Nevejan is working on a transmedia-project with Canta-cars and the National BalletDe Canta Danst
Nevejan is working on a transmedia-project with Canta-cars and the National Ballet in the Netherlands for 2012. A live balletperformance, a tv series, a book and a webcommunity are in preparation.
In collaboration with Karin Spaink, Bert Kommerij and Viewpoint productions.

De Prik en Ik - documentary by Maartje NevejanOnce upon a Vaccination
Feature documentary about the quest of a mother who has to decide whether or not she will give her 12 year old daughter the HPV injection.
Produced by IDTV and human.nl. Finished in 2010. A quest for truth and love and ultimately the mother has come to terms with the most important word of the coming decennium: Trust.
Presspremiere March 2nd 2011 (Press announcement in Dutch).
May 19th on TV: Nederland 2

THE THIRD EYE projectAt the woldexpo in Shanghai in 2010 we participated in:
THE THIRD EYE project. A telepresence technologies project, that presents in an interactive media art exhibit future visions for buildings and places in the Dutch Cultural Center Shanghai(China)Metropolis Ruhr (GER), Wakefield District (UK) and The Hague (NL).THE THIRD EYE exhibition
Couscousglobal made films with young people in Shanghai and Rotterdam.

Theo van Gogh? The man is deadTheo van Gogh? The man is dead
Feature documentary about the filmmaker Theo van Gogh who was killed 5 years ago. Theo van Gogh has a converastion with himself. 50 minutes.
Produced by Columnfilms. November 2009.
Dutch national Broadcasting in 2009 and 2010 on the day van Gogh was killed.
The film was part of the official selection of the Dutch Film Festival.2010 (NFF)

The Other Sudan - Video installation by Maartje NevejanThe Other Sudan
Video installation for the National Museum of antiquities in Leiden. Young Sudanese immigrants talk about the other Sudan. What is there besides Darfur? Part of the Other Sudan Arts festival. View the movies >>
artsafrica-news.blogspot.com/2009/
Read Maartje Nevejan's lecture 'SHALL WE DANCE OR TAKE REVENGE?' - Losing Magic, Losing Faith, Migration. (pfd file)

Sofie and Sara - minimovie by Maartje NevejanSofie and Sara
11 minutes minimovie created for IDFA 2009. About the on line meeting between a girl from Norway with a girl from Iran. They talk about female sexuality in the East and in the West.
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Love You Perfect Opposite - a nomadic application working on all social networksLYPO
Love You Perfect Opposite is a nomadic application working on all social networks. It originated out of the CouscousGlobal project. It is a chance to meet your opposites instead of meeting more friends. LYPO was created in collaboration with Global Inside Foundation and Driebit.

community couscous globalCouscous Global is a worldwide community website for young people from all over the world. It offers a platform where you can discuss and exchange your most personal issues, experiences and ideas. We wanted to collect the stories of our globalized next generation, through young filmmakers, students and anyone else who feels connected to the mission of Couscous Global. The project started at 08/08/08 and ended at 09/09/09 and had a million viewers in 120 countries. 17 countries produced 263 mini movies in a year. Nevejan directed all the movies from Holland, Iran, China and the USA.
Offical selection of the IDFA 2009.
We are now researching how to finance the future of this highly succesful project.
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Read an interview with Maartje Nevejan about couscousblobal.com in the Dutch newspaper 'Het parool'. (pfd file)

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Overview Nevejan's Awards and Nominations.

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