projections (projekties)

fiction, 30', 16 mm, black/white

amsterdams stadsjournaal 36


an anniversary and farewell film about film and filmmaking. a reflection about 10
years amsterdam city newsreel with gerard thoolen who plays an unemployed
film operator. while waiting at the employment office he begins to daydream
and we see flashbacks of his roles in earlier films.


Projections is a splendid farewell present of the ten year old Amsterdam City Newsreel.
(Trouw)
Never known that such a poetic film can be made about unemployment.
(Viva)