KOEN SUIDGEEST
FILM & PHOTOGRAPHY

Colombia/DR Congo/Armenia/Thailand 
2025 • 26 mins

Environmental lawyers not only represent activists whose lives are at risk. More often than not, they themselves suffer threats that prohibit them from doing their job properly.

Human Rights in the Picture for Lawyers for Lawyers 

Honduras/Netherlands/Vietnam
2019 • 30 mins

We enter the lives of a trans woman in Honduras, a trans man in Vietnam and a non-binary person in the Netherlands. What challenges do their society and their families impose?

Human Rights in the Picture for Hivos 

Malawi/Netherlands
2018 • 25 mins

Rapid population growth is Malawi's biggest obstacle to development. Rhoda and Pilirani, two mothers from the same rural area, each have their own ideas about how many children they should bring into the world.

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Representative of the European Commission in Malawi

Russia/Kenya/Indonesia
2016 • 34 mins

A touching and intimate portrait of parents in Kenya, Russia and Indonesia, who face prejudice and challenges because they have gay children.

Human Rights in the Picture 

Bangladesh/Kenya/Peru/Jordan/India
2016 • 52 mins

Five teenage girls from Kenya, Peru, Bangladesh, Jordan and India swim against the tide to tackle gender discrimination in their communities. Their inspiring stories jump gracefully from country to country.

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ITVS for Women and Girls Lead Global

Netherlands
2016 • 52 mins

When Irma loses her husband, she decides to continue with the passion they once shared: to travel in their camper van, but this time alone. Once on the road, she discovers that her journey is a direct reflection of the process of her grief.

Moondocs for EO 

Nicaragua
2011 • 89 mins

Teenager Sujeylin lives in a park in Managua and is pregnant. Her plan to raise the baby right there turns out to be too dangerous, so she asks the father to find them a home. Beautifully told and full of hope, this award-winning documentary is an intense personal story about second generation street children.

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Own production

Spain
2008 • 40 mins

In Alcalá de Henares, a small town just outside of Madrid, the large population of Rumanian migrants can make the difference in the local elections. But who gets them to the ballot box?

La Sexta (Spain) 

Spain
2006 • 15 mins

Through a regular casting session, we witness the harsh reality of actors - full of hope, dreams, humour, drama and tears. The short documentary Casting was nominated for a Spanish Academy Award (the Goya) and went on to win numerous other prizes.

Own production 

Belgium/Morocco/Spain
2004 • 54 mins

This documentary road movie follows two second-generation Moroccans from Belgium as they undertake the intense annual trip to their parents' motherland, along with more than a million fellow countrymen and women.

Own production