The many cultures in Bijlmer, a suburb in the southeast of Amsterdam, all have their own rituals around bidding farewell to the dead. Funeral director Anita is tasked with finding out what the community would want in a new multicultural funeral home, which the funeral organization Yarden hopes to establish there. The more the initially confident Anita sees and learns, the more she begins to have her doubts. Do these diverse communities actually need Yarden?
Presentation with the director + Q&A
Paul Sin Nam Rigter – (1974, Seoul, South Korea) was adopted from South Korea by a Dutch family. He made his debut as an actor with Toneelgroep Amsterdam and has since appeared in plays, TV series and films. His first film as a director was the experimental short LUX. For his first full-length documentary Dood in de Bijlmer, Paul followed the process of building a new multicultural funeral home for six years.
Dood in de Bijlmer (Dealing with Death, doc, 2020)
Helden van het Máxima (doc serie, 2019)
The Nose – Op zoek naar Blamage (The Nose – looking for Blamage, doc, 2014)
Spelen voor het verleden (doc, 2011)
Crush (short, 2006)
Zoete tomaat (short, 2004)
LUX (short, 2003)
