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Making a Difference

Faced with an unjust voluntourism industry, filmmakers Reinier and Kuba decide to correct the market with a international volunteering company of their own.

  • Reinier Vriend
    Director
  • Kuba Szutkowski
    Director
    Spark, Collecting is a Disease
  • Brechtje Boeke
    Director
  • Kuba Szutkowski
    Writer
    Spark, Collecting is a Disease
  • Reinier Vriend
    Writer
  • Kuba Szutkowski
    Producer
    Spark, Collecting is a Disease
  • Reinier Vriend
    Key Cast
  • Kuba Szutkowski
    Key Cast
  • Project Type:
    Documentary
  • Runtime:
    41 minutes 16 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    June 30, 2016
  • Production Budget:
    20,000 EUR
  • Country of Origin:
    Netherlands
  • Country of Filming:
    Netherlands, South Africa
  • Language:
    Dutch, English
  • Shooting Format:
    HD
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Reinier Vriend, Kuba Szutkowski, Brechtje Boeke

Reinier (1984, Eindhoven), Kuba (1982, Warsaw) and Brechtje (1982, Amersfoort) are good friends with different academic backgrounds. Respectively media science, audiovisuel design and cultural anthropology. But they are all fascinated by the ironies of the voluntourism industry. Kuba has made short fiction and documentary films screened on a broad range of festivals. 'Spark' (fiction short) was screened at IFFR and 30 festivals more, 'Collecting is a disease' (short doc) won the Chinese King Bonn award for best documentary.

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