The outcome of Monday’s lawyers’ meeting is a defeat for Videoland, which wanted to use the hit documentary from 2014 to promote the release of the sequel titled Keith flies out additional support. To this end, the streaming service concluded an agreement with maker Monique Nolte, who believed she was entitled to sell the license. That turns out not to be the case.
Nolte’s new film can be seen at Videoland from Sunday, but All the best for Keith remains with the public broadcaster. KRO-NCRV will All the best for Keith broadcast again on April 12 on NPO 2 and retains the right to offer the documentary via the NPO Start platform.
A spokesperson for RTL is disappointed with the cancellation of the plan: “We regret that All the best for Keith cannot be seen at Videoland.” Furthermore, the channel refrains from commenting on content and says it is focusing on the release of follow-up documentary Keith flies out.
Not paid in full
The public broadcaster also provides no further explanation, but confirms the outcome. KRO-NCRV had put up a defense because the broadcaster contributed to the financing of All the best for Keith and still believed to have a legally valid agreement with producer Selfmade. Nolte takes the opposite view, because she unilaterally canceled her contract with Selfmade. The producer would not have paid her in full. She believes that this has given her ownership of her work again.
The documentary shows how the autistic Kees still lives at home with his parents at the age of 49. As they grow older, an answer to the question arises as to what should happen to Kees if his parents are no longer able to care for him. The documentary was a big hit in 2014 and attracted millions of viewers through various reruns.
The sequel Keith flies out starts by buying an independent home for Kees in the same street as his parents. But soon afterwards it turns out that the purchase does not immediately lead to a move. The question arises whether Kees (now 57) is able to separate himself from his parents.
