Animation, Motion Design and Film

Animation, Motion Design and Film

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Prospektor & VPRO

Prospektor & VPRO

Waar is Sara?

SeaWatch saves thousands of lives. A rescue worker wonders what happens next.

Rob Timmerman spends half of the year on a rescue ship in the Mediterranean Sea, searching for people in danger of drowning. One particular person he rescued still occupies his thoughts daily: a newborn baby named Sarah, whom he saved from a rubber boat in 2016. “What has become of her?” Rob wonders. Radio producer Laura Stek, in turn, asks herself, “Why is Rob so eager to find the girl, who is now seven years old?”

In six episodes, Rob and Laura take the listener along on their search for Sarah. Along the way, they encounter both big and small questions and meet migration experts, officials, and people who have made the journey across the sea. Through unique audio recordings from the ship, listeners are witnesses to the rescues at sea—raw, intimate, and up close.

Where is Sarah? is a personal quest for something to hold onto within the larger story of European migration policy.

Winner Dutch Podcast Awards 2024

Rob Timmerman spends half of the year on a rescue ship in the Mediterranean Sea, searching for people in danger of drowning. One particular person he rescued still occupies his thoughts daily: a newborn baby named Sarah, whom he saved from a rubber boat in 2016. “What has become of her?” Rob wonders. Radio producer Laura Stek, in turn, asks herself, “Why is Rob so eager to find the girl, who is now seven years old?”

In six episodes, Rob and Laura take the listener along on their search for Sarah. Along the way, they encounter both big and small questions and meet migration experts, officials, and people who have made the journey across the sea. Through unique audio recordings from the ship, listeners are witnesses to the rescues at sea—raw, intimate, and up close.

Where is Sarah? is a personal quest for something to hold onto within the larger story of European migration policy.

Winner Dutch Podcast Awards 2024

Rob Timmerman spends half of the year on a rescue ship in the Mediterranean Sea, searching for people in danger of drowning. One particular person he rescued still occupies his thoughts daily: a newborn baby named Sarah, whom he saved from a rubber boat in 2016. “What has become of her?” Rob wonders. Radio producer Laura Stek, in turn, asks herself, “Why is Rob so eager to find the girl, who is now seven years old?”

In six episodes, Rob and Laura take the listener along on their search for Sarah. Along the way, they encounter both big and small questions and meet migration experts, officials, and people who have made the journey across the sea. Through unique audio recordings from the ship, listeners are witnesses to the rescues at sea—raw, intimate, and up close.

Where is Sarah? is a personal quest for something to hold onto within the larger story of European migration policy.

Winner Dutch Podcast Awards 2024

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Een productie van Laura Stek, Rob Timmerman, Prospektor, Bureau Buitenland en VPRO voor NPO Radio 1. Deze productie is mede mogelijk gemaakt door het NPO-Fonds.

All hand drawn illustrations by Isa Grüter