Doel
67 mins
26 people live in the Belgian city of Doel, and they have no plans of moving anywhere. Even if everyone else is busy telling them how hopeless their beloved ghost town is. Vandalised, dilapidated and an ironic destination for urban explorers, car nerds and Dutch techno ravers. Doel is squeezed between an industrial port and a nuclear power station, and since the 1960s the government has regularly tried to raze it to the ground to make space for a container park in the name of globalisation. The school, the shops and even the church have closed, and most houses have either been torn down or abandoned. But the last inhabitants are not giving up. Young as well as old agree to defend Doel to the very end.
Frederik Sølberg
Director
Jonathan Wannyn
Cinematography
Frederik Sølberg
Screenplay
Sam Peeters
Assistant Director
Andreas Sandborg
Sound Mixer
Søren Bendz
Sound Editor
Mathilde Hvid Lippmann
Producer
Sam Peeters
Assistant Editor
Anders Rhedin
Music
Puk Lodahl Eisenhardt
Co-Producer
Frederik Sølberg
Producer