AVIAN INFLUENZA HITS HOLLAND
While Dutch chickens are killed by the millions to fight the Avian Influenza virus spreading like wildfire, the first cases of the disease are reported in Germany. One of the first Dutch chicken farmers that was confronted with the devastating disease, gives insight in the serious consequences it had and still has on his life. After the traumatic experience, months of waiting without an income follow. It will take years for the branch to recover. Activities: research & set-up reportage, book camera crew, accompany filming. more
©ARD Morgenmagazine June 2003 (2:12 min.)

BIJLMER PLANE CRASH
On the 4th of October 1992 an ELAL Cargo plane crashed on an apartment block complex in the Amsterdam neighbourhood of Bijlmermeer. Apart from mistakes in the handling of the aftermath of the catastrophe, it also came out that the plane was carrying military goods instead of perfume and roses. Also the cockpit voice recorder was never found and strange people were spotted on the crash site taking things away. After people started to get strange diseases the Dutch authorities decided for a parliamentary inquiry to try to get the truth above the table. Activities: research & set-up reportage, accompany filming, organise digital- & other footage. more
©ARD Weltspiegel October 1998 (7:30 mins)

DUTCH EUTHANASIA LEGISLATION
Doctors in The Netherlands help thousands of people to die each year. But now the Dutch Parliament is to legalise euthanasia under strict conditions. The mother of Nelleke Dumme was terminally ill of cancer and she choose the moment to die. She explains what it meant to her mother and herself. Still many people remain opposed to the new legislation. At the Johannes Hospitium they believe they offer a better solution. Activities: research & set-up reportage, accompany filming. more
©BBC News November 2000 (2.12 min.)

MOROCCANS IN ROTTERDAM
Driss is first generation Moroccan and born in Rotterdam. After family problems he ended up in a special charity home for Moroccan boys. A portrait of a young Moroccan boy to give insight in the problems third generation migrants encounter after being neglected for years. While the populism of the late Pim Fortuyn is more and more adepted by the Dutch, the natives and migrants do not live so well together anymore. Activities: propose idea for item, research & set-up reportage, book crew, accompany filming. more
©BBC World Eurobrief June 2002 (4:09 min.)

S.O.S. MALUKU
In 1975 and 1977 Dutch Molluccans hijacked trains and many people were taken hostage. At the time the hijackers were fighting for their own state. The Moluccan Islands are still part of Indonesia and in the present time horrific massacres take place daily. Cruel Muslim Jihad fighters butcher the Christian minority. The Dutch Moluccans draw attention to the suffering of their people and the silence from the side of the former colonial power, The Netherlands that keep aloof from the tragedy. Activities: propose idea for item, film demonstration & gathering in church (DV Camera), research, set-up & planning, accompany filming, translations. more
©ARD Europamagazin March 2001 (5:20 min.)

THE AUTOMATIC HIGHWAY
The Dutch ministry of traffic organise a trade-fare where all kinds of different new highway transportation techniques are presented on a not yet opened part of a new high way near the city Leiden. One of the techniques is guiding cars close to each other so they can drive at the same speed without anybody touching the steering wheel. Activities: propose idea for item, research and set-up reportage, book crew, accompany filming. more
©ARD June 1998 (2:12 min.)

END OF PROSTITUTION ZONE
Holland is the only country in the world where there are organised prostitution zones. Rotterdam wants to break with this tradition and decided to get rid of the 'disgraceful' street prostitution of addicted women.The addicted prostitutes will be removed by putting them into a detoxification project, the rest of the prostitutes will be put into a small scale low profile indoor window brothel. The illegal prostitutes will be thrown out of the country. Activities: propose idea for item, research & set-up reportage, accompany filming. more
©ARTE INFO May 2003 (2:55 min.)

THE FLEX OFFICE
The insurance company Interpolis just moved into Europe 's biggest 'flex-office'. None of the 1500 employees have their own room or desk. They run around with their 'flex-suitcase' and a company mobile phone to find a free desk. For teamwork there are the 'island-desks', for meetings there are special conference rooms and for individual work there are the 'cockpits'. The interior looks more like a futuristic museum than a head-office. All the employees are satisfied with the new way of working and it is a lot cheaper too. Next step teleworking at home. Activities: propose idea for item, research & set-up reportage, book camera crew, direction & interviews. more
©ARD tagesthemen June 1998 (2:12 min.)

DUTCH BROTHEL BAN LIFTED
Since the 1st of October 2000 the Dutch brothel ban was officially lifted, making the The Netherlands the first country in the world that recognizes prostitution as a professional profession and the prostitution branch as an economical sector of society. But does it really work? Some of the players in the Amsterdam scene give their view on how the implementation of a legal system in a former illegal world is going. Activities: propose idea for item, research & set-up reportage, book crew, accompany filming. more
®ORF Weltjournal February 2001 (8:46 min.)