Alumni Week: What if life stops listening? Documentary ‘Zie je’
Wednesday 8 October | 17:00-18:30 | University Theatre
- Date
- 8 October 2025
- Time
- 17:00 -18:30
- Location
- Universiteitstheater
This documentary is in Dutch with English subtitles.
This intimate documentary follows the mourning process as it unfolded, captured in real time - fragmented, unpredictable and relentless. Zie Je restores Siu’s voice through her art and diaries, while at the same time serving as a quiet indictment of the loneliness and stigma surrounding neurodiversity and psychological vulnerability.
Through raw landscapes, fragile family dialogues and a mosaic of cinematic forms, the film takes shape as both a tribute and a confronting mirror. Zie Je is an intimate and socially urgent exploration of love, loss and the fragile hope of finding some meaning within the madness of existence.
Kiki Ho received a nomination for a Golden Calf in the Feature-Length Documentary category for this documentary.
Speakers
Kiki Ho is a documentary filmmaker and mental health activist from Amsterdam. After completing her Master’s in Documentary Filmmaking at UCL, she directed several short films that have been screened at film festivals, conferences and other symposia worldwide. Following the loss of her sister to suicide in 2021, Ho decided to dedicate her life to breaking the stigma surrounding mental health and to highlighting neurodiversity in a positive light.
Alongside her work as a filmmaker, she is Programme Director at The Big Hoof, a non-profit organisation that organises multi-day treks with the aim of both improving mental wellbeing and promoting the outdoors – harnessing the transformative power of the horse.
Angela Koster is a mother of two who has made mourning her mission. After the sudden death of her 50-year-old sister and, shortly afterwards, her father, she began to find comfort and healing in writing poetry. What started as a personal outlet grew into @Rouwig on Instagram and Facebook: a space where Koster gives words to grief and seeks to support others. ‘Sharing is healing,’ she says, stressing the importance of speaking openly about death and mourning. For the past five years, Koster has also worked in a hospice.
