Stubborn Town

Synopsis

The  village of Ulrum in Northern Groningen is threatened with shrinkage, the youngsters all leave and go to the big city. Ulrum  received a subsidy of 1.5 million euros in 2014 to put the village back on the map. A Foundation is established: “Ulrum, Village of the Future”.

The new plans to keep the village liveable goes with much struggle and produce funny, sometimes dramatic, but always very human confrontations.

Credits

A documentary by
Jaap van ´t Kruis & Marco Nauta

Editing
Jaap van ´t Kruis & Paul de Heer

Cinematography
Marco Nauta

Editor in Chief
Floor Koomen

Producer
Rear Window Films & EO

Roelof Noorda, aanvoerder van Project 2034 bidt met zijn vrouw Willy voor de boodschappen en het info-centrum.xs
Elize een kunstenares uit Amsterdam, discussieert met mevr. Pol uit Ulrum over haar sokkenproject.xs
Ulrum op afstand in de lentexs
Marcel Vogelzang, eigenaar van de Spar, denkt na over de toekomst.xs

"Stubborn Town is beautifully made cinematically."

Trouw

WINNER STORYTELLING AWARD 2014

STICHTING VERHALENDE JOURNALISTIEK

"The work of Alex van Warmerdam came to mind."

De Volkskrant

Interview for 2DOC 2
Jaap van ´t Kruis and Marco Nauta in Ulrum 1
Premiere of StubbornTown3
Premiere of StubbornTown 4

“Ulrum is the town of the future!”

Roelof Noorda, Chairman of foundation Ulrum 1834