The Detective’s Dad
dir. Maarten de Schutter, Netherlands 2023, 16 min., 10+, film with Polish voiceover
Duuk and Maarten can only speculate about who their biological fathers are. They were born thanks to sperm donors. What does that actually mean? An animated watercolor sequence helps unravel this mystery, illustrating how artificial insemination works. The film’s characters come to realize that if we focus on what we’ve never had, we lose sight of what we already possess.