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Director
Aliona van der Horst
Producer
Frank van den Engel
Production company
Zeppers Film & TV
Director of photography
Maasja Ooms ...
Editor
Maasja Ooms
IDF Events
2012 East Silver
Sales
Doc & Film International

Water Children

Netherlands, 2011, 75 min, Beta, Gender, Society

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Filmmaker Aliona van der Horst follows the trail of the unconventional Dutch-Japanese pianist and artist Tomoko Mukaiyama who made a huge work of art on the theme of womanhood and fertility. She created a cathedral-like space out of twelve thousand white silk dresses in which visitors, as in a ritual, roamed around and fell silent. And where people confessed intimate details about children who were or were not born, about sexuality and life-choices. In a visual and poetic way, the film penetrates into what is probably still one of the greatest of taboos, menstruation, and, as a consequence, touches upon universal themes around life and death.

Director:

Aliona van der Horst

Producer:

Frank van den Engel

Director of photography:

Aliona van der Horst, Maasja Ooms

Sound:

Rick Meier, Leo Erken, Fokke van Saane

Editor:

Maasja Ooms

Music:

Tomoko Mukaiyama