What the Film?! #2 | Laura Huygen

Vandaag een gesprek met de Limburgse cineast Laura Huygen, die naast een filmopleiding in Denemarken ook een studie antropologie volgde. Ze vertelt over wat animatie zo waardevol maakt, met onder meer het Oscargenomineerde The Red Turtle als voorbeeld.

Meet our hosts

I am Berit Anna Rojer, and was born in The Hague on July 5th 2003. I am from the Netherlands and Curacao, and the youngest of three girls. My family moved from The Hague to Maastricht when I was 5 months old. There, I went to a small elementary village school until I was 10. After that I moved to United World College Maastricht, an international school where I was quite abruptly submerged in a fascinating diversity of different cultures, broader global issues, history, and politics.

I revelled in meeting and learning from people from all over the world. Following, when I turned 12, I moved to Singapore with my family for 6 months. I continued in the international education system, I observed that the outlook on and experience of the world were quite different from that other side of the globe. The next year, we moved back to Maastricht, where I am this year completing my education at United World College Maastricht. I am a very creative person, and have always been involved with theater, singing, and, lately, film. Together with a cohost, I recently proudly created a podcast: 'What the film?!', in which we interview filmmakers and explore various films together with them. Hope you enjoy!