jusrwatched hanna and saddie and he said saddie is a insult to her parents and herformer boy friendi donot knowwhat i would have done to.her if she had done to me she didnot tell her full story of her coming out it was a shamethat is so.sad for her friends who are gay.

[@mayadiamond1780]

Everything was fine till her mum start talk in Croatian so i understand everything 😂😂😱

[@blueghost3648]

Well I had that mostly the whole video. They we're speaking Dutch when the mother started to speak a different language. I was like...what? Btw Dutch acting sucks so... eventhough the video looked good the acting was really bad but, I loved the idea behind it

[@antisocial5476]

Takodjeeee

[@iterhaar701]

geweldig!

[@emmasegato3647]

the cinematography.

[@ahmdokah585]

الو

[@mayannlitang3789]

Asdqte yruri idoool os ❤❤❤

[@ก้อยอมรรัตน์]

หนังเรื่องอะไรค่ะ☹☹

[@OnusOfNous]

Romeo and Juliet : Modern Day Lesbian Twist

[@ОльгаОльгина-к3ц]

Теперь понятно почему планета так стремительно сходит с ума....

[@Anonymousopposum]

Yeah! I’m so sick of hearing homophobic comments, like, we’re human, we deserve rights!

[@antonioperezgarcia9787]

Tienen el mismo gusto que yo, a mí también me gustan las mujeres pero con una diferencia.

[@herlbertomurcia5023]

Cual?

[@nobodysalive991]

My heart shattered, wow

[@minhahumildeopiniao]

Let me ask you something!!! You mean you guys from KZbin cancel a bunch of videos alleging fake news, threats or whatever and allow shit like that to play???

[@EarthenDemon126]

What language is this?

[@red_bloon]

dutch

[@axanaleysen2653]

omg dit is gewoon nederlands o0o

[@przemyslawstefanlesnik7893]

...if this is called art...omg...the end of days is coming ;-)

[@markhooton146]

these young ladles are georgous.

[@aylavianne]

woah this is so deep holy

[@aymayman8106]

Morocco Khalid

[@jairussiriyalaofficial8922]

LOVE IS LIKE COCAINE UNLESS IT IS WITH A PERSON WITH WHOM EVERYTHING IS GOING GOOD... IT IS GOING TO DRIVE YOU CRAZY AND MAKE YOU A MAD PERSON. IT WOULD BE THE WORSE THING THAT COULD HAPPEN TO ANYONE, VERY SAD THING TO GO THROUGH INDEED.

[@تكلمبالعربية_سيديبلعباس]

الحمد لله على نعمة الاسلام 🇩🇿🇩🇿❤❤😎

[@barsael4629]

يحاوسو غير اعكحالس بردليهم دودة

[@شرقاوي-ي5و]

🤔

[@audacita]

I couldn't figure where the action takes place and what language(s?) are they speaking? Sometimes it's clearly something Slavic, sometimes it's quasi auf Deutsch

[@MrDownRater]

Netherlandic/Dutch

[@baru0chan]

only one person speaks a slavic language, and only for one scene. clearly, it's an immigrant mother.

[@nadadjordjevic9661]

Her mother speaks Serbian.

[@IpullUpLetsGo]

@@nadadjordjevic9661 Sadly.. Naš jezik. Ma zašto niko nekapira da smo protiv LGBT !

[@nadadjordjevic9661]

@@IpullUpLetsGo ja nisam. 🙂

[@hansmeerstein9213]

Warum. Nicht in Deutscher Sprache????

[@short6655]

Belle cinématographie

[@Sky-hc4sc]

ooh its dutch i understand

[@irishguy200007]

Lost and Delirious 2 ??

[@blondej00nie]

my poor sapphic heart

[@asicomovienes892]

Mi amiga y yo nos enamoramos en la secundaria e igual cuando nos toco ir a la prepa nos tubimos que despedir porque nos fuimos a prepas diferentes y pues ella conocio a un muchacho y yo al que ahora es mi esposo , pero cuando mire este video la volvi a Recordar!!😥

[@nionio5125]

hehe😂

[@ese4832]

Seeing the camera man's shadow was weird..

[@aliciahoverson]

So very beautiful 💔

[@midnightblackheart1821]

My bad not watching everyday watching about 5 or 6 times a day

[@pubgmobil5127]

عقوبة المشاهدة المحرمه يوضع في النار 20 سنة يوضع السم في عينيه ولا يشم رائحة الجنه ومن كتب غفر له