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Glas, Mijn Onvervulde Leven

Sat, 06 Sep 2025 21:13:57 GMT

een film van Rogier Kappers

'Sensitive, tender, bittersweet and highly entertaining' (Thessaloniki, TIDF 2024 )
'Inspiring, original, moving, funny... a glorious coming-of-old-age drama'(IDFA 2023)

PRIJZEN

Golden Alexander

eerste prijs international competition newcomers
Thessaloniki International Filmfestival (TIFF)

Audience Award for Best Documentary

Flaherty International Documentary Festival (FIDF)

Golden Nanook

Grand Prix for Best Film of the festival

Flaherty International Documentary Festival (FIDF)

NOMINATIES
Best Dutch Documentary Award

IDFA

Audience Award

Grand Angle competitie, Vision du Reel , Zwitserland (opening film van het festival)

Audience Award

WHAT'S UP DOC, Transilvania International FIlm festival

OFFICIELE COMPETITIE OF SELECTIE

IDFA, Vision du Reel Switzerland, TIFF Greece, DocVille Belgium, Antenna Australie, Docs Against Gravity Poland,
La Rochelle France, Kassel Germany, Bergamo Italië, Mumbai India, Doc Point Estonia,
Doc Point Finland, Shanghai China, Mexico, Rusland etc.

Persoonlijke documentaire van bekroond regisseur Rogier Kappers (Lomax the Songhunter(Gouden Kalf beste lange documentaire, Emmy Award nominatie))

'Glas, mijn onvervulde leven' is het coming of old age verhaal van een 52 jarige man die een oude kinderdoom najaagt: beroemd worden op de zingende glazen! In deze docu-komedie volgen we onze (anti)held op zijn soms hilarische en ontroerende zoektocht naar roem, liefde en fortuin. Van het eigenhandig bouwen van zijn eerste glasorgel tot een gepassioneerde ontmoeting met de wereld beroemde componist Arvo Part; van zijn eerste schreden op straat tot een rampzalig avontuur in Dubai. En dan nog die nooit verwachtte 'grande finale'...
Een feest der herkenning voor velen onder ons, en een viering van de eeuwige aantrekkingskracht van muziek... en de liefde!

In de Nederlandse bioscopen vanaf 3 oktober 2024!

Lengte: 94 minuten
een film van Rogier Kappers
Camera, montage, script: Alex Goekjian & Rogier Kappers
Producer: Lidija Zelovic
Omroep: KRO/ NCRV
Distributor Netherlands: Amstelfilm
International Festival distribution: Taskovski Film
International sales: Dutch Core
Financiering: KRO/NCRV, Mediafonds, Amsterdams Fonds voor de Kunst, Fonds 21

Home Game

Mon, 21 Oct 2024 00:00:00 GMT

Regie: Lidija Zelovic

Prijzen en nominaties

IDFA (2024) Internationale Competitie (Best Feature-Length Documentary)
IDFA(2024) Nominatie - Best Dutch Documentary

Movies That Matter (2025), Dutch Focus Award
Movies That Matter (2025), Audience Award

Biografilm Festival - Bologna, Italie (2025), Young Critics Award + Special Mention jeugdjury

Luxembourg City Film Festival (2025), Youth Jury Prize

Lidija Zelovic portretteert al dertig jaar haar ontheemde familie, maar de Nederlandse politieke werkelijkheid haalt haar steeds in. Tegen wil en dank is haar verhaal een waarschuwing geworden tegen de gewelddadige gevolgen van maatschappelijke polarisatie.

Co-produktie (hoofdproducent Conijn Film)
Regie: Lidija Zelovic
Omroep: HUMAN
Distributeur: Cine Deli

Lengte: 98 minuten

Financiering: HUMAN/ Nederlandse Fonds voor de Film / Amsterdams Fonds voor de Kunst

Home Game

Mon, 21 Oct 2024 00:00:00 GMT

Director: Lidija Zelovic

Prijzen en nominaties

IDFA (2024) Internationale Competitie (Best Feature-Length Documentary)
IDFA(2024) Nominatie - Best Dutch Documentary

Movies That Matter (2025), Dutch Focus Award
Movies That Matter (2025), Audience Award

Biografilm Festival - Bologna, Italie (2025), Young Critics Award + Special Mention jeugdjury

Luxembourg City Film Festival (2025), Youth Jury Prize

Lidija Zelovic has been portraying her displaced family for thirty years, but Dutch political reality keeps catching up with her. Against her will, her story has become a warning against the violent consequences of social polarization.

Co-production (with Conijn Film)
Status: finished
Length: 98 minutes
Broadcaster : HUMAN Netherlands
Financing: Dutch Film Fund / Amsterdam Art Fund

Glass, My Unfulfilled Life

Tue, 27 Feb 2024 00:00:00 GMT

Director: Rogier Kappers

'Inspiring, original, moving, funny... a glorious coming-of-old-age drama'
(IDFA)

Best Dutch Doc nomination, IDFA 2023
1st prize (Golden Alexander) for Best International Documentary Newcomers , Thessaloniki 2024
1st prize Flaherty International Film Festival 2024

Audience Award Flaherty International Film Festival 2024
Opening film & Audience Award nomination Vision du Reel 2024 , Nyon, Switzerland
Audience Award nomination , Transilvania International Filmfestival

Official selections: Antenna/ Australia, Millenium Docs Against Gravity / Poland , Shanghai International Film Festival, Mumbai International Film Festival , Iran Internartional Film Festival , Doc Ville Belgium , Bergamo Film Meeting/ Italy , FIPA Doc/ France, Escales Documentaires/ Fr ance, Kassel Doc/ Germany, DOC-MX Mexico , EPOS-Docs/ Israel etc.etc.

'Glass, My Unfulfilled Life' is the latest documentary by award winning Dutch director Rogier Kappers (Lomax The Songhunter (Golden Calf for best long documentary , Intenational Emmy Award nomination)

Glass, My unfulfilled Life', is the coming of age story of a 52-year old man pursuing a crazy childhood dream: becoming a musician on the singing glasses. For a 7 years period, this docu-comedy follows the hilarious and moving journey of our hapless (anti)hero, as he seeks fame, love and fortune as a street musician: from building himself his first glass organ to a moving encounter with the famous composer Arvo Part, and from his first steps on the street to a disasterous misadventure in Dubai; ending in a never expected 'grand finale'.

A humorous, moving feel good movie , and a celebration of the vitalizing powers of music.

Length available: 94 / 52 minutes
Broadcasters: KRO/ NCRV (Netherlands), SRF (Switzerland), TV Catalunya (Spain)
Director: Rogier Kappers

Camera, editing, script: Alex Goekjian & Rogier Kappers
Producer: Lidija Zelovic

Distributor Netherlands: Amstelfilm
International Festival distribution: Taskovski Film
International sales: Dutch Core
Financing: Dutch Mediafonds, Amsterdam Art Fund, Fund 21

El Moro

Sun, 18 Feb 2024 00:00:00 GMT

Regie: Alexander Goekjian

El Moro

een essayistisch poëtische documentaire van Alexander Goekjian

What if the world is coming to an end much faster than we think?
El Moro tells the story of a middle-class man from Madrid who is afraid of climate change. He comes to a remote village in Andalusia, and undergoes a spiritual awakening through his encounter with its only inhabitant, a beekeeper.

Director's statement: In the city where I live everything new is a better version of what came before, and what is old is cleaned up and commodified - to be bought, sold, or rented out at ever increasing prices. One of the consequences of this state of affairs is that I, like most of the people I know, are locked into a way of being and thinking from which it is hard to escape. It’s a way of thinking that puts ourselves, our ego, ownership and control at the heart of everything, rather than any idea that we are part of something bigger, which we have to take care of, as the bees in the hive.

It is becoming clearer and clearer that as the world we know is radically changing, we need a new way of being. My desire to make this film is to create a contemplative response to the anxieties of climate change, by telling stories that allow the viewer to ponder possibilities for change, through imagination, through feelings, rather than through a rational exploration of problems and solutions. And to do this I decided to set this film in a strange place, induce my protagonist with this feeling of malaise that many people can identify with today, and then put him into a situation where he meet a person who is deeply passionate and anchored in what he is doing and where he lives.

The film uses cinematographic means and spoken text to create something poetic which speaks to this condition. It combines a first-person semi-fictionalized off-screen voice, ‘subjective’ footage (stylized POV shots), as well as real-life documentary scenes, to engage the audience both intellectually and emotionally, with it's central theme of death and rebirth.

In ontwikkeling

El Moro

Sun, 01 Oct 2023 00:00:00 GMT

Regie: Alexander Goekjian

El Moro

an essayistic poetic documentary by Alexander Goekjian

It is becoming clearer and clearer that as the world we know is radically changing, we need a new way of being. My desire to make this film is to create a contemplative response to the anxieties of climate change, by telling stories that allows the viewer to ponder possibilities for change, through imagination, through feelings, rather than through a rational exploration of problems and solutions. And to do this I decided to set the film in a strange place, induce my protagonist with this feeling of malaise that many people can identify with today, and then put him into a situation where he meet a person who is deeply passionate and anchored in what he is doing and where he lives.

Staatsgreep.nl

Fri, 01 Sep 2023 00:00:00 GMT

Regie: Kay Mastenbroek

Staatgreep.nl

In een vijfdelige serie wordt de bestendigheid van onze democratie serieus op de proef gesteld. Drie geheime loges, met samenzweerders van verschillende politieke overtuiging, moeten een plan maken voor een staatsgreep. In een stijlvolle mix van spionage, crimi en reality volgen we de samenzweerders: Hun zoektochten naar gaten in beveiliging van Nederland, mogelijke medestanders en een goede campagne die de machtsovername moet begeleiden. Wie is de grootste bedreiging van onze democratie?

Lengte: 5 x 40 minuten

In ontwikkeling

My Own Private War

Mon, 12 Jun 2023 00:00:00 GMT

Regie: Lidija Zelovic

Persoonlijke documentaire waarin de filmmaakster probeert dichter bij de waarheid over de oorlog in haar geboorteland Joegoslavië te komen. Hoe kom je in het reine met je oorlogsverleden en hoe zorg je ervoor dat je je kinderen er niet mee belast? In deze persoonlijke documentaire probeert Lidija Zelovic een antwoord te vinden op die vraag. Zelovic groeit op in Sarajevo, toen nog Joegoslavië, waar in 1992 een burgeroorlog uitbreekt die de bevolking tot op het bot verdeelt. In 1993 vlucht ze naar Nederland. Als oorlogscorrespondent voor o.a. de BBC en later als filmmaakster probeert ze dichter bij de waarheid achter oorlog te komen. Vrienden en familieleden gedragen zich anders, ook nu de oorlog al lang is afgelopen. Wat is er met hen gebeurd? Tijdens het maken van de film komt Zelovic steeds meer tot de overtuiging dat de eigenlijke oorlog in mensen zelf woedt, ook in haar. Filmfestival Vision de Reel scvhreef het volgden over de film:

'...My Own Private War is one of the most honest investigations seen on the war in former Yugoslavia so far. It’s how the filmmaker proceeds, how she convinces us, her stubbornness, her conscience, her decision to put herself at risk. Having returned to Bosnia, she meets a cousin who was a sniper during the war, a journalist who closely followed Mladics, her loved ones who, around a table, talk of past and present... As the film moves along, something like non-reconciliation surfaces: the filmmaker would like to understand and find peace, but she cannot... Perhaps she never will. An emotional confession of collective responsibility, My Own Private War thus ends up being the film of an impossible love, against fear and hatred.'

Omroep: IKON/EO
Lengte: 67 minuten
Financiering: Omroep en Mediafonds
Internationale Distributie: Taskovski Film International

Festival Prijzen
1st Prize of President of the Festival at Sevastopol International Festival of Documentary Films and TV
programs «ПОБЕДИЛИ ВМЕСТЕ» 2016
‘Best Human Rights Film’ at FreeZone Belgrade 2016
‘Prix Mémoire De La Méditerranée’ at PriMed – International Festival of Mediterranean Documentary and Reportage 2016
First Award for ‘Best History Documentary’ at Beyond the Borders Festival, Castellorizo 2017
‘Special Mention’ for Silver Eye Awards 2016

Nominaties
Nomination ’Best Political Film’, Hamburg Film Festival 2016
Visions du Reel/ Switzerland/ - nomination Internationale Moyens Métrages/ 2016
Sarajevo International Film Festival /Bosna and Herzegovina/ 2016

Selectie van festivals:
Esperanza Film Festival/ Russia/ August 2016
Budapest International FF/ Hungary/ 2016
Signes de Nuit/ Portuga/ 2016
Verzio Doc Film Festival/ Hungary/ 2016
Fast Forward Human Rights Film Festival/ UBRZAJ/ Montenegro/ 2016
Trieste Film Festival/ Italy/ 2017
Zagreb Dox/ Croatia/ 2017
Balkan Florence Express the Exhibition of Balkan Cinema/ Italy/ 2017
A l'Est du Nouveau Film Festival/ Eastern and Southern European Film Festival/ France/ 2017
Sarajevo sur Seine Film Festival/ France/ 2017
Re-Verzio Film Series/ Hungary/ 2017
LET'S CEE Film Festival/ Austria/ 2017
Signes de Nuit/ France/ 2017
Vilnius Film Festival, 2017

My Own Private War

Tue, 01 May 2018 00:00:00 GMT

Director: Lidija Zelovic

Prize winning documentary about war and reconciliation.

What happens to a family long after a war is over? Can one ensure that their children don’t have to carry their burden? In this very personal documentary Lidija Zelovic makes an inner journey through her memories, places and people she loves. Meanwhile she tries to leave her past behind her. During the making of this film Zelovic finds that the real war is raging within people. Even inside herself.

The Jury of Vision Du Reel wrote the following about the documentary:
' ...My Own Private War is one of the most honest investigations seen on the war in former Yugoslavia so far. It’s how the filmmaker proceeds, how she convinces us, her stubbornness, her conscience, her decision to put herself at risk. Having returned to Bosnia, she meets a cousin who was a sniper during the war, a journalist who closely followed Mladics, her loved ones who, around a table, talk of past and present... As the film moves along, something like non-reconciliation surfaces: the filmmaker would like to understand and find peace, but she cannot... Perhaps she never will. An emotional confession of collective responsibility, My Own Private War thus ends up being the film of an impossible love, against fear and hatred.'

Director: Lidija Zelovic
Length: 70 minutes
Broadcaster: IKON/EO
Financing: Dutch Mediafonds
International Distribution: Taskovski Film International

Prizes
1st Prize of President of the Festival at Sevastopol International Festival of Documentary Films and TV
programs «ПОБЕДИЛИ ВМЕСТЕ» 2016
‘Best Human Rights Film’ at FreeZone Belgrade 2016
‘Prix Mémoire De La Méditerranée’ at PriMed – International Festival of Mediterranean Documentary and Reportage 2016
First Award for ‘Best History Documentary’ at Beyond the Borders Festival, Castellorizo 2017
‘Special Mention’ for Silver Eye Awards 2016

Nominations
Nomination ’Best Political Film’, Hamburg Film Festival 2016
Visions du Reel/ Switzerland/ - nomination Internationale Moyens Métrages/ 2016
Sarajevo International Film Festival /Bosna and Herzegovina/ 2016

Selection of Fetivals
Esperanza Film Festival/ Russia/ August 2016
Budapest International FF/ Hungary/ 2016
Signes de Nuit/ Portuga/ 2016
Verzio Doc Film Festival/ Hungary/ 2016
Fast Forward Human Rights Film Festival/ UBRZAJ/ Montenegro/ 2016
Trieste Film Festival/ Italy/ 2017
Zagreb Dox/ Croatia/ 2017
Balkan Florence Express the Exhibition of Balkan Cinema/ Italy/ 2017
A l'Est du Nouveau Film Festival/ Eastern and Southern European Film Festival/ France/ 2017
Sarajevo sur Seine Film Festival/ France/ 2017
Re-Verzio Film Series/ Hungary/ 2017
LET'S CEE Film Festival/ Austria/ 2017
Signes de Nuit/ France/ 2017
Vilnius Film Festival, 2017

The Glassgrinder on the road

Fri, 26 Jan 2018 21:49:33 GMT

with his carrier tricycle on the way to a performance in Amsterdam, summer 2017

Rogier started busking in the streets of Amsterdam in the summer of 2017, we film on a regular base. Follow his adventure on glassgrinding.com

De glazendraaier op pad

Fri, 26 Jan 2018 21:31:52 GMT

met de bakfiets op weg naar optreden in Amsterdam , zomer 2017

Rogier is volop op straat aan het spelen, en regelmatig worden er gefilmd. Volg zijn avontuur op glazendraaier.nl

Yassine Gaat Naar Syrie

Wed, 01 Feb 2017 00:00:00 GMT

Regie: Yassine El Idrissi

Uniek portret van een land in oorlog door de ogen van de jonge Marokkaanse fotojournalist Yassine El Idrissi. Hij volgde de Syrische opstand al via de sociale media, maar hij wil meer: hij wil weten èn ervaren waar het om gaat in deze oorlog. Van welke toekomst dromen de strijders en inwoners? Yassine is geen objectieve toeschouwer; als jonge Arabier en moslim wil hij graag een rol spelen in deze belangrijke fase in de Arabische geschiedenis. Wanneer hij op Facebook vrienden wordt met de Syrische Ilyas, besluit hij vanuit het veilige Amsterdam naar Syrië te reizen om te kijken wat hij kan bijdragen. Via Ilyas, leert Yassine de strijders en inwoners van de stad Saraqib kennen. Yassine ziet de hoop vervliegen en verdeeldheid en chaos ontstaan. Met dit intense portret van Yassine's Facebook- en YouTubevrienden, krijgen de bewoners van Syrië een gezicht.

Regie: Yassine El Idrissi
Omroep: VPRO
Financiering: VPRO
Prijzen: ‘Beste documentaire’ Imperial War Museum Film Festival 2014

Happily Ever After (co-producent)

Tue, 31 Jan 2017 00:00:00 GMT

Regie: Tatjana Bozic

Als filmmaakster Tatjana Božić voor de zoveelste keer de liefde van haar leven heeft gevonden en het wederom helemaal mis dreigt te gaan, besluit ze dat het roer om moet. Deze relatie moet slagen! Tatjana reist langs vijf exen in Moskou, Hamburg, Londen en Zagreb om antwoord te vinden op de vraag waarom al haar liefdesrelaties altijd stuk lopen. Met een flinke dosis zelfspot, maar ook met diep doorvoelde passie, ontrafelt ze haar liefdesverleden en confronteert ze haar (ex-)mannen en zichzelf met de complexiteit van het hedendaagse liefhebben. De documentaire is een confronterende, voor iedereen herkenbare, emotionele, maar ook humoristische film waarin de maakster stug door blijft zoeken naar de heilige graal van het liefhebben: het Happily Ever After!

Happily Ever After ging tijdens het IFFR in premiere en zat in de competitie voor de Tiger Awards. De film wordt in de Benelux gedistribueerd door Cineart en in voormalig Joegoslavië door Restart.

Regie: Tatjana Bozic
Lengte: 83 minuten
Produktie: Wit Film/ Zelovic Film/ Faktum
Omroep: IKON
Distributeur: Cine-Art
Gefinancierd door: Het Nederlandse Film Fonds, Het Mediafonds, CoBO, HAVC en IKON

Prijzen
Nederlands Film Festival, 2014 – Gouden Kalf voor beste montage
Sarajevo Film Festival, 2014 – Special Jury Mention
Liburnia Film Festival, 2014 – Best editing and Best directing
LET’S CEE Film Festival, 2014 -Special Jury Mention

Nominaties

International Film Festival Rotterdam, 2014 – Tiger Award 2014
Nederlands Film Festival, 2014 – Gouden Kalf voor beste lange documentaire

Festivals

Nederland – International Film Festival Rotterdam, 2014
Kroatië – ZagrebDOX, 2014
Luxemburg – Luxembourg City Film Festival, 2014
Macedonie – MakeDox, 2014
Duitsland – FilmFest Munich, 2014
Bosnie en Herzegovina – Sarajevo Film Festival, 2014
Kroatië – Liburnia Film Festival, 2014
Italië – Milano Film Festival, 2014
Nederland – Nederlands Film Festival, 2014
Oostenrijk – LET’S CEE Film Festival, 2014
Kroatië – Dokuart, 2014
Servië – Freezone film festival, 2014
Nederland – Eastern Neighbours Film Festival, 2014
Italië – 36th Women and Cinema International Film Festival, 2014
Italië – Florence Film Festival Cinema and Women, 2014
India – 19th International Film Festival of Kerala, 2014
Rusland – Art Doc Fest, 2014
België – 31th Mons International Love Film Festival, 2015
Estland – 12th World Film Festival, 2015
Tsjechië – One World International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival, 2015
Polen – Planete+ Doc Film Festival, 2015
Turkije – 18th Flying Broom International Women’s Film Festival, 2015
Estland – Pärnu International Film Festival, 2015
Polen – New Horizons IFF, 2015
Romenië – Astra Film Festival, 2015

Yassine Goes to Syria

Sat, 01 Mar 2014 00:00:00 GMT

Regie: Yassine El Idrissi

Unique portrait of a country in war, seen through the eyes of the young Moroccan photojournalist Yassine El Idrissi. He already followed the Syrian uprising through social media, but he wants more: he wants to know and experience what matters in this war. What future do the fighters and inhabitants dream off? Yassine is not an objective spectator; As a young Arab and Muslim he would like to play a role in this important stage in Arab history. When he becomes friends on Facebook with the Syrian Ilyas, he decides to travel from the safe Amsterdam to Syria to see what he can contribute. Through Ilyas, Yassine gets to know the warriors and residents of the city Saraqib. During his stay he sees hope evaporate and division and chaos arise.
With this intense portrait of Yassine's Facebook and YouTube friends, the residents of Syria get a face.

Director: Yassine El Idrissi
Length: 55 minutes
Broadcaster: VPRO, Netherlands
Funding: VPRO, Netherlands
Awards: 'Best Documentary' Imperial War Museum Film Festival 2014

Happily Ever After (co-producer)

Tue, 07 Jan 2014 00:00:00 GMT

Director: Tatjana Bozic

When filmmaker Tatjana Božićhas for the umpteenth time found the love of her life and again things threaten to go terribly wrong, she decides that she should turn over a new leaf. This relationship must succeed! Tatyana visits five exes in Moscow, Hamburg, London and Zagreb to find an answer to the question why all her love affairs always end on the rocks. With a good dose of self-mockery, but also with deeply felt passion, she unravels her past relationships and she confronts her (ex-)men and herself with the complexities of contemporary loving. The documentary is a confrontational, emotional, but at the same time humorous film, easily recognizable to everyone of us, in which the filmmaker staunchly keeps searching for the holy grail of love: the Happily Ever After!

Happily Ever After premiered at the International Rotterdam Film Festival and was selected for the competition of the Tiger Awards! Cineart distributes the film in the Benelux and Restart in former Yugoslavia.

Director: Tatjana Bozic
Length: 83 minutes
Photography: Ton Peters
Broadcaster: IKON
Coproduction: Wit Film / Zelovic Film / Factum
Distribution: Cine-art
Financed by: Netherlands Film Fund, Dutch Cultural Media Fund, CoBO, HAVC and IKON

Awards
IFFR, 2014 – Nomination Tiger Award 2014
Sarajevo Film Festival, 2014 – Special Jury Mention
Liburnia Film Festival, 2014 – Best editing and Best directing
Netherlands Film Festival, 2014 – Best editing
LET’S CEE Film Festival, 2014 – Special Jury Mention

Nominations
Netherlands Film Festival, 2014 – Best documentary

Festivals
The Netherlands – International Film Festival Rotterdam, 2014
Croatia – ZagrebDOX, 2014
Luxemburg – Luxembourg City Film Festival, 2014
Macedonia – MakeDox, 2014
Germany – FilmFest Munich, 2014
Bosnia and Herzegovina – Sarajevo Film Festival, 2014
Croatia – Liburnia Film Festival, 2014
Italy – Milano Film Festival, 2014
The Netherlands – Dutch Film Festival, 2014
Austria – LET’S CEE Film Festival, 2014
Croatia – Dokuart, 2014
Serbia – Freezone film festival, 2014
The Netherlands – Eastern Neighbours Film Festival, 2014
Italy – 36th Women and Cinema International Film Festival, 2014
Italy – Florence Film Festival Cinema and Women, 2014
India – 19th International Film Festival of Kerala, 2014
Russia – Art Doc Fest, 2014
Belgium – 31th Mons International Love Film Festival, 2015
Estonia – 12th World Film Festival, 2015
Czech Republic – One World International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival, 2015
Poland – Planete+ Doc Film Festival, 2015
Turkey – 18th Flying Broom International Women’s Film Festival, 2015
Estonia – Pärnu International Film Festival, 2015
Poland – New Horizons IFF, 2015
Romania – Astra Film Festival, 2015

Justine & Justice for the women of Congo

Tue, 31 Dec 2013 00:00:00 GMT

Regie: Alexander Goekjian

Documentaire over Justine Masika Bihambo, winnares van de Human Rights Defenders Tulip Award 2008

Congo has been ravaged by war for the last decade. Millions have died. Sexual violence against women is one of the weapons which the warring parties use against their opponents. Thousands of women in Congo have been physically and mentally scarred for life.

Justine Masika Bihamba has been supporting these women since the conflicts began in the early '90s. In December 2008 she received the Human Rights Defenders Tulip award for her work. This film portrays Justine and the work of her organization - Synergy for Women Victims of Sexual Violence - based in Goma, North Kivu Province, Eastern DRC.

Regie: Alex Goekjian
Lengte: 30 minuten
Financiering: Ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken

My Friends

Tue, 24 Dec 2013 00:00:00 GMT

Regie: Lidija Zelovic

Joegoslavië was voor filmmaakster Lidija Zelovic het land van melk en honing. Geboren en getogen in Sarajevo ontvluchtte ze de stad toen de oorlog uitbrak. Sinds dertien jaar woont en werkt ze nu in Nederland, waar ze het erg naar haar zin heeft, met haar vriend en hun kind dat net geboren is. Maar toch wringt er iets: ze mist haar oude vriendinnen, die over de hele wereld zijn uitgewaaierd. Daarom bedenkt ze een belachelijk plan, zoals ze het zelf zegt. Ze gaat haar bruiloft op het idyllische platteland in voormalig Joegoslavië vieren, al haar vrienden uitnodigen én, alsof het nog niet genoeg is, er een film over maken. In dit egodocument gaat Zelovic in gesprek met haar drie beste vriendinnen van toen, die ze opzoekt in Canada, Zweden en Sarajevo. In de zeer intieme gesprekken tracht ze de breuk te lijmen die door de oorlog ontstaan is in de vriendschap tussen haar Bosnische en Servische vriendin. Ondertussen gaan de voorbereidingen voor de bruiloft gewoon door, terwijl haar ooms steggelen over het aantal lammeren dat ze moeten slachten.

Regie: Lidija Zelovic
Lengte: 60 minuten
Omroep: IKON/ ZDF/ ARTE
Financiering: Media Fonds, Arte

Prijzen
Golden Plaque Belgrade voor beste int. documentaire 2008

Festivals
ZagrebDox, Kroatie
Nederlands Film Festival
Message to Man Filmfestival, St Petersburg

Het Land Van Onze Grootouders

Thu, 19 Dec 2013 00:00:00 GMT

Regie: Alex Goekjian

In deze roadmovie wordt op zoek gegaan naar sporen van de Armeense genocide. Hoofdpersoon is de jonge Turks-Nederlandse Ugur Üngör, die promotieonderzoek doet naar de Armeense genocide. Daarbij stuit hij op een boek van Vahram Goekjian, die de rassenmoord overleefde en daar een boek over schreef. De kleinzoon van Vahram, regisseur Alex Goekjian reist met Üngör mee. Samen reizen door het gebied waar de familie Goekjian eeuwenlang leefde. Regisseur Kay Mastenbroek volgt hen met een tweede camera. Hij brengt in beeld welke spanningen hun vragen oproepen bij lokale overheden, maar ook binnen het Turks-Armeense filmteam.

Regie: Alex Goekjian, Kay Mastenbroek
Lengte: 58 minuten
Omroep: IKON / VRT

Prijzen
'Beste documentaire', Pomegranate Film Festival, Toronto 2009

Land Of Our Grand Parents

Thu, 05 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Regie: Alex Goekjian

In this roadmovie we are looking for traces of the Armenian genocide. The main character is the young Turkish-Dutch Ugur Üngör, who is doing historical research on the Armenian genocide. He encounters a book by Vahram Goekjian, who survived the racial murders and wrote a book about it. The grandson of Vahram, director Alex Goekjian, travels with Üngör. They travel together through the area where the Goekjian family lived for centuries. Director Kay Mastenbroek follows them with a second camera. He registers the tension between the filmcrew and the local authorities who are very uncomfortable with the research, but also the tension in the film team itself.

Director: Alex Goekjian, Kay Mastenbroek
Length: 58 minutes
Broadcaster: IKON / VRT

Awards
'Best documentary', Pomegranate Film Festival, Toronto 2009

Women of Srebrenica: Just Another Day

Fri, 01 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Director: Lidija Zelovic

Documentary in which three Muslim women from Srebrenica are followed for one day. Attention to their daily lives and the way they deal with the fall of the Muslim enclave in 1995 and the murder of their husbands, sons and other relatives by the Serbs.

The documentary can be seen through the following link:
https://vimeo.com/243021924

director: Lidija Zelovic
length: 50 min.
broadcaster: IKON, Netherlands

Recycle

Wed, 02 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Regie:  Mahmoud al Massadee

What makes a terrorist? In Zarqa, Jordan's second largest city with close to 1,000,000 people, it is a much-debated question. Zarqa was the birthplace of Abu Musab al Zarqawi, the leader of Al Qaeda in Mesopotamia before being killed by American forces in 2006. Many in town knew al Zarqawi, and Zarqa continues to be a source of new recruits to jihad. With inspired cinematography and remarkable access, Jordanian/Palestinian filmmaker Mahmoud al Assad charts the daily life of an Islamic man in one of Zarqa's poorest neighborhoods, revealing the rhythms of Jordanian life against the backdrop of the 'war on terrorism' that reaches into the living rooms of many Muslim families.

Director : Mahmoud al Massad
Length: 78 minutes
Producers: Zelovic FIlm, ISee Film, Mec Film

Awards and nominations
'Cinematography Award' Sundance Film Festival 2008
'Cinema in Motion Award' San Sebastian International Film Festival 2008
'Grand Prix nomination' Fribourg International Filmfestival 2008

My Friends

Thu, 17 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Regie: Lidija Zelovic

Yugoslavia was the land of milk and honey for filmmaker Lidija Zelovic. Born and raised in Sarajevo, she fled the city when the war broke out. She has been living and working in the Netherlands for thirteen years when during the time of the film, where she really likes it, with her boyfriend and their child who was just born. But something is still wringing: she is missing her old friends, who have been fanned out all over the world. That's why she thinks up a ridiculous plan, as she says herself. She will celebrate her wedding in the idyllic countryside in former Yugoslavia, invite all her friends and, as if it is not enough, make a film about it. In this personal documentary, Zelovic talks to her three best friends at the time, who she visits in Canada, Sweden and Sarajevo. In the very intimate talks she tries to glue the break that was caused by the war in the friendship between her Bosnian and Serbian girlfriends. In the meantime preparations for the wedding continue, where her uncles keep talking about the number of lambs that they have to slaughter.

Director:
Lidija Zelovic
Length: 60 minutes
Broadcaster: IKON / ZDF / ARTE
Financing: Media Fund, Arte

Prizes
Golden Plaque Belgrade for best int. documentary 2008

Festivals
ZagrebDox, Croatia
DutchFilm Festival
Message to Man Film Festival, St Petersburg

Justine & Justice for the women of Congo

Thu, 10 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Director: Alexander Goekjian

Documentary about Justine Masika Bihambo, winner of the Human Rights Defenders Tulip Award 2008

Congo has been ravaged by war for the last decade. Millions have died. Sexual violence against women is one of the weapons
which the warring parties use against their opponents. Thousands of women Congo have been physically and mentally scarred for life.

Justine Masika Bihamba has been supporting these women since the conflicts started in the early '90s. In December 2008 she received the Human Rights Defenders Tulip award for her work. This film portrays Justine and the work ofher organization - Synergy for Women Victims or Sexual Violence - based in Goma, North Kivu Province, Eastern DRC.

Director: Alex Goekjian
Length: 30 minutes
Financing: Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Once Upon A Time There Was A Country

Thu, 03 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Director: Lidija Zelovic

A personal inquisition on the confusion that takes place when a person loses her home, finds another home, and just when she starts getting used to it, she goes back...

Director: Lidija Zelovic
Length: 15 minutes
Broadcaster: IKON
Awards: Gouden Kalf nominatie beste korte documentaire 1998

Recycle (co-produktie)

Wed, 05 Sep 2007 00:00:00 GMT

Regie:  Mahmoud al Massadee

Waneer wordt iemand een terrorist? In Zarqa, de op één na grootste stad van Jordanië met bijna 1.000.000 inwoners, is het een veelbesproken vraag. Zarqa was de geboorteplaats van Abu Musab al Zarqawi, de leider van Al Qaeda in Mesopotamië voordat hij werd gedood door Amerikaanse troepen in 2006. Velen in de stad kenden al Zarqawi, en Zarqa blijft een bron van nieuw rekruten voor de jihad. Met geïnspireerde cinematografie en opmerkelijke intieme toegang tot zijn personages, De Jordaans / Palestijnse filmmaker Mahmoud al Assad brengt het dagelijks leven in kaart van een Islamitische man in een van de armste wijken van Zarqa. Hij onthult de ritmes van Het Jordaanse leven tegen de achtergrond van de 'oorlog tegen het terrorisme' , die in tot in de huiskamers van veel moslimfamilies doordringt .

Regisseur: Mahmoud al Massad
Lengte: 78 minuten
Producenten: Zelovic FIlm, ISee Film, Mec Film

Prijzen en nominaties
'Cinematography Award' Sundance Film Festival 2008
'Cinema in Motion Award' San Sebastian International Film Festival 2008
'Grand Prix nomination' Fribourg International Filmfestival 2008

Zomaar Een Dag

Thu, 04 Jan 2007 00:00:00 GMT

Regie: Lidija Zelovic

Documentaire waarin drie moslima uit Srebrenica gedurende één dag worden gevolgd. Aandacht voor hun dagelijks leven en de wijze waarop zij omgaan met de val de moslimenclave in 1995 en de moord op hun echtgenoten, zonen en andere familieleden door de Serviërs.

regie: Lidija Zelovic
lengte: 50 min
omroep: IKON
financiering: IKON

Once Upon A Time There Was A Country

Mon, 01 Jan 2007 00:00:00 GMT

Regie: Lidija Zelovic

Een persoonlijke onderzoek naar de verwarring die optreedt als een persoon haar huis verliest, een ander huis vindt, en net wanneer ze begint te wennen ernaar, terug gaat naar het eerste huis...

Regisseur: Lidija Zelovic
Lengte: 15 minuten
Omroep: IKON
Prijzen: Gouden Kalf nominatie beste korte documentaire 1998