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The Third Dad

Year
2015
Country
UK
Duration
10’
Director
Theresa Moerman Ib

At the time of Cees Moerman’s death, his only daughter had not seen him for 15 years. In her twentieth, she had asked him to stop drinking. When he said he couldn’t, she cut off contact completely. Now, ten years after breaking all ties, and seven years after his death, she sets out to find her father’s grave. Poetically merging archive material, new footage and an immersive soundscape, The Third Dad is a personal journey that interweaves memory, self-discovery and a desperate attempt at reconciliation.

CREW:
Director: Theresa Moerman Ib
Producer: Richard Warden
Editor: Florian Nonnenmacher
Sound: Douglas MacDougall
Production
Scottish Documentary Institute
Director
Theresa Moerman Ib

Theresa Moerman Ib is a Scottish-based filmmaker and visual artist. Born in the Netherlands in 1977 to a Dutch father and a Danish mother, she grew up between England, Belgium and Denmark. She has a BA in English from the University of Southern Denmark and a First Class BA (Hons) in Fine Art Photography from the Glasgow School of Art.

 

Exhibiting work to wide acclaim in the UK, Theresa was selected for the Catlin Guide, received the Adam Bruce Thomson Award at the Royal Scottish Academy’s New Contemporaries, was awarded an Artist Bursary from Creative Scotland and was recently shortlisted for the Magnum/Photo London Graduate Photographers Award. The Third Dad is her first documentary.

Selected Filmography

The Third Dad (2015)

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Alexander's Film
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Alexander's Film
Year
2019
Country
UK
Director
Mark Cousins
Duration
20’
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Scheme Birds
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Scheme Birds
Year
2019
Country
Sweden, UK
Directors
Ellen Fiske, Ellinor Hallin
Duration
86’
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The Review
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The Review
Year
2016
Country
UK
Director
Wilma Smith
Duration
15’
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Where We Are Now
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Where We Are Now
Year
2016
Country
UK
Director
Duration
9’
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Where I Am is Here: Margaret Tait at 100
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Where I Am is Here: Margaret Tait at 100
Year
2018
Country
UK
Director
Margaret Tait
Duration
76’
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