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 I Am The River, The River Is Me (Co-Production)

A canoe trip down the Whanganui River in New Zealand, led by a Māori elder, awakens spiritual belief and practice, and becomes a call to action to draw closer to nature and fight climate change through a fundamental value shift.

Format & Length

Feature Documentary.

  • Format & Length: Feature Documentary

  • Director and cinematographer​: Petr Lom

  • Producer​: Corinne van Egeraat

  • Co-producer​​:​ Mette Cheng Munthe-Kaas

  • Editor:​​​​ Gys Zevenbergen NCE

  • Sound design and mix​​: Mark Glynne & Olmo van Straalen

  • Māori taonga puoro artist​​: Puoro Jerome

  • Māori music composer:​​ Puoro Jerome

  • Sami music composer​​: Georg Buljo

  • Sound​​​​​: Ad Stoop & Tahuora Ohia

  • 2nd unit camera​​​: Richard Sidey​

  • Grading:​​​​ Michiel Rummens

  • Image postproduction​​: Jan Jaap Kuiper

  • Line producer​​​​: Natasja Möhrs

  • Script Consultant​​​: Tamara Vuurmans

  • Production: A ZINDOC

  • Coproduction: Ten Thousand Images,  Whanganui River (Aotearoa/New Zealand), KRO-NCRV/de Boeddhistische Blik (the Netherlands)

  • Financed by: The Netherlands Film Fund
    The NPO Fund, ​​​Norwegian Film Institute, 
    ​​​Fritt Ord

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