About

Shadow Game is an interactive transmedia project by Eefje Blankevoort and Els van Driel, in collaboration with many others. It consists of a feature-length documentary, a short doc series, an adventure game, a photo series in collaboration with Cigdem Yuksel, an exhibition and an impact campaign.

Shadow Game is a co-production by Prospektor, Witfilm and KRO-NCRV.

The phenomenon of unaccompanied children fleeing to Europe is not new. But because many European countries have closed their borders, the associated risks have become extremely high.

The underage refugees mainly come from Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria. Often, they have been on the road for months, even years. They are mostly boys. Their fathers are disabled, old or dead, and now they are the head of the family. Fleeing poverty and war, these children – and their families at home – have already pinned their hopes on Europe. But once they get there, the reality is not what they had hoped.

Shadow Game follows a couple of these youngsters: during their journey and in their countries of arrival. How does a child develop into a young adult under such extreme circumstances? How does your identity take shape when you have had to survive every day? And how do you adjust to your new home?

RESEARCH
Eefje Blankevoort, Els van Driel, Zuhoor Al Qaisi

DIRECTION
Eefje Blankevoort & Els van Driel

DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
Ton Peters NSC

EDITING
Patrick Schonewille

PRODUCTION
Iris Lammertsma – Witfilm

EXECUTIVE PRODUCTION
Femke de Wild – Witfilm

PRODUCTION ASSISTANT
Mathilde Niekamp – Witfilm

ITALY

Christine Pawlata Researcher / local producer / translator

Rama Translator Arabic / Urdu / Farsi

SERBIA
Mark Kékesi Researcher / local producer / translator
Sai Divya Kanna Translator Urdu

GREECE
Antonis Repanas Researcher / local producer / translator
Fakhredin Translator Farsi
Michalis Svarnias local producer Samos

RESEARCH
Eefje Blankevoort, Els van Driel, Zuhoor Al Qaisi

DIRECTION
Eefje Blankevoort & Els van Driel

ONLINE CONCEPT
Eefje Blankevoort & Sara Kolster

INTERACTIVE DIRECTION
Sara Kolster

DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
Ton Peters

EDITING
Francesco Indaco

ANIMATIONS
Aimée de Jongh

PRODUCTION
Laura Verduijn

PHOTOGRAPHY
Cigdem Yuksel

TEXT & EDITING
Eefje Blankevoort

CURATING
Frederiek Biemans

DESIGN
Rick Verhoog (Studio Parkers)

PRODUCTION
Kay Fahner
Laura Verduijn

TRANSLATION
Roxy Merrell
Ruth Hopkins

IDEA / CONCEPT
Eefje Blankevoort, Sara Kolster

ADVICE
Ellis Bartholomeus, Niels ’t Hooft

ARTWORK
Aimée de Jongh

WRITING
Niels ‘t Hooft

GAME DEVELOPMENT
Little Chicken, Happy Volcano

IMPACT PRODUCTION
Els van Driel, Laura Verduijn, Eefje Blankevoort

MARKETING STRATEGY
Tina Farifteh, Nienke Huitenga

PUBLICITY
Lara Aerts

DESIGN
Sara Kolster, Rick Verhoog, Liesbeth den Boer (Studio Parkers)

INTERACTION DESIGN
Sara Kolster (Studio Parkers)

GRAPHIC DESIGN
Sara Kolster, Liesbeth den Boer (Studio Parkers)

PROGRAMMING
Studio Parkers

UNHCR, VluchtelingenWerk Nederland, Movies that Matter, LOWAN, FIACAT, Centre for Peace Studies, Zagreb, Slovenian Migration Institute i.c.w. Infokolpa, Save the Children Switzerland.

Shadow Game is made possible with support from NPO-fonds, Creative Industries Fund NL, Nederlands Filmfonds, Fonds Bijzondere Journalistieke Projecten, Free Press Unlimited, UNHCR, Janivo, Fonds ZOZ, Draagvlak activiteitenfonds Vluchtelingenwerk Nederland, BNG Cultuurfonds, Fred Foundation and the European Union.