Discoveries from Netherlands World Cinema

The film follows Alice's psychosis and surreal journey, critical of simple solutions to mental health problems. Inspired by homeless and youth care in The Hague.

Personally, I find myself Living in the in between interval, experiencing an exploratory, restless movement of discovering this void of nothingness. I have been experiencing this nothingness on several levels, first on the Local level; as Beirut is passing through a phase of physical and economical reconstruction after a devastating civil war. The second is on the Regional level; as the Middle East is passing through a transitional period and a major change in powers. The third is on the international level; as the world is passing through a metamorphosis of globalization that will redefine power distribution.

Whilst observing a quiet high school student navigating isolation and bullying, an unexpected classmate begins to notice that something isn't quite right.

Victims of sexual violence may freeze out of fear, failing to say 'no'. Jamie Reuter explores how we can better talk about boundaries and consent.

Two mothers lovingly raised Afra. Growing up felt like a safe pink bubble to her. But this bubble burst when she discovered the obstacles her parents had to overcome to have a child. For example, one mother did not exist legally for 12 years, and 30 years later this is still the reality for multi-parent families. When Afra heard this, she became determined to tell the story of these families. This documentary shows what happens to you when you fall outside the 'standard' picture of a family. In the film we follow Afra, and her two mothers, two multi-parent families, the experts Henny Bos (professor of Sexual and Gender Diversity in Youth), Sara Coster (board member Meer dan Gewenst and child wish coach) and former D66 member of parliament Lisa van Ginneken.

Four people without legal residence permits are looking for a job in Brussels. For 11 minutes, we take a seat in the van that transports them to an unknown destination.

After digging a tunnel on the beach two kids from different sides of the world meet each other. Together, they dig their way to the North Pole where they discover a magical way to go back home.

Eloi Youssef (former lead singer Kensington) and Lakshmi (singer-songwriter) each travel with their own father to the country where their roots lie. An intimate documentary about dealing with your past, the relationship with your parents and finding your own 'tone of voice' as a person and artist.

When Aurora moves out she meets with her best friend Freya one last time, before their friendship changes forever.

When a woman puts on one of her hats to hide her bald head, memories of a painful period suddenly re-surface into reality. She and the viewer are pulled into a journey full of fear, doubt and hope. This autobiographical, animated portrait draws on fable and real-life experience to evoke intimately the far-reaching effects of a serious illness in progress. The film mixes drawings, photographs, models, objects and paintings.

The entire documentary by Kees Jongkind about the Belkin team during the 2013 Tour de France.

A film by Tim Wes

In the midst of a blue-violet tinted mountain range are the remains of a lonely pavilion. Accompanied by the music of Max Cooper, this setting becomes the stage of a dance performance – in which our hands play the leading roles. Intuitively we let the rhythm take them over, move them playfully, form graceful gestures. At this hypnotic place everything is possible for the dancers.

The burka is not only an item of clothing, but has also become a symbol for the reprehensible nature of the orthodox Islamic faith: anonymity, submission and oppression of women. In this short graphic dance film, however, the burka has a life of its own and plays with fear of Islam.

The story is about an eight-year-old boy, Zese, who came to visit his girlfriend Mercedes, but cannot decide to explain to her why he came, and Mercedes offers to play catch-up on the carpet. While playing, the children, together with imaginary friends, overcome dangerous obstacles, and then Mercedes learns that Zese has come to say goodbye.

Mandarin Ducks could be defined as a "black comedy" in which the artists comment on the neo-liberal climate of Western society at the beginning of the 21st century. In a succession of tableau-like scenes, we follow the twists and turns in the relations of ten individuals gathered in an apartment on a warm Sunday evening. In a stylized and fragmentary story that unfolds via monologues and dialogues charged with repressed hostility or unconcealed jealousy and bitterness, the artists explore the areas of tension between people, in particular those domains where social and political conflicts find their reflection in the personal.

The tragic effects of incest on a young girl. Possibly one of the first films made on a home pc. It was executed on the (now defunct) Amiga written entirely to floppy disks, before hard drives were available, using DeluxePaint software, in its proprietary halfbrite mode, which allowed users to use 64 colors, 32 of which were half-bright versions of the the other 32.

One of five animated fairy tales with a twist.

How do you reinvent yourself when your partner goes through a change? This task awaits Corrie. Her partner Ashley is in transition from male to female. Increasingly, Corrie wonders to what extent she can follow her partner's transition. She will have to search for who she herself is deep inside to come to an answer. Corrie wants a relationship in which her partner is mainly there for her, and not just for herself. She feels short-changed and she is done with that. With her best friend Jet, she can pour her heart out and is encouraged to keep thinking of herself as well. Yet it is not all doom and gloom. The changes offer surprising new insights into the relationship and about themselves. Hidden flaws and dormant desires for self-fulfillment surface. The new situation offers opportunities for a clean slate and reinvention of herself. It also brings Corrie and Ashley closer together at unexpected times, in ways that might not have been possible before the change.

A mix between a short film and a commercial and also the first Dutch production filmed with the brand new '2perf' 35mm camera from the famous camera brand Aaton: the Penelope.

For more than 30 years, my father has been travelling from Georgia to Germany or the Netherlands to buy second-hand cars, preferably Mercedes Sprinter vans. He packs them full of bicycles and furniture such as used leather sofas, chairs and tables. For some years now, he has also been buying scrap cars. He dismantles them into their components, which he sends to Georgia by container, often on behalf of Georgian wholesalers. Then my father drives 4,800 kilometres back to Georgia in a Sprinter alone. Spare parts and second-hand goods from Europe are valuable enough in Georgia to sell them for a small profit, despite the high cost of travel. This is how my father earns his living in the international flow of goods—under difficult conditions: hard physical work, health hazards, separation from his family and poor accommodations.

Due to a new bridge, the skipper of a ferryboat is suddenly without passengers. A coot looking for stuff for its nest provides a solution.

Registration of the fifth solo show by the Dutch comedian Thomas van Luyn.

In encounters with colourful scientists and villagers, 'Neutrino' shows how the elusive elementary particle called “neutrino” manages to bridge the gap between international scientific research and daily life in a mountain village, between the invisible quantum world and tangible reality, and between the will to know and the magic of not-knowing.

In China, beekeeping is an ancient and traditional profession. Every spring, beekeepers migrate huge distances with their bees in search of the best nectar to harvest the highest quality honey. Relying on the changing seasons and fluctuating temperatures, making a living is becoming increasingly difficult in this traditional industry. Flower Chasers follows the journey of young beekeeper Xiaolong and his family as they travel across China in search of flowers and honey, witnessing the precarious living conditions beekeepers face, along with the threat of an ecological crisis.

Party celebrating the thirtieth anniversary of the soap Family in the Lotto Arena.

Fisherman Simon returns to his native village of Boka Sarantonio with his Colombian wife Adelaida after many years away. His absence has changed him so much that the villagers become convinced that Adelaida has brought a curse upon the village. To avert it, barmaid Rosoura enlists the help of brua, with fatal consequences.