Highway NL - Ben van Lieshout

Original Dutch film title:
SNELWEG NL
Year:
2019
Length:
90 minutes

Tagline:
Road movie about the Dutch highway infrastructure

Logline:
Highway NL is a poetic and biting road movie about the intriguing and fascinating world on and off the highway. A cinematographic ode to the ever-growing highway infrastructure in the Netherlands. Or is it an indictment of its all-embracing proliferation?

Synopsis:
The highway in the Netherlands has a total length of almost 2500 kilometres. There is almost no other country with such an enormous highway density.

In this documentary the monumentality, but also the apparent everydayness of our highway is shown. The highway is actually a poorly known arena for a wide range of activities. What does this monumental and almost perfect network say about us?

Cast:
N/A

Crew:
script & direction: Ben van Lieshout
camera: Stef Tijdink, Ben van Lieshout
sound: Erik Langhout
production manager: Annelotte Verhaagen
editing: Jan Ketelaars
sound editing: Andel Rongen
sound design / mix: Marc Lizier, Paul Gies
grading: Reinier van Brummelen
image post-production: Loods Lux en Lumen
soundscapes & music: Harry de Wit
producer: Digna Sinke

this film is produced by SNG Film

this film is financially supported by:
Netherlands Film Fund and Netherlands Film Fund Production Incentive
Creative Industries Fund NL: Architecture Programme
Fonds 21