Research, camera, compilation, editing: Miranda van der Spek Graduation film Master in Visual Anthropology at the University of Amsterdam Prize-winning film of the Göttingen Filmfestival (www.gieff.de ) The Devil’s Horn, documentary on brass band traditions in Bolivia In the highlands of Bolivia there is still a lively brass-band tradition, originating...
Documentary made by Um Welt Film, Berlin (www.umweltfilm.de) Camerawork in the Netherlands: Miranda van der Spek Commissioned by WDR/Arte Television Mit Tuten und Blasen - Dans la Rue tells the story of five alternative brass bands from five European countries, including The First Night of Love Brass Band from the Netherlands. Film recording...
The Wandering Microphone is a project about adventurous music from all over the world introduced in the Netherlands through the PHILIPS record label between the 1950s and 1970s. An ode to diversity, an ode to vinyl. PLANNING: research in 2022 / production in 2023 / book launch in 2024 The...
Camera, compilation, editing: Miranda van der Spek In collaboration with Jan de Smet and Kris de Smet (storytelling) Commissioned by Tropenmuseum, Amsterdam (www.tropenmuseum.nl )   Travelling Music is a multiple-screen projection with three documentaries about the accordion, ukulele and brass instruments. These three films played an important role in the...
Research camera, compilation, editing: Miranda van der Spek Based on a longterm investigation of Natalie Fernando on polyphony in the Mandara Mountains Sound / mixing: Robert Bosch Editing, colorgrading: EditPoint (www.editpoint.nl) Commissioned by Muziekgebouw aan ’t IJ Amsterdam (www.muziekgebouw.nl) / Muziekgebouw Frits Philips Eindhoven Worth repeating! is a portrait about...
Artistic director, camera, editing: Miranda van der Spek Storytelling: Ester Veldhuis Music composition: Jeroen Zijlstra (www.debandzijlstra.com), Thomas Geerts (www.thomasgeerts.eu), Ester Veldhuis Water-Desert (Water-Woestenij) is a poetic, musical documentary about the flooding of Waterland in 1916. With richly available archive material, carefully collected personal stories, told on a special 'storytell-chair' in...
Artistic director, camera, editing: Miranda van der Spek Storytelling: Ester Veldhuis Music composition: Jeroen Zijlstra (www.debandzijlstra.com), Thomas Geerts (www.thomasgeerts.eu), Ester Veldhuis   The Lely suite is a documentary and a museum application about the 'great life' of the hydraulic engineer and statesman Cornelis Lely as the driving force behind the...