Sun 23 March 2025
Q&A with director Thomas Stokmans and Deputy Mayor Rutger Groot Wassink
The screening of the film Meneer L. will be followed by a Q&A with director Thomas Stokmans, and Rutger Groot Wassink, Deputy Mayor of the Municipality of Amsterdam.
The panel discussion will focus on the broader context of the production of the film, its artistic decisions (to have non-professional actors and actual refugees act in the film) and motivations as well as the immigrant experiences with the sometimes comical bureaucratic system in the Netherlands.
The conversation is moderated by Bahram Sadeghi.
Language: English
Meneer L.
An Asian tourist visits the touristic highlights that the Netherlands has to offer. After losing his passport - due to biased assumptions about his identity – he ends up in a refugee asylum situated on a former luxury cruise ship in Amsterdam. Awaiting a solution to his precarious situation, he manages to start special...
Speakers
Bahram Sadeghi
moderator
Thomas Stokmans
director
Rutger Groot Wassink
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