

A century of Twente in 91 minutes—where sheep become suburbs and your grandma's street disappears.
A century of change in pictures (1915-2015). What makes Twente Twente? What changes have taken place in the last century? Twente op Film is a project by filmmaker Erik Willems, actress (and co-producer) Johanna ter Steege and producer André Oude Weernink. They used film archive images to make a film about what has changed in Twente in a century. In city planning, in industry, in every day life, in the countryside and in the city.
Editing
Seamless century-spanning transitions that hurt your brain in the best way.
Production
Digging through regional archives like cinematic Indiana Joneses.
Director
Erik Willems
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The team reportedly sifted through over 200 hours of regional archive footage—most of it unlabeled, some literally crumbling.
Twente's textile collapse in the 1970s-80s mirrors Rust Belt devastation, but somehow this film makes it feel intimate rather than epic.
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