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90 min 2003 DVD
25 short films made by secundary school pupils in the stately home at Oud-Amelisweerd wich lies between Utrecht and
Bunnik, in 18th-century parkland bordering the Kromme Rijn river. Commissioned by Baron Gerard Godard Taets van
Amerongen, the house was built as a country seat in 1770. In 1808 it was sold to Louis Napoleon, King of the Netherlands
from 1806 to 1810, who lived there for a total of eight days. Neither were the next owners, Paulus Wilhelmus Bosch van
Drakenstein and his successors, regular residents. Thanks to such infrequent occupation, Oud-Amelisweerd has remained
largely in its original state. No doubt this house with it’s famous 18th-century Chinese wallpaper, was a big inspiration
for the scholars to make very scary, romantic, funny and exciting movies.
commissioned by the Centraal Museum, Utrecht
- workshopleaders scriptwriting
- Anna van der Kruis, Jannika van Wijk, Linda de Kooning
- workshopleaders drama
- Thijs Hazeleger, Christien Meindertsma
- workshopleader camera, sound and special effects
- Dorothée Meddens
- coordination
- Leonieke Terlouw
- edited by
- Dorothée Meddens
- additional music
- Frank Weyzig
- Screenings
- 2004 Centraal Museum, Utrecht
- 2005 Country House Oud-Amelisweerd, Utrecht