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ALL WE EVER WANTED is a film about young, creative, ambitious people living the big-city-life. They seem to have it all with their great looks, fashionable outfits and careers that are taking off. In this highly visual time document we discover what's wrong with this perfect picture and the price that has to be paid to have it all.
In Extase' ('In Ecstacy') takes you on a journey through the fascinating world of Dance music. House, Techno, Hardcore, Trance, from the underground scene in a squatter's village to the immense Amsterdam Arena filled with 40,000 people all dressed in white, you'll get the ultimate insider's experience.
Entrepreneur Daniel Knoop tries to make investments in the Congo, but struggles to make them successful.
Documentary about the work and the unconventional approach of the painter Karel Appel. The film shows him flinging vast amounts of paint onto the canvas, resulting in dynamic paintings showing an overful, raging, run-away world. In 1962 awarded with a Golden Bear at the Berlinale. (filmcommission.nl)
NSB film showing footage of the funeral of Jacob Jansen, in which the procession passes by in which Secretary-General Huygen, Mr. Zondervan, and WA Chief Ban Leader 't Hoff walk. After the coffin has been deposited, Mussert lays a wreath and pays his last respects.
Actress Christel de Laat talks about her life motto, ‘En door!’, with her characteristic blend of humour, self-deprecation and emotion. For years, that motto drove her forward: don’t whinge, don’t stand still, life goes on and the sun rises for a reason. Until the moment when, lying on the gynaecologist’s examination table, she suddenly realised that pausing more often and simply feeling might be better.
Mussert opens a new district house for the ISVB in Maastricht. After the arrival and inspection of the guard of honor, Mussert gives a speech.
This film was produced by the Film Service of the NSB, the National Socialist Movement. As a result, these films may contain inaccurate, one-sided, and politically extreme ideas.
Siljan is a young writer who accidentally discovers that he is adopted. After a confrontation with his adoptive parents, he embarks on a search for his roots, a quest that leads him to his native Macedonia. What awaits him here is the last thing he expects.
Paulie Bianci, employed by a company to carry out assassinations, is confronted with the discovery that someone from within is trying to undermine the operation. Will she manage to catch the culprit in time before it’s too late?
Two ordinary grey city pigeons, Molly and Mick, have struck it lucky with their nest on top of a fry stand in the heart of Amsterdam. One day, everything changes when a cleaning crew washes away their nest — and with it, their only egg. Heartbroken, they set off in search of a new home and a renewed sense of purpose. Along the way, they befriend a young ring-necked parakeet named Brutti and eventually find an abandoned egg. While caring for the egg and for each other, they learn that only by adapting to the changing city can they build a new life — and a family — of their own.
Music for the millions is also considered the thirteenth film in the Jute project. Supported by a hardcore punk soundtrack, the remodelled images of television commercials are contrasted with recordings of starving masses in the Third World.
An evocative documentary portrait of an economically displaced mother and her two young children, shot on 16mm film.
An odd female mammal called Meatstew has a phantom pregnancy. Fishstew, her male human companion, is extremely mean to her. The pregnancy, maybe through a nightmare or through the TV, becomes contagious and defies gender or inter-species boundaries... Who will give birth?
Two players enter the ring, but only one controls the game.
In the documentary All Inclusive Curaçao Wensly Francisco delves deeper into the deep-rooted taboos and the problems that people who are queer on Curaçao are often painfully confronted with on a daily basis.
How Now, House? investigates our yearning to leave traces behind through the prism of one house in Rotterdam. Using archives, personal memories and the philosophy of time, the film questions whether a space can ever really belong to one person, or time period, at all.
A stage monologue extended and adapted into a short film, it tells the story of an elderly woman visiting her downstairs neighbour and talking to him — through the mailslot. Through her laments about lost friends, the new generation and the passage of time, she’s left to wonder: how much of her story will be heard?
Observing light in the month of december.
Half a year after the fatal car accident in which she lost both her parents and brother, Fine goes to the birthday party of her best friend. It is there that she realizes that she hasn't fully accepted what has happened. The following day she goes once again through the five stages of grief.
The Netherlands is number one in Europe in hosting child pornography. In order to stem this flow of abuse material, the analysts of Meldpunt Kinderporno assess many millions of photos and videos every year. They send online hosts a removal request and criminal material is sent to the police. We do not see the images on their screens, but in their meticulous descriptions we experience how the images of child abuse pile up and get under our skin: they clean the dirt from our digital streets, but pay a high price for it.
After completing DeWolff‘s Nonagon Marathon – where they played all 9 studio albums integrally during 9 shows in 9 days at TivoliVredenburg – they got a lot of requests if they could somehow release this material. A DVD release? Seems a bit outdated. Blu ray? VHS? Well… Hehe. They wanted something that you can hold in your hand and that everyone can play on their TV, computer or whatever. So DeWolff came up with something cool: all 9 live videos will be released with remixed audio in superb hi-fi Electrosaurus quality on a specially designed limited edition DeWolff 3-D USB flash drive! We know it’s not a 9 LP box set, but unfortunately vinyl can’t play video and it would be very expensive. This USB flash drive though contains all 9 live videos in high resolution and with 48kHz audio.
Take the rare and extraordinary opportunity to walk beside Zen Buddhist priest and social activist Roshi Joan Halifax on her path to empower women and indigenous people. This visually magnificent and emotionally bracing documentary charts an intimate pilgrimage with the Nomads Clinic—a team of Western, Nepali, and Tibetan healthcare workers—to deliver free medical care in the most remote regions of the Himalayas.
When I attended a Moroccan women’s morning tea party and asked if I could stay, Fatima replied, “Of course you can stay, we are the same!” This phrase guided me on my journey with my Moroccan neighbors. My body and mind were like a sponge, absorbing everything around me. Moroccan tea became a metaphor for a safe and warm place. A place where it doesn’t matter what language we speak, where we can communicate through gestures, a place where we can be so different, yet so similar.
A short documentary film about Anton de Kom (Paramaribo, Suriname, 1898- Sandbostel 1945) , man of resistance, writer, who fought against racism, colonialism, war and nazism. In this short documentary film three of his children, all in their eighties, look back on their youth. A life that is closely connected to major historic events of both Suriname and The Netherlands.
Jack is an Ex-Detective turned Hitman, who has recently been hired for a job from Clara, who seeks revenge for the murdered of her Husband Mario. The story all unfolds during a match of poker, as each players gets eliminated, Only two remain.
Ten years ago, Ben discovered that his two cows had a special gift: they could pick up radio signals from space. He started a YouTube channel to talk about this amazing discovery. Documentary filmmaker Soner Arslan stumbles upon one of Ben's questionable videos. Is Ben serious? How scientific is his research? Can a conspiracy theorist be trusted? 'What We Didn't Know About Cows' offers an exploration of documentary making, online media and self-discovery. Soner delves into the mysterious world that Ben claims to have revealed and raises questions about faith, science and the search for truth in the digital age.
When Kees visits his life companion Arnold in the nursing home, he struggles to make any meaningful contact with him. Still, Kees is shocked to hear that advanced data measurements indicate a critical decrease in Arnold’s sense of joy in life.
In 2014, THE SEDUCERS surprised friend and foe with an unprecedentedly sharp attack on the monetary system and the banks. Since then, everyone has been convinced: Less power for the commercial banks! A stone had been thrown into the pond… 10 years later, NOTHING has changed. It's gotten much worse. But what turns out: We are on the cusp of a huge change. The Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) is currently being developed. With this new monetary system, power will shift from private banks to the central bank. Finally, good news! Ironically: nobody knows about it. High time for an inevitable sequel, in which THE SEDUCERS will get to the bottom of things with razor-sharp precision. Because is CBDC all good news? We don't want to be ripped off again 10 years later!
Registration of the theater revue of the same name by Alex Klaasen and Martine Sandifort. 'Volgend jaar lach je d'r om' has won the cabaret festival Cameretten in 2000 and was also awarded the Pall Mall Export Prize in 2000.
The 14-year-old Malak, Celia, and Jae travel with their parents to southern France for a summer without school, homework or daily duties. At the campsite, they can be who they want to be and do whatever they want. One looks for the company of her peers, the other withdraws into the online world with her smartphone and the third stays permanently in touch with her boyfriend. Intimate, dreamy, and recognizable documentary about infatuation, insecurity, and that complex period between childhood and adulthood
A documentary about two queer friends and activists from Rotterdam, Sam and Lee, want to work for a better world. But with so much injustice in the world they want to fight for, how do they take care of their own well-being?