OLD TREES A stone’s throw from the city of Rotterdam lies the nursery of De Haas family. Sixty-five years ago Aad de Haas (80) purchased a piece of land to set up and develop his own business. Violets, hanging plants and other crops thrive here. Sheep and their...
THE PASSION OF SPITS A documentary about the career of the most-listened-to Dutch DJ & radio maker Frits Spits. Director: Simone de Vries. Commissioning editor AVRO: Marijke Huijbregts. Producer: Annemiek van der Hell. Co-produced by AVRO & WINDMILL...
LIVE BAIT SQUADRON A Klaudie Bartelink documentary in co-production with Learning By Action. 22 September 1914. Three colossal English cruisers with 2297 members of the reserve forces and some very young naval cadets onboard are sailing unprotected off the...
VROUWENPOLDER This year the Postcode Lottery’s first prize was claimed on 1 January by a tiny village known as Vrouwenpolder, in the Dutch province of Zeeland. This film represents the fragile connection of a beautiful village, shattered after winning the first...
F.I.S.H.I.N.G: A documentary about fishermen about fishing. One million Dutchmen play football, two million go fishing. “VISSEN” is about fishing and about what moves the fisherman. For what reasons do people go angling? Who are they, these fishermen. Does angling...
