28th Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival
Blue Light - Memories From a Paramedic
director: Jaap van Heusden, Jefta Varwijk
original title: Blauw Licht - Herinneringen van een Ambulancebroeder
country: Netherlands
year: 2022
running time: 16 min.
synopsis
With the same intensity with which the flashing blue light illuminates its surroundings, fatal experiences are burned into the memory of an ambulance paramedic. The traumatic dimension of carrying out a profession that is essential for society is brought closer by the documentary confession of a man who sometimes unfortunately cannot save the lives of others.“In recent years, I have often been surprised at how we move the suffering in our society to the edges. Preferably out of sight.”
Source: Jaap van Heusden's blog
biography
Jefta Varwijk is a Dutch cinematographer and director whose work focuses on the intersection of documentary film and other art forms, with a particular emphasis on analogue media. Jaap van Heusden (1979) is a Dutch filmmaker who makes both fiction and documentary films in which he deals with powerful personal stories.more about film
| director: | Jaap van Heusden, Jefta Varwijk |
| producer: | Jaap van Heusden, Jefta Varwijk, Martijn Bakker, Joachim van Trommel |
| script: | Carola Houtekamer |
| photography: | Jefta Varwijk |
