A grumpy loner and an eager newbie are thrown together to execute a mysterious shooting plan where timing is everything.
As the clock ticks and uneasy questions surface, the young recruit must prove he’s ready.
But nothing is as it seems – and neither of them is quite what you’d expect.

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Movie produced by FILMSHADE PRODUCTIONS NL – All rights reserved.

This film is suitable for general audiences. It contains NO graphic violence, disturbing imagery, or content that promotes harm or incites aggression.

Probation Day had his Première in The Hague on 28 March 2025. Later the movie was screened at Slachtstraat cinema in UTRECTH on 21 of May 2025.

Probation Day was selected as semifinalist at Sweden Film Award Festival and for best movie at Luminaflicks International Short Film Fest and at ORANGE International Film Festival.

PROBATION DAY in JUNE 2025 WON TWO AWARDS at ROBINSON FILM AWARDS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL:
BEST EDIT (Vincenzo Toscani) & BEST ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK (Angelo Lupo).

Original Poster by Lisa Rabolini

PROBATION Day

Short movie written by Natalino Bucci and directed by Vincenzo Toscani, starring Natalino Bucci, John Hellenberg, Matteo Pasquini, Cristina Stamate.
DoP and Color: Antonino Durante (NinoD) – Edit: Vincenzo Toscani – Music: Angelo Lupo – Sound Engineering: Carlo Micali and Alberto Donadoni
Visual effects: Sergio Russo – Producers: Claudia Cesaroni, Marianna Giacomel, Angelo Sfriso, Sergio Russo – Poster by: Lisa Rabolini –
Prop masters: Flavio Gemma, Daniela Fastoso – Photoshoot: Vincenzo D’innella Capano, Etienne Werner
Storyboard: Georgina Crisafio, Vincenzo Toscani – Gaffer: Lorenzo De Paris

See details about our cast at the CAST “PROBATION DAY” PAGE

Probation Day Short Movie is a production:

Probation Day short movie – The Netherlands 2025 – (c) FILMSHADE PRODUCTIONS NL