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Acclaimed Dutch choreographer Jiri Kylian presents this dance interpretation of the classic Japanese folk tale of the Moon Princess, who descends to Earth hoping to bring peace, but whose beauty instead triggers jealousy and war.
Meral (8) just moved into a new town. She tries to make friends at her new school before their autumn school camp, but this is harder than expected. At home she befriends a little mouse that lives in her new room, which she calls Peepeep. Afraid that her parents will kill Peepeep while she is away, she secretly takes him with her. Thanks to the mouse, Meral makes some unexpected new friends. When an owl catches the little mouse, Meral blames her new friends. It is not until they set out into the wild to retrieve the owl pellet with Peepeep's bones that Meral finally understands what friendship is all about. OWLS & MICE is the sequel of the successful and award-winning FROGS & TOADS, from the same writer and director Simone van Dusseldorp.
A young painter takes up French lessons with an elder lady to ensure he’ll get a grant for a French arts institute. That way he meets Anna, a beautiful married woman nursing the lady’s old father, and falls in love with her.
'Cargo' brings the raw story of three brothers who own a family business in the fishery and are trying to save it from destruction. The passion for their profession but also for their loved ones, however, drives them to desperate actions.
Eric, an intensely nihilistic yet charismatic youth, manipulates four other teen-aged misfits into a "chance" meeting at 7-Teen Sips, a local coffee shop.
This film follows the crisscrossed fortunes of, among others, a rock musician, a flight attendant, a dog walker with an alarming penchant for over-the-counter medication, and a cab driver, who doesn’t really care about his life spiralling out of control, as long as he can sit in his old Renault 12.
Two lonely people notice each other on the train. One desires the other. A yearning so big it might destroy me. Walk up that hill. Desperation.
During the unveiling of Rembrandt's The Standard Bearer in the Rijksmuseum, five masked figures storm in and take the 175 million euro artwork hostage.
A bold documentary in a measured style about the modern-day quest for meaning and personal growth.
Juke lives a seemingly happy family life on a dairy farm in Friesland. Joan, a newcomer from the city, awakens Juke's desire for freedom and adventure. She allows herself to be swept away to a new horizon beyond the dikes. Juke must choose where she truly belongs.
On November 13, 2015, three ISIS terrorists attacked the Bataclan in Paris during a concert by the American rock band Eagles of Death Metal, killing 89 music fans. Two years after this terrorist attack, documentary filmmaker Jessica Villerius speaks with key figures and relatives of the massacre.
As Gregor Samsa wakes up one morning from unsettling dreams, he finds himself transformed in his bed into a monstrous vermin.
Luka, a young and ambitious soldier, embeds himself in the legendary Fort Kairos where heroic warriors defend the remains of civilization. His hopes to serve as an elite sniper are crushed when he is assigned to maintenance and must submit to the code of Kairos: obedience-endurance-sacrifice.
The 17-year old Philip gets in a conflict with his teacher. When he visits his teacher's home to apologize, Philip meets Lida, Frits' girlfriend.
Nico and Leo are getting married. Their entire family and both their exes are in attendance. Some of these are performing musical numbers on stage. But memories of the war and the fact that Leo's mother died in a concentration camp keeps coming to the forefront.
Registration of the fourth solo program by the Dutch comedian Hans Sibbel, in which the comedian takes a look at the evolution.
Four girls discover a primitive hidden village where everybody falls asleep and all children are gone.
Frits Egters can't quite get a hold of himself. An intelligent and sensitive young man, repulsion and desillusion turned him cynical. According to Frits there should be more to life - he just doesn't know where to find it.
Pipo takes a walk in a ruin and awakens a knight who has been sleeping there for 500 years. Pipo reunites the knight with his great love, who has been waiting for him all this time. Pipo manages to keep the lovers out of the hands of Dikke Deur, Snuf, and Snuitje, who have very different plans for them. Pipo takes them to the wizard Miriardo, who must send the Knight and his beloved back to the past. Because that is where their future lies.
Documentary about the development of the national airport over the past hundred years. With conversations with relatives of aviation pioneers such as Albert Plesman and Jan Dellaert, with virtually all Schiphol directors of the past decades and with local residents.
Noah makes The Switch of her life when she is not allowed to attend Hoogland and has to compulsorily attend Lorentz. Together with her bestie Jessey, she devises a genius plan: what if they switch identities and thus schools? Everything seems to work, until she is labelled a Misfit at Hoogland. Despite her secret, will she manage to find a Misfit squad and still enter Dance United, the dance competition for schools?
2 November 2004, shortly before nine in the morning. In The Hague, the report comes in that in Amsterdam Theo van Gogh has been murdered. All warning bells start ringing. With the country in flames, sometimes literally, politicians and officials in The Hague have to neutralise all sorts of known and unknown stings, and just when Van Gogh’s cremation seems to herald a period of relative peace, a second explosion follows: the attack on the Hofstad Network in the Laakkwartier in The Hague. A reconstruction of nine days of political high tension and flying dust, a decade after the assassination of the trendsetting filmmaker and TV presenter.
Political drama follows the alleged events leading up to the wedding of Willem-Alexander and Máxima, in which Max van der Stoel must force father Zorreguieta not to attend the wedding.
A romantic comedy set around a group of Dutch youngsters in Tirol.
At his sunnet, his circumcision party, 7 year old Turkish boy Cihan, finds out that becoming a real man takes more of him, then just being circumcised.
A journalist is about to settle with his girlfriend when his life and views get shaken up by the young and beautiful Pakistani refugee Nadia. At work his ideals are more and more confronted with the harsh reality of modern urban society, while his flamboyant grandfather fights his last personal battle - a battle for his right to die.
A comedy about three woman working at a boring holiday resort and their criminal employer.
A career woman's finds her biological clock ticking heavily, making her jump to impulsive and extreme actions.
Tragic love story about the photographer and explorer Felice Beato who travelled back to Japan in 1895 to seek his former wife O-Kiku. On the way he describes in a nostalgic letter to his brother how much he yearns for his lost love O-Kiku and how impotent he feels in an ancient Japan subject to rapid change. The journey takes him to Nagasaki and Moji, Onomichi, Mount Fuji, Yokohama and Tokyo. Places he once visited with his beloved and where he now no longer understands the people. Felice...Felice... is inspired by hand-coloured nineteenth century photos taken by e.g. Felice Beato, Sjimooka Renjo and Baron von Stilfried. In this film, shot entirely in a studio, the photos depict Felice's journey. Awarded the Golden Calf for Best Feature film in 1998. (NFF)
When he came up you thought 'Ha, there it is'. And when the curtain collapsed you thought; "what a pity it is already over". This now winged statement by writer Simon Carmiggelt was spoken by him during a television commemoration on the evening of March 8, 1974, when Wim Sonneveld, one of the greatest entertainers the Netherlands has ever known, passed away. His unique theater personality, his voice, his songs and conferences, it belongs to the top of our Dutch cultural heritage. The best of his repertoire has become timeless and 28 highlights have been collected on this 2-DVD. Wim Sonneveld has remained a living and well-loved artist more than 30 years after his death. In his opening song he sings' Just pick up the canvas, turn on the light, and I'll show you what I can do ... 'On this 2dvd he shows and hears what he can do: Wim Sonneveld op z' n best!
1989. Hugo (Michael Pas) is in his first master's year economics. At the same time he is training for the 110 meter hurdles. And he has another sport: chasing girls. But when his latest catch (Antje De Boeck) suddenly disappears, he's obsessively starts looking for her. She seems to have ended up in an idyllic, utopian countryhouse.
An overview of the rise and fall of the Knights Templar. A medieval military/religious order with allegiance to no country but only the Pope.
Mientje comes from an ordinary working class family. Her father's alcoholism threatens to put an end to her engagement to Herman, her well to do fiancée. When her parents divorce, Mientje comes into conflict with her future mother-in-law. A grim but ultimately hopeful look at marital problems, poverty, lost love and alcoholism in a working class neighbourhood in Amsterdam.
After losing sight of each other for 25 years, the paths of three childhood friends cross paths. It concerns successful conductor Victor Slingeland, successful writer Sander Vastenhout and general practitioner Bert Duprez. Slingeland enjoys a reputation as a womanizer. This intrigues Vastenhout who, as is often the case with authors, is without inspiration. Vastenhout sees the unraveling of Slingeland's complex personality as possible new material for a novel. With the help of Dr. Duprez, Vastenhout tries to find out about Slingeland's secret by imitating his behavior and thus challenging him.
An experimental docu-fiction short from hours of collected material shot by the director. Different scenes, from drunk parties with friends to shots of the Dutch landscape during a train ride, are cut together to see if a narrative story can be constructed from nothing but randomly shot footage.
Sammy Raes, a nice, naive law-freshman from a simple family, dies in a form of hazing known as the 'flying carpet'. The father of the arrogant fraternity president Guy Bogaerts who ordered this reckless procedure abuses his connections to prevent a judicial homicide conviction, while the college authorities prefer to avoid a scandal in the press. However Sammy's freshmen friends Tom Smits and Denn
A mother attempts to reconnect with her jihadist son when he is allowed to await his trial at home with her.
Three women struggle, cursing, laughing and telling each other the truth. Each with their own phase of motherhood and its effect on their lives.
It seems that misdeeds by inhabitants of the Dutch provinces make for believable stories, whether they are mysteries by Willem van de Wettering, or psychological thrillers by Simon Vestdijk, who wrote the book this film is based on. In the story, set in the 1950s, Hendrik Grond (Gijs Scholten van Aschat) has a good law practice, and a happy marriage which has produced a son. He is so contented that his world is completely shattered when, undetected, he catches his wife in bed with his law firm's senior partner. In fact, he has become quietly unhinged, and he arranges a series of "accidents" to ensure his revenge - becoming involved in the local underworld in the process. Will he succeed in committing a series of "perfect" crimes, or will the police inspector (Johan Simons) investigating these incidents get wise?
This is the third movie from the "Mijn Vader is een Detective" film series.
Rico is a friendly good guy, enjoying life to the fullest with his wife and two kids. Nothing is too crazy since he won 100 million in the lottery 15 years ago, until the credit cards stop working.
At a dusty crossroads in the desert city of Niamey, Niger, a crippled beggar is sitting in his wheelchair. He is Philippe Koudjina, who was once a successful photographer. In 1960s during the euphoria that followed independence, young people danced the twist and rock ‘n’ roll. Koudjina took snapshots and made a good living. Now, his negatives are decaying in a rusty cabinet. These snapshots now have artistic value. In Paris and New York, large sums are paid for photography like this. There is hope for Koudjina as two French connoisseurs are now trying to launch his work on the art circuit.
Young musician Suus is nicknamed 'Roodkapje' for her perpetual red hat. After a local talent show, her career takes off. Overwhelmed, she and her pianist Jasper de Jager employ manager Wolf Uitenbosch. How will this modern fairy tale end?
Amsterdam-based actor Bilal Wahib (1999) is a rising star who worked his way up from poverty and special education to Shooting Star at the Berlinale. Everyone embraces this golden boy. The night before receiving the Edison Award, he starts a livestream. Due to an ill-chosen joke, the internet explodes and heroism is swapped for banishment. Based on in-depth interviews with Bilal and the people around him, archive footage and rehearsal scenes, we gain insight in Bilal's life then - and now.
Experienced detective August is given the heavy responsibility of solving a series of murders of young girls. He is convinced that Frank, a mild-mannered biology teacher and key witness in the case, is the real culprit.
A close-knit group of friends gather in French Burgundy to finally scatter ashes of their dead friend. When the widow unexpectedly brings her new boyfriend, the weekend takes a turn, and all friendships and relationships are put on edge.
A fragmented portrayal of three homeless young adults who are heading to southern Europe in search of money, love and happiness.
In the Belgian hamlet of Verbrande Brug, former lovers Monique and Louis reconnect at a carnival, stirring up drama with their current partners.
Bijlmer Odyssey is a romantic comedy about two young lovers who were made for each other. Lost and separated from each other in a labyrinth of high-rise flats, they become entangled in comical adventures and meet colourful locals who ultimately help them find each other again. With a nod to the classical Odyssey of Homer, this heart-warming, big-city comedy of errors provides an unusual and enchanting view of the Bijlmer, a low-income estate district on the outskirts of Amsterdam.
A perfect, fast and hilarious montage. Using images from Artis (Amsterdam Zoo), Bert Haanstra shows that a couple of similarities can be discovered between human and animal. Particularly the manner in which human and ape are confronted with each other, is significant. The images speak for themselves, human voices or commentary is absent. The ironic music of Pim Jacobs does add an extra dimension to the whole. With regards to human and animal Haanstra limits himself for the time being to this short film, recorded with a hidden camera. Later on, in several big films, he would return to this subject.
Fourteen-year-old Mara hires Max the detective to track down her missing mother. However, Max's son Sam and his friend Ortwin are very concerned because Max doesn't realize that Mara is a witch. Sam and Ortwin do everything they can to expose Mara.
A short film documenting Kurdish-Dutch singer Naaz Mohammad’s return to music.
In the animation, Alfred Hitchcock appears as an assassin of Marco Pando in the streets of Cajamarca. The weapon of the “serial Killer Hitch” is the blade, the instrument that the artist Pando uses for scratching on film.
An short anti-cruise missile film created in collaboration with a group of filmmakers.
A young & happily married couple, Mark and Rebecca, are living in a remote countryside farm. When Rebecca dies in a disastrous road accident, Mark loses all his will to live and spends the next following days chain-smoking and visiting his late wife's grave at the cemetery. There, a ravishing woman approaches him and even invites him to a romantic dinner at her place. Unfortunately for Mark, the woman – Colette – has serious mental issues and she's completely subjected to the will of her deranged psychiatrist. Dr. Bernhardt's "therapy" causes Colette to dig up fresh cadavers; only to mutilate them and even have carnal intercourse with them!
When ex-colleague Peter de Beer is killed, detective De Cock is facing the ultimate challenge. Peter’s daughter Michaelle, a witness of the murder, is in shock and cannot help De Cock. But, does the killer also know this? Out of precaution De Cock takes the little crown witness under his wings. To his regrets he concludes that his past pursues him. The trail is leading to a couple of old-India travelers. These old but very tough men already prevented him to solve a murder case years ago. Also this time they try whatever is in their power to keep the murder covered up.
In this electrifying journey filmmaker Vincent Boy Kars will try to understand in fiction how he became the person he is now, and who he wants to be in the future. The film challenges the very fabric of identity, eagerly pondering the possibilities of personal transformation. Can one truly break free from the weight of their own story?