”Enter at your own risk”, 30 minutes
documentary about making new land in the sea.
It is more than 60 years ago that the Noordoostpolder came into being. The pioneers worked in
harsh conditions, shovelling the canals by hand in the vast sand land. The pioneers thought they had
the prospect to a farm. The documentary follows 4 pioneer polder residents who are well into their
eighties, but they remember their adventures as if they happened yesterday. Made for the
Government of Flevoland.
”Falling silent” , 30 minutes
documentary portrait
Bieke Vanderkerkhoven was at the age of 19 when she was attacked by a rare muscular disease
which left her only one year to live. She decided to live intensively that year and joined a
monastery in Egmond. The silence brought her to a new life and her disease to a standstill.
Broadcasted by the BOS (Dutch Public Television).