#Daan Bakker

[randomrichards]

2025 ACADEMY AWARDS: BEST ANIMATED SHORT

BEST ANIMATED SHORT:

BEAUTIFUL MEN

In 2021, brother Steven (Tom Diwispelaere) Koen (Peter De Graef) and Bart (Peter Van den Begin) travel to Istanbul to get hair transplants. Unfortunately, a mishap results in only one appointment being booked. Now the neurotic Steven, nerdy Koen and distant Bart have confront their issues with each other as they choose which one will take the appointment.

Kaufman-esque is the perfect word to describe Beautiful Men. The stop motion animation bears resemblance to Charlie Kaufman’s Anomalisa both style and tone. This short film also shares Kaufman’s trademark melancholy humour and exploration of human psychology. In this case, writer/director Nicolas Keppens explores male insecurity.

To be honest, the short doesn’t say much about the subject. Bart is the only one who gets a clear arc. He spends most of the short trying to call his wife Lindsay (Laure Van Medegael). His issues come to a head when he overhears Steven say what he really thinks of him. It doesn’t help that the short ends with a deux ex machina that solves their problems.

There are some very funny scenes in this short. One sees Steven checking Bart’s balls for a lump in a public restroom. Another sees Bart accidentally going through an emergency exit naked. As with Kaufman, the humour of this short is an acquired taste.

Beautiful Men is the weakest of the animated shorts. While it does deliver some laughs and has great stop motion animation, the story needed to be reworked to establish arcs for the other brothers.

IN THE SHADOW OF THE CYPRESS

From Iran comes In the Shadow of the Cypress, a devastating tale of a troubled father, his daughter and a beached whale.

A shipwreck leaves a father and daughter stranded on a beach, forced to take shelter in an abandoned house. The Father’s PTSD causes him to have violent outbursts, which terrifies the daughter. When the daughter finds a beached whale, the father is forced to confront the traumatic moment that damaged him as they try to save the whale.

Of all the animated shorts nominated this year, In the Shadow of the Cypress was the hardest to watch. Writers/directors Hossein Molayemi and Shirin Sohani make it very challenging to empathize with the father as we witness his violent outbursts. The film begins with him smashing his own head into a mirror. You can’t help but side with the daughter when she packs her bags. His inability to get the whale back in the ocean only aggravates his symptoms further, leading to an unsettling scene where his attempt to hammer a nail becomes more violent. It’s very uncomfortable.

In between these outbursts shows the guilt-ridden man paralyzed by his trauma. Being stranded on an island leaves him with no means of coping with his trauma in a healthy manner, creating a Jekyll/Hyde situation. Molayemi and Sohani gives the audience visual clues across the short before revealing the traumatic event through devastating flashbacks and flashes resembling woodcut drawings.

The short is hard to watch but it’s also the most beautifully animated among the short films. Molayemi and Sohani presents a simple animation style that makes an eye catching sun lit beach side. They also visual symbols for emotional moods. The father’s skin turns blue when his PTSD takes over. When his daughter leaves, the father turns into petals that hugs daughter. His daughter melts like ice cream when she gives her father the cold shoulder. It works thanks to the short’s simple animation style and the directors intricate visual storytelling.

Molayemi and Sohani holds nothing back in their portrayal of PTSD and its effects on loved ones.

MAGIC CANDIES

Toei Animation, the studio behind One Piece, Sailor Moon and Dragon Ball adapts stories by Heena Baek to create a coming of age story about boy who gains the ability to hear new voices thanks to a bag of colourful candies.

Dong-Dong (Haruto Shima) doesn’t have an easy life. None of the boys play with him. His dog Gusuri doesn’t want to walk with him. His Father (Ikkei Watanabe) is very critical and demanding. The only joy in his life is his solo games of marbles.  When he heads to the store to buy new marbles, he instead buys a bag of colourful marble-shaped candies. He tries the plaid-coloured candy, and suddenly the couch starts talking. It turns out the candies give him the ability to hear voices from whatever shares the candy’s colour. The result is 20 unforgettable minutes of side splitting and emotional shenanigans.

Screenwriter Ichiro Takano makes the most of the 6 candies provided, each one with their own creative abilities. It leads to some funny moments including one where the couch (Hiroshi Iwasaki) asking Dong-Dong to tell his father to stop farting on him. For the most part, these candies result in heartfelt moments that teach Dong-Dong a lesson in perspective and communication. The most powerful is when Dong-Dong tires one that lets him hear his emotionally distant father say I Love You. You may cry watching Dong-Dong hug his father.[1]

Toei Animation have long proved exceptional at bringing a manga’s animation style to life for decades. Director Daisuke Nishio himself has been directing since the original Dragon Ball, .But Baek’s carving models that make up her illustrations forces them to go a different direction than their usual hand drawn animation. Nishio brings Baek’s style to life using a CGI animation style designed to look like stop motion animation. They create many beautiful background, especially a park in autumn when Dong-Dong watches the leaves fall. They also get some cartoony images like having Dong-Dong shoot steam out his ears and nose when he tries the first candy. There are also moments when Dong Dong sees letters fly in the sky. It’s especially moving when Dong Dong see the words “I love you” float from the father’s back while he’s doing dishes.

Magic Candies is a delightful fantasy that delivers eye catching animation and a valuable lesson for children and adults.

WANDER TO WONDER

Those who love pitch black British comedy will get a real kick out of Wander to Wonder.

the titular 80s British children’s show centred on the kind-hearted Uncle Gilly (Neil Savage) and 3 miniature Wookie like creatures[2] named Mary (Amanda Lawrence), Fumbleton (Toby Jones) and Billybud (Terence Dunn). Cut to the present day where Uncle Gilly’s corpse lies in a decaying studio. It turns out the creatures are actually tiny people wearing costumes, and they are have been stranded in the studio for a while. As they struggle to survive, each cope in their own way. The pompous Shakespearean Fumbleton deludes himself into playing a warrior. Manchild Billybud practices juggling anything he can get his hands on. Mary tries to maintain the illusion of a domestic life while rewatching taped episodes of the show.

Wander to Wonder bears some resemblance to Raymond Brigg’s anti-war black comedy When the Wind Blows. Both have droll British comedy stemming from the main characters trying to maintain a routine life in the face of catastrophe. Mary in particular tries her best to maintain the façade of a normal life by having the three of them eat at the dinner table (even if their meals are either pickles or dead flies). Both present unflinching portrayals of decay. The trio are surrounded by rusted equipment, a dead body and flies galore. At one point, they have to break a glass of pickles to get anything to eat.

There are differences between them, Wander To Wonder uses stop motion animation style in contrast to When the Wind Blows combines live action and hand drawn animation. The former’s animation style is a blend of the Road and the Borrowers. The animators find creative ways for the trio to use regular objects, including stacking video tapes so they can look through the door window. In contrast the unapologetically bleak When the Wind Blows, Wander to Wonder ends on a hopeful note. An ambiguous note but one that offers hope for the trio

 Director Nina Gantz offers a few hilarious moments. Fumbleton appears on a recording with no pants, letting out his little shortcomings. The trio records an episode warning kids not to eat flies after they tried them for dinner. Billybud’s attempts to juggle matches results in the set being lit.

Wander for Wonder is an acquired taste for those who love dark British humour and are willing to sit through bleak moments of decay.

YUCK!

Writer/director Loic Espuche takes us back to a time in childhood when we were grossed out by kisses in the nostalgia comedy Yuck!

Espuche takes us into a world where people’s lips glow pink and glittery when they fall for someone. Such a sight grosses out the little kids at a campground. It doesn’t stop them from eavesdropping on couples kissing. Among them is Leo (Noe Chabbat) who is vacationing with his family. Suddenly his own lips start glowing, especially at sight of little red haired girl Lucie (Katel Varat).

Leo delivers an accurate depiction of a child experiencing infatuation for the first time. He finds romance gross because that’s what the other kids think. So, when his lips starts glowing, he is confused by his emotions. Like most kids, he neither recognizes nor understands his emotions. In fear of being picked on by the other kids, he tries to hide the glow from them. It leads to him lashing out in private by kicking flowers. Then one night, he comes to understand that these feelings are normal when he sees the tents glow pink.

Yuck! Is the most adorable of the animated shorts nominated this year. It’s amusing to see kids being grossed out by the sight of kissing, saying it should be a crime for old people to be kissing. It works thanks to the performances of the child actors who make their characters feel like real children. The simple animation style adds to the adorability with a simple style.

Espuche draws from common childhood memories of summer vacations. Some moviegoers may recognize eavesdropping on adults, racing to the water slide and driving your parents crazy by teasing your siblings instead of sleeping. Composer Alienor Doublet add to the nostalgia with a synthetic score that feels like a trip down memory lane.

Yuck! Is a lighthearted nostalgia trip centred on discovering affection for the first time.

Who Will Win?

The clear winner is Magic Candies.

With no Disney/Pixar short nominated, the winner is often adaptations of children’s books. Examples include The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse, Hair Love and The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore. Magic Candies also has the advantage made by a well established studio like Toei Animation. This studio has been making anime movies and shows since the 50s and it has made some of the iconic franchises in Japanese entertainment.

There’s also the added challenge of Toei Animation stepping outside of its comfort zone, which they pull off beautifully. Toei Animation proved themselves just as effective with CGI as they are with hand drawn animation.

Like the best children stories, Magic Candies delivers an entertaining story that balances creative ideas, with memorable characters and valuable life lessons.

[1] It would have been great if his father learned not to be so demanding of his son and open up more.

[2] Those costumes look so creepy with their styles.

[bob-the-movie-man-film-reviews]

The Oscars "Animated Short Film" Nominees, 2025.

One Mann's Movies Review of the Animated Short Films from the 2025 Oscars, being announced on March 2nd.

A One Mann’s Movies review of the nominations for the Oscars in the “Animated Short Film” Category. I’ve not done separate reviews for these Oscar “Animated Short” nominees but am including brief reviews for them in this one post. Beautiful Men (2023). Bob the Movie Man Rating: Plot Summary: The insecurities of three bald brothers intensify during their stay in an Istanbul hotel for hair…

[rcvandenboogaard]

Niemand laat meer een traan om de CPN

De laatste Nederlandse communist die ik gekend heb was Ab Harrewijn, een uit de CPN afkomstig Tweede kamerlid voor GroenLinks die helaas in 2002 op 47-jarige leeftijd aan een hersenbloeding is overleden. Harrewijn, een beminnelijke, iets te zwaarlijvige man met een groot sociaal gevoel, was merkwaardigerwijze ook – voor zover ik weet – de laatste dominee die lid van de Tweede Kamer is geweest.…

[andre-wolfs]

In Groningen de keeperstrainingen volgen is maar met 1 doel

De 180 keepers die we wekelijks opleiden komen maar met 1 doel naar Sportpark Corpus den Hoorn en Velocitas 1897 in Groningen. De keeperstraining volgen ze omdat ze een betere keeper willen worden. De oefenstof is altijd gericht op wedstrijd situaties zodat ze in de training leren en in de wedstrijd herkennen hoe ze moeten handelen. Sinds 2014 zijn we iedere week op de groene grasmat te vinden…

[plumzet]

Daan Bakker will do anything to be the best tattoo artist and own the best tattoo parlor there is... even if it means being shady 👀 and throwing people under the bus. Want to know more of him? You can watch my new video right now, here: click me! 💛

[mcumarvelousseries]

MEET CHARLIE BAKKER

full name: Charlie Esmee Bakker

goes by: Charlie or Ann

nickname(s): bakker, charlotte, char char, harley, charles, lottie, and Esme

date of birth: 06/27/1989

age: 32

birthplace: Amsterdam, Netherlands

zodiac sign: Cancer

current residence: Brooklyn, NY

parent(s): Daan Bakker (Father, deceased), Benthe Bakker (Mother, deceased) -- both OC's

sibling(s): None, due to her parents death at an early age

other relative(s): OC's

Joah Bakker (Uncle/God-Father)

Evy De Vries (Aunt, Deceased)

gender: female

pronouns: she/her

sexuality: Heterosexual

species: Advanced Human

love interest: Bucky Barnes *But to note it that Charlie has a past relationship with Steve Rogers (But not main LI).*

alias(es): More will be added to her aliases

Annfox (current hero name)

Trottfox (former alias)

Foxy

Roxanne Weathers (former undercover alias)

physical description:

Natural Light Brown Hair, but Charlie typically dyes her hair either black or blonde.

Known to wear wigs frequently as well.

Olive Green Eyes

Slim Figure

5'6' or 168 cm

119 pounds or 54 kg

Full Dutch Descent

Scars scattered on her back and shoulder blades

Faceclaim: Ana De Armas

personality: Elegant, Observant, Loyal, Hardworking, Compassionate, Active and Smart.

skill(s): Some basics

Spying/Disguise

Multilinguist

Marksmanship

Master Hand-To-Hand Combater

power(s): summed up

Healing Factor

Superhuman traits/Advanced Human Traits (ex: Strength, Agility, Speed, e.g.)

Light Manipulation (Will be expanded on in the stories)

Invisibility (To an extent)

Block up Telepathy (To an extent)

limitation(s): summed up (to 3 limits) more will be seen later

Light Boundaries → this will be explored in how this works within the stories with Charlie.

Gravity →  similar to light boundaries, gravity can cause Charlie to have issues with her powers.

Spirit Weaking →  Depending on how much her Hope, belief in herself & others among other things can leave Charlie weakened or limited in what she can do.

some additional note(s) about Charlie:

Something about Charlie is unlike people like BeeBee she doesn't come from anywhere special. She was given powers and she lost her family, but if it wasn't for her uncle/god-father Joah that took her in. She wouldn't have grown up to be some sort of hero-vigilante.

Strong fear of clowns, like Charlie will beat someone up she knows if they decide to test her fear of clowns. When you think childhood trauma, Charlie's is Clowns. Clowns and her fear of sponges.

Owns a few motorcycles; more than 2. She enjoys riding with her hair flowing on a country road and just again allowing her hair to flow while she can watch the sun rise or set and see the different settings.

Knows Dutch, and lived in the Netherlands for some time. But eventually (which will be learned in her backstory post) is that she moved to New York early on in her life.

Charlie's character is based on an author's friend.

quote:

"I'm still questioning how I put up with you CHILDREN! I didn't come all this way from my bed this morning just to hear you two bickering like toddlers. We can solve this with another solution you just got to allow me to think."

More about Charlie will be posted on the main page and is linked on a masterlist. Stay Tuned!!!

[gekruidengeroerd]

Dag allemaal, de dagen vliegen voorbij.

Zoveel te doen in deze tijd van het jaar. Soms teveel en dan weer heel erg leuk. Afgelopen zondag trakteerde ik mezelf op een workshop zuurdesembrood bakken. Bakker Daan uit Pieterburen is een goede verteller en het is heerlijk om op deze manier iets nieuws te leren van een vakman. Hier kan geen internet tegen op.

Sanne Scheltena heeft al hard gewerkt aan mijn nieuwe website. Het is nog niet af maar er is een goed begin. In de herfst gaan we verder. Alle workshops die ik alleen of samen met anderen de komende tijd geef staan er op. Ben benieuwd wat jullie ervan vinden. Neem een kijkje op www.gekruid-en-geroerd.nl

We hebben een paar nieuwe reizen op de site van de Najade gezet, en ook een paar wildplukactiviteiten samen met Sanne en een tekenworkshop samen met Heleen zijn nieuw. Hieronder zet ik ze voor je op een rijtje.

Nachtvlindertocht, vrijdag 13 juni vanuit Zoutkamp met de Najade

Zeewier kwelderwandeling dinsdagavond 17 juni Paesens Moddergat.

Draw, forage and eat. Donderdag 3 juli Tekenworkshop gegeven door Heleen van de Broek. Zij verzorgde een aantal illustraties in mijn boek.

Ik zorg voor iets lekkers bij de thee. En dat lekkers mag je natuurlijk ook tekenen voordat je het op gaat eten. Ter plekke verzamel ik wilde kruiden voor een thee.

Cool, dag workshop over verkoelende kruiden met een heerlijke proeverij na. Vrijdag 4 juli Samen met Sanne

Zee van wilde smaken. Zondag 6 juli Diner in de Open Kas in Haren waarin veel wildpluk elementen terug te vinden zijn. Voorafgaand aan het diner is er een kleine wilde plantenwandeling door de tuin.

Summerschool 25 - 29 augustus. Samen met Saskia Nieboer.

Duitse Waddentocht, overvaren van Cuxhafen naar Lauwersoog 30 augustus tot 5 september Kijk op www.zandbankzeilcharters.com

Wilde Tapas, dagworkshop over bessen en zaden. Donderdag 11 september in Houwerzijl.

Rauwe chocolade en wilde kruiden workshop. Vrijdag 12 september

Vogel, wilde planten, zeiltocht 14 - 19 september vanuit Lauwersoog Kijk op www.zandbankzeilcharters.com

Diner Eemstuin Zaterdag 27 september. Samen met Saskia Nieboer verzorg ik een diner waarin hoofdzakelijk groenten van de Eemstuin en wildpluk centraal staan.

Ik hoop je ergens tegen te komen.

kruidige groet,

Janet

[ilcovodelbikersgrunf]

Deadline ha rivelato la prima immagine di Moloch, film horror olandese attualmente in fase di filming.

Protagonista di Moloch è Betriek, una trentottenne che vive ai margini di una torbiera nel nord dei Paesi Bassi. Quando una notte lei e la sua famiglia vengono attaccate da uno sconosciuto, la donna cercherà di trovare una spiegazione a ciò che sta succedendo intorno a lei. Più Betriek si avvicinerà alla verità, più si convincerà di essere tormentata da qualcosa di antico.

[everydawnsamountain]

hints anon here ;) i have been summoned. knokke off is due to be released late april but can be a few weeks either side depending on post production. expect some trailers around easter ;) i can reveal names if you like. you already know pommelien, willem and eliyha. anna drijver her character plays daans mother melissa. kes bakker plays alexandres friend mathieu and ayana doucouré plays as louises friend margaux. margaux her mother is christina. the other parents/adults are ini massez as angelique, geert van rampelberg as patrik, ruth barequet as eleanore and gene bervoets as jaques. the sister of louise is emilie and the dutch girl in relation to daan is nouke

@ everyone asking for more, here it is!!!

oh so it’s not changing names anymore? cause if i remember correctly the name could still change right?

i’m glad we’re getting it soon tbh. also i’m excited to see pommelien and willem act together, it’s gonna be weird, but i’m happy for them for the opportunity

[moviesandmania]

MOLOCH (2022) Reviews and Shudder release news for Dutch horror movie

MOLOCH (2022) Reviews and Shudder release news for Dutch horror movie

Moloch is a 2022 Dutch mystery horror film about a woman and her family being hunted by someone or rather something from a peat bog. Directed by Nico van den Brink from a screenplay co-written with Daan Bakker. Produced by Sabine Brian and Ronald Versteeg. Plot: Thirty-eight-year-old Betriek (Sallie Harmsen) lives at the edge of a peat bog in the North of the Netherlands. When she and her family…

[camilakampmann]

Prefácio

Anne Frank escreveu um diário entre 12 de junho de 1942 e 1° de agosto de 1944. A princípio, guardava-o para si mesma. Até que, certo dia de 1944, Gerrit Bolkestein, membro do governo holandês no exílio, declarou em transmissão radiofônica que, depois da guerra, esperava recolher testemunhos oculares do sofrimento do povo holandês sob ocupação alemã e que estes pudessem ser postos à disposição do público. Referiu-se especificamente a cartas e diários.

Impressionada com aquele discurso, Anne Frank decidiu que publicaria um livro a partir de seu diário, quando a guerra terminasse. Assim, começou a reescrever e a organizar o diário, melhorando o texto, omitindo passagens que não achava tão interessantes e acrescentando outras de memória. Ao mesmo tempo, continuava a redigir seu diário original. The Diary of Anne Frank: The Critical Edition (1989), o primeiro diário de Anne, sem cortes, é citado como versão a, para distingui-lo do segundo, com alterações, conhecido como versão b.

A última anotação do diário de Anne data de 1° de agosto de 1944. Três dias depois, em 4 de agosto, as oito pessoas que se escondiam no Anexo Secreto foram presas. Miep Gies e Bep Voskuijl, as duas secretárias que trabalhavam no prédio, encontraram as folhas do diário de Anne espalhadas pelo chão. Miep Gies guardou-as numa gaveta. Depois da guerra, quando não havia mais dúvidas de que Anne estava morta, ela deu o diário, sem lê-lo, ao pai da menina, Otto Frank.

Após longa deliberação, Otto Frank decidiu realizar o desejo da filha de publicar o diário. Ele selecionou material das versões a e b, organizando-as numa versão mais concisa, posteriormente citada versão c. Leitores do mundo inteiro conhecem essa versão como O diário de Anne Frank.

Otto Frank levou em conta vários aspectos ao tomar essa decisão. Para começar, o livro tinha de ser curto, para adequar-se a uma coleção publicada pelo editor holandês. Além disso, omitiam-se várias passagens que tratavam da sexualidade de Anne; na época da primeira publicação do diário, em 1947, não se costumava escrever abertamente sobre sexo, muito menos em livros para jovens. Em respeito aos mortos, Otto Frank também omitiu várias passagens pouco elogiosas sobre sua mãe e os outros moradores do Anexos Secreto. Anne Frank, então com 13 anos quando começou o diário e 15 quando foi forçada a parar, escreveu sem reservas sobre as coisas de que gostava ou não gostava.

Quando morreu, em 1980, Otto Frank deixou os manuscritos da filha para o Instituto Estatal Holandês para Documentação de Guerra, em Amsterdã. Como se questionava a autenticidade do diário desde a sua primeira publicação, o Instituto para Documentação de Guerra mandou fazer uma profunda investigação. Assim que foi considerado autêntico, sem qualquer sombra de dúvida, publicou-se o diário na íntegra, juntamente com os resultados de um estudo exaustivo. The Critical Edition contém não somente as versões a, b e c, mas também artigos sobre o passado da família Frank, as circunstâncias relativas à sua prisão e deportação e o exame da caligrafia de Anne, do documento e dos materiais usados.

A Anne Frank-Fonds (Fundação Anne Frank) na Basileia, na Suíça, que como única herdeira de Otto Frank também recebera os direitos autorais de sua filha, optou por uma edição nova e ampliada do diário, para os leitores em geral. Esta nova edição não afeta absolutamente a integridade da antiga, editada por Otto Frank, que levou o diário e sua mensagem a milhões de pessoas. A tarefa de compilar a edição ampliada ficou a cargo da escritora e tradutora Mirjam Pressler. A seleção original de Otto Frank foi então acrescida de trechos das versões a e b de Anne. A edição integral de Mirjam Pressler, aprovada pela Fundação Anne Frank, contém uns 30% a mais de material e pretende dar ao leitor uma ideia melhor do mundo de Anne Frank.

Em 1998, veio à luz a existência de cinco páginas anteriormente desconhecidas do diário. Com a permissão da Fundação Anne Frank, uma longa passagem datada 8 de fevereiro de 1944 foi então acrescentada ao fim da anotação já existente naquela data. Uma curta alternativa à anotação de 20 de junho de 1942 não foi incluída aqui porque uma versão mais detalhada desse mesmo dia já faz parte do diário. Além disso, em razão das descobertas de 1998, a anotação de 7 de novembro de 1942 passou para 30 de outubro de 1943. Para mais informações, o leitor pode recorrer à quinta edição da The Critical Edition holandesa revisada (De Dagboeken van Anne Frank, Nederlands Instituut voor Oorlogsdocumentatie, Amsterdam: Uitgeverij Bert Bakker, 2001).

Ao escrever a segunda versão (b), Anne criou pseudônimos para as pessoas que figurariam em seu livro. Inicialmente, quis chamar a si própria de Anne Aulis e, mais tarde, de Anne Robin. Otto frank optou por chamar os membros de sua família pelos próprios nomes e acatar a vontade de Anne com relação aos demais. Com o passar dos anos, a identidade das pessoas que ajudaram as famílias do Anexo Secreto tornou-se amplamente conhecida. Na presente edição, as pessoas que ajudaram aparecem com os nomes verdadeiros, como merecem. Todas as outras figuram com os pseudônimos usados em The Critical Edition. O Instituto para Documentação de guerra designou iniciais arbitrariamente para as pessoas que preferiram continuar anônimas.

Os nomes verdadeiros das outras pessoas que estavam escondidas no Anexo Secreto são:

A Família van Pels

(De Osnabrück, Alemanha)

Auguste van Pels (nascido em 9 de setembro de 1900)

Hermann van Pels (nascido em 31 de março de 1898)

Peter van Pels (nascido em 8 de novembro de 1926)

Chamados por Anne, em seu manuscrito, de: Petronella, Hans e Alfred van Daan; e, no livro, de: Petronella, Hermann e Peter van Daan.

Fritz Pfeffer

(nascido em 30 de abril de 1889, Giessen, Alemanha): Chamado por Anne, em seu manuscrito e no livro, de Albert Dussel.

O leitor pode ter em mente que boa parte desta edição se baseia na versão b do diário de Anne, que ela escreveu quando estava com cerca de 15 anos. Às vezes, Anne voltava e comentava uma passagem que escrevera antes. Esses comentários estão bem marcados nesta edição. Naturalmente, a grafia e os erros de linguagem de Anne foram corrigidos. Afora isso, o texto foi preservado basicamente como ela escreveu, posto que qualquer tentativa de alterá-lo e torná-lo mais claro que seria inadequada em uma documento histórico.

[randomrichards]

WANDER TO WONDER:

3 children’s show starts

Trapped in an old studio

When creator dies

[deprotagonisten]

Onze #recensie van de Nederlandse dramafilm Quality Time @septemberfilmnl #review #bioscoop Quality Time is een Nederlandse dramafilm waarin komedie ook niet ontbreekt. De film bestaat uit vijf korte verhalen over mannen in de dertig, die al worstelend door het leven gaan.

[fathersonholygore]

[Fantasia 2022] MOLOCH & The Terrifying Dominance of Folklore

[Fantasia 2022] MOLOCH & The Terrifying Dominance of Folklore

Moloch (2022) Directed by Nico van den Brink Screenplay by Nico van den Brink & Daan Bakker Starring Sallie Harmsen, Anneke Blok, Markoesa Hamer, Ad van Kempen, Edon Rizvanolli, Willemijn Kressenhof, Fred Goessens, Phi Nguyen, Albert Secuur, & Johan Fretz. Horror ★★★★★ (out of ★★★★★) DISCLAIMER: The following essay contains significant spoilers; BEWARE! Folk horror is so great because folklore,…

[scoutingnieuws]

Lustrumtekens voor JMC-Toppers

Scoutinggroep John McCormick (JMC) bestaat in 2021 vijfenzeventig jaar. Een mooi moment om stil te staan bij de vele vrijwilligers die ook een lustrum te vieren hebben.

Zo kregen de jubilarissen tijdens de laatste opkomsten van het seizoen, uit handen van groepsbegeleider Jitske Boerkamp het Lustrumteken. Met dit waarderingsteken werden de JMC-Toppers bedankt voor de inzet in de afgelopen jaren.

Bij de welpen werden Jochem van Deventer (10 jaar), Miguel Soesman (15 jaar), Karin van Deventer van Egmond (10 jaar) en Mirjam Bakker (10 jaar) in het zonnetje gezet. Bij de verkenners kregen Maarten Kolpa (10 jaar), Marit Hauser (5 jaar), Jasper van Roon (25 jaar) en Daan van Steveninck (25 jaar) een certificaat met mooie woorden en een speld met daarop het lustrumjaartal. Bij de vrijbuiters werden Michiel Brons (20 jaar) en Martha Spruit (15 jaar) verrast en bij de explorers kregen Sietske van der Niet-Stahlecker (30 jaar), Tim Christiaans (25 jaar) en Mirthe Kuiper (10 jaar) extra waardering voor het feit dat de scoutinggroep op ze kan rekenen om samen de wereld een beetje mooier te maken.

Tijdens het overvliegfeest in september volgen er nog meer uitreikingen. Wie ook vrijwilliger wil worden bij Scouting JMC in het nieuwe seizoen kan mailen naar groepsbegeleider@johnmccormick.nl.

Bron: Scoutinggroep John McCormick, Zoetermeer

[3e-2018-leerling-frederique-blog]

Perenbomen bloeien wit

Gerbrand Bakker

Het boek ‘perenbomen bloeien wit’ is een ontzettend mooie roman geschreven door Gerbrand Bakker. Het verhaal gaat voornamelijk over Gerson en zijn tweelingbroers Klaas en Kees. De jongens wonen met hun vader Richard en hun hond Daan. Ze hebben hun moeder eigenlijk nauwelijks gekend, aangezien zij erg vroeg was vertrokken. Sindsdien hebben de jongens hun moeder nooit meer gezien. De jongens leven in een dorp en beleven samen veel avonturen. Zo spelen ze vaak met zijn drieën een spel genaamd: ‘zwart’. De belangrijkste regel van dit spel is dat de ze hun ogen niet open mogen doen en toch naar een afgesproken plek moeten lopen zonder te kijken. De jongens leiden een gelukkig leven, maar toch voelt Gerson zich altijd al anders dan zijn tweelingbroers. Hij voelt zich soms toch een beetje buitengesloten omdat hij geen tweelingbroer heeft, maar van het buitensluiten is meestal geen sprake.

Eens in de zoveel tijd gaan ze met zijn allen naar hun opa en oma toe. Als ze op een dag in de auto onderweg zijn naar hun opa en oma gebeurt er iets onverwachts. De auto, met daarin de tweelingbroers Klaas en Kees, Daan de hond, Gerard en Gerson, wordt aangereden door een andere auto. Hun leven en het leven van Gerson verandert compleet wanneer Gerson door het auto-ongeluk blind is geworden. Hij heeft ontzettend veel moeite om weer ‘normaal’ verder te leven. Hij voelt zich anders. Hij vindt het naar dat mensen zich voor hem aanpassen en dat hij alles wat hij ooit heeft geleerd weer opnieuw zal moeten leren. Alles gaat moeizaam en de sfeer in huis is kouder. Het lijkt alsof het nooit meer zou worden zoals het was. Gerson is ook niet meer zo gelukkig zoals hij ooit was. HIj wilt verder en zijn zoals hij is, hij wilt geen hulp. Wanneer Gerson op een avond vraagt of hij alleen een rondje mag lopen om het meer. Met tegenzin van zijn vader en opa en oma mocht zelf om het meer lopen. Hij nam zijn hond Daan mee ging naar het meer. Maar nadat hij vertrok ging hij naar het meer en liep hij het water in en kwam niet meer terug.

Ik vond het verhaal ontzettend mooi en triest tegelijkertijd. Wat het verhaal zo mooi maakte was omdat het verhaal werd vertelt vanuit drie perspectieven. Namelijk het perspectief van de tweelingbroers, de hond Daan en vanuit Gerson. Doordat er vanuit deze perspectieven is geschreven beleefde ik heel erg goed hoe iedereen dingen meemaakt en bekijkt op verschillende momenten. Wat het verhaal ook erg mooi maakte is dat het verhaal langzaam opbloeide. Zo werd het steeds interessanter om te lezen en raakte ik steeds meer verwikkeld in het verhaal waardoor ik de hele tijd wilde doorlezen.

Ik heb na het lezen van dit verhaal geleerd dat er na iets ingrijpends heel erg veel kan veranderen en dit dus ook permanent kan zijn. Het maken van een nieuwe start is moeilijk maar ik heb geleerd dat een nieuwe start zeker mogelijk is en dat je ondanks iets ergs echt nog iets van het leven kan maken. Je moet er alleen zelf voor zorgen. Ook heb ik geleerd dat je niet altijd hulp nodig hebt om iets te bereiken of iets te kunnen, zelf kom je er uiteindelijk ook wel. Als laatste heb ik geleerd dat je het leven altijd van een positieve kant moet bekijken, want er zijn genoeg mensen die het veel zwaarder hebben dan jij en toch iets moois van het leven proberen te maken.