Film premiere: ' 'Samen verder: leven na kinderkanker'

'Samen verder' follows three people as they discover how their recovery from childhood cancer has affected their adult lives.

Although they have been declared cured, they carry the lasting consequences of their illness and treatment with them: physical, mental, visible and invisible. Their past continues to affect their relationships, work, desire to have children, self-image and daily functioning. Through three intimate portraits, the series reveals what begins after recovery. Thanks to medical advances, more and more children are surviving cancer. At the same time, the group of adults living with long-term effects is growing. These effects are often overlooked and difficult to discuss. 'Samen verder: leven na kinderkanker' opens up the conversation about mental wellbeing, care after recovery, finding meaning, work, parenthood and the vulnerability of the body in a performance-driven society. A series about the art of living: about how to find your own form of progress and meaning amidst lasting consequences.

The screening will be followed by a discussion with filmmaker Annick Sickinghe, who created this film series on behalf of the Princess Máxima Centre.

More about the films

'Samen verder' follows three adults who discover that their recovery from childhood cancer marks the beginning of a life with lasting consequences for their relationships, identity and future.

These stories are told in three short films:

New Life

Due to the long-term effects of childhood cancer, Lydia became unable to work.Now that she is expecting her first child, she must learn to become a mother within the limits of her energy.

Let me find myself

Fleur survived a brain tumour at the age of four but suffered permanent brain damage. This makes the step of leaving home all the more daunting. Not just for her, but for her parents too.

Through the storm

Jorg’s past catches up with him when it turns out he is infertile due to the cancer treatment he received as a child. As his vision of fatherhood as a given crumbles, he and his girlfriend search for a new vision of the future.