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Ongeschreven Regels - Poort

Director: Veere van Gent
The Oudemanhuispoort: for many, just a quick passage between two streets; for others, the setting of a timeless yet vanishing world. In this playful film essay, this gateway is the main character.
In the heart of Amsterdam, flanked by two university buildings, lies the Oudemanhuispoort, home to the city's oldest book market. Poort sketches a playful, associative portrait of this historic location. What begins as an attempt to portray a mysterious bookseller gradually becomes a poetic reflection on time, change and disappearance. Here, the gateway serves as time capsule, protagonist and backdrop all at once. A place where so much and so little happens, at the same time.

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Montage
Sound Design
Production company
VPRO
TV company
VPRO
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Type: Short Documentary
Theme: Arts & Culture, Historic, Experimental

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