
Writing
Cai Booi
Born 2002-08-15 · Willemstad, Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles
Cai Rudolf Booi (born August 15, 2002) is a filmmaker, writer, producer, and creative director based in the Netherlands, with roots in Curaçao. His work spans independent film and the development of larger fictional worlds, with a growing focus on stories designed to move between cinema, literature, comics, and other forms of visual storytelling. Booi wrote, directed, and produced Operation Playground: Zero (2026), a short film developed as part of his broader work in narrative filmmaking. He is also part of the Groovy Movies Collective, a group of filmmakers connected through the Dutch Filmers Academy in Eindhoven. Through the collective, he has contributed to screenings, independent productions, and the 48 Hour Film Project. His work on Bolle Piet (2024) included writing and graphic title design, with the latter receiving one of the film’s award-winning recognitions at the 48 Hour Film Project Eindhoven. Beyond filmmaking, Booi is the Chief Creative Officer of EPIKAI, a developing intellectual property built around original fictional worlds, characters, and stories intended to grow across multiple forms of entertainment. He is currently writing and directing PARAMANIA! and Mr. Sunflower, alongside other projects that remain in development.
Acting credits
Behind the camera
NRIn search of a smile, a sad clown finds a new friend in a struggling bar.
Bolle Piet
2024
NRAfter the death of his mother, Ricky, a twelve-year-old non-verbal boy, is left to care for his infant sister on his own while struggling to survive in a collapsing Western Europe overrun by the living dead
Operation Playground: Zero
2026
NRAfter the death of his mother, Ricky, a twelve-year-old non-verbal boy, is left to care for his infant sister on his own while struggling to survive in a collapsing Western Europe overrun by the living dead
Operation Playground: Zero
2026
NRAfter the death of his mother, Ricky, a twelve-year-old non-verbal boy, is left to care for his infant sister on his own while struggling to survive in a collapsing Western Europe overrun by the living dead
Operation Playground: Zero
2026
In a secluded 18th-century village shaped by strict Catholic belief, outsider Luciel struggles to find her place within the world around her. When a mysterious winged being falls from the sky, she secretly shelters it and becomes determined to understand where it came from. As her search for answers draws her deeper into the religious beliefs she has always questioned, Luciel is forced to confront the boundaries between faith, certainty, and the unknown.
Valle
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Tripp Wallace and Dave Millburn encounter a wizard with a quest to cure the world of depression. When his spell meant to spread happiness instead unleashes an uncontrollable wave of pleasure-seeking behavior, the pair find themselves at the center of a rapidly escalating phenomenon that turns indulgence into obsession. As the world descends into PARAMANIA, Tripp and Dave must confront what happens when the pursuit of happiness is stripped of every limit.
PARAMANIA!
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Tripp Wallace and Dave Millburn encounter a wizard with a quest to cure the world of depression. When his spell meant to spread happiness instead unleashes an uncontrollable wave of pleasure-seeking behavior, the pair find themselves at the center of a rapidly escalating phenomenon that turns indulgence into obsession. As the world descends into PARAMANIA, Tripp and Dave must confront what happens when the pursuit of happiness is stripped of every limit.
PARAMANIA!
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Jupiter Joyman is a young florist with a peculiar secret: his flowers have a way of making people extraordinarily happy. When Amalia Blackwand wanders into his shop and experiences a serenity she has long forgotten, an unlikely connection between the two begins to blossom. But as Jupiter comes to understand the pain Amalia has carried with her, he attempts to push the mysterious magic behind his flowers beyond anything he has tried before, giving shape to something neither of them was prepared to face.
Mr. Sunflower
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Jupiter Joyman is a young florist with a peculiar secret: his flowers have a way of making people extraordinarily happy. When Amalia Blackwand wanders into his shop and experiences a serenity she has long forgotten, an unlikely connection between the two begins to blossom. But as Jupiter comes to understand the pain Amalia has carried with her, he attempts to push the mysterious magic behind his flowers beyond anything he has tried before, giving shape to something neither of them was prepared to face.
Mr. Sunflower
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