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NFF PROFESSIONALS DIGITAL FILM LIBRARY The NFF Professionals Digital Film Library is back with a wide selection of leading films produced in the Netherlands over the past 12 months. Professionals badge holders will have the chance to access (online) a variety of English subtitles film and TV productions from the Netherlands. Most NFF competition titles will be viewable in the library. Furthermore, through the screening platform, attending film professionals will be able to access other NFF highlights, such as recent student and short films and new Dutch television productions.
Badge holders will have online access to the NFF Professionals Digital Film Library from September 17th to October 15th. If you have any questions regarding your account or if you are experiencing trouble accessing the NFF Professionals Film Library, please contact Eline van Lint at e.vanlint@filmfestival.nl. If you have any questions regarding the films or want to reach out the sales contact of the films, please contact Eline van Lint at e.vanlint@filmfestival.nl. She will bring you in touch with the sales contact.
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CONTENTS 7 International Screenings 12 Feature Films 23 Documentary Features 38 Short Fiction 96 Shorts Documentary 133 Television Drama 142 Interactive 144 Title Index
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INTERNATIONAL SCREENINGS
Publiekspremiére Niemand in de Stad Pathé Rembrandt 2 27-09-18 19:00 h
Instant Dreams Louis Hartlooper Complex 5 28-09-18 21:30 h
Tanzania Transit Louis Hartlooper Complex 5 28-09-18 14:30 h
American Jail Hoogt 1 28-09-18 15:30 h
Independent Boy Kinepolis Jaarbeurs 3 28-09-18 16:15 h
Bankier van het verzet Pathé Rembrandt 2 28-09-18 20:15 h
Cobain Louis Hartlooper Complex 3 28-09-18 22:00 h
Catacombe Louis Hartlooper Complex 1 28-09-18 22:15 h
Instant Dreams Louis Hartlooper Complex 4 29-09-18 11:45 h
Alicia Louis Hartlooper Complex 5 29-09-18 13:30 h
Wij Kinepolis Jaarbeurs 3 29-09-18 17:00 h
De rode ziel Louis Hartlooper Complex 4 29-09-18 19:00 h
Publiekspremiére Sprekend Nederland Louis Hartlooper Complex 2 29-09-18 19:00 h
Independent Boy Kinepolis Jaarbeurs 2 29-09-18 19:00 h
Beyond Words Pathé Rembrandt 3 29-09-18 21:00 h
Holiday Louis Hartlooper Complex 3 29-09-18 21:15 h
The Bastard Hoogt 1 29-09-18 22:00 h
Living the Light Robby Müller Hoogt 1 30-09-18 15:30 h
La Holandesa Pathé Rembrandt 3 30-09-18 18:45 h
Doof kind Louis Hartlooper Complex 1 30-09-18 19:00 h
The Company You Keep Louis Hartlooper Complex 3 30-09-18 19:00 h
Light as Feathers Kinepolis Jaarbeurs 1 30-09-18 21:15 h
An Impossibly Small Object Pathé Rembrandt 2 30-09-18 21:30 h
Taxi Stories Louis Hartlooper Complex 3 30-09-18 21:30 h
A Stranger Came to Town Louis Hartlooper Complex 4 30-09-18 21:45 h
American Jail Kinepolis Jaarbeurs 3 30-09-18 22:00 h
My Foolish Heart Hoogt 1 30-09-18 22:15 h
Living the Light Robby Müller Louis Hartlooper Complex 1 01-10-18 14:30 h
An Impossibly Small Object Louis Hartlooper Complex 2 01-10-18 15:30 h
Pilotenmasker Louis Hartlooper Complex 5 01-10-18 16:15 h
International Screenings
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Light as Feathers Louis Hartlooper Complex 1 01-10-18 17:00 h
Morisot - Moed, storm en liefde Louis Hartlooper Complex 4 01-10-18 19:00 h
Tegnap Louis Hartlooper Complex 1 01-10-18 20:00 h
The Disciples – een straatopera Louis Hartlooper Complex 4 01-10-18 21:15 h
Hoop & heimwee Kinepolis Jaarbeurs 3 02-10-18 19:15 h
The Company You Keep Louis Hartlooper Complex 5 02-10-18 16:00 h
ANNE+ Louis Hartlooper Complex 1 02-10-18 17:00 h
Fatum (Room 216) Louis Hartlooper Complex 5 02-10-18 18:45 h
Bankier van het verzet Kinepolis Jaarbeurs 2 02-10-18 21:45 h
Het Greenaway alfabet Louis Hartlooper Complex 3 02-10-18 21:45 h
Cobain Louis Hartlooper Complex 1 02-10-18 22:00 h
Rafaël Louis Hartlooper Complex 2 03-10-18 13:30 h
A Stranger Came to Town Louis Hartlooper Complex 2 03-10-18 16:15 h
De wilde stad Kinepolis Jaarbeurs 2 03-10-18 16:30 h
La Holandesa Louis Hartlooper Complex 1 03-10-18 17:00 h
Oude liefde Louis Hartlooper Complex 5 03-10-18 19:00 h
Liefde is aardappelen Louis Hartlooper Complex 3 04-10-18 16:00 h
My Foolish Heart Louis Hartlooper Complex 3 04-10-18 18:45 h
Kleine ijstijd Louis Hartlooper Complex 1 04-10-18 19:15 h
Het Greenaway alfabet Louis Hartlooper Complex 1 04-10-18 21:30 h
International Screenings
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FEATURE FILMS
Feature Films
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Bella Donna’s Following the funeral of their friend Bella, who died tragically, three bosom friends decide to tick off her bucket list in celebration of her life. This mainly yields memorable moments, from parachuting and Formula 1 racing to a Brazilian wax. But other entries form a bigger challenge. Number three may be harmlessly halfway down the list, but it truly is no piece of cake to find true love. Adventurous, romantic comedy about how life, friendship and true love obviously do not hinge on a list.
Feature Films
Director Jon Karthaus Lenght 90 min. Year 2017 Language Dutch Country The Netherlands Producer Maarten Swart Production Kaap Holland Film B.V.
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Cobain This raw mother-son drama, which primarily makes you see and feel things, betrays Leopold’s preference for stories about outcasts, those who have to plod to make something of their lives. Cobain (15) runs away from his foster family, because he is worried about his homeless, addicted mother Mia. When he insists that she look for help for herself and her forthcoming baby, they have a terrible blowout. Not much is to be expected from Mia's ex, pimp Wickmayer, either. Desperate, Cobain forces her to go in rehab. Then, tragedy strikes. At the movie première at the Berlinale, rookie actor Bas Keizer received praise for his impressive debut performance.
Feature Films
Director Nanouk Leopold Lenght 94 min. Year 2018 Language Dutch, English Country The Netherlands, Belgium, Germany Producer Stienette Bosklopper, Lisette Kelder Production Circe Films
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Engel Koen Mortier made his sweeping film debut with ExDrummer, adapted from Herman Brusselmans’ novel, and now sets his sights on the work of another famous Flemish man of letters: Dimitri Verhulst. In this adaptation of his Monoloog van iemand die het gewoon werd tegen zichzelf te praten, set in Senegal, the paths of African beauty Fae and worldfamous sportsman Thierry cross. The racing cyclist and the prostitute have in common they have to exert their physique to reach their highest potential, in order to please their fans and customers. Thierry falls headoverheels for Fae. They find dignity in each other, as well as the hope to free themselves from their dire straits. But when Thierry is intoxicated one night, starts acting strange and turns out to be dead the next morning, the innocent Fae is arrested. To be able to go on with her life, she has to return to the room where it all started.
Feature Films
International Title Un ange Director Koen Mortier Lenght 105 min. Year 2018 Language French, Wolof Country Belgium, The Netherlands Producer Eurydice Gysel, Koen Mortier Production Czar Film
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La Holandesa Maud and Frank go on holiday to Chile to make a fresh start. After years of trying, they have to cope with the fact their desire to have children will remain unfulfilled. But Maud refuses to accept this and runs off after a terrible blowout. All by herself, she travels from the south of Chile to the north. En route, she befriends a little boy, Messi, whom she takes in tow. Actually, this singular road movie has a third protagonist: the breathtaking landscape of Chile. Firsttime feature director Marleen Jonkman and crew made the same trip as Rifka Lodeizen’s character does in the movie, 4500 kilometres from Santiago to Patagonia, ending on the barren but magnificent salt planes.
Feature Films
International Title Messi and Maud Director Marleen Jonkman Lenght 92 min. Year 2017 Language Dutch, Spanish, English Country The Netherlands Producer DaniĂŤlle Guirguis, Hans de Weers, Elwin Looije Production Smarthouse Films, FATT Productions
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Light as Feathers In a far from idyllic rural village in Poland, 15-year-old Eryk lives with his dominant mother, grandmother and demented greatgrandmother. His father is not in the picture. While Eryk is used by his mother whenever it suits her, the teenager meanwhile abuses the younger girl next door in this family drama. When it turns out she is pregnant, all parties involved choose to remain silent. The boy’s family is disrupted even further. Despite attempts to regain a grip on life, it turns out there is no escaping the suffocating family dynamics.
Feature Films
Director Rosanne Pel Lenght 86 min. Year 2018 Language Polish Country The Netherlands Producer Floor Onrust Production Family Affair Films
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Patser Four Belgian-Moroccan childhood friends dream of the life they know from games, movies and music videos. But when they get the chance to steal a batch of coke, they end up in a gang war that is waged from Antwerp and Amsterdam to Morocco and Colombia. Vivid, lightning quick and hardboiled crime comedy that ticks off almost all viewer guide pictograms.
Feature Films
International Title Gangsta Director Adil el Arbi, Bilall Fallah Lenght 125 min. Year 2018 Language Dutch, Flemish, English Country The Netherlands, Belgium Producer Hendrik VerthĂŠ, Kobe Van Steenberghe Production A Team Productions
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Redbad Redbad, son of King Aldgisl, questions his people’s antiquated heathen rituals. When during a sacrificial rite the Franks attack the city and Redbad’s uncle Eibert seizes power, Redbad is blamed for the defeat and his father’s death. By way of capital punishment, he is bound to a raft and pushed out to sea. But Redbad manages to survive the journey and washes up on Viking shores. He is slowly accepted into the clan and marries King Wiglek’s daughter. When he and his wife return to Dorestad, he finds out his sister has been married off and at a fair he witnesses how Willibrord the priest forces her to convert. He vows to set her free. He cannot do this alone, but his uncle and nephew’s army seems no match for the invincible Franks.
Feature Films
International Title Redbad, The Legend Director Roel Reiné Lenght 155 min. Year 2018 Language Dutch Country The Netherlands Producer Klaas de Jong Production Farmhouse Film
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Taxi Stories The influence of globalisation is painfully crystallised in this mosaic film, situated in three Asian metropolises. Mutual misunderstanding, miscommunication and exploitation complicate life for a homosexual taxi driver in Beijing, a prosperous pregnant woman in Hong Kong and a poor kid from the slums of Jakarta. A human fable about the drawbacks of globalisation and the 24hour economy of Asia, where sincerity appears to be the only way to break through social barriers.
Feature Films
Director Doris Yeung Lenght 101 min. Year 2017 Language Chinese, Indonesian, English Country The Netherlands, China, Hongkong, Indonesia Producer Doris Yeung, Joe Lau Production Avalon Films
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Tegnap Project developer Victor Ganz owns a thriving civil engineering company that operates worldwide. Due to big problems on a building site in North Africa, he is forced one day to travel to the capital of the country where deeply buried childhood memories catch him unawares. He is plunged into a labyrinthine world, where past and present intertwine. His orderly and comfortable life, with his family at the centre, is thoroughly shaken in this drama. The NFF annually spotlights several international coproductions that were realised with a substantial contribution by Dutch professionals: from actors to producers and from sound designers to composers. In most cases, the NFF screens these films for the first time in the Netherlands, after they had their world premières at prestigious festivals such as Locarno, Toronto and Sundance. In Q&As, the Dutch professionals will elaborate on their expertise. Tegnap, Zie mij doen, Holiday and Bloeistraat 11 have their Dutch premières at the NFF. Engel, Patser and Taxi Stories are the other titles in this section. Feature Films
International Title Yesterday Director Bálint Kenyeres Lenght 119 min. Year 2018 Language Arabic, French Country Hongarije, The Netherlands, France, Germany, Marocco, Sweden Producer Andrea Taschler Production Mirage Film
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Wij On the edge of a Belgian border village, a group of teens looks for adventure one languorous summer. Using an isolated shed as their clubhouse, the rebellious adolescents try to dispel boredom. This starts with harmless, almost idyllic sex games, but eventually degenerates into a grim situation and actions that are irreversible. The group dynamic leads to fatal consequences in this poignant adaptation of the eponymous novel.
Feature Films
International Title We Director Rene Eller Lenght 100 min. Year 2018 Language Dutch, Flemish Country The Netherlands, Belgium Producer Julius Ponten, Rene Eller Production Pragma Pictures
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DOCUMENTARY FEATURES
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Alicia One year after birth, Alicia was taken away from her teenage mother and put into custody. At age four, she went from foster family to children’s home. Five years later, she is still waiting for new foster parents. This observing, but deeply committed portrait focuses on the experiences of this clever, defiant and vulnerable child. Someone explains to her why she has to wait for new parents for so long. "You are a very special girl." Tough cookie Alicia bursts out crying. "No", she counters, "I’m not special, I’m just a girl." It is a universal theme: our craving for love.
Documentary Features
Director Maasja Ooms Lenght 93 min. Year 2017 Language Dutch Country The Netherlands Producer Willemijn Cerutti Production Cerutti Film
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American Jail For the American director Roger Ross Williams, prison always was a distinct possibility during his childhood in Pennsylvania. He fled from this doom scenario to realise his dream of becoming a filmmaker. In 2009, he was the first AfroAmerican director ever to win an Academy Award. Thirty years later, he returns to Pennsylvania. Roger is shocked to hear how many childhood friends are or have been in prison. Realising this could have happened to him as well, he embarks on a personal quest to the nature of the American penitentiary system.
Documentary Features
Director Roger Ross Williams Lenght 96 min. Year 2018 Language English Country US, The Netherlands Producer Femke Wolting, Bruno Felix, Roger Ross Williams Production Submarine
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Back to the Taj Mahal Hotel On 26 November 2008, a series of terrorist attacks takes place in Mumbai. The chic Taj Mahal Hotel is among the locations targeted. In this documentary, some surviving hotel guests return to India, to explain what it means to be subjected to such an attack. The film observes them for 24 hours in and around the hotel, where they take us back to the dark and frightening moments in 2008. In the process, we start to realise how this drastic event affected the life and thoughts of the victims and their surroundings.
Documentary Features
Director Carina Molier Lenght 71 min. Year 2017 Language German, English, Urdu Country The Netherlands Producer Iris Lammertsma, Boudewijn Koole Production Witfilm
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Bewaarders Accommodating more prisoners with a smaller staff; is this possible? This documentary follows a team behind the scenes of the brandnew Justitieel Complex Zaanstad, where this theoretical question is answered in practice. Apart from technological novelties, the methods are different too: detainees reintegrate inhouse. They are held accountable for their actions and can thus earn more freedom of movement. What does this procedure mean for the warders, who are daily confronted with aggression and psychiatric disorders?
Documentary Features
International Title Guards Director Marc Schmidt Lenght 77 min. Year 2018 Language Dutch Country The Netherlands Producer Janneke Doolaard Production DOXY
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The Last Fight Marloes Coenen is a superstar and pioneer in the world of Mixed Martial Arts (MMA: also called cage fighting). She has reached the autumn of her career, but feels a strong urge to compete in a title fight for the last time and become world champion in the American Bellator MMA. What drives a human being to purposefully knock another human being to the floor in a cage? What does she sacrifice for our bloodthirst? This documentary provides a unique glimpse of the world of this toplevel sport that is relatively unknown in the Netherlands.
Documentary Features
Director Victor Vroegindeweij Lenght 77 min. Year 2018 Language Dutch, English Country The Netherlands Producer Iris Lammertsma Production Witfilm
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Living the Light - Robby Müller The pioneering Dutch director of photography Robby Müller knew better than anyone how to play with the sun and capture the rays like butterflies. In his hands, the camera turned into a musical instrument that made everybody dance and illuminated the world. For her film essay, Claire Pijman was allowed access to Müller’s personal archive: thousands of Hi8 video diaries, personal photographs and Polaroids Müller made during his career, while shooting with masters such as Wim Wenders, Jim Jarmusch and Lars von Trier.
Documentary Features
Director Claire Pijman Lenght 86 min. Year 2018 Language English Country The Netherlands, Germany Producer Carolijn Borgdorff Production MOONDOCS
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Morisot - Moed, storm en liefde Berthe Morisot (1841-1895) was the only woman among the founders of Impressionism, the innovative 19th century art movement. While her male colleagues Monet, Degas, Pissarro, Sisley and Renoir – became world-famous artists, Morisot stayed relatively obscure as a painter. Why is this? The young artists from contemporary Paris portrayed in this documentary consider this lady’s militant life a source of inspiration for the woman as an influential force in society.
Documentary Features
International Title Morisot - The Heart Is a Rebel Director Klaas Bense Lenght 70 min. Year 2018 Language French, Dutch, English Country The Netherlands Producer Frank van den Engel Production Zeppers Film & TV
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Het nieuwe Artis The oldest zoo in the Netherlands is in the midst of a radical renewal process. Is it still acceptable in the 21st century to lock up wild animals in a city? Or is the contemporary zoo actually essential, now that truly free nature no longer exists? For more than a year, documentary director Willemiek Kluijfhout followed the keepers, the designers, the management and especially the animals themselves.
Documentary Features
International Title The New Artis Director Willemiek Kluijfhout Lenght 85 min. Year 2018 Language Dutch, English Country The Netherlands Producer Chantal van der Horst, Gijs van de Westelaken Production Column Film
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Onderkomen Ghullam, Keiber and Noori were minors when they fled from Afghanistan to the Netherlands without their parents. By now, they have been waiting for a residence permit for years, living in a dilapidated apartment building near Maastricht. They are not allowed to work or study. A group of retired people from Maastricht take the boys’ fate to heart, offering help in the form of advice, distraction and the daily groceries. Heartwarming documentary in which the boys’ history is visualised by means of striking animations.
Documentary Features
International Title Refuge Director Jacqueline van Vugt Lenght 70 min. Year 2018 Language Dutch, Dari Country The Netherlands Producer Rosan Boersma, Marijn Wigman, Denis Wigman, Jacqueline van Vugt Production CTM Docs, Melief Film
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De rode ziel Is Stalin a hero who led the Soviet Union to victory? Or can he be held responsible for the millions of casualties who fell under his regime? More than fifty years after Joseph Stalin’s death, the inhabitants of today’s Russia are still deeply divided about the memories of the past. Filmmaker Jessica Gorter introduces both supporters and critics of Stalin, to show how dissatisfaction with the present can stir nostalgia for even the most traumatic moments in the past.
Documentary Features
International Title The Red Soul Director Jessica Gorter Lenght 93 min. Year 2017 Language Russian Country The Netherlands Producer Frank van den Engel Production Zeppers Film & TV
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Safta Judith In this personal road trip, the young Dutch filmmaker Iris Mimon visits relatives in Israel, Boston and Toronto, bearing a list of questions. When Iris’ grandmother Judith was twenty, she passed away after an illegal abortion. Sixty years later, her granddaughter tries to reveal the tragic truth about her grandma and break open family taboos. Which role did Judith’s husband play? How is it possible that the date on her grave was modified later on? Why do her descendants know nothing about Judith?
Documentary Features
Director Iris Mimon Lenght 72 min. Year 2018 Language Dutch, Hebrew, English Country The Netherlands Producer Iris Mimon Production Hogeschool voor de Kunsten Utrecht
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Tanzania Transit Three days and nights is how long this East-African train journey lasts. From the bustling swarm, the protagonists emerge. In third class we meet Isaya, an old Masai who is confronted with prejudices towards his people. Rukia in second class is an independent woman who runs a bar near the mines. Holding her own in a brutal men’s world, she hopes to find a place where she can start a new life. Peter travels first class. He used to be the leader of a criminal gang; now he is a preacher earning his money by making (poor) followers pay for his dubious services. Director Van Velzen lived in neighbouring Kenya for many years. At the Tribeca Film Festival in New York, the film won the award for Best Cinematography in a Documentary Feature.
Documentary Features
Director Jeroen van Velzen Lenght 75 min. Year 2018 Language Swahili Country The Netherlands Producer Digna Sinke Production SNG Film
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De wilde stad Did you know the city is a wildlife reserve, too? In this documentary, your special tour guide, the adventurous city cat Abatutu, shows you through his eyes how wild Amsterdam is. And that chips gulls and Vinex foxes are actually just as extraordinary as seals or panda bears.
Documentary Features
International Title Wild Amsterdam Director Mark Verkerk Lenght 86 min. Year 2018 Language Dutch Country The Netherlands Producer Ignas van Schaick Production EMS FILMS Holland
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Zie mij doen Still today, mentally handicapped people are regularly regarded with pity. But like everyone else, they have feelings and moods that can clash. They have their own thoughts, desires and opinions; in short, their own lives. In a poetic blackandwhite portrait, Sofie, Mathias, Nadine, Sam, Quan and Jessica share their thoughts and emotions with us. While unravelling their feelings, they teach us about the world and especially about ourselves. Looking is allowed (but please don’t stare)!
Documentary Features
International Title Watch Me Director Klara Van Es Lenght 85 min. Year 2018 Language Dutch Country Belgium, The Netherlands Producer Emmy Oost Production Cassette for Timescapes
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SHORT FICTION
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A Kiss Wild stories about refugees abound. But this movie makes clear that a refugee centre is a world filled with ordinary people. A place where friendships are formed, romances blossom and youngsters grow up. In the leading roles, we see several young people who stay in a refugee centre and were trained as actors by professionals by means of workshops and a drama camp. Through the story of three friends who have various adventures, the makers want to draw a realistic picture of life in a refugee centre. Pre-première of the film that will première at the 2018 Cinekid.
Short Fiction
Lengte 33 min. Country The Netherlands Language Dutch, Syrian Director Nima Mohaghegh Producent Christine de Jager, Nima Mohaghegh, Saman Amini Production Black Sheep Can Fly
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Bei mir bist du schรถn The nostalgic black and white with sepia hues of this animation movie are no coincidence: the protagonist, an elderly woman, lives in the past. She listens to old music on her equally old radio. She is eagerly looking forward to the arrival of her granddaughter, who used to be so lovable as a baby. But when the little girl walks in, it turns out she has changed quite a bit and she prefers playing with her Game Boy over her grandmother. Will grandma manage to bridge the seemingly vast gap and reestablish the close ties with her grandchild?
Short Fiction
International Title To Me You Are Beautiful Director Bouwine Pool Lenght 13 min. Year 2017 Country The Netherlands Producer Jiek Weishut Production The Drawing Room
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De binocle His opera glasses, a luxury article he just purchased especially for the opera while he could barely afford one, land him in one tricky situation after another. Or is his fantasy playing tricks on him? Modern adaptation of Louis Couperus’ eponymous short story from 1920.
Short Fiction
International Title The Binoculars Director Aidan Vernee Lenght 11 min. Year 2018 Language Dutch Country The Netherlands Producer Aidan Vernee Production Hogeschool voor de Kunsten Utrecht
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Bladgoud The homeless twentysomething Owen does not want to bother anybody. When he loses his crash pad once again and cannot stay with friends, he eventually knocks his sister Abbey’s door. In the days that follow, he does everything to keep up appearances, while trying to get a grip on his miserable situation, which is only worsening. Afraid to lose face, he strays ever further, as his despair grows. Meanwhile, gaps start to appear in the image he maintains to others and he has to up his game not to lose cover.
Short Fiction
International Title Gold Leaf Director Vincent Tilanus Lenght 27 min. Year 2018 Language Dutch Country The Netherlands Producer Max Eggink, Eefje Helmus, Josephine Moen Production Nederlandse Filmacademie
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Bloeistraat 11 It is summer vacation and two best friends spend all their time together indoors. They are inseparable and prefer to do everything together. Always. But the naturalness of their alliance is seriously tested in this short drama when puberty knocks on the door. While the long summer drags on, the almost unnoticed changes in their bodies bring awkwardness to their previously close friendship.
Short Fiction
Director Nienke Deutz Lenght 10 min. Year 2018 Language geen dialoog Country Belgium, The Netherlands Producer Annemie Degryse Production Lunanime BV
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Cake Day Milly’s Cake Shop is a cheerful little shop that stands out among the drab buildings. The owner in this short animation film is rigged out just as colourful and cloyingly sweet. Enraptured, she breathes in the smells of her own pastries and puts the finishing touches to a fantastic unicorn birthday cake. Right when she wants to do a contented pirouette, a foul dung fly lands on her masterpiece. While it feasts on the confectionery, she wonders how she can remove the disgusting insect without damaging the cake.
Short Fiction
Director Jeroen Koelewijn Lenght 3 min. Year 2018 Country The Netherlands Producer Jeroen Koelewijn Production Hogeschool voor de Kunsten Utrecht
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Dante vs. Mohammed Ali Wolf, a boy looking for his place in the world, has been secretly in love with Alexander for years. There is no place for his artistic streak in the village, famous for its boxing bouts, and as a result of his growing desire for another world the fight against his friend provokes strong feelings in him. Alexander also has feelings for Wolf, but his pragmatic nature causes him to ride the flow of the fighting culture in the village.
Short Fiction
Director Marc Wagenaar Lenght 28 min. Year 2018 Language Dutch Country The Netherlands Producer Bettie Warnier, Dominique Hoogendoorn Production Nederlandse Filmacademie
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Dear Saskia The wind cries and the rain mercilessly pelts the small windows of the rudderless boat someone is seeking shelter on. The outboard motor has broken down. By the sparse light of a torch, the man desperately tries to bail out the water that pours in. He puts a note into a bottle. The dramatic situation attains meaning through the chosen perspective.
Short Fiction
Director Oded Rimon Lenght 10 min. Year 2017 Country The Netherlands Producer Oded Rimon Production Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Tungstenpro studio
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A Death in the Family What does the future look like now that media consumption becomes increasingly personal? This stylish, surrealist short shows such a dystopic future, illustrated by a perfect, traditional family that only seems to be a family on the surface. Reduced to simplified stereotype versions of themselves, they live in a constant state of numbness. Distance and artificiality are everyday fare. Alienating scenes bring forward the immense detachment within this family and ask viewers the question: Is this what we want?
Short Fiction
Director Puck Litaay Lenght 5 min. Year 2018 Country The Netherlands Producer Puck Litaay Production Willem de Kooning Academie
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Drive-by Paradise After a pursuit, the police confronts a criminal in an equally mysterious and gruesome way with his atrocious deed: the murder of a woman. In this short 3D animation film full of surrealist elements and neon colours, he is consumed by remorse. Will he manage to unshackle himself?
Short Fiction
Director Jasper de Vries, Joren Hoogendijk Lenght 6 min. Year 2018 Language English Country The Netherlands Producer Jasper de Vries Production Hogeschool voor de Kunsten Utrecht
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Dromers Sjaak (28) decides to quit his flunked career as a guitarist in Amsterdam and temporarily moves in with his parents in the country. In the local snackbar, he gets acquainted with Fransje (18). She wants to become an author, competes in writing contests and pens poems for the people around her. But nobody really listens. Despite the differences in character, ideas and life stages, the two dreamers Sjaak and Fransje find each other in this comic drama, in a place where they had not expected to find such an inspiring alliance.
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Director Nina Mispelblom Beyer Lenght 20 min. Year 2018 Language Dutch Country The Netherlands Producer Nina Mispelblom Beyer Production Hogeschool voor de Kunsten Utrecht
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Dubbel D Thirteen-year-old Puck knows very well what she is: a warrior. She sure is proud she is not like ‘other girls'. Instead of getting all dolled up, she practises very hard to beat her male friends at the fencing school. Her body is purely functional, not part of her identity. But when she is at fencing camp and is confronted with the fact her body develops more and more female characteristics, she is forced to reconsider how she relates to her body.
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International Title Double D Director Fey Lehiane Lenght 20 min. Year 2018 Language Dutch Country The Netherlands Producer Rosalien Hollestelle, Marrit Greidanus Production Hogeschool voor de Kunsten Utrecht
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Die entformte Tochter "When I see pictures of my mother when she was young, I see a woman who doesn’t need me. When I wasn’t born yet, her art was everything to her. I became important only later. I would have liked to meet her back then. Or would I? She seems so independent. Would she have liked me?" Hesitantly emerging, dreamy images complement the conversation between daughter and mother about the making of the film. "I still don’t know what you’re looking for", the mother says. "The truth?" "No." "That’s good."
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International Title Demolding a Daughter Director Theresa Büchner Lenght 10 min. Year 2018 Language German Country The Netherlands, Germany Producer Theresa Büchner Production Gerrit Rietveld Academie
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Error of Eros Fear makes room for lust in this surrealist movie that follows the macabre dream logic of a nightmare. In a remote farmhouse, a woman is visited by a demon who opens the door to her erotic desires. In the process, the timid woman learns to embrace her previously suppressed feelings and surrender herself to her hidden sexuality. In a single shot, filmed on 16mm and with a complex choreography, this debut film visualises the finespun inner world of a reborn woman.
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Director Luciënne Venner Lenght 11 min. Year 2018 Language Limburgs Country The Netherlands Producer Luciënne Venner Production Luciënne Venner
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L’été et tout le reste As so many holiday destinations, Corsica has two faces: the summer and the rest of the year. During the peak season, the island is bustling, it offers ample employment and hosts tourists galore. During the slow season, nothing much goes on and boredom sets in. This is why the two friends MarcAntoine and Mickael are indecisive what to do this year, when the tourists pack up again. Will they go to the big city or stay faithful to their native soil? Amicable moments increasingly alternate with uneasy conversations about the future and wat it will bring.
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Director Sven Bresser Lenght 18 min. Year 2018 Language French Country The Netherlands Producer Marc Bary, Steven Rubinstein Malamud Production IJswater Films
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Family Hour Danya grew up without his father, a famous actor. After a long time, the two see each other again, on the special family day at the summer camp where Danya stays. The boy has rehearsed a dance and is extremely nervous. But his father arrives early and is not allowed in, so they are forced to talk at the gate. The short meeting tells a lot about the brittle relationship between father and son, which is tested even further when Danya learns that yet another member has joined the family.
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Director Mariia Ponomarova Lenght 12 min. Year 2018 Language Russian, Ukrainian Country The Netherlands, Ukraine Producer Kirsi Saivosalmi Production Revolver Amsterdam
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Finity Calling In a room, five people are sitting at a table with room for six. Nobody looks out the windows; they just jadedly prod their food. And although everyone is adorned with extravagant fabrics and jewellery, their bodies look withered. A pregnant silence fills the air in this animation, where a boy playing under the table threatens to disturb the delicate balance in the group. His youthful lack of inhibition is not appreciated and the consequences of his unorthodox actions are explosive.
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Director Jasper Kuipers Lenght 15 min. Year 2018 Country The Netherlands, Belgium Producer Marc Thelosen, Koert Davidsse Production seriousFilm
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Gifts from Babylon What is the human impact of migration between Africa and Europe? Here, we look at the issue through the lens of a Gambian repatriated migrant. The film addresses the psychological conflicts that arise when Modou, a young West African, returns to his native country after illegally living in what was once purported to be paradise: Europe. In this short drama, Modou no longer feels at home in his homeland, but still he will have to find his niche there.
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Director Bas Ackermann Lenght 24 min. Year 2018 Language Wolof, English Country The Netherlands, Gambia Producer Emiel Martens Production 100 Dalasie Film, State of Mic, Gasten in je Gezicht / Dudes in your Face
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Glad ijs When the newspapers are full of reports about terrorist attacks, a boy with a big black backpack, his face largely covered, quickly becomes a suspect. Especially when he is sitting by himself on a bench along a skating rink, looking around restlessly. This equally deadpan and thrilling film is set around the lostandfound booth of a skating rink, where a girl with a found hat is rattling on to employee Rink. Meanwhile, the latter keeps an eye on the suspicious kid and grows increasingly convinced he should take action.
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International Title Thin Ice Director Joosje Duk Lenght 11 min. Year 2018 Language Dutch Country The Netherlands Producer Quintin Baker, Achmed Akkabi Production Tebber Nekkel
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GlĂźcksspiel To what extent do the choices we make determine our lives? Are we aware of the fact that the decisions we make also influence the lives of the people around us? This drama in the form of an abstract, minimalistic animation focuses on these question. Along wellchosen lines, without dialogue, a universal drama is outlined in which the person making the wrong decisions has to face the consequences.
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International Title The Game of Chance Director Anselm Oettel Lenght 6 min. Year 2018 Country The Netherlands, Germany Producer Anselm Oettel Production ArtEZ
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De grote Hummimummi kerstspecial It is Christmas and according to Hummimummi this calls for a Xmas special with live music, white snow and... Lee Towers. Techie Spootje promises to help him with a homemade snow machine. The only one missing is Oessiepoesie, Hummi’s beloved opposite neighbour who is struggling with serious lovesickness. What is more, she thinks a white Christmas is pure racism. This is why she decides to organise her own Xmas special. If possible, with Lee Towers. Thus, on this festive day of solidarity, two neighbours become rivals in a battle for the most fabulous Xmas special, with the help of Douwe Bob, Akwasi, Shirma Rouse and De Likt.
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International Title The Great Hummimummi Christmas Special Director Mascha Halberstad Lenght 26 min. Year 2017 Language Dutch Country The Netherlands Producer Marleen Slot Production Viking Film
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The Hangman After Nancy has played a game of hangman with her sister Sarah, her walkman suddenly starts acting up while outside they see real gallows, with a mysterious figure dangling from it a little later. When this character next appears inside, Nancy has to protect her sister against the malicious intruder. But how can you win a game you have already lost? It is no coincidence that the movie looks as if it was shot at least thirty years ago: 1980s horror was the source of inspiration and the atmosphere of this era is evoked affectionately and in great detail.
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Director Tim Sagl Lenght 7 min. Year 2018 Language Dutch Country The Netherlands Producer Guido Franken Production CineSud
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Kalí Chroniá Helen is an interpreter working from home via telephone, who helps people in various languages. A Spanish woman who wants to send a bouquet of roses with a note in Dutch, for example, or an angry German looking for recourse because he has not received an order. On New Year’s Eve, she is fed up when she gets a call that demands more personal involvement and empathy: the military police at Schiphol airport refuses to let through a Greek traveller, because he is unable to present his passport.
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International Title Happy New Year Director Brandon Grötzinger, Wander Theunis Lenght 9 min. Year 2018 Language Dutch, Greek, German, Spanish, English Country The Netherlands Producer Daniël Klijn Production LittleDean
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Kappa Kappa, a woman of around thirty, is welcomed in Le Baptiste, an institute where residents practise social interaction. She will definitely make friends here, she is promised. But this turns out to be harder than it seems. Kappa responds to an everyday conversation with amazement, at a party everybody dances solo to music from headsets. At the edge of the pool, she parries the discomfort of reality. This way, she is the one who sets the rules of the game. But will this help her?
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Director Kleoniki Stanich Lenght 14 min. Year 2018 Language English Country The Netherlands Producer Kleoniki Stanich Production Gerrit Rietveld Academie
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Kind Ella takes her little daughter Sam and Dora, a colleague’s daughter, to a museum. Together, they roam the galleries of the modern museum, they sit down to watch installations and treat themselves to ice cream. And then Dora trips. While Ella is nursing the graze, a confusing situation arises.
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Director Joren Molter Lenght 9 min. Year 2018 Language Dutch Country The Netherlands Producer Floor Onrust Production Family Affair Films
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Knuppel The TV is switched on. On the news, a spokesman of the police says: "We’re done with the talking." What follows in this absurdist animation film is a critical portrait of the updated and more dangerous police baton. The clumsy rubber baton is replaced by a collapsible thin stick that can deal some pretty nasty blows. The police deploys it with the warning that disobedience will be reciprocated with violence. Is this violence justified? Knuppel shows that eventually it is the citizens that pay the price for the police’s latest feat of arms.
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International Title Baton Director Reynaert Vosveld Lenght 4 min. Year 2018 Language Dutch Country The Netherlands Producer Reynaert Vosveld Production Reynaert Vosveld
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KORT! - Dagdromen The three protagonists in this short film are, in separate ways, connected with the seriously ill Zoë. Classmate Jonathan is a romantic who is secretly in love with her. Another classmate, Yahya, has been appointed Zoë’s buddy, to his surprise; he has to set up the monitor and camera at school so she can follow the lessons from the hospital bed. Her brother Egon finally, is tormented by thoughts of life and death due to his sister´s illness. Via voiceovers, the three boys share their innermost feelings with us.
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International Title Daydreaming Director Yim Brakel Lenght 10 min. Year 2018 Language Dutch Country The Netherlands Producer Rogier Kramer, Wilant Boekelman, Ernst de Jong Production Dutch Mountain Film
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KORT! - Emily Emily is eighty years old and has been in her flower stall all her life. With her old, trembling fingers, she still cuts the stems and curls the ribbons. Lovers come and go, but Emily has always stayed single. At the end of the day, she always withdraws into her world: a botanical garden at the foot of a rolling hill. The garden of life. Realising she will not be able to tend to her garden for much longer, she starts to look back. She is always the eccentric loner, fleeing to her garden whenever someone comes closer. Who will be her final customer?
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Director Marlies van der Wel Lenght 8 min. Year 2018 Country The Netherlands Producer Gijs Kerbosch, Gijs Determeijer, Roel Oude Nijhuis, Christine Anderton Production HALAL Pictures
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KORT! - Gutmensch After babysitting Marjolijn’s child, Zohre is suddenly back on her doorstep. Can’t she stay overnight? For this one night, Marjolijn turns the living room couch into a bed for the Afghan refugee. However, one night quickly turns into months. Developing a close relationship, Marjolijn tries to improve Zohre’s unfortunate situation. Conversations about family, friends and even a soap series alternate with lengthy phone conversations with dreadfully bureaucratic Dutch authorities.
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Director Sabine Lubbe Bakker Lenght 10 min. Year 2018 Language Dutch, Farsi Country The Netherlands Producer Suzan de Swaan, Rachel van Bommel Production Millstreet Films
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KORT! - Stray Sheep He literally falls from the sky. Azad, a young man carrying a little lamb in a suitcase, on his way to a new life: a wedding with a DutchKurdish woman. The road to this wedding is an absurd, surprising and poetic one, with the young bloke being afflicted by all sorts of unexpected setbacks. What does he give up by coming over here and what does he gain by marrying a woman he has never met? In this allegorical film, the search for a better life is visualised in an intense way.
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Director Madja Amin Lenght 13 min. Year 2018 Language Arabic Country The Netherlands Producer Gijs Kerbosch, Christine Anderton, Gijs Determeijer, Roel Oude Nijhuis Production HALAL Pictures
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KORT! - Tienminutengesprek Mother Marit feels that her son’s primary school does not allow him enough room for his male energy. During the parentteacher meeting, she seeks recourse. Miss Yvonne tries to keep up a professional attitude, but after the umpteenth reproach she can no longer restrain her pentup frustration. The exasperation of a teacher who has had to endure countless changes through the years is embodied with explosive rage by Yvonne, in this brutal comedy with finger paint.
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Director Jamille van Wijngaarden Lenght 12 min. Year 2018 Language Dutch Country The Netherlands Producer Guusje van Deuren, Rianne Poodt Production The Rogues
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KORT! - Visite There is a meal on the fire. The cat walks across the table. In one smooth shot, we see there is still warmth in the large, secluded house of fresh widow Thea. Still, her son is worried about her. One stormy day, he drops by to check how his mom is doing. Wouldn’t it be better if she moved to a nursing home or if he arranged home care? Thea resolutely rejects all suggestions. She does not need more care, she claims. The question is if this is really the case.
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International Title Visit Director Stijn Bouma Lenght 13 min. Year 2018 Language Dutch Country The Netherlands Producer Derk-Jan Warrink, Koji Nelissen Production Keplerfilm
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KORT! - Yulia & Juliet In the desperate surroundings of a juvenile hall, two girls find salvation in their love for each other. "You are the sun", one says. "Don’t be so poetic", the other one says, while they secretly kiss. There is not really room for their relationship in the detention centre, but when one of them is released, the two are completely severed. Can they later resume their liaison outside the walls of the institution or is it better if they reunite within the confines of the familiar but padlocked surroundings? No matter what, the teen girls are prepared to put their future on the line for each other.
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Director Zara Dwinger Lenght 12 min. Year 2018 Language Dutch Country The Netherlands Producer Erik Glijnis, Leontine Petit Production Lemming Film
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Kraaiennest The moment when Joey and Ricardo have to leave their foster home, 13-year-old Joey hides under the blankets. He does not feel like going back to his biological mother. Still, he and his younger brother (8) have no choice. Once back home, things turn out better than expected. For this occasion, the reunited family even goes bowling. However, among the celebrations, tensions mount again. Hasn’t anything changed, after all, and is the family heading for an emotional separation again, or will parent and children manage to strike a new balance?
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International Title Crowsnest Director Flynn von Kleist Lenght 13 min. Year 2018 Language Dutch Country The Netherlands Producer Guusje van Deuren, Rianne Poodt Production The Rogues
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Levenslessen van Cartoon-Box With exactly the right amount of detail, Joost Lieuwma gives his seemingly plainly animated protagonists the leading role in various embarrassing, naughty and violent animations. We are referring to poisoning a partner, sleeping with a forest fairy and replacing a Star Wars light sabre with a dildo. In the world of CartoonBox, these situations invariably end in death and destruction. Therefore, these macabre life lessons are not exactly applicable to our own lives. But no tears will be shed over it.
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International Title Life Lessons from CartoonBox Director Joost Lieuwma Lenght 8 min. Year 2017 Country The Netherlands Producer Joost Lieuwma Production Frame Order
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Maelstrom Using a subtle colour palette, this 2D animation without dialogue takes a critical look at the human psyche and our mutual relationships. While being distracted by various strange events, an enamoured young woman discovers the true nature of her relationship with her dearest.
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Director Shanta Jethoe Lenght 8 min. Year 2018 Country The Netherlands Producer Femke Wolting, Bruno Felix Production Submarine
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One of the Boys During netball practice, 13-year-old Daan has trouble going along with the tough lockerroom boy talk. When he notices their intimidating machismo on the pitch goes from bad to worse at the expense of Britt, the most desired girl in the group, the timid Daan is forced to show his true face. What kind of a man does he really want to be? Will he prove to be a real team player, or will he choose sides?
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Director Ivo van Aart Lenght 12 min. Year 2018 Language Dutch Country The Netherlands Producer Rogier Kramer, Wilant Boekelman, Ernst de Jong Production Dutch Mountain Film
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De Ontmoeting - Ongelukje A young couple has a car accident on a deserted country road. The engine spews out smoke, Mark’s legs are numb and his girlfriend Tessa’s telephone is total loss to boot. The farmer in the background has no idea of the relationship drama rapidly flaring up, because when Mark in this exceptional case gives Tessa the unlock code of his smartphone, he feels in his bones that the heaviest blow is still to come.
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International Title Accident Director David Cocheret Lenght 7 min. Year 2018 Language Dutch Country The Netherlands Producer Sytse Kuilman, Friso de Ronden Production Doogle Producties
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Oppassen When he has forgotten his keys and his mother is not home, Ayman (10) pays a visit to his grandpa. Everything seems very familiar, until Ayman spots a man in one of the other rooms who resembles his granddad, while he is sure his grandfather is slumped on the couch watching TV‌ And when grandpa falls asleep, Ayman’s nightmare has only just begun. The tension hits the roof in this short film, which was shot in two days as part of the Rotterdam edition of the 48 Hour Film Project and was proclaimed the best contender there.
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International Title Watch Out Director Shariff Nasr Lenght 6 min. Year 2017 Language Dutch Country The Netherlands Producer Monique van Kessel, Pamela Berhitoe Production Pit Film
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Perfectly Unnoticed This short film draws attention to generally trivial looking (movie) objects, precisely to show their hidden power. You will not see a standard movie structure here, but an exciting narrative through objects. In the process, we discover the power of the unnoticed, in a short journey across various movie genres and their props. These stage properties perform their task to perfection if they do not distract the viewer from the movie. Indeed: They help the viewer follow the narrative: they are the coactors in the screenplay.
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Director Denice Zwiers Lenght 2 min. Year 2018 Language English Country The Netherlands Producer Denice Zwiers Production Willem de Kooning Academie
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Pizzamonster Leon’s apartment underpins the stereotype of the hopeless bachelor: mounds of pizza boxes pile up around the sad single. At some point, there are so many pizza scraps that together with Leon’s tears they form a new creature. Leon embraces this pizza monster as an end to his lonely existence. Finally, he has someone again to impose his world view on. But the pizza monster starts developing more and more feelings of its own in this equally grubby and saddening short film.
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Director Kurt Platvoet Lenght 12 min. Year 2018 Language Dutch Country The Netherlands Producer Julia Rombout Production July Film
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Regained Memor y For his graduation film at the film academy of Hungarian film auteur BÊla Tarr, Dutch director Stijn Bouma conjures the spirits of the Balkan War. They appear unto Amir, a single father who since his wife’s sudden demise is plagued by gnawing guilt. Did he pay enough attention to his wife? Lost in the present, his mind wanders off to a grimmer past. Meanwhile, he threatens to repeat his errors by forgetting about his responsibilities towards his daughter.
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Director Stijn Bouma Lenght 51 min. Year 2018 Language Bosnisch Country The Netherlands, Bosnia and Herzegovina Producer Paul Oscar Kanter, Ibrahim Karatay Production Alchemic Film
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Regen Elias is eleven, likes to romp and looks up to David, which makes him an easy victim of the latter’s sexual petting. Eventually, David is confronted with the inevitable consequences of his actions, which have serious repercussions for himself, but also for the people around him. This calmly painted portrait examines ‘the other side of the story’, because the maker puts himself in the culprit’s shoes. From this position, without judging but also without justifying anything, he gives a reflection on the issue of sexual abuse.
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Director Ravi Sandberg Lenght 25 min. Year 2018 Language Dutch Country The Netherlands Producer Ravi Sandberg Production Hogeschool voor de Kunsten Utrecht
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Reruns Rosto, perhaps the most selfdirected animator in the Netherlands, drums up his animated rock band again to clinch his Thee Wreckers Tetralogy. This time, he conceived a nightmarish scenario to reflect on the alienating mechanisms of memory. Not surprisingly, Reruns is a personal and autobiographical project, a film whose protagonist is based on Rosto himself and that looks back on his life and thinking. The combination of animation, stop motion and live action visualises the link between dream, memory and reality.
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Director Rosto Lenght 15 min. Year 2018 Language English Country The Netherlands, France, Belgium Producer Rosto, Nicolas Schmerkin, Dries Phlypo Production Studio Rosto A.D, Autour de Minuit Productions, A Private View
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Sand Wanderer As the world starts moving around him, a young desert dweller decides to follow the footprints of his fellow tribesmen to the origin of time.
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Director Eric Giessmann Lenght 7 min. Year 2018 Country The Netherlands Producer Marc Thelosen Production seriousFilm
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Sandwitch Why would you bring a gun to work? At any rate, city employees Fred and Dave have a lot of fun with it during lunch break. While practising on an empty soda can in the woods, things go awry: a woman suddenly collapses. They plan to bury the corpse, but when they are ready to dump the body, it has vanished. Have they shot an ordinary woman or is the forest haunted by something more malicious? The lunch break gets completely out of hand.
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Director Jasper ten Hoor, Ivan Hidayat Lenght 18 min. Year 2018 Language Dutch Country The Netherlands Producer Ivan Hidayat, Jasper ten Hoor Production Het Shot
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Il silenzio delle cicale Loss and gain. Despair and hope. Anger and forgiveness. This young man’s world is just as real as the one in his imagination. By an abandoned pool, with the sound of crickets in the background, the protagonist tries to deal with the feeling of loss and the memories that threaten to tear him up. The young woman he met so suddenly is part of it. Or isn’t she? Short, metaphorical drama about a tragic protagonist and his fantasy. Or is it his confusing, anxious memory, after all?
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Director Veronika Schoberer Lenght 10 min. Year 2018 Language Italiaans Country The Netherlands, Italië Producer Veronika Schoberer Production Maastricht Academy of Media Design Technologie
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Sisters Three sisters move symbiotically in this dance film. Sometimes small and fearful, sometimes joyful like young foxes in a nest. They play, tickle each other and occasionally shut each other out, communicating without words. One thing is certain; their compound is stronger than diamond. Are the composite and the magic of their movements strong enough to overcome the reality of their existence?
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Director Daphne Lucker Lenght 15 min. Year 2018 Language Dutch Country The Netherlands Producer Jolijn van Rinsum, Thomas Mataheru, Divya Kohli Production Nederlandse Filmacademie
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Skógafoss People who go on vacation want to leave their worries behind. That is exactly what Gijs seems to relish during his hike across Iceland with his girlfriend. For a brief moment, they are alone in the world together. And then the phone rings. On the other end of the line is Gijs’ mother, again, who is at home in a state of confusion. Suddenly Gijs faces a dilemma: Will he choose for the carefree life of a twentysomething or will he decide, for the umpteenth time, to help his troubled mother?
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Director Niels Bourgonje Lenght 11 min. Year 2017 Language Dutch Country The Netherlands, IJsland Producer Daniel Aiss Production ALP Media
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Tex The directing debut of Jonas Smulders, primarily known as an actor, follows 17-year-old Tex, a pubescent girl from Amsterdam who is at odds with herself. She does not go to school anymore. Instead, she works at a car wash and takes care of her ill father. When the boy she is in love with dumps her, it is the proverbial straw. Tex is bent on revenge, but she does not quite understand yet how her actions may influence the rest of her life.
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Director Jonas Smulders Lenght 19 min. Year 2017 Language Dutch Country The Netherlands Producer Gijs Blom Production Tio Film
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Tides From the cabin of the boat, rumbling and mumbling is heard. It is Hessel the lugworm digger who is ready to start his day. His radio tuned into his favourite channel, he begins his hard labour. When Hessel’s radio plays a tune by ABBA, he is amazed to see that all the seagulls around him start tapping their feet; the lugworms come to the surface and Hessel’s bucket quickly fills up. But when the music abruptly stops in this tragicomic stopmotion animation, the winner knows what to do with the catch.
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Director Fleur Sophie de Boer Lenght 4 min. Year 2018 Country The Netherlands Producer Fleur Sophie de Boer Production Hogeschool voor de Kunsten Utrecht
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Ultrakort - A Cup of Joe The little blue demon Joe wants a cup of coffee every other minute. Each time, he is jolted awake when the coffee spouts all around the rickety coffeemaker. His cup is about the only thing not hit by the brew. Joe keeps forgetting he may get some coffee in another way. Shouldn’t he listen to the bird that keeps handing him the solution to his problem? Groaning, this headstrong demon keeps repeating his failing routine, in this absurd animation about the need for change.
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Director Samantha Williams Lenght 3 min. Year 2018 Country The Netherlands Producer Bruno Felix, Femke Wolting Production Submarine
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Ultrakort - A Double Life A couple put themselves in their better half’s shoes for a change. It starts out as a harmless genderbender prank, but when the missus understands how much more interesting life is as a man, a marital tragedy is in the making. Absurdistically elaborated and executed with a great sense of timing and detail by animation trio Job, Joris & Marieke.
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Director Job Roggeveen, Joris Oprins, Marieke Blaauw Lenght 3 min. Year 2018 Country The Netherlands Producer Job Roggeveen, Joris Oprins, Marieke Blaauw Production Job, Joris & Marieke
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Vlam Fifteen-year-old Emma and her best friend Julia enjoy their summer holiday on a campsite in France. From the moment a group of older French boys set up their tents across the field, Julia only has eyes for them. Emma tries to participate, but it does not come natural to her. While Emma, in this short drama, observes Julia in the tentative, playful explorations of her sexuality, this stirs up confusing feelings in her.
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Director Dominique Gimberg Lenght 16 min. Year 2018 Language Dutch, French, English Country Belgium, France, The Netherlands Producer Jesse van den Broek Production Hogeschool voor de Kunsten Utrecht
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Vlucht What would it be like if refugees were no longer 'the other ones'? This dance film shows Dutch viewers what it would be like if they fled from their own familiar surroundings. A group of dancers flees from a typically Dutch village, through the woods and the dunes into the sea, towards freedom. On their way, they struggle with nature and its unpredictable forces; obstacles that have to be overcome to bring things to a successful conclusion. The makers, director Wiam Al-Zabari and choreographer Krisztina de Châtel, both fled their native countries themselves.
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International Title Harab Director Wiam Al-Zabari Lenght 14 min. Year 2018 Country The Netherlands Producer Iris Lammertsma, Boudewijn Koole Production Witfilm
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When You Get Home Film version of the commercial that globally went viral warns drivers, in an inventive and evocative way, against the dangers of using a smartphone behind the wheel. The clip does not show the chauffeur or the calling and texting itself, but the potentially drastic consequences. The maker was inspired by a news photo of a policeman taking care of a little girl in a pasture, while in the background the overturned car is seen that her family had an accident with – a fatal one for the father.
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Director Ben Brand Lenght 3 min. Year 2018 Language French Country The Netherlands Producer Bas Pinkse Production 25FPS
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Wijnwijven Together with numerous bottles of wine, three girls come rolling out of a car, on their way to the club. There, we witness the familiar nightlife affairs, including debauched dancing, crowded ladies rooms and grabby old guys. Before long, the ‘wine broads’ from this colourful, comic animation film get into a quarrel with other women, resulting in a huge and sweeping bar brawl. But even when the ladies end up in jail, it does not put an end to the festivities.
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International Title Wine Wenches Director Esther Heerikhuisen Lenght 3 min. Year 2018 Country The Netherlands Producer Esther Heerikhuisen Production Hogeschool voor de Kunsten Utrecht
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[ro’dina] Nadezhda Titova used to associate Russia with her family, childhood and identity. The current Russian government is a far cry from that, she feels. But how can you deal with relatives who are supporters of a regime that to you is intolerable? In this short documentary, the filmmaker gives vent to the gap between her and her family’s convictions, by means of fragments from the life of the family, interlaced with footage of the patriotic parade celebrating the victory of the Soviet Union over Nazi Germany.
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Director Nadezhda Titova Lenght 6 min. Year 2018 Language Russian, English Country Rusland, The Netherlands Producer Nadezhda Titova Production KABK Den Haag
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3rd Builders’ Street It is inextricably linked to the history of the Soviet Union: the megalomaniac concretepanel houses that appeared in the 1960s. At the time, these Soviet apartment blocks represented great progress. By now, the dilapidated buildings reflect an evaporated paradigm of the Soviet Union. Using a special photographic technique, director Pim Zwier evocatively separates past, present and future of this architecture, which can still serve as a symbol of the current situation in Russia.
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Director Pim Zwier Lenght 14 min. Year 2018 Country The Netherlands, Rusland Producer Pim Zwier Production Pim Zwier
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90 Seconds in North Korea In North Korea, you cannot just film in the streets and go unpunished. So how do you get round the propaganda regulations and shoot a film about real life in the streets of the capital Pyongyang? Ranko Paukovic posed as a tourist taking snapshots, but instead of taking pictures he secretly made twosecond video shots. By turning these brief shots into slowmotion sequences, snippets of public life in Pyongyang are transformed into poetical segments that direct attention to the North Koreans’ everyday life. Directing debut by prominent sound editor and designer.
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Director Ranko Paukovic Lenght 15 min. Year 2018 Country The Netherlands Producer Ranko Paukovic Production Editson
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Aan de andere kant Two seemingly sleepy villages awaken at the break of dawn of globalisation. While some inhabitants of Bakel try to go with the flow of the developments of modern life, others frenetically cling to nostalgic ideas of what their Noord-Brabant residence used to be. In this documentary, the village of Bakel in the Netherlands and the village of Bakel in Senegal are portrayed. It is precisely the persistent mirroring of these two villages that makes this observing film a universal portrait of man, playing with stereotypes and filled with paradoxes.
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International Title The Other Side of Town Director Willem Timmers Lenght 52 min. Year 2018 Language Dutch, Dutch (dialect), English, Wolof, Bambaars, Arabic, SoninkĂŠ Country The Netherlands Producer Ilja Kok Production Copper Views Film Productions
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At Midnight Plays a Dance-Tune During his mother’s sickbed and after her ultimate decease, Roy pushes the limits, whether it involves speeding, sex, drugs or deafening music. As a young boy, he used to have a neighbour who listened to the intense Danse Macabre night after night. Roy now wonders whether back then Antoine was going through the same process as he is today. Two lives that crossed twenty years ago merge in this personal documentary essay.
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Director Roy Seerden Lenght 30 min. Year 2018 Language Dutch, French Country The Netherlands Producer Felix Voogt, Charlene Vos Production Nederlandse Filmacademie
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The Atomic Soldiers While doing research for a feature film, filmmaker Morgan Knibbe (Those Who Feel the Fire Burning, 2014) collected the personal accounts of the few witnesses of the American nuclear tests in the 1950s who are still alive. Their candid testimonies are disconcerting. After more than forty years of mandatory silence, the last ‘atomic soldiers’ talk about their experiences, straight into the camera, in this short, poignant documentary.
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Director Morgan Knibbe Lenght 23 min. Year 2018 Language English Country The Netherlands, US Producer Morgan Knibbe Production Deep Dynamics
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Bachir in wonderland What will the sea look like in real life, what will it smell and feel like when you float on it? For the ten-year-old Bachir, the sea is a big mystery, because he only knows sand, lots of sand. The stateless and undocumented Bachir gets the chance to go on summer camp. All the way to Spain, where everything is different and new: vertiginous tall brick buildings, staircases that move spontaneously, even running water. Bachir stays with a host family in Barcelona, the city by the sea...
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International Title Bachir in Wonderland Director Evelien Vehof, Els Duran Lenght 16 min. Year 2018 Language Catalaans, Arabic Country The Netherlands Producer Kiyomi Molin Production EO/IKONdocs
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Becoming It all starts with one cell that proliferates, then two and so on. This film about the miracle of the origin of life reveals, down to the smallest details, inside a transparent egg, the 'making of' of an embryo of the alpine newt. This single cell produces a complete, complex living organism with a beating heart and circulating blood. The film shows a process that normally remains invisible: the very beginning of the life of an animal. A process, by the way, that is not very different in humans.
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Director Jan van IJken Lenght 7 min. Year 2018 Country The Netherlands Producer Jan van IJken Production Jan van IJken Photography & Film
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Buitenstebinnen Emma does everything she can to please her recently divorced parents. But all the arguments and changes unsettle her. While she has to practise hard for the national shooting championships, where she hopes to be victorious. Emma has to get used to living between two houses, and then her father introduces a new girlfriend to boot. Emma does her best to keep track of all the changes, but when the relationship ends after only a few weeks, the fat is in the fire for Emma. Through her audio diary, she allows the viewer a glimpse in the soul of a teenage girl with divorced parents.
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International Title Outside in Director Els Van Driel Lenght 16 min. Year 2017 Language Dutch Country The Netherlands Producer Iris Lammertsma, Boudewijn Koole Production Witfilm
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Cheek to Cheek Imagine: a room in a nursing home is magically changed into a veritable ballroom, complete with velvet table cloths and old record cases. The turntable plays nostalgic music from the 1940s until now. People are dancing everywhere; young and especially old. Still, age is not important here. In this short, intimate documentary, four aged visitors of this magical dance fest are followed. Despite their physical or mental defects, the ladies and gentlemen at these musical gatherings enjoy life to the fullest.
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Director Malou Wagenmaker, Bo van der Meer Lenght 24 min. Year 2018 Language Dutch Country The Netherlands Producer Loes Komen, Eva Verweij, Bo van der Meer, Malou Wagenmaker Production Room for Film
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Dance or Die Syrian Ahmad Joudeh has his life motto tattooed in his neck: ‘dance or die’. In 2016, current affairs TV programme Nieuwsuur did a report on Joudeh, who despite the war in Syria and great opposition did not give up his passion for dance. Later on, the Dutch National Ballet brought him to Amsterdam. Director Kaboly kept following Joudeh, showing in this documentary that life is still tough for the dancer: he misses his family and is tormented by war memories.
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Director Roozbeh Kaboly Lenght 55 min. Year 2018 Language Dutch, English, Arabic Country The Netherlands Producer Iris Lammertsma, Boudewijn Koole Production Witfilm
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Het Ding (Untitled, 1957) This documentary about the restoration of Naum Gabo’s nameless sculpture from 1957 combines aweinspiring shots of this artwork with audio fragments from Gabo’s fiery Russian manifests. Meanwhile, the unknowing Rotterdam shoppers pass the sculpture day by day, without any understanding of its historical value. This way, a utopian future vision for the function of art is coupled with an indifferent present, where this public artwork is just taken for granted.
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Director Mels van Zutphen Lenght 17 min. Year 2018 Language English Country The Netherlands Producer Mels van Zutphen Production CBK - Centrum Beeldende Kunst Rotterdam
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Directed by Nature Ton Cox was born in a village in Limburg, but has been living in the Randstad for some years now. Here, he increasingly gets the impression people are becoming further removed from nature. Determined to turn the tide, he launches a mission to get ‘closer’ to nature. With different interviews and exciting experiments, he tries to accomplish this complex task. Ton wants to put cameras on animals, in order to show their perspective on the environment. However, the question is whether it can be done. Can nature really be directed?
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Director Ton Cox Lenght 22 min. Year 2018 Language Dutch Country The Netherlands Producer Ton Cox Production AKV|St. Joost
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Doei, stomme trut Mical and her mother Stephanie were filmed for a month by Emma van den Berg, before Mical was going to start a new life in San Francisco. Mical, a close friend of the filmmaker, still lives at home. Stephanie largely raised her by herself. Even though the two women are strong, individual characters, they have always lived close to each other for the past 25 years. They are deeply attached to each other. This is about to change now that Mical has booked her oneway ticket.
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International Title Bye, Silly Tart Director Emma van den Berg Lenght 17 min. Year 2018 Language Dutch Country The Netherlands Producer Emma van den Berg Production Gerrit Rietveld Academie
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Heijplaters Max, Emre, Yash, David and Hilson are friends who go to the same school. They were all born in the Netherlands, but by descent they are Dutch, Turkish, Surinam, Syrian and Chinese. They live in Heijplaat, a neighbourhood that was once constructed, as loosely scattered historic footage shows, for the dock workers. But there is not much entertainment for children. Therefore, their friendship is very important to the five kids. This group portrait shows how they live in this minisociety, with all its differences in culture and religion. In times of polarisation, these boys go for each other. And between the seagoing vessels and containers, they find a huge playground.
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International Title Harbourboyz Director Mirjam Marks Lenght 16 min. Year 2018 Language Dutch, Syrisch Country The Netherlands Producer Nienke Korthof, Willem Baptist Production Tangerine Tree
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Kendis At the age of nine, Lavanya discovered her talent. A few years later, she became aware that music gives her the strength she needs, no matter how nervous she may sometimes be when she gets up on stage. Supported by her father, she diligently pursues a career as a DJ. Her father is already dreaming of the USA. Lavanya’s dearest wish is to get through to the DJ Top 100 of the world. While performing as the youngest DJ at big festivals in the Netherlands and Belgium, she explains what drives her. Her career is overshadowed by the pain she still has after a traffic accident she had some years ago. But this tough cookie would never think of giving up.
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Director Bibi Fadlalla Lenght 15 min. Year 2017 Language Dutch Country The Netherlands Producer Maarten Kuit Production Hazazah Pictures
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Lenno & de maanvis "Lenno, Lenno, don’t make a fool of yourself!" How often do people tell Lenno this? The world through the eyes of an impetuous child, shot in an equally impetuous style. He boxes with his twin brother Teun, cries when he hurts himself, runs away from criticism and is happy with the cool colouring pictures his mother gives him. Lenno thinks it is stupid when other people say he has got a problem. As a boy, his caring but Spartan father was no angel either. Now he wants his son to do better. They often clash, but Lenno can also be very sweet and warm. Together with his angelfish, which at the same time is a sounding board and mirror for his struggles, he tries to find his niche in the family and society.
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Director Shamira Raphaela Lenght 18 min. Year 2017 Language Dutch Country The Netherlands Producer Nienke Korthof, Willem Baptist Production Tangerine Tree
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Luister "I’m in love with two boys. One is very sweet and the other has these funny, bulging eyes. I just can’t choose." "Why do I have to move again? All these refugee centres are just as terrible." Just a few random quotes from conversations that kids have on the children’s helpline. They call it to talk about divorce and abuse. About moving and being in love. About cats and guinea pigs. Growing up is fun and exciting, but at times also sad and lonely. This collage of phone conversations shows you are never alone with your story.
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International Title Listen Director Astrid Bussink Lenght 16 min. Year 2017 Language Dutch Country The Netherlands Producer Hasse van Nunen, Renko Douze Production Een van de jongens
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M6NTHS Short film about an animal in captivity longing for the outside. An animal that, like us, dreams, is intelligent, curious, social and sensitive, and in whom we can clearly recognise a soul. The piglet in this movie invites us to see the world through his eyes, which will forever change our view on pigs.
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Director Eline Helena Schellekens Lenght 12 min. Year 2018 Country Groot-BrittanniĂŤ, Belgium, France, The Netherlands Producer Eline Helena Schellekens Production Eline Helena Film
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Mijn gelukkige ingewikkelde familie What is it like to discover you have a sperm donor father? What does it mean in practice to be the child of divorced parents? This tragicomic, short youth documentary focuses on three young girls of various ages. They have wholly individual stories, but share one common asset: their unusual family construction, including stepfathers, halfbrothers, bonus or halfmothers. The girls introduce their families and for the first time share their admiration, their questions and their unexpressed feelings with their parents.
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International Title My Happy Complicated Family Director Tessa Louise Pope Lenght 17 min. Year 2017 Language Dutch Country The Netherlands Producer Maarten Kuit Production Hazazah Pictures
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Mother’s Balls In the United States, Amber Vineyard got to know herself on the dancefloors of ballroom houses, where the LGBTQ+ community is wholly embraced. Within the walls of the ballroom, they are safe to dress, express and behave themselves as they like. This way, the ballroom scene acts as a decisive liberating factor for many young people who feel marginalised elsewhere. Once arrived in Rotterdam, Vineyard missed these localities. This documentary portrait follows her, while she establishes her own house and inspires a new generation as a matriarch of ballroom.
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Director Catherine van Campen, Ottilie Maters Lenght 49 min. Year 2018 Language English, Dutch Country The Netherlands Producer Sanne Cousijn, Camiel Zwart Production Blackframe
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Nu of nooit meer The platform of Blankenberge station is deserted. This is the station where filmmaker Marieke Widlak last saw her sister. Slowly, the train starts moving. We take a trip. Marieke asks her parents and younger sister what they remember of that final moment at the train station. Do they share her feeling of shortcoming? Alternating panoramas between the conversations invite the viewer to reflect on the interviews. A film about family and mourning and a tribute to expressing affectionate appreciation.
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International Title Now Or Never Again Director Marieke Widlak Lenght 15 min. Year 2018 Language Dutch (dialect) Country The Netherlands Producer Nynke Bonnema Production Willem de Kooning Academie
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Otherland The biographical story of vogue dancer Elvin Elejandro Martinez is told here by director Jan Pieter Tuinstra and choreographer Keren Levi by combining documentary elements with dramatised dance scenes. He tells about his childhood in Saint Martin and the transformation he went through since. The freedom he used to crave so deeply now seems within reach. Next to Martinez’ autobiographical story, the film tells the gripping, fictional story of an evening at a Vogue Ball. All characters and dancers in the film are members of the European ballroom/vogue community.
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Director Jan Pieter Tuinstra, Keren Levi Lenght 14 min. Year 2018 Language English Country The Netherlands Producer Sanne Cousijn, Camiel Zwart Production Blackframe
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Papieren land Shahib has been living in the Netherlands without a residence permit for twenty years, after he fled his motherland Somalia at the age of nine with his mother and brother. In this documentary, he takes stock in a flowing mix of word, music and performance. Director and close friend Marie van Vollenhoven situates his story in a white space that she continuously transforms and animates. By evoking Shahib’s lost years, the film raises the question what the extent of good intentions is, both with respect to friendship and bureaucracy.
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International Title Paper Land Director Marie van Vollenhoven Lenght 52 min. Year 2018 Language Dutch Country The Netherlands Producer Daan Milius Production Video Power
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Piet is weg In April 1987, the 28-year-old gay man Piet Beentjes vanished on the isle of Texel. Ever since, his sister Toos has been trying to discover the actual circumstances around Piet’s evaporation. This documentary tries to lay bare the ‘anatomy’ of a disappearance it is not a search for Piet himself. What happened before and after he vanished into thin air and what did the Kafkaësque world look like that Toos entered after her dear brother disappeared? Why didn’t the police see reason to investigate at the time? Candid documentary about loss, lack of interest and shaky police work.
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International Title Piet Is Gone Director Jaap van Hoewijk Lenght 64 min. Year 2017 Language Dutch Country The Netherlands Producer Frank van den Engel Production Zeppers Film & TV
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Possessed A woman (Olivia Lonsdale) roams through the communist past of former Yugoslavia. Here, she develops an aversion to the future, where smartphones have not liberated but possessed us. Why can we no longer see the bigger picture? Incorporating analyses by political scientists Alex Williams and Nick Srnicek, this remarkable essay drenches the viewer with a torrent of associative, poetic and confrontational images, to demonstrate how technology plays a role in our view on empathy, politics and solidarity.
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Director Daniel van der Velden, Vinca Kruk, Rob SchrĂśder Lenght 68 min. Year 2018 Language English Country The Netherlands Producer Wilant Boekelman, RenĂŠ Huybrechtse, Ernst de Jong, Rogier Kramer Production Dutch Mountain Film
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Slagershart Wessel (13) used to be teased at school about his father’s profession. He finds this odd. Now, he learns the tricks of the trade from his patient grandfather, who is convinced his grandson will take over the family business later on. But he is in doubt. Perhaps Wessel prefers to work with living animals, after all. Youth documentary offers a glimpse of the traditional butcher’s trade and at the same time shows how free children in rural areas grow up.
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International Title A Butcher’s Heart Director Marijn Frank Lenght 15 min. Year 2017 Language Dutch (dialect) Country The Netherlands Producer Fabie Hulsebos, Suzanne Raes Production Stichting Docmakers
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Spiegeldromen What do you tell yourself when you look in the mirror? In this documentary, the mirror is also a camera lens. Students of practical training for whom preparatory vocational education is too hard talk to their own reflections. Frankly and without selfpity, they tell about the vulnerable sides of their lives, talk about their dreams and obstacles and about their ‘otherness’. Despite all setbacks, these practical students show great resilience. The pupils’ driven teachers confront themselves too, by looking in the mirror.
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International Title Mirror Dreams Director Marjoleine Boonstra Lenght 54 min. Year 2018 Language Dutch Country The Netherlands Producer Monique Busman, Michiel van Erp Production De Familie Film & TV
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Te lang single? Why is there such a sombre label of loneliness attached to single people in contemporary society? Are you by definition happier in a relationship? This short documentary casts a fresh glance on the singles phenomenon, as seen through the eyes of three young women. A mosaic of stories focussing on love, happiness and being alone, displaying the opposite of a lack of love. After all, being alone can also open doors to sources of love and happiness.
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International Title Single for too Long? Director Ayu Lourenburg Lenght 18 min. Year 2018 Language Dutch Country The Netherlands Producer Ayu Lourenburg Production Hogeschool voor de Kunsten Utrecht
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Teledoc Campus - After "Where is the party? Here is the party!" The final chord of a night out, the ‘after’. This is the place where partygoers gather who do not want to go home yet, who want to get a little higher or are looking for some more human contact. Because drugs are a fixture here, it is not exactly the occasion where cameras are welcome. In this exceptional case, this intimate documentary reveals what happens at such an after: in the moment itself, it feels like a lifechanging experience, but towards the end the feeling sinks in every party has to end some time.
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Director Jasmijn Schrofer Lenght 23 min. Year 2018 Language Dutch Country The Netherlands Producer Bas Broertjes, Aydin Dehzad, Mete Gümürhan Production Kaliber Film
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Teledoc Campus Becky Bulldozer Steffie is contending with fear of failure and haunted by censorious voices inside her head. After a burnout floored her, she took up the sport Roller Derby. With her Roller Derby transformation to ‘Becky Bulldozer’, her hardball alter ego, Steffie turns into another woman. In the dressing room, she and her teammates discuss all major life issues: men, physical insecurities, work stress, babies and the best detergent for those foul-smelling wrist guards. A candid documentary about regaining your strength and confidence.
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International Title Becky Bulldozer Director Steffie Storms Lenght 27 min. Year 2018 Language Dutch Country The Netherlands Producer Frank van Osch Production Van Osch Films
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Teledoc Campus De spelende mens The Dutch historian Johan Huizinga is one of the most influential writers on the play element in culture. His Homo Ludens from 1938 is read to this day, to put the concepts of play in words. In her equally playful documentary, director Sanne Rovers captures the attraction of play in moving images. She quotes Huizinga, but then abandons all theory to simply show playing adults. In a sweeping, poetic montage, all their forms of play blend into a dance of man playing.
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International Title Homo Ludens Director Sanne Rovers Lenght 27 min. Year 2018 Language Dutch Country The Netherlands, Belgium Producer Eefje Blankevoort Production Prospektor
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Teledoc Campus - Een film ofzo In this audacious documentary, the creation of the film itself and the director’s position are under discussion. De Leeuw meets a group of Antillean men on a vacant lot and tries to imagine how they used to tell each other stories in the cabin that once stood there. Demolished due to alleged public nuisance. Or were people prejudiced? And is she the best person to expose the stereotypes? A firm conversation starts in which the tables are turned. The filmmaker gets asked due questions, too, and the different perspectives ask for a unique visualisation.
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International Title The Hood is a Movie Director Judith de Leeuw Lenght 26 min. Year 2018 Language Dutch Country The Netherlands Producer Tamara Vuurmans Production 9 Stories
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Teledoc Campus - Tijd en tij The tide of the wind on our North Sea coast causes the landscape to change time and again. Year in, year out, season after season. In this cinematographic essay, the camera elegantly registers the wind caressing the beach grass and the shadows of seagulls on the silent beach. A feather, a bunker, a beetle and dead silence, on the snowcovered seashore. The grand shots, or the ones at micro level, aptly mirror the comparison between the silent landscape and our mental landscape. Sometimes snowwhite and tranquil, other times bright blue and temperamental.
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International Title Time and Tide Director Marleen van der Werf Lenght 30 min. Year 2018 Country The Netherlands Producer RenĂŠ Huybrechtse, Wilant Boekelman, Rogier Kramer, Ernst de Jong Production Dutch Mountain Film
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Verdacht For years, the police has been aiming to proactively execute security checks in order to arrest more riffraff. But practise shows that Dutch people with a migration background are regularly stopped without any suspicion of criminal offences. Poignantly, the teacher, the soldier, the lawyer, the rapper, the fellow police officer and other coloured Dutchmen talk about helplessness, frustration, humiliation, alienation, anger and what it feels like to be a suspect from the start. Wry, but insightful indictment of ethnic profiling.
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International Title Suspect Director Nan Rosens Lenght 51 min. Year 2018 Language Dutch Country The Netherlands Producer Albert Klein Haneveld Production Hollandse Helden
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Zelf Making thousand-odd choices a day seems to go without saying, a right that you have to shape your life the way you want to. But how worthy is life without autonomy? In a personal portrait, steering between her brother, who has multiple handicaps, and her demented grandmother, the director examines what it means to be able to make your own basic life choices.
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International Title Oneself Director Carolien van Maaswaal Lenght 29 min. Year 2018 Language Dutch Country The Netherlands Producer Lotte Schmidt Production Nederlandse Filmacademie
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ANNE+ In the weekend that Anne (24) moves into her own studio apartment in Amsterdam, she runs into her ex-girlfriend Lily. Back then, Lily was her first love and a lot has happened since they broke up four years ago. The meeting makes Anne look back on her love life during her college years. The women she fell for were very different, just like the relationships she had with them; ranging from an affair with her boss to an unrequited love. But one thing they do have in common: they made her into the person she is today.
Television Drama
Director Valerie Bisscheroux Lenght 60 min. Year 2018 Language Dutch Country The Netherlands Producer Rachel van Bommel, Suzan de Swaan Production Millstreet Films
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Het geheime dagboek van Hendrik Groen Technically, Hendrik Groen is aged. But does this mean his life should only consist of drinking coffee and sullenly waiting for the end in his armchair? In twelve episodes, based on seemingly lighthearted, candid diary scenes, Groen makes the audience commiserate with the ups and downs of life in a nursing home. To the staff’s annoyance, he and his friends try to brighten life by making excursions with the 'oldbutnotdead club', in an attempt to allay the threat of the inevitable end. Strong performances, with the surprisingly cast comedian AndrÊ van Duin in a serious role. The adaptation of the eponymous bestseller won Martin van Waardenberg a Silver Curly Tail for Best Scenario for a TV series.
Television Drama
International Title The Secret Diary of Hendrik Groen Director Tim Oliehoek Lenght 30 min. Year 2017 Language Dutch Country The Netherlands Producer Maarten van Dijk, Anton Smit, Dan Blazer, Nelsje Musch-Elzinga Production BlazHoffski Productions BV
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De luizenmoeder Hello everybody, great to have you! The comedy series about hell on earth – the schoolyard – reached recordbreaking TV ratings and was the talk of the town among parents and teachers alike. Elementary school turns out to be an absurdist miniuniverse with its own rules and laws: from a justified treats policy and waving dates to tenminute parentteacher talks and complex play dates. Strange teachers and the overpowering 'parents Mafia' make it quite hard for the recently divorced Hannah to keep her footing amidst the schoolyard chaos.
Television Drama
International Title Lice Mother Director Jan Albert de Weerd Lenght 25 min. Year 2018 Language Dutch Country The Netherlands Producer Ingmar Menning Production BING Film & TV BV
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One Night Stand XII De dag dat mijn huis viel Three adult brothers, Hein, PĂŠ and Roemer, live with their elderly mother Hillie. This eccentric family lives in an old, crooked house that is on the verge of taking its last breath before toppling over. Every year, it is pulled straight again by its four inhabitants. This procedure has worked for decades, until suddenly Mother takes off to the sunny South. The nestlings are left to deal with each other - and themselves. As the relationship between the brothers gets more distorted, the house starts leaning over faster as well.
Television Drama
International Title The Day My House Fell Director Thessa Meijer Lenght 47 min. Year 2017 Language Flemish Country Nederlandse Antillen Producer Maarten van der Ven Production VENFILM
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One Night Stand XIII - Dòst During spring holiday, teenagers from the Groningen village of Musselkanaal earn an extra euro cutting asparagus. At recess, couple in the making Alko and Marie make a bet: the one who can stick an asparagus in his or her throat the deepest wins. Alko is the clear loser and will have to give Marie what she wants: a kiss. A steamy spring romance finally seems to flare up, but it turns out his best friend BjÜrn also has feelings for him.
Television Drama
Director Joren Molter Lenght 43 min. Year 2018 Language Dutch Country The Netherlands Producer Floor Onrust Production Family Affair Films
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One Night Stand XIII - Free Fight They do not use many words, but brothers Joes and Matthias master the body language all the better. They train continuously for the MMA championship. During these sessions, their bodies are in complete harmony. However, shortly before an important fight, their mother passes away. Suddenly, the brothers need more than their biceps and their fighting instinct.
Television Drama
Director Sven Bresser Lenght 45 min. Year 2018 Language Dutch Country The Netherlands Producer Marc Bary, Steven Rubinstein Malamud Production IJswater Films
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One Night Stand XIII - In Limbo Police officer Oscar is acquitted of being involved in a fatal incident. Still, the force sends him on leave to an allinclusive resort on the Greek coast. His pregnant girlfriend joins him. While the traumatised Oscar tries to put his life on track again there and prepare himself for the imminent fatherhood, it soon turns out that his intense feelings of guilt thwart his dreamed future. An unexpected new friendship turns his already disrupted life upside down for good.
Television Drama
Director Jim SĂźter Lenght 43 min. Year 2018 Language Dutch, English Country The Netherlands, Griekenland Producer Derk-Jan Warrink, Koji Nelissen Production Keplerfilm
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One Night Stand XIII Mooi geweest Once upon a time, Nel and Gerard arranged to jointly end their lives whenever they had a sense of completion, as the ultimate symbol of their love bond. But when Gerard is ready and Nel is still in doubt, it puts pressure on their relationship. Suppressed conflicts and ingrained habits make it harder than expected to follow through with their intention.
Television Drama
Director Mari Sanders Lenght 49 min. Year 2018 Language Dutch Country The Netherlands Producer Joram Willink, Piet-Harm Sterk Production BIND
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Papadag Tragicomic series in eight episodes about fathers, children and everything that comes with it. Every week, these totally different dads meet at the sandbox in the park. Despite their large differences, the men develop a friendship and support each other in their hectic, modern lives. The series humorously addresses topical themes involved in modern parenthood; the stressful combination of work and family and the joy and misery after the arrival of children in a relationship. How do you keep getting along, despite everything?
Television Drama
International Title Daddy Day Director Sia Hermanides, Alieke van Saarloos Lenght 50 min. Year 2017 Language Dutch Country The Netherlands Producer Burny Bos, Eefje Smulders Production BosBros
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Verloren dochter Before long, Tom and Anneke will celebrate their silver wedding, although there is no real way out of their stale trivialities and the unexpressed grief over the loss of their daughter. Then, a young refugee who has been refused asylum entrusts Tom with her infant. To his wife’s astonishment, who is strongly opposed. Still, the toddler’s arrival breaks open the petrified marriage. In this social drama, a new future beckons to them, while it is cut short for the child’s mother.
Television Drama
International Title Lost Daughter Director Martijn Maria Smits Lenght 41 min. Year 2017 Language Dutch Country The Netherlands Producer Paul Ruven, Marian Batavier Production Talent United
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INTERACTIVE
Cluster Cluster is a physical robotic creature that learns to live by collecting data from the public. This interactive installation consists of a moving robotic body and digital generative animation. The viewer can create a special digital neuron cell by donating physical information. This will subsequently become part of Cluster’s constantly growing brain. Because of the growing number of participants, Cluster will learn to use its body, and to express itself to the outside world.
Director Quintus Glerum Lenght 0 min. Year 2018 Language English Country The Netherlands Producer Quintus Glerum Production AKV|St. Joost
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3rd Builders’ Street 97 90 Seconds in North Korea 98 [ro’dina] 96 A Aan de andere kant 99 A Death in the Family 46 A Kiss 38 Alicia 23 American Jail 24 ANNE+ 133 At Midnight Plays a Dance-Tune 100 B Bachir in wonderland 102 Back to the Taj Mahal Hotel 25 Becoming 103 Bei mir bist du schön 39 Bella Donna’s 12 Bewaarders 26 Bladgoud 41 Bloeistraat 11 42 Buitenstebinnen 104 C Cake Day 43 Cheek to Cheek 105 Cluster 143 Cobain 13 D Dance or Die 106 Dante vs. Mohammed Ali 44 Dear Saskia 45 De binocle 40 De grote Hummimummi kerstspecial 58 De luizenmoeder 135 De Ontmoeting - Ongelukje 75 De rode ziel 32 De wilde stad 35 Die entformte Tochter 50 Directed by Nature 108 Doei, stomme trut 109 Drive-by Paradise 47 Dromers 48 Dubbel D 49 Title Index
E Engel 14 Error of Eros 51 F Family Hour 53 Finity Calling 54 G Gifts from Babylon 55 Glad ijs 56 Glücksspiel 57 H Heijplaters 110 Het Ding (Untitled, 1957) 107 Het geheime dagboek van Hendrik Groen 134 Het nieuwe Artis 30 K Kalí Chroniá 60 Kappa 61 Kendis 111 Kind 62 Knuppel 63 KORT! - Dagdromen 64 KORT! - Emily 65 KORT! - Gutmensch 66 KORT! - Stray Sheep 67 KORT! - Tienminutengesprek 68 KORT! - Visite 69 KORT! - Yulia & Juliet 70 Kraaiennest 71 L La Holandesa 15 Lenno & de maanvis 112 L’été et tout le reste 52 Levenslessen van Cartoon-Box 72 Light as Feathers 16 Living the Light - Robby Müller 28 Luister 113
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M6NTHS 114 Maelstrom 73 Mijn gelukkige ingewikkelde familie 115 Morisot - Moed, storm en liefde 29 Mother’s Balls 116
Tanzania Transit 34 Taxi Stories 19 Tegnap 20 Te lang single? 124 Teledoc Campus - After 125 Teledoc Campus - Becky Bulldozer 126 Teledoc Campus - De spelende mens 127 Teledoc Campus - Een film ofzo 128 Teledoc Campus - Tijd en tij 129 Tex 87 The Atomic Soldiers 101 The Hangman 59 The Last Fight 27 Tides 88
N Nu of nooit meer 117 O Onderkomen 31 One Night Stand XII - De dag dat mijn huis viel 136 One Night Stand XIII - Dòst 137 One Night Stand XIII - Free Fight 138 One Night Stand XIII - In Limbo 139 One Night Stand XIII - Mooi geweest 140 One of the Boys 74 Oppassen 76 Otherland 118 P Papadag 141 Papieren land 119 Patser 17 Perfectly Unnoticed 77 Piet is weg 120 Pizzamonster 78 Possessed 121
U Ultrakort - A Cup of Joe 89 Ultrakort - A Double Life 90 V Verdacht 130 Verloren dochter 142 Vlam 91 Vlucht 92 W When You Get Home 93 Wij 21 Wijnwijven 94
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Redbad 18 Regained Memory 79 Regen 80 Reruns 81
Zelf 131 Zie mij doen 36
S Safta Judith 33 Sand Wanderer 82 Sandwitch 83 Il silenzio delle cicale 84 Sisters 85 Skógafoss 86 Slagershart 122 Spiegeldromen 123 Title Index
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