Suzanne Raes has been working as an independent filmmaker for more than 20 years Her early films ao The Houses of Hristina 2007 The Rainbow Warriors of Waiheke Island 2009 and The Successor of Kakiemon 2012 premiered at IDFA and won several awards at international film festivals Her film Come Closer about Boudewijn de Groot received the IDFA Music Audience Award in 2015 For her film about the Rotterdam social service Quid pro quo 2015 Raes won a Golden Calf the most important film award in the Netherlands More recent the coproduction Ganz How I Lost My Beetle 2019 had a successful theatrical release and has been broadcasted in the Netherlands Germany and Switzerland Her film Close to Vermeer 2023 is screening in cinemas in the Netherlands and will have a worldwide distribution