THE DARK SIDE OF MONEY

TitleTHE DARK SIDE OF MONEY
BrandABN AMRO
Product/ServiceRECRUITMENT
Category D03. Online: Fiction & Non-Fiction
Entrant N=5 Amsterdam, THE NETHERLANDS
Idea Creation N=5 Amsterdam, THE NETHERLANDS
Media Placement STORM DIGITAL, PART OF ACCENTURE INTERACTIVE Amsterdam, THE NETHERLANDS
Media Placement 2 MEDIACOM Amsterdam, THE NETHERLANDS
PR NEWSLAB Amsterdam, THE NETHERLANDS
Production TEBBER NEKKEL Amsterdam, THE NETHERLANDS
Additional Company ABN AMRO BANK Amsterdam, THE NETHERLANDS
Credits
Name Company Position
Leon Ragetlie N=5 Copywriter
Gabriela Nouws N=5 Art Director
Daniel te Lindert N=5 Creative Director
Thijs Bontje N=5 Creative Director
Blue ter Burg Tebber Nekkel Screenwriter & Director
Quintin Baker Tebber Nekkel Screenwriter & Producer
Esther Overmars N=5 Strategy Director
Silvia van Hooft N=5 Strategist
Judith Lavalette N=5 Head of Account
Merel Hoogendorp N=5 Client Service Director
Maaike Langereis N=5 Account Manager
Anna Bosscher N=5 Agency Producer
Marcel Hellemons N=5 Digital Director
Hans Dekker N=5 Digital Producer
Noortje Hulshof N=5 Designer
Sander Kruit N=5 Motion designer
Robine Schmetz N=5 Motion designer
Ralph Bannink N=5 Graphic Designer
Ron Gessel N=5 Photographer

Write a short summary of what happens in the film

‘The Dark Side of Money’ tells the story of restaurateur Remco, who becomes embroiled in Ivar’s money laundering empire, which is disguised behind a fish monger’s. The film opens with a one-taker which follows Ivar from the till of a seemingly normal fish shop, along various security guards, until we reach the office behind his shop, where stacks of cash are being counted by shady characters. Remko’s restaurant is only just surviving. He is forced to come to an arrangement to pay his supplier. But what Remko doesn’t realise is that from that moment, he has lost control of his bookkeeping. When the anti-fraud agency comes knocking, after a tip-off from his bank, and they turn his restaurant upside down, things go wrong. Ivar feels cornered and is furious. With disastrous consequences.

Cultural / Context information for the jury

Viewing context Several money laundering scandals were uncovered at banks recently. Rival ING was forced to pay a record 775 million euro settlement fine in 2018, for example. This was widely reported in the press. Since then, banks have been pressured to radically improve their gatekeeper function. At ABN AMRO too. Every year, over 16 billion euros of criminal money is laundered in the Netherlands. Money from drug trading, human trafficking and terrorism flows into the legitimate economy via banks like ABN AMRO. Only 1% of this criminal money is seized.