How do you start over?

At this moment I am working on a new feature length documentary together with Myrthe Mosterman (DOP) and Olivia Sophie van Leeuwen (HALAL docs), with support from the Netherlands Film Fund, Netherlands Film Production Incentive, NPO-Fund and EO/IKON. In this film, which will be released in theatres, a young woman manages to break free from the American cult of the Westboro Baptist Church. How do you start over again when faith, family and the foundations of your existence have been swept away? Since this film is still in development, I can only show a sneak preview. We’re aiming for an international release in January 2025.

DIRECTED BY

Susanne Opstal

Production Company

HALAL Docs

LENGTH

50’ & 90’

With support of

Netherlands Film Fund, Netherlands Film Production Incentive, NPO-Fund, EO/IKONdocs

Selected for

IDFA Forum (2022)
EBU Pitch (2017)
EURODOC (2017)

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WHAT THEY SAY

"Susanne Opstal’s “Where We Belong,” one of 21 feature film projects selected as part of the IDFA Forum Pitches program, revolves around the director’s relationship with Grace Phelps-Roper, the youngest daughter of the family behind the infamous Westboro Baptist Church. Grace left the church and her family a decade ago, two years after she first met Opstal. The director has been filming Grace’s journey ever since."— Variety

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