Ethiopian Daniel Hoek is absolutely convinced that he would never have landed himself in jail if his Dutch father had not abandoned him. His Dutch dad, Joop Hoek, is equally certain that he would have been a different person had he not been deserted by his own, Dutch-East-Indian, father. The Bastard tells both the stories of the adult child and his elderly father. They add up to a moving narrative about destiny and DNA and the role of absent fathers.

• Director: Floris-Jan van Luyn
• DOP: Stef Tijdink
• Sound: Benny Jansen
• Editing: Gys Zevenbergen
• Composer: Jaap van Keulen

• Sound design: Alex Booy

• Grading: Michiel Rummens

• Finishing: Amator
• Production manager: Merle Bemelmans
• Producers: Hasse van Nunen & Renko Douze

• Broadcaster: IKON
• Distributor: Cinema Delicatessen
• Length: 55' & 80'
• Status: finished, 2018 
• With the support of: Dutch Cultural Media Fund, the CoBO Fund & the Dutch Film fund Production Incentive

Awards:

• winner Gouden Vlinder in Dutch Movies Matter - Movies That Matter Film Festival - 2018 - The Hague, The Netherlands​
• Special Mention - Docville Leuven - 2018 - Belgium
• Third prize TRT, International Documentary Awards - Turkey
• nomination Golden Calf, Netherlands Film Festival

Festivals:

• Movies that matter - 2018 - The Hague, The Netherlands
• Big Sky Documentary Film Festival - 2018 - USA
• Docville Leuven - 2018 - Belgium
• Millenium Film Festival - 2018 - Belgium
• Full Frame Film Festival - 2018 - USA
• Netherlands Film Festival - 2018 - Utrecht, The Netherlands