Film adaptation of Joris Luyendijk's THEY ARE NET MENSEN

Producer Talent United has taken out an option to film the successful book by Joris Luyendijk, HET ZIJN NET MENSEN. The director is Stefano Odoardi, and the screenplay is by Sytske Kok.

The book deals with the impossibility of good, unfiltered journalistic reporting on the Middle East. Luyendijk describes his five years as a correspondent, the dictatorship he experienced there firsthand, and the gap between what he observed and how he could report on it in the media. For this, he received the Dick Scherpenzeel Prize in 2006, and in the same year, he was named Journalist of the Year. In 2007, he won the NS Public Prize, and in 2010, the Prix des Assises du journalisme, the first time this prize went to a non-Frenchman.

The Italian-born director Stefano Odoardi made his debut in 2007 with his feature film A WHITE BALLAD, which was selected for the Rotterdam Film Festival, among others. Screenwriter Sytske Kok previously collaborated with Stefano Odoardi on the ONE NIGHT STAND titled TUNNELVISIE, which won multiple awards at international festivals, including Best Film and Best Director.

Odoardi developed the film project during his studies at the Binger Directorslab in 2012 and received many positive international reactions to the project at the Cannes Film Festival market last year, from both co-producers and distributors. The film will be shot largely in the Middle East.

Amsterdam, 3 Sept 2012. For more information: Paul Ruven, Talent United: tel 0651245041, email [email protected]



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