The Desert of the Real

The Desert of the Real is a documentary about psychosis, fiction and perception. How do we know we are not in a dream – or a nightmare – but in the waking world?

108 mins | colour | 2.39:1 | 5.1 surround

script | director | editor Luuk Bouwman | research Luuk Bouwman & Linde van Schuppen | production managers Gwen Pol & Edgar Kapp | director of photography Jan Pieter Tuinstra | set sound Jillis Schriel | VFX Jos Wabeke, Praba Anandasundaram, Dionne Dol, Sem Driessen, Pien den Hollander, Koen Jager, Sierd Reinstra & Hugo Zijtveld | co-produced with EO | supported by Netherlands Media Fund in the framework of LEF & by CoBO Fund & the Netherlands Film Fund in the framework of teledoc | editors-in-chief EOdocs Margit Balogh & Hans van der Linden | editors EOdocs Judith Vreriks & Yke van Dok