Abel van Gijlswijk

A young Dutch soldier deployed to suppress post-WWII independence efforts in the Netherlands’ colony of Indonesia finds himself torn between duty and conscience when he joins an increasingly ruthless commander’s elite squad.

In this absurdist critique of our media landscape, a voice-over actress, a theatre group and a beginning director are carving their own way. About the pitfalls, the highs and deep lows of the creative process.

A quizshow presented by Philip Freriks and one-man jury Maarten van Rossum.

'The White Man' explores what happens now that the white man's self-evident position of power is under pressure. For what happens to you when you are no longer the norm by default?