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Roy Dames is a documentary filmmaker since 1987 especialized in social issues related subjects with a strong human interest approach. In this sense the filmmaker is attracted to extreme subjects, such as 'the proces of dying' (in his series 'On the edge of life'), 'crime' (several films, his latest 'Wrong friends' in which he followed his criminal friends during 16 years) and 'hard to discuss in society subjects' (such as 'Mocros' this year, in which he following Moroccan Dutch youngsters from 2003 upto 2010 during the increasing tension between immigrants and original Dutch people). He made many series, singles financed by television and recently also for the cinema.
MOCROS
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About the Director:
Roy Dames (1953, The Netherlands) studied tropical agriculture. Since 1986 he has worked as a documentary producer and since 1992 he has worked as a producer/director. Since two years he mostly works as a director, his producer is Keydocs, Amsterdam. Roy Dames produced and made many documentaries on social issues from a human interest perspective. His films include 'I'am Mohammed' (nominated for Golden Calf during the Dutch Filmfestival 2005), 'Wrong Friends' (90' documentary, won 'Beeld en Geluid Award 2010', most important tv prize in Holland), 'Ruud and Ria, together upto death' (2002, about a former Dutch boxchampion), 'Hookers at the crossroads' (1999, a series about the lives of street walking prostitutes in Rotterdam).
About the Producer:
Roy Dames produced many single documentaries and series in collaboration with most of the Dutch broadcasters, BBC, ORF, SDR, Fench/English, Austrian producers. Nowadays he mostly direct films, now and then if there is not enough budget and he wants to realize the film/series Roy Dames will produce it.
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Miek Hehenkamp & Roy Dames
Film synopsis:
An observational documentary about 5 Dutch youngsters from Moroccan origin in Rotterdam followed by the camera from 2003 upto 2011, during the increasing tension in Dutch society between moslim immigrants and the original Dutch population. This find it's peak in the killing of Theo van Gogh, filmmaker and journalist by a moslim fundamentalist. This film is taken from the perspective of the youngsters
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Between $100 000 and $1 Million
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Leeuwendalersweg 9, 1055 JE Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Leeuwendalersweg 9, 1055 JE Amsterdam. "MOCROS' received after the release in the cinema a lot of press in Holland, papers, magazines, tv, radio, the subject is very controversial.
