Suzanne Raes

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Suzanne Raes

Suzanne Raes has been working as an independent filmmaker for more than 20 years. Her early films a.o. The Houses of Hristina (2007), The Rainbow Warriors of Waiheke Island (2009), and The Successor of Kakiemon (2012) premiered at IDFA and won several awards at international film festivals. Her film Come Closer about Boudewijn de Groot received the IDFA Music Audience Award in 2015. For her film a…

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We Had a PlanWe Had a Plan
We Had a Plan
MovieDocumentary
Paul and Dan, a couple who spent ten years working illegally as cleaners in the Netherlands, return to the Philippines as a success story. But before long their plans begin to unravel, and they face a difficult choice. A love story.
OvergaveOvergave · 2022
Overgave
★ 8.02022
MovieDocumentary
Two MenTwo Men · 2022
Two Men
2022
MovieDocumentary
A portrait of Ivo Van Hove, internationally the most highly regarded stage director of the Low Countries. And of his partner in love and work, scenographer Jan Versweyveld.
Hou me vast - De DijkHou me vast - De Dijk · 2013
Hou me vast - De Dijk
2013
MovieDocumentaryMusic
De Dijk has toured the Netherlands for almost 30 years. From Nijeveen to Bergen op Zoom, from Weert to Broek op Langedijk. In almost unchanged composition, this band has been able to bind an ever-wider audience. They grew up together and made each other better by working together in a unique way. While for the outside world Huub van der Lubbe is the face of the band, the band is mainly a collective inside: everything is jointly decided. The documentary shows the year in which they release their first international album Hold on Tight and which would be crowned with a performance with Solomon Burke in Paradiso. It is different - the morning of his arrival in Amsterdam, Solomon Burke dies at Schiphol. De Dijk is devastated: they lose a friend, but also a possible international dream is shattered.
Ganz: How I Lost My BeetleGanz: How I Lost My Beetle · 2019
Ganz: How I Lost My Beetle
★ 6.72019
MovieDocumentary
Josef Ganz, editor of trade journal Motor-Kritik, amazed Germany by appearing in a revolutionary tiny car in 1932. It was his dream: a people's car anyone can afford. The idea made its way to new Reichskanzler Adolf Hitler. But in Hitler's dream there was no place for Jewish inventor Ganz. This is the story of the man whose designs led to the invention of the Volkswagen Beetle, and who ultimately lost everything. In the film, Ganz's relatives and admirers bring his lost heritage back to life.
Close to VermeerClose to Vermeer · 2023
Close to Vermeer
★ 7.82023
MovieDocumentaryHistory
In the year before he retires, Gregor Weber, a globally renowned Vermeer expert and flamboyant curator at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, works on his big dream: the largest Vermeer exhibition ever. Together with Weber, a number of enthusiasts and experts go in search of what truly makes a Vermeer a Vermeer.
GroenkijkersGroenkijkers · 2023
Groenkijkers
2023
MovieDocumentary
Hart van de democratieHart van de democratie · 2020
Hart van de democratie
2020
MovieDocumentary
This documentary was shot in 2018 and 2019 within the walls of The Hague Binnenhof and examines how our democracy works and shows that it is under considerable pressure. The Binnenhof now looks different in the corona era. It has also become quieter there and people keep their distance, but the question whether and how our democracy will survive is just as important as before.

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Hou me vast - De DijkHou me vast - De Dijk · 2013
Hou me vast - De Dijk
2013
MovieDocumentaryMusic
De Dijk has toured the Netherlands for almost 30 years. From Nijeveen to Bergen op Zoom, from Weert to Broek op Langedijk. In almost unchanged composition, this band has been able to bind an ever-wider audience. They grew up together and made each other better by working together in a unique way. While for the outside world Huub van der Lubbe is the face of the band, the band is mainly a collective inside: everything is jointly decided. The documentary shows the year in which they release their first international album Hold on Tight and which would be crowned with a performance with Solomon Burke in Paradiso. It is different - the morning of his arrival in Amsterdam, Solomon Burke dies at Schiphol. De Dijk is devastated: they lose a friend, but also a possible international dream is shattered.

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