Paul Donkers

Drama Series - 2025, 16 episodes • as Leidinggevende VARA

As a teenager, Emma hears that she is terminally ill and therefore spends most of her puberty in the hospital. But against all expectations, the treatments are successful and she is declared better. That is the starting signal for her to finally start living. Life takes her from Utrecht to New York and from the meadows of Portengen to the canals of Amsterdam. Emma lives with dedication and takes on every challenge with a huge dose of resilient and black humor. But no matter how hard she lives, reality always catches up with her. 'Ik Val Niet, Ik Dans' is a dazzling drama series about falling and getting up and inspires you to keep dancing, even when life makes you stumble.

Movie - 2006, 2h 15m • as Grimaldini

Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls! We play for you the moving story of... Pinocchio! The wooden boy looking for a heart. On his way, Pinocchio will pass enchanting places: from the beautiful circus to the breathtaking Candyland. He also meets surprising characters: Nina the Ballerina, the Blue Fairy, Fox and Trot, Grimaldini and Raoul the Circus Director. It will be an adventurous journey full of temptations. Can Pinocchio resist this one? Won't he lie too much, causing his nose to grow longer? And the most important one; will he eventually become a real boy of flesh and blood?