In this original and funny self-portrait, somewhere between hope, despair and heartbreak, Rogier Kappers pursues his childhood dream: to become a famous musician playing the glass organ, an instrument made of singing glasses. From building his first organ and getting an autograph from his idol, to a disastrous trip to Dubai, frantic work on his sinking holiday house, and a never expected ‘grande finale’, we follow Kappers on his quest for fame, love and fortune. A feel-good movie in bitter times.
Festivals
The film has been selected for more than 20 festivals among others :
– IDFA 2023 Netherlands, Amsterdam (Award nomination Best Dutch Film)
– Thessaloniki International Film Festival, 2024, Greece, Thessaloniki (Golden Alexander Award)
– Docs Against Gravity, 2024 Poland, Warsaw
– Visions du Reel, 2024, Switzerland, Nyon (Nomination Audience Award)
– Flahertiana Film Festival, 2024, Russia, Perm (Golden Nanook Grand Prix for Best Film of the festival and Audience Award for Best Documentary)
Biografie van de regisseur
Rogier Kappers (1963) has worked as a documentary director and producer in the national and international market for over thirty years. He has a great love for documentaries about music. He won a Golden Calf (the highest Dutch Film Prize) with his feature length documentary Lomax the Songhunter (2005, 90 minutes, NPO/PBS/ VTR / TV Catalunya). Among many other awards, this film was also nominated for an International Emmy Award. Next to his film career, Kappers started in 2016 a music career on his self-built glass organ. ‘Glass, My Unfulfilled Life’ is about this big adventures, which is filmed from the first day onward for seven years.
Also read Kappers music-story on glassorgan.com