A programme full of documentaries made in the Netherlands, including Q&A’s with the makers.
The Dutch Docs program spotlights queer documentaries produced in the Netherlands. In this edition, we’re screening four short films that explore the identities and experiences of diverse queer individuals in the Netherlands (and beyond). This evening, we’re honored to have the filmmakers with us to discuss their intimate works.
Roze Bubbel — Marleen Danhof & Afra Rijkhoff (Netherlands, 30 mins)
In this documentary, filmmakers Afra Rijkhoff and Marleen Danhof investigate why rainbow families often face unequal treatment and must constantly adjust themselves to participate in society. Afra herself was raised by two mothers. Her youth felt like a big, warm, and loving pink bubble. But when she learned about the societal hurdles her parents had to overcome to have a child, her bubble burst. Now she is determined to tell the story of rainbow families. A film about what happens when you don’t fit in with the image of the ‘standard’ family.
Netelroes — Tim van Loon (Netherlands, 15 mins)
Netelroes takes you out of your human perspective and places you in the middle of a nettle field next to the water treatment plant in Utrecht Overvecht. The film invites you to reconsider the sting of a nettle: as a moment of disruption and connection, a sensual entry point to the body — a possibility for closeness and intimacy with the more-than-human other. As an encounter.
Boxing Against the Binary — Esmée van Loon (Netherlands, 17 mins)
Discover a unique gym in Rotterdam: the Queer Gym. A place for non-normative bodies to be active, both mentally and physically. A lot of people do not feel comfortable in typical sports environments that often hone in on heteronormative beauty ideals and fitness goals. This is why Romy founded this gym—a safe space where queer Rotterdammers can truly enjoy sports. Through intimate conversations with members, trainers, and Romy, this documentary shows why such a place is a real physical necessity for the queer community.
this is (not) your ocean (Aquest (no) és el teu oceà) — Jordi Wijnalda (Netherlands, 14 mins)
Queer bodies attract, fall in love, falter, perish. Are our bodies more vulnerable, and therefore our loves, too? A poetic video letter; a critical research essay; an intimate experiment of image and sound, of heart, head and hormones; and a loving ode to those who have passed on before memories together could be made. Bittersweet and vulnerable, this film is dedicated to loves lost and memories unfinished.
