This footage of Queen Mother Emma’s visit to Rotterdam in 1899 is some of the earliest Dutch film material. Many members of the royal family have visited the city on the river Maas since. Emma, Wilhelmina, Juliana and Beatrix opened hospitals, christened ships, decorated veterans and shared good times and bad. The Municipal Archive of Rotterdam and The Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision present a collage of historic film images of Beatrix and her predecessors Emma, Wilhelmina and Juliana, musically accompanied by Half Way Station. This compilation revolves around Rotterdam’s bond with the royal family. The live music will make this film concert a unique viewing, listening, recognising and remembering experience. This cinematic commemoration of four generations of queens will be held on Princess Beatrix’s birthday. The national thank you to her will take place the following day in Ahoy in Rotterdam.
Film details
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2014
- Length
- 60"
- Medium/Format
- -
- Premiere status
- None
- Editing
- Arthur Bueno
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