Director
Maurice Trouwborst
Young Freek Vonk and his friends Maysem and Bas approach every animal as a fascinating life form. Whether it’s a tiger or a heron, Freek describes everything as if he were on an adventurous safari.
In the children’s series *De Freek Tapes*, Freek Vonk discovers a box of old videotapes in the attic. They turn out to be his very first short nature films, which he made back in the day with his friends Maysem and Bas. Whether it’s a tiger or a heron, even then, young Freek (played by Junte te Winkel) describes everything as if he were on an adventurous safari. During their explorations, he and his friends study the creatures closely—discovering that they can learn a great deal from the animal kingdom: about nature, but also about themselves.