Raw Herring (12+)
the Netherlands, 2013, colour, 75 min.
Directors: Leonard Retel Helmrich, Hetty Naaijkens-Retel Helmrich
Directors: Leonard Retel Helmrich, Hetty Naaijkens-Retel Helmrich
Fished for over a thousand years, the Hollandse Nieuwe (Dutch New Herring) is a phenomenon that has become a national cultural icon. More recently, the Dutch herring fleet has lost a great deal of its importance as only two vessels are now fishing for herring under the Dutch flag.
Leonard Retel Helmrich
Leonard Retel Helmrich
s a Dutch cinematographer and film director of Indo the descent. He was born in Tilburg, Netherlands and has lived in Amsterdam since 1982. He received highest honors for international documentaries at the Sundance Festival and was first two-time International Documentary winner at the International Documentary (IDFA). He is famous for perfecting the “single camera shot” film theory and his related technical camera innovations.
FILMOGRAPHY
Selected filmography: The Phoenix Mystery, 1990; Moving objects, 1991; The Eye of the Day, 2001; Flight from Heaven, 2003; Shape of the Moon, 2004; Promised Paradise, 2006; Position among the Stars, 2010; Hollandse Nieuwe (Raw Herring), 2013.
Hetty Naaijkens-Retel Helmrich
Hetty Naaijkens-Retel Helmrich
the Netherlands, 2013, colour, 75 min.
Directors: Leonard Retel Helmrich, Hetty Naaijkens-Retel Helmrich
Directors: Leonard Retel Helmrich, Hetty Naaijkens-Retel Helmrich
Fished for over a thousand years, the Hollandse Nieuwe (Dutch New Herring) is a phenomenon that has become a national cultural icon. More recently, the Dutch herring fleet has lost a great deal of its importance as only two vessels are now fishing for herring under the Dutch flag.