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Burdened with debt trauma, Mermans is murdered as the wife of Dingenen, a tired, unemployed man in his forties. All suspicions fall on him, but ultimately everything works out in this film adaptation of Aster Berkhof's novel of the same name.
A forty-year-old man loses his work and is unemployed. There is a continual coming and going between uncomfortable in his own skin unemployed person, his mistress - a middle-class - and an exuberant and fragile girl.
Qlimax is the biggest Hardstyle event in the Benelux held in Arnhem for 30.000 hardstyle fans. Fausto, DJ Ghost, Brennan Heart, Showtek, Headhunterz, Zany & The Prophet, Neophyte - hostet by Mc Ruffian.
Recording of the hilarious comedy show "Gabbers" with Jandino Asporaat, Philippe Geubels, Roue Verveer, and Guido Weijers. In no fewer than four sold-out shows, these top comedians recently brought the house down at the Ziggo Dome. It's high time the rest of the Netherlands got to enjoy the acts of this foursome too. The show features a variety of comedy, with the gentlemen showing an unknown side of themselves in addition to stand-up comedy.
Folk comedy about a market vendor who happens to have a double who's a doctor causing the necessary confusion.
Having lost her parents, Milou is in mourning. Little sympathy is shown by her long lost siblings, who seek to claim their inheritance.
A well-to-do white family struck by overnight financial ruin struggle to find their place in the urban, multicultural working-class neighborhood they are forced to move into.
Feature film about the life of Aletta Jacobs (1854-1929). Aletta Jacobs knows from an early age that she wants to become a doctor. She asks Thorbecke to allow her to attend university and, after completing her studies, becomes the first female doctor in Amsterdam. Here, she focuses in particular on sexual problems in women and campaigns for universal suffrage. Director Nouchka van Brakel appears in the film as an interviewer who questions contemporaries about the life and work of Dr. Jacobs. The interviews give an impression of the flood of negative reactions that the feminist provoked. However, when Aletta looks back on her life at the end of the film, many photos and letters show how much she was ultimately appreciated.
A young couple - she a director, he an actor - head for a crisis when she asks him to play the leading role in her movie about racism.
Through divorce, adoption and second marriages, none of the children in the Van Wijk family have the same biological parents.
In Endtrip we enter the mind of a drug overdosed girl and go on a journey through her subconsciousness.
In 2002, a woman from the Pakistani countryside named Mukhtar Mai made world headlines. After the rumour that her 12-year-old brother was having a relationship with a woman from another clan, Mukhtar was gang-raped by order of the village council. Instead of committing suicide, she spoke out and the six men were sentenced to death, although five of them were eventually acquitted. Against all the codes of her society, Mukhtar took her case to the Supreme Court. After the Rape doesn't comment on the outcome of her case. What the film does show is the environment that the assertive Muhktar managed to create in the wake of the incident.
Against a backdrop of Gaasbeek castle, the residence of the Count of Egmont, Meyer pays homage to a desire for freedom and a zest for life. The desire for freedom behind the Netherlands' resistance to the Inquisition and the repressive politics of Philipp II and the zest for life shown by the people of the Netherlands. Goethe's text is a fitting accompaniment to this ode to freedom and justice and against cruelty and oppression.
While charismatic Hobi is out with his infant son during their weekly daddy day, he tries to sell his car, against his own wishes. Driven by a deep desire to move back to Aruba, and believing he can still save his marriage, he first has to settle some outstanding debts. But during the day, Hobi becomes increasingly entangled in his own excuses and will have to make a difficult choice.
Criminal Frans Weeling realizes, after he has a revelation on the island Texel, he is only another link in the chain of the whole universe. This idea enlightens him, but also conflicts with his position and perspectives in the underworld.
Psychological drama about a seemingly happy couple who model themselves on everything television and lifestyle magazines prescribe for them. They appear content with their lives, until the cosmetics they have used to coat their illusory existence begin to crack. And then everything that seems self-evident begins to shift.
A notorious kidnapper has struck again. While a girl was on her way home from school, the kidnapper managed to abduct her. Detective Lucas Fonck is investigating the case and is gathering information from various residents in the neighborhood where the girl lives. His first interview takes place at the home of a man named Wout de Jonge, and during the interview, both men begin to realize that there is more to the other than meets the eye.
A couple spends the night burning their daughter's posessions
Let the magic of Christmas warm you up as you sing and dance to delightful carols, romantic waltzes and beautiful melodies like Jingle Bells, O Holy Night and Hallelujah. There is also a breathtaking performance of the classic Walking in the Air and much more! Marvel at the sumptuous palace decorations, with 150 beautiful chandeliers, over 50 Venetian candelabras and huge arched windows that illuminate a cheerful wintry landscape of ice rinks and ice skaters.
Jade (19) lives with her two friends Rex and Bo in a secluded mobile home, surrounded by a dense conifer hedge. Under Rex’ direction, Jade follows a strict regime, but at night Bo tempts her to break out of it. Meanwhile an unknown woman makes frantic attempts to get through to Jade. Which only adds to her confusion.
Najib, a young Moroccan born in The Netherlands, has just graduated from law school and aspires to get his master's degree. Because his older brother is being arrested for criminal activities, Najib is now required to take care of his family overnight. Events are jostling in his life. He abandons his studies and fails to meet the needs on his own. Being on the verge of despair, he is approached by Brahim who offers him help. The latter will exploit the of vulnerability and finally convinces him to fight the "holy war".
Detested Unrested Attested Arrested' is a video work that deals with the topic of pressure. We constantly have to face pressure In our everyday lives: to perform at school or work, to conform, to fit in, and the pressure that we create for ourselves. 'Detested Unrested Attested Arrested' confronts these points of pressure and looks at how they influence an individual. In a semi-biographical rap performance, different facets of pressure are being explored; like the pressure that comes with the success of your peers, exploring or coming to terms with your own sexuality and the constantly intensifying pressure of unfinished work and overdue deadlines. 'Detested Unrested Attested Arrested' is both minimal in presentation as well as extravagant in its usage of effects.
The Manadonese Senna is about to embark on her first journey to explore her roots in Indonesia. A week before her departure, she attempts to connect with her mother Annie and other family members. Her efforts fail one by one, until she reveals a secret. Will Senna be able to break through her mother’s silence?
Documentary on the different stages in the development from caterpillar to butterfly.
A slow, continuous zoom focuses on the Armenian mountains above an ancient riverbed, while the voices of two demons echo off-screen. Inspired by Michael Snow’s Wavelength, a hallucinatory meditation on disappearance.
"SCRAP" follows the story of Peter, a selfish harbor worker, who is prevented from committing a desperate act by the AI of his ex-wife's car. As the car becomes more self-aware than Peter, he is forced to reconsider his way of thinking.
TV movie based on the clearing of the Jewish psychiatric hospital "Het Apeldoornse Bosch" on 23 January 1943.
Sinterklaas plans to celebrate his birthday lavishly. This year, he's coming to the Netherlands for the hundredth time, and that's reason for a big party. He wants every child in the Netherlands to receive an extra present this year. At the same time, the Pieten (Black Petes) plan to surprise Sinterklaas with a big party, culminating in a special performance by one of the Netherlands' most famous artists. Robbie Reuzel, whose birthday is also on December 5th, hears about Sinterklaas's grand plans and becomes furious. After all, it's not the first time his birthday has been ruined by Pakjesavond (Santa's Eve). He devises a plan to outwit Sinterklaas, taking advantage of his witty neighbor, among other things. Will Robbie Reuzel succeed in thwarting Pakjesavond, or will the Pieten smell a rat and save the Sinterklaas celebration?
A Ghanaian crown prince living in Amsterdam finds himself torn between his royal familial responsibilities and his daily life as the self-made head of a prosperous cleaning company.
Two old friends separated by war meet again after many years.
In a virtual reality simulation that allows people to relive precious moments, a young woman is unintentionally confronted with deeply suppressed memories of her first true but lost love.
Rika is a lonely prostitute who finds support and love from the drug-dealing and single mother Dewy. When a traumatic incident with a client occurs where one of them ends up in prison, their relationship is put to the test.
A 1998 Dutch documentary about Klaus Mann, the son of novelist Thomas Mann. An openly bisexual writer who spent World War II in Amsterdam, Klaus suffered from depression, marginalization, and drug addiction; he attempted suicide several times and died in his early 40s, though his famous father was too busy doing a reading for Swedish radio to attend his son’s funeral.
A young woman’s naked body lies inertly on a kitchen floor. With the paint all flaked off and the trash in the garden, her house looks deserted at first glance. The atmosphere is ominous. In a nearby wood, a man calls his beautiful white, almost translucent dog. The man and woman’s paths cross at a copy shop, where the introverted woman’s peculiar physical obsession manifests itself.
Wout is a competition cyclist, a mountain climber, and a student at the film academy; Joost is an artist with a substantial track record. This film tells the story of their difficult relationship, seen from the perspective of the younger brother, who is not afraid to dish up a good share of self-mockery. “My brother thinks that once in a lifetime, everyone should take apart an engine block,” we hear him say in the voiceover. Next, we see Wout grapple with a towel and a pile of engine parts, while his older brother irritably lectures him from a distance. When Wout scales the slopes of the Himalayas with his camera, he comes to the point of making an important decision about his life.
Sweder Speelman leads a successful life with his wife Cecile. But he realizes he's a spectator of his own life. Sweder decides to disappear to see how Cecile responds to his absence. As he observes his wife, he loses touch with reality.
A documentary about the Number 1 of Darts, Michael van Gerwen.
Actress and writer Nazmiye Oral discusses with her Turkish mother everything that was previously not discussed in the family. In stylized recordings, the women show extreme frankness. The viewer witnesses what the integration process looks like within this Turkish family, making it clear what the process of dialogue, misunderstanding and alienation yields within the intimacy of immigrant families. The understandable pain of this family about the modern life of their daughter gets an accessible face.
Nightmarish animation with a great soundtrack, about dreams and sacrifice. By well-known Dutch multitalented director Rosto. Made in France. Rosto, one of the most extravagant and famous animators from the Netherlands, had to finance this film in France. Lonely Bones is a hallucinogenic film about dreams and making sacrifices. 'Hail! To all the souls-oh. Hiding on rotting floors. Little did they know that they would make today.' (Rosto) Screened before Frankenstein's Army.
Stage registration of the theatre program by Theatre Rotterdam. Snorro, the masked avenger, takes on the dastardly regime of El Commandante. Meanwhile, a bounty hunter has arrived in the village of Burrito, where Don Jose lives; waiting on a marriage he doesn't want and coping with identity issues.
Around 1860 in the Kempen region. Baas Gansendonck, the landlord of a village inn, feels far superior to the farmers and imagines himself to be of noble birth. His daughter Liza has always remained simple, but suddenly he finds her fiancé Karel, the brewer's son, beneath her. Gansendonck tries to marry his daughter to the baron, but after a fight to save Liza's honor, Karel ends up in prison. Meanwhile, Liza wastes away with grief.