IDFA x De Balie: The Propagandist

As the head of the Nazi film guild in the Netherlands during the Second World War, filmmaker Jan Teunissen became known as ‘the Dutch Leni Riefenstahl.’ This revealing portrait also questions the boundaries between documentary and propaganda.

Luuk Bouwman previously directed Allen Tegen Allen, the ultimate analysis of the rise and fall of nazism in the Netherlands. This time he focuses on the head of the Dutch Nazi film industry in WWII. An 80 year old story about alternative facts and the manipulative power of film that seems more actual than ever in the era of fake news and AI clones.

After the film we talk with Luuk Bouwman about the misuse of moving images and the power of propaganda on a broader scale.

IDFA x De Balie
Overwhelmed by the vast selection of documentaries at IDFA? De Balie curates a selection of six remarkable films that together cover a wide range of burning contemporary issues. Each of these documentaries has been chosen for its outspoken artistic vision. But most importantly, we’ve selected these films because they provoke conversation. We invite thinkers, artists and experts on stage after the screening to deepen our understanding of what we’ve seen.