Nightlight
documentary 37 min. HD 2022
film by Barbara Meter
colour correction, special effects and deliveries by Ramaz Melashvilli and Maaki Nurmeots
Memories of a first love, with the idyllic coasts and forests of southern England as a backdrop, are inextricably linked to the history of a special children’s home that provided shelter for hundreds of Jewish refugees during the Second World War.
Film was realised in cooperations with SeriousFilm.
Screenings
- Pre-premiere at Jewish Museum, Amsterdam – Nov. 2022
- Premiere at Lab111, Rotterdam – Nov.2022
- TV premiere, EO The Netherlands – Nov. 2022
Op de Rand
documentary 28min. HD 2016
film by Barbara Meter
colour correction & picture improvements by Maaki Nurmeots
Film about the work and life of the painter Ria Rettich.
Screenings:
– Premiere at Jan Wouter van Reyen cinema/ Sept. 2016 The Netherlands
Up to the Sky and Much Much More
documentary 35min. DCP 2015
film by Barbara Meter
post-production for a documentary – Maaki Nurmeots
Barbara Meter tells her father Leo Meter’s life story using the impressive series of slides, photos and letters her father sent her after being arrested by the Gestapo and deported to the Eastern Front. Beautiful, poignant record of a unique man told by the daughter.
Screenings:
– film program Films by Barbara Meter at Close-Up art cinema in London Feb. 2016
– liberation day programm EYE on Art, EYE Amsterdam May 2015
– premiere – International Film Festival Rotterdam, LanternVenster Febr. 2015
Nominations:
– nominated for short documentary The Gouden Kalf, Nederlands Film Festival Sept. 2015
Watch the film via online screening:
– Doc Alliance Films: online documentary cinema
