ZINDOC

Zonder Iemand Niemand / without others we are nothing

ZINDOC

Zonder Iemand Niemand / without others we are nothing

WHY WE MAKE FILMS

We make creative stories on urgent social and political subjects.

We see storytelling as a form of love and friendship, an act of giving and sharing. We try to work from a deep place of humility and generosity.

Our goal is ego-less filmmaking.

Our favorite word is kaupapa, meaning moral and spiritual purpose in Māori. Ours is to make films that lead to a more just world and to help fight for the Rights of Nature.

We believe cinema has the transformative power to enlarge our hearts and inspire us to embody our better selves.

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The Coriolis Effect

A creative feature documentary about the world spinning out of control, set in the Cape Verde, the place where hurricanes are born.

The Coriolis Effect

RELEASED

Myanmar Diaries

A hybrid film about life under the regime of terror in Myanmar, told through the eyes of the Myanmar Film Collective.

Myanmar Diaries

Letter to San Zaw Htway

The filmmakers invited the loved ones of a Burmese activist to write letters to him: this short is composed of their words.

Letter to San Zaw Htway

SAD FILM

An autobiographical short about the impossibility of making films under the mlitary regime in Myanmar.

SAD FILM

Angels on Diamond Street

An undocumented Mexican women and her family take sanctuary in an African American Church in Philadelphia.

Angels on Diamond Street

We Are The River

A short about the first river in the world granted legal personhood.

We Are The River

Yangon Free Funeral Service

A short about a celebrity actor turned philantrhopist who buries the poor.

Yangon Free Funeral Service

Burma Storybook

A creative documentary about Myanmar’s ill-fated democratic transition told through the eyes of its poets.

Burma Storybook

Burma Storybook

Burmese poetry from the film together with photographs by Dana Lixenberg

Burma Storybook poetry & photography

Framing the Transition

Young Burmese photographers document Myanmar’s brief years of freedom.

Framing The Transition

ANA ANA

The inner worlds of four young Egyptian artists in the Arab Spring.

ANA ANA

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Back To The Square

Four stories of injustice during the Egyptian Revolution.

Back To The Square

Letters to the President

Life in Iran under the regime of President Ahmadinejad seen through his populist propaganda.

Letters to the President

On A Tightrope

Four stories of Uighur orphans in Xinjiang learning the ancient art of tightropewalking.

On A Tightrope

Bridging The Gap

A young Dutch UN aid worker learns about the complexities and compromises of foreign aid in Cameroon.

Bridging The Gap

Bride Kidnapping in Kyrgyzstan

The first ever film about the custom of bride kidnapping in this central Asian country.

Bride Kidnapping in Kyrgyzstan

Speeding on the Virtual Highway

A portrait of Dutch Video Artist Micha Klein.

Speeding on the Virtual Highway

Cowboys in Kosovo

A testament to childhood memories, unbroken despite the war.

Cowboys in Kosovo

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