Mira Mendel

Tussen Wal en Schip

Three grandchildren take their Dutch-Indonesian grandparents to the place where they first set foot on Dutch soil. Can they unravel the long-silenced history of their grandparents about the colonial past in Indonesia? Through a journey into history, the grandchildren attempt, for the first time, to break the silence surrounding the Indo-Dutch past, addressing themes such as survival, colonialism, and secrets.

Jacob de Haan: A Voice Out of Time

The death of Jacob Israel de Haan is commemorated annually by both the ultra-Orthodox Jews of Neturei Karta in Jerusalem, and the LGBTQ community in Amsterdam. He is a pioneer for both. In the early twentieth century, he published the first LGBTQ novel in the Netherlands. He then returned to his Jewish roots, migrated to Palestine as a Zionist, but became the spokesperson for the Orthodox community, spearheading its fight against Zionism. He was still publishing queer poetry in Dutch. He was killed in Jerusalem in 1924, and his assassins were never caught. Today, never-before-heard audio recordings shed new light upon the mystery of the first Zionist political assassination.

JDL - Behind The Wall

Director Deborah Faraone Mennella followed street artist Judith de Leeuw (JDL) for one year, during her life in the Netherlands and during the creation process 'Love is Stronger Than Death' in the Italian city of Taranto. You can see in a spectacular way how the 30-meter mural was created. common social issues are leading in JDL's designs. This time, however, it is the death of her father that plays a central role.

Spiegel

Horses mirror our non-verbal behaviour, which makes them perfectly suited as 'mirrors' in therapeutic sessions. In this short documentary, director Eva Sjerps shows from up close, focusing on the senses, what these sessions with youngsters look like. How do horses react to the children? And what does the horses’ reaction do to the adolescents? During these interactions, the horses mirror the behaviour of young people who contend with various problems. In the process, they are able to recognise their underlying feelings and behavioural patterns and can subsequently change them.

Drijfvermogen - Over flotatie, ras en andere drijfveren

Short documentary in which Ivan Barbosa follows Tarikh Janssen's career switch. The actor leaves the movie world behind and returns to top swimming. Together, Barbosa and Janssen explore taboo topics such as white innocence, Black identity and the Black Lives Matter movement to expose the absurdity and seriousness of today's racism debate.

Het scherpe oog van Aat Veldhoen

After a stroke, the Amsterdam artist Aat Veldhoen is not able to use his right drawing hand anymore. Because of his natural urge to draw he starts using his left hand to depict the people around him during rehabilitation. His wife, the feminist and politician Hedy d'Ancona, shows his drawings and talks with admiration about the sketches he made.

Conducting Boijmans

Film showing how Sjarel Ex ‘directs’ the Boijmans Van Beuningen Museum. A director must have many faces, as you have to deal with wondrous artists, ancient collectors, business people, fellow directors, staff and many others. Multi-talent Ex seems to have no problem with this at all.

Private Ground

Documentary about the delicate balance between private and public life in the Heerma van Voss literary family.