{"id":33788,"date":"2026-05-15T15:05:15","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T13:05:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/filmforward.nl\/?post_type=deelnemer&#038;p=33788"},"modified":"2026-06-04T12:39:42","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T10:39:42","slug":"martijn-blekendaal","status":"publish","type":"deelnemer","link":"https:\/\/filmforward.nl\/en\/participant\/martijn-blekendaal\/","title":{"rendered":"Martijn Blekendaal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Martijn Blekendaal is originally a historian and worked as a researcher, director, and editor for various public broadcasters. He is a guest lecturer at the Netherlands Film Academy and directed award-winning documentaries such as <em>De man die achter de horizon keek<\/em> (2018) and <em>The Invisible Ones<\/em> (2024).<\/p>\n<p>In 2024, he co-directed and presented the 8-part documentary series <em>Ondergrondse Sporen<\/em> (Omroep Zwart). In 2023, he directed the 7-part documentary series <em>Van Bahia tot Brooklyn: Caribische verhalen<\/em>\u00a0(VPRO).<\/p>\n<p>Martijn is selected for <a href=\"https:\/\/filmforward.nl\/en\/vrijplaats\/vrijplaats-2026-archive\/\">Vrijplaats Archive<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":33787,"template":"","class_list":["post-33788","deelnemer","type-deelnemer","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmforward.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/deelnemer\/33788","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmforward.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/deelnemer"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmforward.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/deelnemer"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmforward.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33787"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmforward.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33788"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}