Friend
music video (4 minutes)
a fictional documentary videoclip by director Yan Ting Yuen for the Dutch band Katarina
director Yan Ting Yuen
director of photography Edwin Verstegen
music Katarina
June 7, 2007
DVD available (Dutch and international version), price (incl. P&P) € 12,-
June 7, 2007
Rotterdam Saudade
documentary musical (30 mins)
about musicians from the Cabo Verde islands living in Rotterdam, singer Americo Brito takes us on a trip through his personal life in the city
director Koert Davidse
director of photography Edwin Verstegen
music Americo Brito
a co-production with RTV Rijnmond
commissioning editor Cees van der Wel
this documentary can be viewed at:
vimeo with Dutch subtitles
vimeo with English subtitles
supported by RTV Rijnmond, Rotterdam Arts and Culture, Dutch Embassy in Dakar, Bevordering van Volkskracht & Rotterdam Media Fund
June 7, 2006
DVD available (Dutch and international version), price (incl. P&P) € 12,-
on Phenomena & Existencies no. 3
short fiction (12 mins) & installation
On the roof of the State Publishing House in St Petersburg, a young man is watching the traffic chaos along the Fontanka canal and tries to maintain order in the city. Based on a short story by the Russian absurdist writer Daniil Kharms, this is a film about ‘fluid thinking’ in a multilayered mixture of animation, poetry, documentary & fiction…
director André Schreuders
director of photography Vladas Naudzius
animation Boris Kazakov
compositing Reinier van Brummelen
editor Albert Markus
producers Marc Thelosen, Koert Davidse & Yan Ting Yuen
Nominated at IFFR 2006 for Tiger Award for Best Short Film
supported by the Netherlands Film Fund, Rotterdam Film Fund, City of Rotterdam, Kultprom foundation & Dutch Embassy in Russia
DVD available (Dutch and international version), price (incl. P&P) € 12,-
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August 1, 2005
director Hester Overmars
DVD available (Dutch and international version), price (incl. P&P) € 12,-
Führe Mich
short documentary (8 mins)
Some things in the world can move, touch and comfort us at the same time; the sound of the human voice is one of them. This is a poetic short about an exceptional countertenor; the 18-year-old Oscar Verhaar
this documentary short was followed in 2013 by the Voice of the Master, the long documentary in which director Hester Overmars has followed Oscar Verhaar for more than seven years in the development of his carreer
director Hester Overmars
director of photography Ton Peters
sound Maarten Walters
editor Laurent Fluttert
producers Marc Thelosen, Yan Ting Yuen, Koert Davidse
DVD available (Dutch and international version), price (incl. P&P) € 12,-
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June 1, 2005
DVD available (Dutch and international version), price (incl. P&P) € 12,-
Borssele & the Power Plant
documentary (55 mins)
In Borssele, a small village in the south-west of the Netherlands, the last Dutch nuclear power plant is still operating. In 2005 it reached the age of thirty.
This documentary is about its history and about the people who took part in it. Anti-nuclear energy activists, employees of the plant and residents of Borssele talk about their lives and in how it was affected. Their stories are about the region, provincial identity and the controversies surrounding nuclear energy
director Hester Overmars
director of photography Harm Griekspoor
sound Maarten Walters & Ab Grooters
editor Albert Markus
producers Marc Thelosen, Yan Ting Yuen, Koert Davidse
co-producer Omroep Zeeland
DVD available (Dutch and international version), price (incl. P&P) € 12,-
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June 7, 2004
DVD available (Dutch and international version), price (incl. P&P) € 12,-
Sybold van Ravesteyn | architect for eternity
documentary (55 mins)
A portrait of one of the most remarkable and most obstinate architects of the Netherlands: Sybold van Ravesteyn (1899 – 1983). He collaborated with friends J.J.P. Oud and Rietveld. Yet, Van Ravesteyn is not nearly as famous as they are… What went wrong?
director Koert Davidse
director of photography Bert Haitsma
sound Ab Grooters
editor Albert Markus
animations Harm van Zon
producers Marc Thelosen, Yan Ting Yuen, Koert Davidse
co-producer RTV Rijnmond