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A dog that needs to fly, with the voice of Frans Bromet. Johannes Hogebrink likes documentaries that make you scratch behind the ear

What made me curious about Johannes Hogebrink's The Flying Dog? That curious documentary that has its Picl premiere just before the reopening of the cinemas and is another quick tip for home viewers. Maybe it intrigues me because it's such a wacky idea that turns out to be a timeless metaphor at the same time. Teaching a dog to fly with a delta-glider. Sort of the way you find videos on YouTube of dogs surfing or driving cars. But a flying dog didn't exist yet, follow...

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Leo Bankersen

Leo Bankersen has been writing about film since Chinatown and Night of the Living Dead. Reviewed as a freelance film journalist for the GPD for a long time. Is now, among other things, one of the regular contributors to De Filmkrant. Likes to break a lance for children's films, documentaries and films from non-Western countries. Other specialities: digital issues and film education.View Author posts

What made me curious about Johannes Hogebrink's The Flying Dog? That curious documentary that has its Picl premiere just before the reopening of the cinemas and is another quick tip for home viewers. Maybe it intrigues me because it's such a wacky idea that turns out to be a timeless metaphor at the same time. Teaching a dog to fly with a delta-glider. Sort of the way you find videos on YouTube of dogs surfing or driving cars. But a flying dog didn't exist yet, follow...

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