The human mind is a world full of surprises and secrets. If you need any proof, just watch Maasja Ooms’ ( Alicia , Punks , Jason ) documentary My Word Against Mine , which world premieres in the Lumious program of this year’s International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam ( IDFA ) on Friday.

One of the surprising things an expert mentions in the documentary, produced by Willemijn Cerutti for Cerutti Film, is that one in 10 people hears voices. Ooms, who also handled the cinematography, introduces us to five such people living with this phenomenon. One of them hears a single voice, another hears 19. Some voices want to protect, others are out to berate – or even kill.

The human mind is a world full of surprises and secrets. If you need any proof, just watch Maasja Ooms’ (

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