Triple Theo (2007-2010)
Interview, Blind Date, 1-900
Interview and Blind Date have both been completed these past two years by Column Film for their retrospect trilogy entitled Triple Theo. Under the name of Kiss The Cactus Productions (named after Theo van Gogh’s famous use of cactuses for his talkshow), Column realised this project together with New York based Ironworks Productions. Triple Theo’s aim – beyond creating three great films – is to realize the vision of acclaimed international filmmaker Theo van Gogh, whose murder on November 2, 2004 was motivated by political and religious intolerance. Before his death, van Gogh decided to remake three of his Dutch-language films in English, in a New York City setting. All three films are intense character dramas created in a dynamic, stripped-down style using innovative, low-budget filmmaking techniques and a dedicated crew of collaborators.
Advocaat van de Duivel (2007)
Pilot episode aired on Dutch national television (KRO) in March 2007.
Prettig Weekend, ondanks alles (2005)
Exactly one year after the brutal assassination of Theo Van Gogh, the documentary Prettig Weekend aired on Dutch public television. It showcases a highly interesting look on the murder investigation. Could van Gogh’s death have been prevented?
Ter Ziele (2005)
Originally produced for television, Ter Ziele is a series of dialogues, written and directed by Theo van Gogh, and shot in the summer of 2004. Ter Ziele is all about two ambulance drivers “from hell”, as Van Gogh described them.
Zes Minuten (2004)
Drama series with every episode centering on two victims of a sudden heartfailure. How did their environment react in the first crucial six minutes? Did the victim survive and what impact did the events make?
Allerzielen (2005)
In All Souls a great number of screenwriters, directors and producers react to the national debate held after November 2nd 2004. The initiative was taken bij a select group of screenwriters, wanting to tell simple stories from the sideline.
Euroquiz - Visions Of Europe (2004)
Twenty-five countries, twenty-five visions from respected film directors from each of the respective countries that form the enlarged European Community. Each director would be asked to give a personal vision of current or future life in this coming cultural melting pot.
Column Productions and Theo Van Gogh proudly represented The Netherlands with the five minute short Euroquiz
Voetbalmonologen (2004)
Originally aired on Dutch television on June 6 2004, during the European Championship Football. This one time TV-show was based on a play by Theodor Holman and Barbara Barend about several fictional footballers’ wives, who discuss their husbands profession.
Krachtstroom (2004)
TV-series directed by Theo van Gogh and made for Dutch public television (AVRO) in which two public figures from the Dutch politics, media, business or entertainment go head to head and interview each other.