Eggs for Later
Director Marieke Schellart
Countries Netherlands
Duration 50 min
Synopsis
Short: In this personal documentary director Marieke Schellart (35) reveals how she as a single modern woman struggles with the biological clock. To give herself more time she wants to extent fertility by freezing her eggs. She openly discusses this emerging issue of modern society. Long: Nowadays more and more women in their thirties are single and also have a wish to get children. Filmmaker Marieke Schellart (35) is one of them and struggles with her ticking biological clock. She would like to have kids, but the right guy hasn’t arrived yet. To give herself a bit more time she wants to extend her fertility by freezing her eggs, however in The NL freezing eggs for social reasons isn’t allowed. She openly discusses her plans and doubts with her friends and parents, meeting support and resistance along the way. For Marieke a long journey started which even takes her abroad, trying to find a solution to a very common problem for modern women.
Short: In this personal documentary director Marieke Schellart (35) reveals how she as a single modern woman struggles with the biological clock. To give herself more time she wants to extent fertility by freezing her eggs. She openly discusses this emerging issue of modern society. Long: Nowadays more and more women in their thirties are single and also have a wish to get children. Filmmaker Marieke Schellart (35) is one of them and struggles with her ticking biological clock. She would like to have kids, but the right guy hasn’t arrived yet. To give herself a bit more time she wants to extend her fertility by freezing her eggs, however in The NL freezing eggs for social reasons isn’t allowed. She openly discusses her plans and doubts with her friends and parents, meeting support and resistance along the way. For Marieke a long journey started which even takes her abroad, trying to find a solution to a very common problem for modern women.