Who Are We?

• WIEK LENSSEN (Executive Producer)

Filmmaker, photographer and writer Wiek Lenssen studied Literature at the University of Nijmegen, with a major in Documentary Photography and Film. Since 1992 he produces and directs internationally awarded documentaries for cinema, international television and film festivals, predominantly about the global multicultural society and indigenous cultures.
Apart from filmmaking he also writes books about the themes of his documentary films.

For detailed bio, visit my site: www.wieklenssenfilm.nl

Titles main ( international) projects/ documentaries:

The Year Zero, 2001 (Guatemala,   35mm cinema production,  85’)

Rufus Saati, The Spirits Have Gone, 1997 (film/ digibeta, West-Papua 55’)

Children of the Jungle: 2008 West-papua  video 56’

Pidlisan’s Gold, 2006 (The Filippines, video, 38’)

Polenkaravaan, 1995   (Betacam sp, The Netherlands  20’)

Irian Jaya: ‘De Bergen Bewegen’, 1993  travelling documentary photo show Holland/  Germany

The Papuans of the Central Higlands, 1993  tape slide, video (beta sp 15’) and  photo book

Other (recent) productions:

The Maya Prophecies, 2003  Book/ autobiographic publication (390p, 4d ed. 2006 quality paperback)

Der Ruf der Maya’s  2005 German edition of  ‘The Maya Prophecies ‘  Hardcover & pocket

In production:

“The Hidden Front” book about the gold mining industry in South-East Asia (fictional)

“Grass.” poetic documentary about basket weaver in marshland 'De Peel' , Limburg/ Netherlands 

 " The Herd " feature film script development with Beaivváš Sami Theatre, Kautokeino , Norway

"India From the Inside":  series producer for 6 Indian filmmakers, portraying their country (Unesco-project)

List of References:    Channels/ co-producers/ distributors:

- UNESCO -  La Cinquième, tv France - France 4- NRK-tv, Norway-  ARD-telepool/ Bayerischer Rundfunk , Germany -  ERT Greek Radio Television -  RFO/ Dom TOM: tv for French overseas Territories  -  VPRO tv Netherlands -  NCRV tv Netherlands- SBS 6 tv Netherlands -  L1, tv province Limburg, Netherlands -  JURA Filmprodukties Amsterdam/   Film CV Wandering Wolf -  Netherlands cinema distribution/ LAVA filmdistribution, Amsterdam -Vastenaktie/ Cordaid, Netherlands - Royal Ethnology Museum of Leiden  - Museums in the Netherlands and Germany  -  Petiet Publishers, Netherlands/ France   - Kösel Verlag / Random House Publishing, München, Germany- Goldmann Arkana Publishing, München, Whistling Woods International, Bombay India.

   

• INDRANIL CHAKRAVARTY (Associate Producer)

Indranil is Professor of Film Appreciation at Whistling Woods International Film Institute in Mumbai’s Film City which is the largest film school in Asia and rated as one of the ‘Top Ten Film Schools in the world’ by the Hollywood Reporter. He graduated in film direction from the International Film & TV School in Havana, Cuba. He has been a consultant for the European Union and UNESCO and has lectured at several film institutes in India and abroad.  Among his publications are “The New Latin American Cinema : Readings from Within” (Calcutta, 1998) and “India’s Audiovisual Industry” (Munich, 2005).  Many of his essays have been anthologized in books in English, Bengali and Spanish. He has made short films and some documentaries and is currently working on a feature film. He has served on the jury of several international film festivals in Brazil, Mexico, Spain and Cuba and is the director of a foundation called ILACI (Indo-Latin American Cultural Initiative). He is the coproducer of a documentary series between six countries called ‘To be a Human Being’ (2011) and is currently directing several major international cultural events across the world. He was the Convenor of the First All-India Screenwriters’ Conference at FTII in Pune (2006) and the UNESCO Asian Documentary Conference in Mumbai (2010).