Mijn Oma is Activist

13 min documentary made by Tobias van Oosten, 2024

About the Film

Whilst going through a burnout, I felt depressed when facing ongoing challenges in the world. What can I do to make impact? What is enough? When facing these questions, I turned to my grandma. She is tirelessly active: she demonstrates with the climate movement, helps refugees find housing, and writes protest letters to the city council. I decided to do something about it: I made a film about it as part of VPRO’s program for aspiring filmmakers, Ongeschreven Regels.

Festivals and Awards

2024 Bridge of Peace Film Festival - Best Debut Documentary 2024 Portugal Indie Film Festival - Selected 2025 Nederlands Vlaams Film Festival Tegenstroom - Selected

Press and TV

2024 TV premiere on Dutch broadcasting company NPO2🎥 2024 Radio Interview on NPO Radio 2 Spijkers met Koppen 🎤 2025 Interview with magazine Lover 📚

Credits

Directed by Tobias van Oosten; Camera by Benito Strangio; Sound by Wouter Veldhuis; Editing by Mark Lindenberg; Grading by Laurent Fluttert; Production by Mathijs Jorritsma; Soundmixing by Jeroen Nadorp; Production assistant Aurora Koeckhoven; Final editorial by Niki Padidar.

This film was made as part of VPRO’s Ongeschreven Regels.