Batik and so on

Batik and so on

Through three double portraits, the film shows how a young generation of Dutch with Indonesian roots deals with their origins. How they cherish it and look for traditional Indonesian traditions and customs and turn them into something new. They mix their dual origins...
Inside my heart

Inside my heart

Reality and fiction intertwine in this film about and with professional actors with mental disabilities from theatre group Kamak. The acting profession gives them independence and strength. Fact and fiction regularly get confused by the sometimes poignant tension...
August Willemsen, the page and the reality

August Willemsen, the page and the reality

August Willemsen (1936-2007) was a translator and writer who brought the poems of Fernando Pessoa and Carlos Drummond de Andrade to the Dutch-speaking world. Driven by a fascination with the Portuguese language and Brazilian literature, he traveled to Brazil multiple...
August Willemsen, the page and the reality

Pain and pills

The documentary Pain and Pills aims to break the taboos and great silence surrounding the growing epidemic of pain and drug addiction, make the shame and loneliness of sufferers and addicts palpable, and explore what the causes and solutions are. A film about the...
August Willemsen, the page and the reality

Nollen melodies

Documentary on Dutch photographer Arno Nollen (1964-2022) A journey through the legacy of Arno Nollen, accompanied by the women who modelled for him, about whom he once said, “They know everything, but they lack the experience. That’s interesting to...