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40th Worldfest Independent
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April 20-29, 2007

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Amsterdam Via Amsterdam

Amsterdam Via Amsterdam
Showtime: Sunday April 23 rd at 5:00pm

 
Director:
 Rogier van Eck,
Rob Rombout
Producer:
 Rogier Van Eck
Rob Rombout
Editor:
 Rogier van Eck,
Rudi Maerten
Screenwriter:
 Rogier van Eck,
Rob Rombout
Dir. of Photo:
Willy Stassen,
Samuel Dravet,
Louis-Philippe Capelle
Music:
 Hughes Marechal
 

Rogier van Eck and Rob Rombout follow the footsteps of two illustrious 16 th Century Dutch navigators, Willem Barenstz and Cornelis de Houtman, who left Amsterdam to open the routes to the Spice Islands. From the city to the islands, the film sketches a new geography of Amsterdam that unites the space of the voyage with the reality of the three places.

Documentary

80 minutes

Color, 35mm, Dutch/French/English with English subtitles
 

 

Rogier was born in Paris in 1952. He studied Political Science at the Lausanne University in Switzerland and then attended the Superior National Institute of Performing Arts in Brussels. Most recently, he created and co-wrote the TV collection "Kaleidoscope, looking at life frames," directing 5 of the 33 episodes to date.

Rob, born in Amsterdamin 1953, served for over 10 years as a teacher at several Film-Institutes. His most recent documentaries include Canton, La Chinoise, QM2, The Enterprise, Les Passagers de l'Alsace, Overloon Penitentiary Centre . He is currently working on a portrait of the former Dutch writer Robert van Gulik.

Rogier van Eck
 

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