Before making the leap to the big screen, Jelle de Jonge directed many comedy shows on Dutch TV. His first feature film, the comedy
Bon Bini Holland (2015), became a huge box office hit and won the Golden Calf Audience Award at the Netherlands Film Festival 2016. His second feature,
Love Over Distance (2017), starring
Katja Herbers (
Westworld (2016) S2) and
Maarten Heijmans, received critical acclaim.