Films
Riverlands is a fantasy essay exploring the presence of the forever chemical PFAS in the River Merwede, which has poisoned the land, its fruits, and generations of breast milk. Diving into these waters, the film encounters whispers of floods that reshaped the land, of life and love born from the river, and of a mysterious cherry tree growing on its banks. Using family footage and local archives, Riverlands tells the story of generations moving with the tides and the tales passed back and forth within these streams. 2025 / 12 minutes / NL / EN
ALLEEN DE HAVENS ZIJN ONS TROUW
Alleen de Havens zijn ons Trouw is about the search for belonging in Rave culture, resulting in a collage of images and thoughts floating by, without aspiring a comprehending narrative. The film contemplates the desire to drown in the nightlife of Rotterdam and the need to oppose the rational structures of daily life, all the whilst escaping grey academic theory by using film. As in film, on the dancefloor everything can be smoothed out. Sometimes it feels as if you are dancing in slow motion. This transcendent feeling on the dancefloor stays forever; a home that does not perish with time. And of course, it is fabricated. Artificial. But does that make it any less real? 2022 / 25 minutes / NL
