EVA PLOMPEN | FILM EDITOR

HOEKSTEEN VAN DE SAMENLEVING (2026)

ASSISTANT EDITOR

Title screen for Hoeksteen van de Samenleving. The image is a white, heterosexual couple in a 50s era kitchen at night. They are hugging closely. Overlaid, in a pale yellow font, is 'Hoeksteen van de Samenleving'.
Still from Hoeksteen van de Samenleving. Writer and feminist Anja Meulenbelt, a white woman of about 80-years-old, is sitting in an old school kitchen at the kitchen table. She is wearing a blue and yellow floral blouse and is pointing to something/someone off screen.
Still from Hoeksteen van de Samenleving. It's a medium-shot of director Juul Op den Kamp, who is listening intently to someone off screen. She is a white woman with long, dark hair and dark eyes. She is wearing a royal blue sweater and behind her is old school floral wallpaper.
Still from Hoeksteen van de Samenleving. It's a medium close-up of Dr. Nawal Mustafa, a black woman wearing a lilac/beige hijab. She is sitting on a red couch in an old school living room with floral wallpaper.
Still from Hoeksteen van de Samenleving. It's a medium wide shot of an old school tv in an retro living room at dusk time. On the television is a woman in an old Dutch talkshow.
Still from Hoeksteen van de Samenleving. It's a medium shot of Thomas Steenkamp and Thomas Steenkamp jr. Two white men, father and son, wearing neat suits, sitting at the kitchen table in a retro kitchen. The father is saying something, gesturing with his hands on the table.
Still from Hoeksteen van de Samenleving. Wide shot of the retro kitchen, with a film camera on the right side and a boom mic in shot. Sitting at the side of the kitchen table closest to us is Juul Op den Kamp, reading her notes for the interview she is about to do.

Hoeksteen van de samenleving is a feminist political documentary film by director Juul Op den Kamp. I assisted in the final stages of the edit. It is available for viewing on NPOStart.

In 1956, the legal incapacity of married women was abolished in the Netherlands, allowing women to work, travel, and make financial decisions independently without permission from their husbands. On paper, equality seems to have been achieved, yet the division of work, care, and income often shifts once children enter the picture. Why are traditional gender roles so persistent? And what role do politics play in sustaining them?

61″ – Dutch

Director // Juul Op den Kamp

Editor // Mieneke Kramer

Assistant editors // Tobias Cornelissen,
Eva Plompen, Pepijn Ahsmann,
Madelief Joore

Poster for 'Hoeksteen van de samenleving'. The background is a wall with old-fashioned blue and pink floral wallpaper. But, it's peeling up in the corner, symbolising the breaking down of old patterns and habits. The title of the film is written in a pale yellow near the bottom of the poster.
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