Literature
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...
The Literature Machine (season 1)
5-part series about literature. Production, research and interviews Director Ronnie Griens, editorial staff Jessica Durlacher, Willem van Toorn and Michaël Zeeman, RVU Educational Broadcasting, 1991.Julian Barnes
The Literature Machine (season 2)
6-part series about literature. Production, research and interviews Director Erin Dunleavy, editorial staff Jessica Durlacher, Anthony Mertens and Willem van Toorn, RVU Educational Broadcasting, 1991 / 1992. Rudy Kousbroek
Country of origin
6-part series about writer’s sources of inspirations. Research and production. Director Henk Renou, editorial staff Jessica Durlacher, Anthony Mertens and Willem van Toorn, RVU Educational Broadcasting, 1993.Writer Gerard Durlacher returns to his primary school in...
25 Years Poetry International
Featuring the poets Yehuda Amichai, Remco Campert, Maria Elena Cruz Varela, Clara Janés and Willem van Toorn. Research and production. Director Reza Allamehzadeh, RVU Educational Broadcasting, 1994.
A Lake of Memories
A documentary about writer Rudy Kousbroek and his country of birth Indonesia. A film by Frans Hoeben and Lies Janssen, RVU Educational Broadcasting, 1994. Photos Frans Hoeben
Poetry = Word Art
A documentary on the occasion of the centenary of birth of Belgian poet and writer Paul van Ostayen. A film by Frans Hoeben, Jef Bogman and Lies Janssen, RVU Educational Broadcasting,1996.
Het water van Nederland gedronken
Drama film ter gelegenheid van 50 jaar Universele Verklaring van de rechten van de mens, gebaseerd op originele teksten van nieuwkomers in Nederland. Productie Regisseur Karim Traïdia, gebaseerd op een idee van Adriaan van Dis en Wim Willems, omroep RVU Educatieve...
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Kees Hin with mother of Svetoana Slapsak Predrag Dojcinovic and Slobodan BlagojevicA documentary about the prewar memories of 4 writers/intellectuals from former Yugoslavia: Bogdan Bogdanović, Dubravka Ugrešić, Svetlana Slapšak and Zdravko Grebo. Production....
Manuscripts don’t burn
A documentary with Russian writer Vitali Sjentalinski about Michail Bulgakov, Andrej Platonov, Osip Mandelstam and Isaac Babel in KGB’s Literary Archive. A film by Reza Allamehzadeh, Sjifra Herschberg and Lies Janssen, RVU Educational Broadcasting,1997.
Writer Karel van het Reve and his four Grandsons
Research and production. Director Marjoleine Boonstra, broadcaster HUMAN, 2007.
De dwaalsporen van het geheugen
Documentaire over Douwe Draaisma. Research en productie. Regie Marjoleine Boonstra, Humanistische Omroep, 2009.
Chasing my Father
Documentary about writer Karin Amatmoekrim and her book “If not the Father”. Script editing. Director Gülsah Dogan, producer Writer Karin Amamoetkrim and her father Eric Lie
The Miracle of the Little Prince
Photo: Marjoleine BoonstraDocumentary about translators of the book “The little Prince” of Antoine de Saint Exupéry. Co-scenarist, field producer Director Marjoleine Boonstra, producer Pieter van Huystee Film, broadcaster NTR, 2018.
Metaphors of Memory
Documentary about writer and memory professor Douwe Draaisma. Research. Director Marjoleine Boonstra, Humanist Broadcasting Foundation 2009.