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My Sweet Child

Year
2025
Country
The Netherlands
Duration
58’
Director
Maarten de Schutter
Filmmaker Maarten de Schutter attempts to reconstruct the lost memories of his mother, AIDS activist and feminist anthropologist Martine de Schutter. Ten years after she was killed, he explores her life and their relationship to thoroughly connect with what is left behind. The film disassembles memory, motherhood, and loss, driven by the infinite love between mother and child.

Content warning: death


CREW:
Director: Maarten de Schutter
Producer: Maarten de Schutter, Cleo Duijvelshoff, Meike van Engelen, Fabiënne Jongenburge
Cinematographer: Yannick Giraud
Sound: Mazin Akif
Production
Mijn Lief Kind Produkties
Director
Maarten de Schutter

Maarten de Schutter (1999) graduated from the FilmAcadamy (NFA, Amsterdam) in2024, studying Directing Documentary. He loves leftist cinema, losing football matches, and is half Iranian.

Selected Filmography
My Sweet Child (2025)
Hall «KINOMAN»
Zhovten cinema
Kostiantynivska St, 26
Q&A
Original language with Ukrainian and English subtitles
By tickets
Audio descriptionAdapted subtitles
Wednesday
11 June 2025
19:20
Hall «ANSHLAG»
Zhovten cinema
Kostiantynivska St, 26
Original language with Ukrainian and English subtitles
By tickets
Audio descriptionAdapted subtitles
Thursday
12 June 2025
13:00
22 INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL
 6 — 13 
June 2025
Writing Hawa
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Writing Hawa
Year
2024
Country
France
Directors
Najiba Noori, Rasul Noori
Duration
84’
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Silent Trees
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Silent Trees
Year
2024
Country
Poland
Director
Agnieszka Zwiefka
Duration
84’
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Limits of Europe
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Limits of Europe
Year
2024
Country
Czech Republic, France, Slovakia
Director
Apolena Rychlíková
Duration
98’
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Bright Future
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Bright Future
Year
2024
Country
Romania, South Korea
Director
Andra MacMasters
Duration
89’
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Where the Trees Bear Meat
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Where the Trees Bear Meat
Year
2024
Country
Argentina, USA, Spain
Director
Alexis Franco
Duration
73’
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Your Life Without Me
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Your Life Without Me
Year
2024
Country
Hungary
Director
Anna Rubi
Duration
73’
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The Family Approach
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The Family Approach
Year
2024
Country
Germany
Director
Daniel Abma
Duration
91’
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On Sacred and Profane
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On Sacred and Profane
Year
2025
Country
Lithuania
Director
Giedrė Beinoriūtė
Duration
80’
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2000 Meters to Andriivka
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2000 Meters to Andriivka
Year
2025
Country
USA, Ukraine
Director
Mstyslav Chernov
Duration
106’
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