Koert Davidse

40 years after he died of AIDS, can I make up for my silence during my brother’s life?

Two contrasting worlds gather for Bart’s funeral: his religious family and his loving friends from Amsterdam’s 1980s gay community. Through childhood memories, interviews and Bart’s drawings, Koert Davidse reconstructs the life of a brother he once knew intimately, then lost to distance - and eventually to AIDS at just 28. Filmed as a personal gesture to bridge the gap between two lives and two cultures, this tribute to one individual becomes a broader poignant reminder of a life lived authentically, however briefly.