ZAAD (2025)
ZAAD (2025)
Zaad (Seed) is the story of a man dealing with the heredity of his father’s mental illness.
ZAAD tells the autobiographical story of Dries Meddens. After the death of his mother, the care for Dries' bipolar father falls on his plate. He discovers how crudely and ruthlessly society and psychiatry treat patients. His father eventually dies in solitary confinement. While emptying his parent’s home, Dries discovers an old letter from his grandfather. The man appears to have led a busy, productive life. He is the founder of an internationally renowned seed breeding company and still has time to paint, write diaries and conduct intensive correspondence. Dries finds similarities between his grandfather, his father and himself. Slowly the fear grows that his father's psychiatric illness might be hereditary. Strolling through the family’s film and photo archives, with dramatic and sometimes hilarious finds, Dries tries to find answers. He also consults a psychiatrist. Together the consultations and reviewing of his archival material help Dries look at bipolarity with new eyes.

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ZAAD tells the autobiographical story of Dries Meddens. After the death of his mother, the care for Dries' bipolar father falls on his plate. He discovers how crudely and ruthlessly society and psychiatry treat patients. His father eventually dies in solitary confinement. While emptying his parent’s home, Dries discovers an old letter from his grandfather. The man appears to have led a busy, productive life. He is the founder of an internationally renowned seed breeding company and still has time to paint, write diaries and conduct intensive correspondence. Dries finds similarities between his grandfather, his father and himself. Slowly the fear grows that his father's psychiatric illness might be hereditary. Strolling through the family’s film and photo archives, with dramatic and sometimes hilarious finds, Dries tries to find answers. He also consults a psychiatrist. Together the consultations and reviewing of his archival material help Dries look at bipolarity with new eyes.


Tagline: Zaad (Seed) is the story of a man dealing with the heredity of his father’s mental illness.
Certification: AL

Details

Genres: Documentary

Language: Nederlands

Release Date: 08 December 2025

Country: BE, NL

Runtime: 77m

Company Credits

Company: Associate Directors, seriousFilm, Idiot Productions

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Cast

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Writing Credits

Production Crew

Fem Windhorst

Fem Windhorst

Producer

Marc Thelosen

Marc Thelosen

Production Executive

Mark Daems

Mark Daems

Production Executive

Edited By

Leen Anthonissen

Leen Anthonissen

Editor

Marie-Hélène Dozo

Marie-Hélène Dozo

Editorial Consultant

Laurent Fluttert

Laurent Fluttert

Color Grading

Costume and Makeup

Not currently known.

Sound

Étienne Curchod

Étienne Curchod

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Maarten Meddens

Maarten Meddens

Music

Arthur Flink

Arthur Flink

Music

Gedeon Depauw

Gedeon Depauw

Sound Recordist

Vincent Houdijk

Vincent Houdijk

Musician

Kasper Kalf

Kasper Kalf

Musician

Pieter Deweirdt

Pieter Deweirdt

Sound Mix Technician

Visual Effects

Stephan Balleux

Stephan Balleux

Animation

Digna van der Put

Digna van der Put

Animation Technical Director

Joost van den Bosch

Joost van den Bosch

Animation Technical Director

Camera

Benito Strangio

Benito Strangio

Camera Operator

Lighting

Not currently known.

Art Department

Not currently known.

Other Crew

Not currently known.

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