Society
Rising tides
Rising Tides is a four-part documentary series in which internationally acclaimed photography journalist Kadir van Lohuizen investigates the consequences of the rising sea level. How do people deal with that threat? What sacrifices do they make – and have they made?...
Blue monday
Joyce, Jerry and Chester are three young people struggling with psychosis. All three, in their own way, go in search of the truths behind their psychotic experiences. Jerry and Joyce refuse to believe that their psychosis is just a flat disease. Chester experiences...
Childeren of Mavungu
A tough and adventurous youth documentary film and series about children growing up deep in the jungle of Suriname, South America. A mysterious world full of rituals and forest gods, of which Mavungu is the most important for children. Mavungu watches over the...
My big brother
In late 2019, at the age of 22, Arie takes his own life. No one saw it coming, not even his younger brother Gijs and his parents. It is the start of an unreal and confusing period for the family, as they try to understand what drove Arie to his death. Did they fail to...
The Gown and the Shipwreck
A dress is found by Texel sports divers in a shipwreck in the Wadden Sea, a unique discovery that is causing excitement worldwide. Who has the right to the finds?In this three-part series, the dress and other treasures from the Palmwood wreck cause a clash between the...
Code green
"Weeds don't really exist, they were invented by humans," shouts Erwin as he and his colleagues weed the bushes next to the tram tracks. Five men and women in fluorescent orange suits crawl through the undergrowth on their hands and knees. It's not just their uniforms...
Lost veterans
Documentary about a group of Dutch army veterans with PTSD. Honest and vulnerable, they talk about their demons and their struggle to connect with society. Roy is battle ready. Always. Sometimes in the supermarket, he’s taking positions like he was on the battlefield....
They and them
The gender clinic in Zaandam counsels young people struggling with their gender identity. The gender clinic's advice is a prelude to a change of gender in the passport, or a major medical treatment. We come into contact with practitioners and all the dilemmas they...
Burning out
Amsterdam's fire brigades are in transition: they need to become more diverse and accessible to both women and people from diverse backgrounds. Will commander Gerrie Koning manage to move with his men into a new era? The veterans feel the fire service, as it was,and...
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...
We are “Gypsies”
3-part series about the life of Sinti and Roma in the Netherlands. Research and production. Director Reza Allamehzadeh, NOS, 1990. foto: Han Singels
Sinti, Roma & Gadje
2-part series about how Sinti, Roma live in the Netherlands. Research and production. Director Huib Stam, producer Pieter van Huystee Film & TV, broadcaster NPS, 2003.
So as not to Forget
A documentary about the power of memories. Co-scriptwriter and production. Director Tamara Miranda, producer Bonanza Film, Humanist Broadcast Foundation, 2003. https://www.2doc.nl/documentaires/series/hollanddoc/2005/tegen-het-vergeten.html
Time on your heels
4-part series about getting old Research. Director Sherman de Jesus, producer Memphis Film, broadcaster NCRV, 2003. https://memphisfilm.net/project/time-upon-your-heels/?lang=en
Robert, Mary and Katrina
Documentary about an elderly black couple, who survived hurricane Katrina in New Orleans. Research and production. Director Marjoleine Boonstra, Humanist Broadcast Foundation, 2005....
A Bad Dream
A documentary about a shelter for people who were made homeless by hurricane Katrina. Research and production. Director Marjoleine Boonstra, broadcaster Humanist Broadcast Foundation, 2006. https://marjoleineboonstra.onfabrik.com/portfolio/a-bad-dream-1
Azza
Documentaire over een meisje dat twijfelt over het wel of niet dragen van een hoofddoek op hara nieuwe school. Scenarioadviezen. Regie Saskia Gubbels, Hollandse Helden en NCRV, 2010. http://hollandsehelden.nl/Azza
New Eyes
Documentary, in which the “new eyes” of her newborn son start a search how to see the world as new again. Research and production. Director Tamara Miranda, producer Bonanza Films, broadcaster Humanist Broadcasting Foundation, 2010....
Coffee, Cake and Crematorium
A German funeral director organizes daytrips to Dutch crematoria Co-scriptwriter. Director Sergej Kreso, producer Zuidenwind Filmproducties, broadcaster IKON, 2011. https://www.2doc.nl/documentaires/series/hollanddoc/2011/kaffeefahrt-ins-krematorium.html
Fresco’s Paradise
6-part series about food, agriculture and sustainability with Louise Fresco. Research and production. Director Marjoleine Boonstra, HUMAN, 2013. See the series at: https://marjoleineboonstra.onfabrik.com/portfolio/frescos-paradise The Source The Apple’s Journey...
0.8 Amps of Happiness
A film about electroshock therapy. Research and co-scriptwriter. Director Saskia Gubbels, producer Zeppersfilm, broadcaster NCRV, 2014 https://zeppers.nl/en/film/0-8-amps-of-happiness/
My Father’s Choice
In the documentary director Yan Ting Yuen links the personal history of her father and his family to the major developments of the past fifty years in China: the great Chinese famines in the fifties, the Cultural Revolution in the sixties, the exodus to the West in...
A Perfect Game
A documentary about three young Dutch baseball players who dream about a career in the US. Script-editing. Director Robbert So Kiem Hwat, producer Volya Films, broadcaster BNNVARA, 2018. https://www.2doc.nl/documentaires/series/2doc/2018/april/a-perfect-game.html
Here we Move, Here we Groove
Here we move, here we groove Documentaire over DJ Soko, de uitvinder van Balkan Beat. Scenario redactie Regisseur Sergej Kreso, producent Doxy, omroep EO (IKON), IDFA 2020.
Sheltered
Documentary about an animal shelter in the Netherlands. Script-editing. Director Saskia Gubbels, producer Doxy, broadcaster BNNVARA, 2020. https://www.doxy.nl/en/film/sheltered/