As bird flu virus spreads across the earth and even people die from it, The Netherlands is still free from the virus. In 2003 the Dutch already experienced a severe outbreak and they have Europe’s bird flu specialist Professor Ab Osterhaus.
The program Mona Lisa from the second German public TV channel ZDF come to the Netherlands to make a portrait of Ab Osterhaus in the Erasmus University on Rotterdam. The main issue that is discussed in the interviews is the danger of bird flu mixing with a human flu virus and how to be ready to fight a pandemic.
For this production Featurez did the research, set-up and planning of the filming, booked a rental car, did the driving and accompanied the filming.