About us
Ammodo Docs is a series of artistic shorts about original minds. Renowned Dutch filmmakers challenge you to see the world through the eyes of pioneers in the arts and science.
By releasing new films each year, Ammodo Docs works to build a growing, publicly accessible collection of documentaries about diverse contemporary challenges.
Ammodo Docs expands your worldview in just fifteen minutes per film.
Forward-thinking films.
Directors
Carin Goeijers
Carin Goeijers (1967) is an independent documentary director from the Netherlands. Cinematic form plays an important role in her inventive way of storytelling. Her films have screened at several leading international filmfestivals including IDFA 2018, where her film But Now Is Perfect won a Special Jury Award for Best Dutch Documentary.
Sjors Swierstra
As a curator and director, Sjors Swierstra (1982) develops projects in the fields of film, photography, and modern art. His documentary The World According to Monsieur Khiar was nominated for a Golden Calf and the Prix Europa. Het Voorval (The Incident) – The myth of Armando was released in cinemas in 2018 and broadcast by NTR.
Marleine van der Werf
Marleine van der Werf (1985) is a filmmaker/ artistic researcher with a documentary practice. In her films and multi-sensory installations she collaborates with scientists. Her projects have been shown at IDFA, Future of storytelling NY and Art Basel. In 2018 she won the Next Talent award and in 2019 she was selected as a European Talent for Science Media. In 2021 she became a Sundance Institute Interdisciplinary Program Grantee.
Hester Overmars
The Guts of the Neuroscientist
Hester Overmars (1971) is a documentary filmmaker known for The Neverending Quartet (2020), among other films. She was nominated for a Golden Calf in 2007 for her short film Martha Vonk goes to Istanbul and in 2015 Hester won the Golden Calf for her short Verboden Vlucht. Her films screened at various international festivals. She studied History at Erasmus University Rotterdam.
Floris-Jan van Luyn
Floris-Jan van Luyn (1967) is a filmmaker and writer, known for films such as The Bastard (2018), nominated for a Golden Calf, and The Rainmakers (2010), which won awards at several international festivals. Before establishing himself as an independent filmmaker in 2004 he studied history and Chinese after which he worked for the NRC as a China correspondent, editor and columnist.
Renko Douze
Renko Douze (1986) is a producer and filmmaker who in 2011 founded the production company Een van de jongens together with Hasse van Nunen. Douze has worked as a writer, director and editor for documentary films and series such as the children’s programme Het Klokhuis. He is an avid mountaineer, which proved useful during the filming of Moving Mountains.
Team Ammodo Docs
Maartje Bakers
Maartje Bakers is the Programme Expert for documentaries at Ammodo. She is a documentary filmmaker herself and co-produced several documentaries with NPO as an independent producer. She worked for 19 years as a teacher of scenario and documentary direction at the University of the Arts in Utrecht.
Oda Barten
Oda Barten is the Director of Ammodo Docs, and she is also Deputy Director of the Ammodo Foundation, an organisation dedicated to promoting art, architecture and science. In addition to her work for the Ammodo Docs project, Oda Barten is also responsible for Ammodo’s science programme.
Marente Bloemheuvel
Marente Bloemheuvel is programme manager documentaries at Ammodo Docs. Previously, she worked as a curator at various museums, compiled and wrote numerous publications, and has been curator of exhibitions at Eye Filmmuseum for the past 12 years.
India Rose Klap
India Rose Klap is Junior Associate at Ammodo Docs. In addition to her work at Ammodo Docs, India Rose is also a programme maker and designer at Elixer, a hospitality venue and cultural hub located in Amsterdam Zuidoost. She studied Film and Media Arts at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Ghent (Belgium).
Jip Branten
Jip Branten is Junior Associate A.I. at Ammodo Docs. Besides his work for Ammodo Docs, he is part of the European selection committee at Go Short – ISFF. He studied film in Utrecht, with a focus on transmedia storytelling and narrative studies.
Coproducers
Basalt Film is a Rotterdam-based production company, founded in 2012 by Simone van den Broek and, since 2021, headed by Eline van Wees. Basalt focuses on national and international productions.
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Blackframe produces artistic and personal documentaries about themes such as music, art, dance and society. Blackframe productions have won awards at several international festivals.
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Een van de jongens is the production company of Hasse van Nunen and Renko Douze. They make creative documentaries about subjects that matter. Their films have won awards at various international festivals.
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