amsterdam
the netherlands
chris.teerink(at)icloud.com
“The Waste Land is a film for people who like to leave their ideas about how things should be at the door. Like a lone umbrella in a stand that is never picked up again. Because you have to go out into the world, where someone is stuttering for peace.
April remains the cruellest month.”
Dana Linssen, Filmkrant April 2024.
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with
Richard Sennett
Vandana Shiva
Guy Standing
Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer
Carolyn Steel
Chris Keulemans
Miriam Rasch
& others
music by Blaudzun
produced by Frank van Reemst & Joost Verheij
www.doceyefilm.nl
written, directed, photographed & edited
by Chris Teerink
THE WASTE LAND had it’s worldpremiere at the International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) on Januari 31st 2024.
June 2nd 2024 screening at Bertha Dochouse, London (15:30)
https://dochouse.org/event/the-waste-land/
June 9th 2024 screening at Poetry International, Rotterdam
https://www.poetryinternational.com/en/festival/programma-onderdeel/55-208_The-Waste-Land-film
short synopsis:
Photo documentary The Waste Land is as powerful and elusive as the century-old T. S. Eliot poem that continues to resonate. The film juxtaposes Eliot's words with our current reality and demonstrates how our modern age is stuck in the confines of its own making.
synopsis:
A full century after publication, The Waste Land considers T. S. Eliot's namesake poem alongside our present, assuredly asserting that the words continue to resonate and to fuel our imagination. Filmmaker Chris Teerink offers no analysis of the poem, but instead seeks parallels. With a soundtrack by Dutch singer-songwriter Blaudzun, and using photographs and stills instead of moving images, he creates a slideshow that mirrors the fragmentary core of Eliot's language.
The poem itself is a tapestry that draws on material from Dante Alighieri, Buddhism and Hinduism. In this documentary, Teerink shows how these threads course through our present. As we listen to writers, literary scholars and other thinkers ruminate on Eliot's poetry, powerful imagery illustrates how the faith in progress literally falters at the boundaries of our society.
Stretching out from the cityscapes of London to the no man’s land of the Mojave Desert, and from ecofeminist Vandana Shiva's India to the borders of Poland, a recent site of violent restriction for those seeking refuge. The Waste Land is everywhere.
LINK TO TRAILER:
(click picture below)
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The Waste Land was released on April 4th
and can be seen in the following cinemas in The Netherlands:
EYE, Amsterdam
De Balie, Amsterdam
Filmhallen, Amsterdam
Koepel, Haarlem
Forum, Groningen
Filmhuis Den Haag
Lumen, Delft
Lumiere, Maastricht
Filmhuis, Breda
Filmtheater Hilversum
Focus, Arnhem
Lux, Nijmegen
Filmhuis Bussum
’t Hoogt, Utrecht
Chassé, Breda
Mimik, Deventer
Cacaofabriek, Helmond
Bibliotheek, Wassenaar
LantarenVenster, Rotterdam
Lieve Vrouw, Amersfoort
Concordia, Enschede
Sliekerfilm, Leeuwarden
LHC/Slachtstraat, Utrecht
Verkadefabriek, Den Bosch
and
June 9th at Poetry International in Rotterdam
Bio:
Director, editor and photographer Chris TEERINK (1966, the Netherlands) lives and works in Amsterdam. He attended the AKI Art Academy in Enschede and the Netherlands Film and Television Academy, in Amsterdam. As an editor he has worked on numerous audiovisual projects including The Polish Bride (1988) directed by Karim TRAÏDA (1949, Algeria). Teerink has taught at the Jakarta Film School, Indonesia.
Filmography:
Ceci n’est pas une voiture (short, 1991)
Exil (short, 1995)
Amstelland (short, 1996)
Life and Death in an American Desert (short, 2002)
Mojave (doc. 2004)
Living Here (short, 2005)
In the Shadow of the Light (feature doc. 2006, co-dir Sarah Payton)
Gate 70 (2009, short)
Songs Along a Stony Road (feature doc. 2011)
SOL LEWITT (feature doc. 2012)
Rain (short, 2019)
The Waste Land (feature doc. 2024)
He is currently working on the feature length documentary about ‘Madness’
April remains the cruellest month.”
Dana Linssen, Filmkrant April 2024.
with
Richard Sennett
Vandana Shiva
Guy Standing
Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer
Carolyn Steel
Chris Keulemans
Miriam Rasch
& others
music by Blaudzun
produced by Frank van Reemst & Joost Verheij
www.doceyefilm.nl
written, directed, photographed & edited
by Chris Teerink
THE WASTE LAND had it’s worldpremiere at the International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) on Januari 31st 2024.
June 2nd 2024 screening at Bertha Dochouse, London (15:30)
https://dochouse.org/event/the-waste-land/
June 9th 2024 screening at Poetry International, Rotterdam
https://www.poetryinternational.com/en/festival/programma-onderdeel/55-208_The-Waste-Land-film
short synopsis:
Photo documentary The Waste Land is as powerful and elusive as the century-old T. S. Eliot poem that continues to resonate. The film juxtaposes Eliot's words with our current reality and demonstrates how our modern age is stuck in the confines of its own making.
synopsis:
A full century after publication, The Waste Land considers T. S. Eliot's namesake poem alongside our present, assuredly asserting that the words continue to resonate and to fuel our imagination. Filmmaker Chris Teerink offers no analysis of the poem, but instead seeks parallels. With a soundtrack by Dutch singer-songwriter Blaudzun, and using photographs and stills instead of moving images, he creates a slideshow that mirrors the fragmentary core of Eliot's language.
The poem itself is a tapestry that draws on material from Dante Alighieri, Buddhism and Hinduism. In this documentary, Teerink shows how these threads course through our present. As we listen to writers, literary scholars and other thinkers ruminate on Eliot's poetry, powerful imagery illustrates how the faith in progress literally falters at the boundaries of our society.
Stretching out from the cityscapes of London to the no man’s land of the Mojave Desert, and from ecofeminist Vandana Shiva's India to the borders of Poland, a recent site of violent restriction for those seeking refuge. The Waste Land is everywhere.
LINK TO TRAILER:
(click picture below)
The Waste Land was released on April 4th
and can be seen in the following cinemas in The Netherlands:
EYE, Amsterdam
De Balie, Amsterdam
Filmhallen, Amsterdam
Koepel, Haarlem
Forum, Groningen
Filmhuis Den Haag
Lumen, Delft
Lumiere, Maastricht
Filmhuis, Breda
Filmtheater Hilversum
Focus, Arnhem
Lux, Nijmegen
Filmhuis Bussum
’t Hoogt, Utrecht
Chassé, Breda
Mimik, Deventer
Cacaofabriek, Helmond
Bibliotheek, Wassenaar
LantarenVenster, Rotterdam
Lieve Vrouw, Amersfoort
Concordia, Enschede
Sliekerfilm, Leeuwarden
LHC/Slachtstraat, Utrecht
Verkadefabriek, Den Bosch
and
June 9th at Poetry International in Rotterdam
Bio:
Director, editor and photographer Chris TEERINK (1966, the Netherlands) lives and works in Amsterdam. He attended the AKI Art Academy in Enschede and the Netherlands Film and Television Academy, in Amsterdam. As an editor he has worked on numerous audiovisual projects including The Polish Bride (1988) directed by Karim TRAÏDA (1949, Algeria). Teerink has taught at the Jakarta Film School, Indonesia.
Filmography:
Ceci n’est pas une voiture (short, 1991)
Exil (short, 1995)
Amstelland (short, 1996)
Life and Death in an American Desert (short, 2002)
Mojave (doc. 2004)
Living Here (short, 2005)
In the Shadow of the Light (feature doc. 2006, co-dir Sarah Payton)
Gate 70 (2009, short)
Songs Along a Stony Road (feature doc. 2011)
SOL LEWITT (feature doc. 2012)
Rain (short, 2019)
The Waste Land (feature doc. 2024)
He is currently working on the feature length documentary about ‘Madness’