Discoveries from Netherlands World Cinema

The Alblasserwaard is a beautiful classic old Dutch meadow area, where you will find vast meadows, lakes, long ditches, windmills and lots of wild animals. It is the habitat of black-tailed godwits, purple herons, hares, barnacle geese, roe deer, moor frogs, marsh harriers and argus butterflies. We follow these animals at defining moments in their lives and discover the challenges they face in order to survive.

Actress Ayşegül deals with her visual handicap after living with it for 32 years.

A short creative documentary about Max, a young non-binary person was born in a female body but struggles to connect with their femininity. In this short docu, Max is searching for ways to express their feminine side, by experimenting with drag. We follow them, in the both euphoric and emotional challenging process, of transforming from Max to their drag personality Maxi-Pad, and from Maxi-Pad back to everyday Max.

An erotic cosmic love story between three transing beings whose desire unfolds across time and space.

An antelope remembers why he became a trucker.

She’s not stupid, she gets what’s going on—Ria tells her niece Anneke that she knows she's “heading towards dementia.” That’s why she hangs up notes to remind herself that Anneke has just been to New York and they can chat about that. “Terrible, isn't it? I think I’ll have another glass of wine.”

After getting stung by a nettle Sarah finds that scratching, whilst providing relief, has destructive results.

A film by Youngblood – 48 Hour Film Project Eindhoven

When Jonas makes a bet with his friends to get a nude photo, he doesn't know what the consequences will be.

In remarkable footage from 1993 of a conference in Barcelona, participants like Frank Gehry discuss groundbreaking ideas in architecture.

A love tattoo is done in no time, but what do you do with the tattoo when the love is over? Frans Bromet goes in search of the stories behind the tattoo during Valentine's week.

A short discussion about the positive and negative aspects of life and why you should keep moving forward.

Two girls in love make it their mission to kill perverts.

Short Dutch animation film.

Contribution to the 11-episode film "Vitaal Filmen", focusing on the cultural significance of the long hair of the filmmaker.

A woman whose brother is dying, a singer from Cape Verde, and an astronaut in space all experience different kinds of loss and realize how much they cherish what is about to disappear.

Exelixis is a project that started with the exploration of evolution and its comparison with the biological phenomena in the fictional worlds of Pokémon and Digimon.

A poetic film about a magical-realist painting in the house of an elderly woman. The film, a refined game that plays with the concepts of time, place, and space, was produced under the motto ‘what you see is not what you see.’

At the age of twenty-three Joris writes his first novel and starts filming himself while opening letters from publishing houses. He receives nothing but rejections letters, but keeps on writing. Eight novels in seventeen years. No one wants to publish his work, but he keeps on filming. He turns out documenting the distance between who he wants to be and who he actually is.

Three waves, two lockdowns, and a huge attention deficit later, Xander De Rycke is ready to share his thoughts with you again. In the continuation and expansion of this coronavirus special, he talks about his experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic and the lockdowns in our country. The perfect opportunity to have a good laugh at that virus and all its consequences. On stage at OLT Rivierenhof, Xander talks at length about corona etiquette, erection-enhancing drugs, how he himself fell victim to the virus, and that time he lost his temper in the supermarket. Enough material to give you a fit of laughter. De Rycke started performing the show in the summer of 2020, but eventually had to shut it down due to the second lockdown. The new lockdown(s) gave the comedian enough material to make 'Uitgerust & Immuun' even more extensive, with the real 2.0 version.

A lively City Symphony showing daily life in the lost city center of inter-war Rotterdam, alternating the poor life in the slums with the rapid, modern, and rich city life that lies beyond the end of the alley.

Animated film about Port number 9830 on the Maasvlakte, Rotterdam. The natural and technological landscapes of the port area come together in an abrasive way. Captured with a homemade camera with a handblown-glass camera eye, its lens filled with seawater. It produces miraculous time-space deformations.

During dance class, Stella does everything she can to win the solo, but her insecurity makes her lose her grip on reality.

Maxje leaves for France on impulse. He is done with his old life and thinks he can become a movie star in France. On his way, he is confronted with a number of issues. Is Maxje on the run from himself?

A feeder is getting bored with his current project.

A wonderful clip to promote the Chinese-Indian restaurant industry.

Documentary about the life of an 11-year-old girl. She spends a lot of time on her hobby, synchronized swimming. The rest of her time she spends on school, shopping and playing with friends.

This documentary about South Limburg consists of four parts that were produced in 1918 for the Dutch School Film Committee. In 1919, the four films were combined under the title Limburg in Pictures, along with the film Coal mining in limburg. The film Maastricht includes footage of the River Maas, the crowded city centre, and the St. Pietersburg Plateau. Agriculture and cattle in Limburg shows the rolling countryside with its farmhouses as well as a draft-horse competition show. The Marl Industry features the marl quarrying industry in the province. Valkenburg and its surroundings features a train journey from Bemelen to the ‘Quadripoint’ near Vaals.

A animated short film which shows glimpses of my life in my country of birth, before moving to another country at age 9.

An intimate journey of an astronaut going up into space, guided by metaphors from the life below.

Short film.

Threatened with eviction, the inhabitants of an alternative community give one last party to simultaneously mourn and celebrate the end of their beloved space.

Elderly brothers Pierre and Willie Pittie still live together in their parental home in Bemelen, and are members of almost every local club. The small village of Bemelen resides five kilometres away from Maastricht and gradually changes under pressure of city officials and the rising tourist industry. A loving portrait of a small Limburg community against the backdrop of big, societal changes.

When a young Gambian returns to his home country after having lived illegally in Babylon, Europe, he is changed far more than his family had wished for…

Realistic images of New York alternate with surrealistic indoor shots and posing fashion models, with references to aphroditism and transvestism.

There is friction in the water. An entity of the environment but also a constant subject of manipulation. When water became a ‘thing’ that you can buy in a bottle, something changed. L’eau Faux is an experimental film with animation, puppeteering and actors.

A black comedy about a 30-year-old student in an identity crisis. After an intense drug night with his girlfriend, he prepares for the first meeting with his in-laws in their dorm. However, when his girlfriend gets sick from previous night's drugs just before the meeting, this meeting turns out differently than planned.

In a Belgian monastery, the last three Sisters Norbertienen and their Pomeranian, Skippy, prepare for the festive season.

Captivating portrait of one of the first Turkish immigrants in the Dutch cultural sector, interviewed by his daughter amid a colourful fashion collection inspired by his life. About the complexity of migration, revolving around a migrant who never thought migrating was complicated.

Willpower, a community centre and music school, is a safe haven for the needy and outcasts from society. When the centre is threatened with closure because they have to make way for urban development, the question arises: Can they find the willpower to preserve their beloved place?

Documentary about a writer diagnosed with multiple sclerose and a neuroscientist looking for a cure.

They have just arrived in Brussels. Newly arrived immigrants from Syria, Irak, Morocco... that will have to follow a mandatory integration course in Flanders, called « inburgering ».

Poverty, Demolition and Waterlooplein 1962/1964