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
"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
