Society

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...

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...

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....

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...

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...

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...

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...

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?...

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/

Here we Move, Here we Groove

Here we move, here we groove Documentary about DJ Soko, the inventor of Balkan Beat. Script editing Director Sergej Kreso, producer Doxy, broadcaster EO (IKON), IDFA 2020.

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

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...

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/

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....

Keep on Stepping

In 1925 William Faulkner lived in New Orleans for a few months writing short sketches in which he called the city to life. He described New Orleans as “a courtesan, not old and yet no longer young, who shuns the sunlight, that the illusion of her former beauty be...

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

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

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