Last Words

documentary short (29 mins) directed by Koert Davidse

linguist-philologist Mark Janse discovers speakers of the Cappadocian language – previously assumed extinct, linguists worldwide are exhilarated at the discovery, but Janse realizes the rediscovered language is doomed to die anyway

script | director Koert Davidse
director of photography Ton Peters NSC
sound recordist Mark Wessner
music Michel Banabila
sound design Bart Jilesen
grading | delivery Laurent Fluttert (@ Het Raam)

supported by the Netherlands Film Fund, SNS REAAL FONDS and Universiteit Gent

the film can be screened on our vimeo-channel, click here

Never a Dull Moment

documentary (52 minutes for television | 91 minutes for theatrical release)

Never a Dull Moment is a film about individual resilience in the most turbulent period of the 20th century

at the same time, it’s the record of an adventurous life that is richly documented and meticulously archived by protagonist Sam Waagenaar himself: his personal documents in albums, the countless photographs he took and an unpublished autobiography

these make the events that Waagenaar saw and described in his autobiography an individual experience; a personal narrative that makes history tangible

Never a Dull Moment is a film based on the photography and autobiography of Sam Waagenaar

director Pim Zwier co-operates with Waagenaar’s family and the Netherlands Photo Museum to disclose his life and works for our audiences

supported by the Netherlands Film Fund, the Amsterdam Arts Fund, and the VSB-fund

co-produced with the Jewish Broadcaster

Islands | the Land of Change

documentary project (25 minutes)

conmemorating the 50st anniversary of the Zeeuws Museum is the film project Islands

a number of films will be produced loosely based upon collected footage answering the question ‘what of Zeeland would you like to be remembered?’

the Land of Change by Mirka Duijn and Nina Spiering is a poetic film based upon three of these memories on Zeeland

in co-production with the Zeeuws Museum

the Voice of the Master

documentary (72 mins)

since 2007 director Hester Overmars follows the various stages in the career of the young and outstanding counter tenor Oscar Verhaar and his mentor Geert van den Dungen, who were also the subjects of her short film Fuehre Mich from 2007

Oscar has attended the Royal Conservatory in The Hague and is expected to become an internationally acclaimed performing artist, will he succeed?

script & director Hester Overmars
director of photography Adri Schover
sound recordist David Spaans
co-producer NCRV Dokument
producers Koert Davidse | Marc Thelosen

supported by Netherlands Film Fund, Mediafonds & Rotterdam Media Fund
distribution Cinema Delicatessen

the Collectors

three documentaries (15 minutes each)

Koert Davidse’s triptich The Collectors with his short films on remarkable collectors: the World as a Collection, They are Giants & Asian Delight is now available for combined screening and on DVD

for more information contact: seriousFilm

I Love Hooligans

animated documentary (15 mins)

about a soccer hooligan from the Netherlands, one with a difference…

script & director Jan Dirk Bouw
art-director Joost Jansen
script coaching Heleen Suer
line producers Koert Davidse | Frederik Nicolai

produced by Koert Davidse | Marc Thelosen
co-produced by Eric Goossens | Toon Roebben

supported by Netherlands Film Fund, Tolerance United Foundation, Trut Fund & Flemish Audio Visual Fund

a co-production with Off World | Walking the Dog, Brussels, Belgium
world sales for this production at sndfilms.com

Medals & Spikes

documentary (48 mins)

Medals & Spikes reflects the strength of the sportsmen who find physical obstacles and above that, other strange mishaps on their way while competing

script & director Arjanne Laan
a co-production with  RTV Rijnmond
commissioning editor Cees van der Wel

supported by Dutch Media Fund, Fundashon Bon Intenshon and Mediaconsult

the campaign for additional funding of Arjanne Laan’s documentary Medals & Spikes through Cinecrowd.nl on young Rotterdam based athletes and the upcoming 2012 Olympics in London has been succesfully concluded in May 2012

Islands | the Introduction

Monday September 12, 2011 at 20.00 hrs was the kick-off of Islands, a project commemorating the 50st birthday of the Zeeuws Museum in Middelburg

director Marieke Wijnen

www.eilanden.net

citizens of the province of Zeeland are invited to share their personal memories, their filmed contributions will be edited to one or more 50 minutes documentaries

the documentaries will premiere at Film by the Sea in 2013

the Boy is Gone

documentary | animation (72 minutes)

a small boy is chasing his dream to become a pilot, but the nightmare of W.W. II stands in his way

based upon his intense personal experiences director Christoph Bohn tells the story of a small community in East Belgium where German is the prevailing language

the Boy is Gone is a remarkable combination of archival footage, recent interviews and animated sequences

director Christoph Bohn
a co-production with Off World (Brussels) and Simple Films (Brussels)

supported by the Vlaams Audiovisueel Fonds, Deutschsprachige Gemeinschaft Belgien, VRT Canvas, Communaute Francaise de la Belgique, RTBF and the Netherlands Film Fund