Ester Eva Damen works as a freelance (screen)writer and filmmaker. She started with the 16 mm

film Windhangen (1998). She wrote several drama scripts a.o. for director Ineke Houtman, realized and

broadcast Sahara (2007). She recently worked on a film project supported by the Netherland Film

Fund (New Screen) and several Frisian funds with three Frisian poets: Ruzje Wyn/ Whisper Wind,

2023. Minskewolf (Human Wolf) was also presented live on stage with visual fragments during the

Explore the North summer Festival 2021 with poet Elmar Kuiper, actor Rienk Nicolai and the band

Tigers of Greonterp. The second film in this range, As the Fisken (As the Fish) is a collaboration with

the Frisian singer-songwriter Nynke Laverman. The third short in this range with poet Tsead Bruinja

deals with a Barn of Sorrow (Hok fan Rou). A stage presentation with Tsead Bruinja (In sleat dy’t

dreamde fan oseanen/ A ditch dreaming of oceans), takes place at several locations in Holland 2023-

25, a.o. during the festivals Explore the North and Meet me at the Lighthouse.

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