In this original and funny self-portrait, moving between hope, despair, and heartbreak, Rogier Kappers seeks to fulfil his dream as a nine-year-old boy: becoming a famous musician who plays the glass organ. Is this boundless optimism or naive impulsivity?
CREW:
Director: Rogier Kappers
Producer: Lidija Zelovic
Cinematographer: Rogier Kappers & Alexander Goekjian
Sound: Edwin Bakker
Production
Zelovic Film,
zelovicfilm.nl
Sales:
Taskovski Films
Awards
Thessaloniki International Film Festival — Golden Alexander Award
Director
Rogier Kappers
Rogier Kappers (1963) has worked as a documentary director and producer in the national and international market for over thirty years. He loves documentaries about music. His feature-length documentary Lomax the Songhunter (2005, 90 minutes, NPO/PBS/VTR/TV Catalunya) won a Golden Calf (the highest Dutch Film Prize). This film was nominated for an International Emmy Award among many other awards.
Next to his film career, Kappers started in music in 2016 on his self-built glass organ.
Selected Filmography
Glass, My Unfulfilled Life (2024), A River Left For Me (2012), Life and Times of Ssuuuna Golooba (2011), Surprising Europe (2008-2011), Twinning Observed, Mobile Version (2006), Lomax the Songhunter (2005), A Dust Man in Istanbul (2002), Garbage (2001), Sand! (2000)
