Karsten de Vreugd is an Amsterdam based fiction and documentary maker and founder of Sugar Rush Film.
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His short films Route du Soleil and Downward Facing dogs premiered at the Dutch film festival before touring the worldwide festivals. Downward Facing Dogs won the audience award in San Sebastian. His first feature film will premiere in 2025 and is called Pinksterprins.
 
Karstens first documentary Well fed won several international awards. His second mid length documentary ‘Sunday kids' (35" / 2018)  for VICELAND NL aired in 2017 and reached a wide audience and got a lot of national attention.

After making two medium length documentaries The future of food and The origin of food his first Feature documentary premiered in Amsterdam in 2023 and is called Paved Paradise,.
 
​Currently Karsten is developing his second feature film and working on a new documentary with Sugar Rush Film.
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