Wild Amsterdam

The documentary tells Amsterdam from the side of the wild animals and plants that live in it. The guide is a curious cat wandering the streets: Abatutu. Canals, roofs, courtyards and abandoned corners look like an entirely different place when followed behind him; foxes, birds, insects and fish are all sharing the same city. The film does not look for nature somewhere outside the city but shows that it is right in the middle of it. The account does not shut people out altogether either; it makes them part of the landscape. The cat wandering gives the account its order; the city opens up not district by district but along the flow of a walk. Mark Verkerk’s eighty five minute Dutch documentary was completed in 2018.