My brother

My brother Bart died of AIDS in 1986, without him or the family knowing he had it. Growing up in a family and environment where talking was not evident at all, I want to break the silence I experienced around Bart’s illness and death.

script & director Koert Davidse | development script Jolein Laarmans | script coaching Hester Overmars | supported by the Netherlands Film Fund in the context of the OASE programme, Netherlands Film Fund Film Production Incentive & NPO-fund | commissioning editor KRO-NCRV Jelle Peter de Ruiter & Michiel Brongers | producer KRO-NCRV Yolande van der Blij & Zelda Nieuwenhuis