Hetty Naaijkens-Retel Helmrich
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Hetty Naaijkens-Retel Helmrich (born 1955, Bandung
) is the director of Scarabeefilms
(Netherlands
). She has produced several award-winning documentaries.
(1979–1987). In 1989 she founded the film production company Scarabeefilms, which grew into an internationally active operation. She participated in the Twinning Programme of the E.U.-funded Media Business School and in the production workshop at Amsterdam’s Binger Institute
. In April 2004, Hetty Naaijkens-Retel Helmrich received the bi-annual Martha Bering Award for Dutch women in film and media who have actively supported other women in their field.
She made her debut as a director with the self-produced feature-length documentary Contractpensions – Djangan Loepah, which was edited by her son Jasper Naaijkens. The film received Holland’s Crystal Film Award for attracting more than 10,000 visitors during its Dutch theatrical release in 2009.
Bandung
Bandung is the capital of West Java province in Indonesia, and the country's third largest city, and 2nd largest metropolitan area in Indonesia, with a population of 7.4 million in 2007. Located 768 metres above sea level, approximately 140 km southeast of Jakarta, Bandung has cooler...
) is the director of Scarabeefilms
Scarabeefilms
Scarabeefilms B.V. is a Dutch corporation specialized in the production of creative documentaries, short films and feature films about all kind of arts, cultural and social subjects for the cinema and public broadcasting.-Establishment:...
(Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
). She has produced several award-winning documentaries.
Biography
Hetty Naaijkens-Retel Helmrich started her career teaching Dutch language and Social Sciences in the Netherlands and on CuraçaoCuraçao
Curaçao is an island in the southern Caribbean Sea, off the Venezuelan coast. The Country of Curaçao , which includes the main island plus the small, uninhabited island of Klein Curaçao , is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands...
(1979–1987). In 1989 she founded the film production company Scarabeefilms, which grew into an internationally active operation. She participated in the Twinning Programme of the E.U.-funded Media Business School and in the production workshop at Amsterdam’s Binger Institute
Maurits Binger Film Institute
Binger Filmlab, formerly the Maurits Binger Film Institute, is an Amsterdam-based international feature-film development centre where talented screenwriters, directors, producers and script editors from around the world can place both their projects and their usual working practices within an...
. In April 2004, Hetty Naaijkens-Retel Helmrich received the bi-annual Martha Bering Award for Dutch women in film and media who have actively supported other women in their field.
She made her debut as a director with the self-produced feature-length documentary Contractpensions – Djangan Loepah, which was edited by her son Jasper Naaijkens. The film received Holland’s Crystal Film Award for attracting more than 10,000 visitors during its Dutch theatrical release in 2009.
External links
- http://www.scarabeefilms.com
- http://www.standvandesterren.nl