A10 is an observational documentary about the road that encircles Amsterdam. A visual exploration of its edges and boundaries, interwoven with the stories of people who live, work and recreate in its shadow.
The A10 is a large infrastructural object cutting right through Amsterdam’s urban landscape. You are either inside or outside the ring, it is a circle of opposites, simultaneously divisive and connective, intangible yet physical, it is Amsterdam’s biggest urban element.
This essential thread in Amsterdam’s urban fabric is used daily by thousands of people to travel in, around and through the city, it remains however an intangible object detached from the city which it is so intricately connected to. Its construction has influenced the development of Amsterdam and has resulted in a major division between the inner-city areas and the suburbs. The contrasts which the A10 brings into focus, forms the basis for this documentary project.
Funded by the Creative Industry Funds NL and Amsterdam Fonds voor de Kunst
Date: 2018
Status: Complete
Filming and Editing: Daryl Mulvihill
Collaborators: Rene Boer, Celine Talens, Darren McClure
