Discoveries from Netherlands World Cinema

A young child's night visions also become a nightmare for his father, who just wants to get back to sleep.

A look into the everyday hardships of dogs' lives.

Colleagues about the comedian in the run-up to his last New Year's Eve conference

A surreal short film about a man in a café who hears on his transistor radio that a comet will soon destroy the Earth. Immediately, the man sets out to warn everyone he can.

Karim, a Thai boxer of Moroccan heritage, is about to be married. The families have high expectations, but Karim is filled with doubt. Pressured by the upcoming wedding, Karim has to make a choice.

Documentary about about a 94 year-old grandma and her grandson who go on an adventure to Luxembourg.

BUCHSTABE is a word meaning letter in English (and in Dutch), originally a piece of beechwood carved out to cover with ink to press on paper to compose a word taking place in a sentence. The word BUCHSTABE printed on film makes my mind follow its being printed. Two words printed in different fonts, and projected on top of each other make as much sense as a sentence pointing out the beauty of the original printing process.

A cinematic road trip through South Africa. As a Dutch-South-African filmmaker, Saskia Vredeveld asks herself the question: 'did I become a racist, because I grew up in a racist country?' Therefore she embarks on a journey, from Cape Town to the heart of South Africa, to the towns whose 'white' names are about to be erased from the map such as Amsterdam and Rotterdam. What contradictory feelings does she have regarding her country? Is there still a future for the white people in the new South Africa?

An immersive initiation into the life of a Maroon community in the former Dutch colony of Suriname. Combining stories of African ancestral traditions and escaped slavery with enacted contemporary rituals, the film explores how the community’s powerful ties to the land have become endangered as industries threaten to devastate the region through deforestation and mining.

When a woman finds out she owes her sister 110 000 euros in inheritance money, she takes matters into her own hands.

The Dutch comedian Hans Sibbel ('Lebbis') tackles some of the more absurd aspects of our capitalist world and the importance of finding truly meaningful experiences.

A theatre program by the Dutch duo. Neerlands Hoop Express is the name of their band.

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.

An old woman dies alone in her apartment, save for her hound dog, while the young man living below her is oblivious.

NUHR's 2013 theatre show.

The first solo program by Brigitte Kaandorp. Originally broadcast as a TV Special, including the theatre performance varied with an interview at her home.

As a family of four drive home one late spring evening, a tragic accident occurs severely injuring all occupants of the car with the exception of Cas, a 17 year old teenager. He watches his mother and father die. With his sister severely injured and now in a coma, Cas is left alone in this world. Placed in the care of his aunt and uncle, Cas slowly begins to sink into a deep depression, fighting against himself as he tries to find a new place in a world which doesn't understand or know how to love him.

Dutch Nazi Cartoon.

A look at the facts of 9/11

A boy tries to keep a paper plane up in the air as long as possible. Carried by the wind, and despite some emergency landings, the plane takes us along through the four seasons.

In his special 'V', Weijers jokes about power, relationships, religion, travel and happiness at a breakneck pace. The comedian asks his audience which five people they would invite for an ultimate dinner. Fast, sharp and honest. The mirror he holds up has never been so painfully funny.

An impression of the repairs of the sluice of Ijmuiden after the damage taken during the war.

The boulevard in front of the Kurhaus, with pedestrians and a terrace.

A veiled Indian lady talks to the camera (silent). Her story is told in images.