What an extraordinary afternoon yesterday! In a packed auditorium at Film Theatre Springhaver in Utrecht, my documentary Stones that Spreak was screened, followed by the unveiling of a beautiful mural by Jos Peeters — featuring a quote by Harry van Putten, which also appears in...
Friday 1 November Stones that Speak will be shown in the Parnassos cultural centre, subtitled in English. Before watching the documentary, it is also possible to participate in a poetry walk through Utrecht. Get your TICKET here...
Coming Thursday at 8.30 p.m. 'Stones that Speak' will be screened during the Sharing Days for alumni at the University of Utrecht. This time with English subtitles: a wonderful collaboration with translation students from the university who have really done a great job. On Saturday 8...
Good news: 'FLOW - an ode to urban nature' will be shown again by RTV Utrecht....
'FLOW - an ode to urban nature' won the award for Best Short Nature film at the NATOURALE - NATURE, WILDLIFE, ENVIRONMENT film festival in Wiesbaden, Germany....
After the Netherlands, Canada, the United States and Finland, ‘FLOW – an Ode to Urban Nature’ now goes to Germany! The film will be shown during the NATOURALE in Wiesbaden, from 1-4 December, and is nominated as one of the finalists. For me, discovering nature...
It was wonderful to meet all the other international filmmakers and watch so many great films. ‘Liberty’ from Belgian filmmaker Phil de Witte is a thriller that exposes the suffering of wild animals in captivity and it’s absolutely mindblowing. A must see! And once again,...
'FLOW- an ode to urban nature' won the 1st prize for best experimental film at the Vaasa Wildlife Festival. Thanks to everyone who participated in this film: Anne Broeksma, Gerwin Weidenaar, Gerard Cevaal, Ralph de Lange, Herbert Jan Kaars Sijpesteijn, Barry McCabe Neske Kraai &...
'FLOW- an ode to urban nature' was selected for the VAASA Wildlife festival in Finland. And not only that, the film has also been nominated for Best Experimental Film. Great news! And thanks to the support of the Dutch Embassy in Finland, we are present...
Congratulations to Robert Bensen on his new book ‘What Lightning Spoke’ which cannot be praised enough! It’s truly a wonderful collection of poetry. The book also includes some translations that he worked on, and I’m very honoured to have one of my poems (Paradise or...