April 2018 – Filming continues in Amsterdam, including some additional filming at Jom Hasjoa in de Hollandse Schouwburg in Amsterdam, a very moving commemoration this year with music by Aviv Noam (tenorsax) en Yishay Glick (guitar). Picture Martha: © Dirk P.H. Spits http://www.dphoto.nl
MARTHA FILMS IN AMSTERDAM FOR EVA’S MISSION
October 2017 – sees Martha and the team of Eva’s Mission filming Eva Schloss in Amsterdam exploring the places of Eva’s traumatic past. Here feature the location of the former prison. With cameraman Adri Schrover. Picture Eva Bakkum.
Producing in Portugal
August 2017 – Martha travels to Portugal to work as a digital nomad on several grants that will fund the next shoot of Eva’s Mission. The approach is successful: we win the prestigious grant from the Amsterdam Art Council. Thank you AFK. Martha pictured with a head full of dreams in Beja, Portugal Picture credit:…
A home-coming in the Flower Fields
July 2017 – With all the global travelling it is extra important to connect with where you are from to keep a sense of place, and recreate an awareness of the surroundings that shaped who you are. In July Martha returns to the blossoming bulb fields of Noord Holland, just 2 kilometers outside her hometown….
Speech & Screening Trailer
June 2018 – We screened the short trailer of Eva’s Mission and Martha delivered the Introduction to the Freedom Lecture of Eva Schloss. In an arthouse cinema, we showed Eva’s Mission’s trailer on the big screen for a packed venue eliciting much applause. A great kick off! In her Introduction Speech Martha reminded the audience…
Lecture at USC, USA
March 2017 – Martha gives a lecture for the Department of Film and Media Studies at the University of South Carolina, USA. In the lecture titled: “Documenting the Holocaust in a Transitional Context: From Living Memory to History – Against the Backdrop of an Erosion of the Post-War World Order” Martha discusses the making of…