Hoop & heimwee

Documentary about the Noordoostpolder, where thousands of foreign workers want to remain forever. But how can you settle in somewhere if this causes others not to feel at home anymore

Around the villages of the Noordoostpolder, some 50,000 foreign seasonal workers carry out the work the thinly spread people of Flevoland cannot manage themselves. The initial reassurance that these ‘strangers’ would subsequently go back home has evaporated; many migrant workers will never leave. This documentary portrays employers – including some former immigrants - and Polish workers who explain what it means to leave hearth and home, and build up a new life in a place where people do not exactly welcome them with open arms.

Credits

Director

Producer

Executive producer

Script

Camera

Bernd Wouthuysen
Kester Dixon
Deen van der Zaken NSC
Eline Flipse

Sound Design

Erik Langhout

Set geluid

Bert van den Dungen
Wouter Veldhuis
Martijn van Haalen

Sound editing

Ruud de Bruyn

Montage

Hans Dunnewijk

Muziek

Maurice Horsthuis

: Research
Eline Flipse
Production company
Elifli Films
TV company
Omroep Flevoland
Postproduction company
Loods Lux & Lumen

Title: Hoop & heimwee
Year: 2018
Duration : 1 hour, 12 minutes
Category: Long Documentary
Edition: NFF 2018

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