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Locations play a major role in the work of documentary filmmaker Tom Tieman. In his film Nomadenland (Human, 2024), the location was the only starting point when filming began: a car park near Groningen where many people live in their campervans. Tieman sought out the people and their stories on the spot. Huilende bruiden (KRO-NCRV, 2024) centres on the residents of earthquake-damaged farmhouses, but the farmhouses themselves are characters too, each with a voice of its own. In Parel van de Maiden, screening at Groninger Filmdagen, place plays a major role, both in the film and for its main characters.