Director：Luuk Bouwman｜Cast：Egbert Barten / Rolf Schuursma｜Netherlands｜2024

The Propagandist examines Dutch filmmaker Jan Teunissen, a prewar celebrity who ascended to lead the Nazi Party’s Dutch film division during WWII. Dubbed the “Dutch Leni Riefenstahl,” he wielded cinema to fuel fascist ideology. Through unseen interviews and archival footage, the documentary probes his moral descent: Was it ambition, opportunism, or conviction? Blurring lines between art and propaganda, it dissects how filmmakers weaponized imagery to distort truth and manipulate masses—a chilling study of power, complicity, and cinema’s capacity to corrupt.