The School as Microcosm of Society
friday june 8 | 20.30 hrs

Schoolplein
‘Schoolyard’ is a documentary about teenagers in Amsterdam. From the distance of their balcony and throughout the year, the filmmakers observe the teenagers on a schoolyard in the city of Amsterdam. Sometimes we see an empty yard, but mostly it is full with adolescents from various backgrounds and colours. They hang out, make friends, fight and make up. Meanwhile, in voice-overs, they talk about their dreams, their friendships and the differences between them.

Judith Vreriks & Marc Schmidt (The Netherlands) | The Netherlands | 2005 | 25 min | English subtitles

camera: Judith Vreriks and Marc Schmidt
sound: Judith Vreriks and Marc Schmidt
editor: Judith Vreriks and Marc Schmidt
producer: Carmen Cobos

contact: Carmen Cobos (Cobos Films BV)
t: +31 20 3203368
e: info@cobosfilms.nl
w: www.cobosfilms.nl

Judith Vreriks works as an associate producer for Cobos Films since 2002. She is responsible for development, writing and editing documentary proposals. In 2005 she directed her first own documentary, Schoolyard, together with Marc Schmidt.
Marc Schmidt works as a director of documentaries and films. After his studies of Filmscience in Utrecht and at the Academy of Arts in Tilburg, he started as a soundman and editor.
Judith’s and Marc’s second film ‘Esmiralde, Sixteen Years in 9 Scenes’ is the sequel of ‘Schoolyard’, in which they follow closely one of the pupils of the school.