Men waiting as an old blue city bus pulls in

Sera Ondine

The last bus home, from the stop to the end of the line.

A short about the regulars on a city bus at the end of the day, shot on the route itself in the cool light of an old blue bus.

Route Nine runs past midnight, and most nights it carries the same faces: kitchen staff, night porters and a man who always sits right behind the driver.

Riding the route

We filmed on real runs with the blue cabin lights as our only source, because anything we added would have made the regulars look like actors.

  • The driver let us fix a small camera by his mirror.

  • The regulars were asked first and filmed second.

  • Anyone who said no stayed out of frame.

End of the line

The film stops where the route does, at a depot gate with the engine ticking down. Nobody gets off there except the driver.

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Client

Route Nine Collective

Client

Route Nine Collective

Category

Short film

My role

Directed and edited

My role

Directed and edited

Year

2024

Year

2024

Running time

0:18

Running time

0:18

Credits

Director

Noel Aydin

Director

Noel Aydin

Production

Northbound Pictures

Production

Northbound Pictures

Producer

Jonas Wilde

Producer

Jonas Wilde

Cinematography

Matteo Ruiz

Cinematography

Matteo Ruiz

Editor

Noel Aydin

Editor

Noel Aydin

Colour

Harbour Grade

Colour

Harbour Grade

Sound design

Kiln Audio

Sound design

Kiln Audio

Call time

00:00

in Rotterdam

Booking from February 2027

© 2026 Noel Aydin

Call time

00:00

in Rotterdam

Booking from February 2027

© 2026 Noel Aydin

Call time

00:00

in Rotterdam

Booking from February 2027

© 2026 Noel Aydin

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