On Saturday 3 May, we will be screening the impressive nature documentary Moeder Maas, Bron van Leven. Biologist and filmmaker Frank Resseler spent fifteen years working on this film about the unique wildlife of the Meuse Valley. He shows how animals adapt to the river’s capricious character, featuring stunning footage of rare species such as the wolf spider and the common tern.

Before the screening, there will be a musical warm-up: the renowned male choir Mastreechter Staar will perform in our Grand Café. This performance is free of charge. After the concert, Frank Resseler himself will introduce the film (in Dutch).

‘If you have patience, it’s the most beautiful job in the world’, says Frank Resseler about his work as a director of nature documentaries. Patience he most certainly has had. For fifteen years, Resseler shot professional footage of the Meuse. Now he has made a short documentary from all that material. Moeder Maas, Bron Van Leven makes you realise how extraordinary nature is in the Meuse Valley. The Meuse is somewhat of a unique river in Western Europe; a river that is high or low because of rain, creating new biotopes every time. Resseler shows how animals adapt to the erratic nature of the Meuse. After watching this documentary – with stunning shots of fluttering atalanta butterflies, the very rare wolf spider and common terns scavenging for food – you will look at the Meuse differently.