Documentary Filmmaker | Human Forever
Current2023: Human Forever - A Story About Love For HumanitySynopsisTeun is 24, perfectly healthy and lives with people with dementia in the closed ward of a nursing home,Why?He is 24, but not all his life....Now people still listen to what he wants, what he feels and what he thinks. Now he is still free to be who he wants to be and go where he wants, but the chances of that not being the case in the future are 1 in 5.That's why he goes in search of answers for the future....Awards- Winner Golden Calf 2024, Golden Calf of the Audience Documentary for best attended documentary. - Best attended human interest documentary of all times in Dutch cinemas.- Crystal Film (10.000 visitors in Dutch cinemas within two weeks)- Currently more than 75.000 cinema visitors (NL)- Currently more than 20.000 cinema visitors (BE)- Winner Best Feature Documentary, Madrid International Movie Awards (Spain), 8& HalFilm Awards (Italy), Rolling Ideas Film Festival (Romania), RIFF (India), Youth Core Festival (Serbia).- Winner Best Director, RIFF (India)- Winner Best Educational Documentary, HEFFI (FINLAND)- Winner Best Cinematographer, 4th Dimension Independent Film Festival (Indonesia)- Nominee Best Documentary film, 4th Dimension Independent Film Festival (Indonesia)- Winner Honorable Mention Best Feature Documentary, Kosice International Film Festival (Slovakia)- Official Selection Best Documentary, Rising Sun International Film Festival (Japan, BARCIFF (SPAIN), SILKROAD International Film Festival (Ireland), Benin City International Film Festival (Nigeria), Red Fox International Film Festival (Georgia), London Director Awards (UK), Madrid Film Awards (MADFA).Human Forever premiered at the G20 summit on dementia in The Hague on 2 October 2023.Prime minister Mark Rutte about the film: "For me, Human Forever is not only a poignant film, but above all a monument to all those people with dementia and their loved ones, worldwide."