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2012 ORANJE BITTER. 10 min Ramon Gieling, Pieter van Huystee A trailer/teaser for a historical ‘period’ documentary set in 1820 about the early days of the Dutch constitutional monarchy Produced by PvH Film, Pieter van Huystee |
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2012 ANTON CORBIJN INSIDE OUT, 80 min a documentary by Klaartje Quirijns Produced by LEV Pictures (Sander Verdonk, Gertjan Langeland) Premiered at Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin 2012 Synopsis: Anton Corbijn is one of the most versatile and authoritative visual artists in popular culture of the past thirty years. He has had a vast influence on what defines fame and artistry in the late 20th and early 21st centuries. Anton Corbijn Inside Out is an intimate and revealing portrait of an influential artist and the result of almost four years of filming by director Klaartje Quirijns. Her personal tie with Anton gives her unparalleled access to both the man and his work. |
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2011 ONE FINE DAY A documentary by Klaas Bense, 75 min Produced by Janneke Doolaard for Eyeworks Film & TV Drama Co-production Prime Time & BOS Premiered at IDFA Amsterdam 2011 (official selection) Synopsis: The documentary One Fine Day, shows six people from different cultures and religions who all, through a small nonviolent act, have had a significant and positive influence on society. In the film we meet a young Burmese monk, a Chilean student, a German pastor, a young Iraqi woman, an American former athlete and a Chinese youngster. In One Fine Day director Klaas Bense investigates how frustration can be turned into positive actions. He looks at what one single individual can achieve, and the often severe, personal consequences. |
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2010 WILDERS, THE MOVIE A documentary by Joost van der Valk en Mags Gavan, 80 min. Produced by Pieter van Huystee & VPRO TV, Teledoc Synopsis: Geert Wilders, some people call him a racist, others adore him. In the June 2010 elections his Party for Freedom (PVV) became the third biggest party of the Netherlands. In the run up to the elections, Joost van der Valk and Mags Gavan try to get an insight into the motivations of the man and his supporters. The journey takes them from the Netherlands to London, the United States and finally to Israel. |
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2010 OTTO FRANK - FATHER OF ANNE A documentary by David de Jongh,75min. Produced by Pieter van Huystee & NPS TV Synopsis: After returning from Auschwitz, Otto Frank, the only survivor of the family, is confronted with Anne’s diary. He renews ties with his daughter by reading it. The film tells the story of what he went through, how the loss of his family scarred his life, how he dealt with the dilemmas that the publication of the diary brought upon him and how he made a memorial of his daughters legacy and became the father-figure for thousands of young readers worldwide. |
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2009 TRAMONTANA Feature film written and directed by Ramon Gieling, 98min. Produced by Pieter van Huystee & BOS Synopsis: In the days of Franco's dictatorship, a scandalous love affair between the elderly Pepet Tremolls and the eighteen-year-old Rosa Campos de Amor is bafflingly concluded by a suicide on New Year's Eve. OPENING film of the Dutch Film Festival Utrecht |
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2008 DIARY OF A TIMES SQUARE THIEF A documentary by Klaas Bense, 52min. Produced by Eyeworks doc & BOS Synopsis: The search for the writer of a mysterious diary that the filmmaker found on Ebay results in small, intimate portraits of some of the colourful characters described in the diary. The film paints a vivid picture of the world-famous Times Square area when it was still a dramatically brutal urban jungle. Dutch Film Festival Utrecht Nomination, 2009 Official Selection: Oldenburg International Film Festival 2009 Fantasia Festival Film Festival 2009 Montreal, Canada Brooklyn International Film Festival 2009 New York, USA Hot Docs International Documentary Festival 2009 Toronto Winner: Golden Panda Award 2009, Golden Stone Award 2009 |
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2008 FROM THE BED & BREAKFAST NOTEBOOKS A short film by Alexandra Handal, 13min 45sec Synopsis: In West Jerusalem, some expropriated Palestinian homes that are now occupied by Israeli Jews have been converted into bed and breakfasts promising tourists ‘an authentic experience of Jerusalem’. It is in one of those accommodations in West Musrara that the Palestinian artist spent thirteen nights in August 2007. She captured the feeling of the place as she experienced it. The result is an account where numerous stories unfold through layers of sound, image and text, uncovering – like a crime scene investigation – the remnants of a denied past against an oppressive present. Selected for New Contemporaries 2009 |
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2008 DOORS TO THE SOUL/DEUREN NAAR DE ZIEL A documentary by Elizabeth Rocha Salgado, 49min. Produced by Appel,Honigman & NPS Synopsis: Our senses recall memories, excite desires, intensify feelings, accelerate heart beat. Each of the five protagonists of this film is obsessed by a special sensibility: a blind man, a music composer, a cook, an astronomer and a homicide investigator. International Documentary Festival Amsterdam 2008 Festival del cine de Huesca 2009 Nederland Film Festival 2009 |
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2008 LINKSBUITEN A TV documentary by Ramon Gieling, 20min. Produced by Eyeworks doc& KRO profile Synopsis: Ramón Gieling researches the magic around the position of the left-fielder within football. Is the left-fielder a loner, an excentric, a philosopher or even the Alty-christ? It is the stirring question of the film. |
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2007 SHIVERING BEAUTY: Soundscape of Mongolia A documentary by Robin Noorda, 52min. Produced by BOS Synopsis: Through the rich Mongolian music culture, Noorda presents a critical visual impression of the quickly westernizing land of which the people underwent a transition of unfree an equal to free and unequal. |
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2006 AYA SOFYA, mosque in the west A documentary by Jack Janssen, 78min. Produced by PvHFilm & Ikon Synopsis: The film shows how the building of the most beautiful mosque of the Netherlands ended in a failure. The Aya Sofya remains an illusion, an empty excavation site. Central in the film is the young entrepreneur Fatih Dag, chairman of the mosque since 2004, in his never ending battle for the mosque in the West. |
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2006 FRIENDS A documentary by Lidija Zelovic, 50min. Produced by PvHFilm & ARTE Synopsis: A film about a generation of four friends who grew up together in Sarajevo. They now live in different countries around the world. What has happened to them in the last 13 years: how did they get through the war, how do they live now, how do they relate to their former life, to Sarajevo and to their old friends? And what did they actually believe in back then? And what do they believe in now? Winner GOLDEN PLAQUE Belgrade Documentary Short Film Festival 2008 (best international documentary) Nomination Golden Calf Netherlands Film Festival, Utrecht 2007 |
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2006 JOAQUIN SABINA Film trailer by Ramon Gieling, 6min. Produced by PvHFilm & European Media Program Synopsis: Once the poet-singer Joaquin Sabina gave his friends the key to his house; some of them still keep that key. During Sabina's absence the filmmaker returns with them to Sabina's house. While Joaquin Sabina sings about life again, after having a stroke, the characters compare their memories to the present and sing their favorite Sabina lyrics. |
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2005 ROBERT, MARY AND KATRINA A documentary by Marjoleine Boonstr, 40min. Produced by Human/Lies Janssen doc Synopsis: A tender portrait of two survivors of hurricane Katrina. Rotterdam International Film Festival |
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2004 GETEKEND LAND A documentary by Peter Veer, 50min Produced by PvHFilm & Ikon Synopsis: Economic conditions push a Dutch farmer to reform the family farm or give it up altogether. The film explores the changes in landscape through urban sprawl and the various possibilities for a traditional crafts to survive. |
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2004 VINGERS DIE WEIZEN NAAR DE MAAN A TV documentary short by Marjoleine Boonstra, 30min Produced by BOS/Lies Janssen doc Synopsis: What is our vision on Nature? Today’s relation between man and nature leads to ever bigger problems. In this film, contemporary representatives of four leading religions research the differences but most and foremost the similarities in their respective thinking about nature. |
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2003 GO NO GO Multi-screen Multimedia Fotoinstallation, 1hr loop Photos by Ad van Denderen Produced by Paradox for FOAM Synopsis: Between 1988 and 2003 Ad van Denderen photographed migrants and refugees who were under way to the rich West. He lodged for weeks in filthy pensions in Istanbul where Pakistanis waited for human traffickers who would take them to Greece. He joined police patrols along the borders between Greece and Turkey, where particularly Sri Lankans were arrested, and watched how at night men and women disembarked soaking wet from small boats at Tarifa in Spain, after their difficult voyage by sea from Morocco. |
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2001 FIRST KILL A documentary by Coco Schrijber, 70min. Produced by Lemming Film & Ikon Synopsis: First Kill is afilm that revolves around the psychology of war. Important turning points in the Vietnam War are used to illustrate the effect of war on body and mind. The documentary consists of interviews with Michael Herr and several Vietnam veterans. The depth of the interviews provides insight into the feelings that accompany violence, fear, hate, seduction and pleasure. Best Film, Human Rights IFF Kosovo |
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2000 10 COMMANDMENTS: SINNED AGAIN (Het was weer Zondig) THE SEVENTH COMMANDMENT A documentary by Fatima Jebli-Ouazzani, 55min Produced by PvHFilm & Ikon Synopsis: Part of a series about the Biblical Ten Commandments. This documentary is an exploration of the intricacies of the seventh commandment: Thou Shalt Not Commit Adultery. It portrays four people who did commit adultery and are willing to talk about it. |
| 2000 UNIVERSAL CITY Winny Maas MVRDV for the Biennale di Architectura Venetië 1hr. 3 channel video installation for the Dutch pavilion |
| 2000 ONE ON ONE A documentary by Elsbeth Dijkstra, 30min Produced by One Architecture/Netherlands Architecture Institute Dutch contribution in the Biënnale di Architectura Venice, Italy |
