A hospice in Amsterdam

At the end of Van Goghstraat in Amsterdam is The Veerhuis. A normal residential house in a normal urban area, where children play outside in front of the door. But people come to The Veerhuis to die. Together with family and friends, they temporarily create their own surroundings. An important fundamental of this "just-like-home home" is offering personal care based on the desires of the inhabitants. For four months, Steef Meyknecht filmed everyday life in The Veerhuis.

Steef Meyknecht

Steef is a lecturer in visual ethnography at the University of Leiden, Netherlands. He is also working as a free-lance film-maker and photographer. He has a master degree in cultural anthropology and has produced a number of films.

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