My Sweet Child

Year
2025
Country
The Netherlands
Duration
58’
Director
Maarten de Schutter
Filmmaker Maarten de Schutter attempts to reconstruct the lost memories of his mother, AIDS activist and feminist anthropologist Martine de Schutter. Ten years after she was killed, he explores her life and their relationship to thoroughly connect with what is left behind. The film disassembles memory, motherhood, and loss, driven by the infinite love between mother and child.

Content warning: death


Production
Mijn Lief Kind Produkties
Director
Maarten de Schutter

Maarten de Schutter (1999) graduated from the FilmAcadamy (NFA, Amsterdam) in2024, studying Directing Documentary. He loves leftist cinema, losing football matches, and is half Iranian.

Filmography
My Sweet Child (2025)
Inside, The Valley Sings
Year
2024
Country
Ireland
Director
Nathan Fagan ...
How I Spent My Summer Holidays
Year
2024
Country
Ukraine
Director
Antonio Lukich ...
Where’s My Body Armor?
Year
2024
Country
Ukraine
Director
Daria Penkova ...
Sanatorium
Year
2025
Country
Ukraine, Ireland, France
Director
Gar O’Rourke ...
Fiume O Morte!
Year
2025
Country
Croatia, Italy, Slovenia
Director
Igor Bezinović ...
My Sextortion Diary
Year
2024
Country
Spain
Director
Patricia Franquesa ...
Last Song From Kabul
Year
2023
Country
UK, Qatar, Portugal
Directors
Kevin Macdonald ...
Glass, My Unfulfilled Life
Year
2024
Country
Netherlands
Director
Rogier Kappers ...
A Land of Paper
Year
2024
Country
France
Director
Marion Boé ...