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A wordless experimental collage of impressions and moods. Grainy fragments of landscapes, flakes whirl in the wind. Fog and mist, shadows of people in the city and by the water… Silhouettes that fade and turn into pure light and shadow until we discern the specks and scratches on the film strip itself. Sometimes, for a fraction of a second, a face, a person. A film as a memory that eludes us.
After the loss of his father, Sammy embarks on a journey to understand him better through the stories of various men. "Fathers Are Also Sons" is a visual testament of this personal journey toward connection.
A short film about the sweet intimacy and destructive power of social media - told from the point of view of a smartphone.
When all the adults fail to act, 12-year-old Auke decides to rescue his best friend Serwin (12), who is threatened with deportation. But Auke soon discovers that a successful rescue does not necessarily lead to freedom.
Documentary filmmaker Marijn Poels is in search of humanity's primal code. In the second part of his trilogy, he unravels the genetically embedded principles and instincts we have neglected through the ravages of time. A compelling and mind-boggling quest of how certain stories, frequencies, and intentional programs suppress our perceptions, and block our path to humanity. Poels seeks a connection to the primal principles of nature, which are the key to understanding and reclaiming the inner light of who we are.
The Sion monastery in Netherlands can hold 120 monks, but only 8 remained in 2013. Together, the remaining group bands together to help build their community back up. Their journey leads the monks to the Island of the Grey Monks.
Linde and Thomas had a one-night stand last night. Today, the day after, they spend a morning together.
In Tussenland kruisen de paden van twee 'ontheemden': de illegaal in Nederland verblijvende jonge Soedanees Majok en de bejaarde, in zichzelf gekeerde oud-militair Jakob. Ondanks de onderlinge verschillen herkennen zij zichzelf in elkaar. Beiden dragen hun verleden als een last met zich mee. Jakob lijdt onder het verlies van zijn vrouw en is nooit in het reine gekomen met zijn oorlogservaringen in Nederlands Indië. Majok draagt de last van de 'vergeten oorlog' in zijn vaderland en de heimwee naar zijn geboortedorp dat hij is ontvlucht. Uit hun ontmoeting putten ze de kracht om afscheid te nemen van hun verleden, zodat hun onverwachte vriendschap weer zicht geeft op een toekomst.
Abbey Road, The Beatles' last album, was released on September 26, 1969. Abbey Road became a great final creative explosion - which, like predecessors Magical Mystery Tour, Sgt Pepper and The White Album, was never played live by The Beatles themselves.
Teenager Kristopher feels relieved about his coming-out, which as yet seems to bring him more advantages than disadvantages.
A young man in a tram is asking a bit too much from a stranger.
In kiss kiss bang bang, a cinematic love portrait composed of home videos, photographs, diary entries, audio recordings and interviews, director Ollie Launspach explores the impact of his gender transition on his girlfriend, Sterre Mulder. As he attempts to make sense of her emotional world, the chaos within his own mind becomes increasingly apparent.
While a large painting of a naked woman is being transported from the studio to the exhibition, she seems to fall victim to a harsh and masculine outside world.
Diaphony is a short animated documentary following three people who share their experiences of the pandemic. Each handles this difficult time in their own way, but it turns out that they share the same way of finding comfort through music.
The full solo performance of Floor Jansen, recorded live on September 3rd, 2021 at a sold-out AFAS in Amsterdam. This recording was made possible by Floor Jansen fans who crowdfunded this production. This show was moved five times after being initially planned for March 24, 2020 and selling out in less than 24 hours. During this show Floor Jansen performs songs from her entire career, spanning After Forver, Revamp, Northward & Nightwish as well as songs she performed at the Dutch TV Show, Beste Zangers. 01 - Ever Dream 02 - Storm In A Glass 03 - Nemo 04 - Mama 05 - Sweet Curse (ft. Henk Poort) 06 - Dangerous Game (ft. Henk Poort) 07 - Euphoria 08 - Face Your Demons 09 - Winner 09 - Slow, Love, Slow 10 - Shallow 11 - Strong 12 - Élan 13 - Energize Me 14 - Que Se Siente 15 - Bridle Passion 16 - Out Decades In The Sun 17 - Let It Go 18 - Wolf And Dog 19 - The Phantom of the Opera (ft. Henk Poort)
Stand up comedian Javier Guzman talks you through the year 2021.
Film from the collection of EYE (Amsterdam).
Andre Rieu and the Johann Strauss Vienna Orchestra will fill your home with a Home for the Holidays concert. This is not just a concert - it is a fancy-dress musical performance filmed in the castle of Maastricht, in the maestro's homeland, a fantastic show with an amazing sound.
Dutch entertainer Claudia de Breij takes the stage for a wide-ranging New Year's Eve performance.
Tones of experimental music lead us into the National Museum of Ethnology in Leiden. An extensive collection of exotic masks is hanging on the walls while the night watchman makes his rounds. But not for long: the masks are waiting for the moment when they can reveal their imposing selves to the viewer. A collection of masks from different parts of the world shows its true face: shocking, charming or sinister. Max de Haas brings the faces to life through his camera-eye. Impressive light-and-dark effects and a chaotic music track enable the masques to tell their own stories, even when nobody is wearing them.
Two lonely brothers and two failed artists.
O AMOR NATURAL is a documentary film about the erotic poetry of one of the greatest Latin American poets of the 20th century, the Brazilian Carlos Drummond de Andrade (1902-1987). The erotic poems of Carlos Drummond de Andrade, a household name in Brazil, remained unpublished during his lifetime, as he feared they would be deemed pornographic. In this celebration of his poetry and sensual vision, elderly residents of Rio read his poems and comment on their graphic, voluptuous imagery with tremendous candor and enthusiasm.
Registration of the fourth theatre program by the Dutch comedy duo (Erik) van Muiswinkel and (Diederik) van Vleuten. The comedy duo broke up after their last program: Van Vleuten has started a second-hand bookstore and seeks solitude. The TV-personality Van Muiswinkel regularly visits his intellectual friend and gradually takes on increasingly insane guises.
A Long Goodbye tells the story of Ida, a 72-year-old pianist living with dementia. In this animated, interactive VR experience, we walk in Ida’s shoes. We experience a day in her life, as her reality is fading.
In the feature film North Sea Untamed, the viewer is taken beneath the waves through the eyes of Peter van Rodijnen. He is an experienced diver and underwater cameraman. From the wild blue waters around the Scottish islands to the shallow delta of the Low Countries and up along the dramatic coastline of the Norwegian fjords. North Sea Untamed is a cinematic adventure and a voyage of discovery that will show the North Sea in all its glory.
Tthe last minutes of a Dutch female resistance fighter while she is being lead to the place of her execution.
Posthumously broadcast theater registration of the performance 'Vette jus' (1996) by the Dutch comedian Bert Klunder (1956-2006). In this comedy special, the aggrieved, misanthropic underdog Henk Zwakjes takes the floor to fight against everything he thinks is phoney and hypocritical.
An intimate look into the life, career and creative process of Dutch rapper and singer Lars Bos a.k.a. Snelle.
What if women ruled the world? Yael Bartana stages the question in practice in her performative ‘Two Minutes to Midnight’, where a female government in a fictitious country must take a stand on an imminent nuclear threat from a foreign nation, led by the self-absorbed president Twittler. A panel of fictional characters and real female experts from areas such as defence, law, politics and psychology are tasked with agreeing on how to approach the situation in Bartana’s role play, which takes place in a democratic ‘Peace Room’, mirroring the toxically masculine ‘War Room’ in Stanley Kubrick’s classic Cold War satire, ‘Dr. Strangelove’. In the meantime, the clock is ticking, but when the red phone rings you can almost hear your own heartbeat.
Han van Vloten, a shy boy, has a big problem in the gym room of the school. He must get over that buck in front of him. And there's yet another obstacle right behind that: a basketball net. Who misses the net, gets to clean up. Van Vloten fails miserably. But when the gym teacher leaves, Han grabs the ball, acts like a professional basketball player and... fails again. A girl takes notice of him, she seems interested. Cleaning the gym room turns out to be only the beginning of the problems of Han.
Twelve-year old Noortje experiences her first massage, given by a large, muscular man. Noortje feels insecure because of her awakening sexuality and feeling a bit more like a woman.
A white man bumps into a black man while jogging, and accuses him of having stolen his wallet.
Vincent Salinger, an edgy uninspired poet, fumes at being spurned by his publisher. Suspecting his work and life mean nothing, Vincent seeks new inspiration. An unexpected visit from quasi-demonic friend of poetry introduces Vincent to a clever East-European escort girl who thinks up a literary hoax for success but at the risk of Vincent losing his integrity and identity. Things become more complicated when a rival muse falls in love with Vincent and Vincent's hoax suddenly materializes to haunt him.
Stylised, bloody and intimate tour of a young woman’s destructive thought patterns and a radical reconsidering of the idea of the suffering artist.
Is a convent anyplace for a boy? Gabriël is a lad of about eight, probably a foundling, who lives in a convent, the only child among about 20 nuns. Except for Sylvia, a young nun, Gabriël doesn't get on well with others. He thinks of himself as an angel, impatient to grow wings and to fly, impatient with earth's rules. He's been collecting feathers from the many geese on the convent grounds. What happens next seems to horrify everyone except Sylvia, who may be in on Gabriël's secret.
Smugglers try to ship their products via Pol Knol, a trader in medical products. Due to circumstances, the package remains on Mr Knol's desk. The smugglers think that Pol has deliberately withheld it. They come to pay him a "visit."
A 45-minute absurdist musical special built around the works of Dutch writer Gerard Reve and presented by the man himself. Featuring poems, songs, sketches, alcohol, tango and a rather special donkey.
How does the Netherlands actually sound? Do we still take the time to listen carefully to the sounds around us? Or is there so much noise that we prefer to shut ourselves off?
The result of a two-year collaboration with the fishing community of Urk, a former island in the Netherlands. In the previous century, the Dutch closed off and drained their inland sea to reclaim new farmland. The island of Urk, situated in the middle of the sea, suddenly found itself embraced by land. Its inhabitants were expected to switch from fishing to farming, but the fishermen managed to continue their trade. They found new fishing grounds, far out in the North Sea.
Nine year old Soufyane, son of a Moroccan father and Dutch mother, lives in an apartment with his mother and sister in a typical big city high-rise estate. His father, whom he never sees, invites him on a journey. A journey to the country of his ancestors Morocco. Soufyane is thrilled and prepares for the trip fastidiously, as it is also a kind of initiation. His friends insist that he should get a pair of Ray Ban sunglasses, but Soufyane would rather wear Marc Jacobs. But doesn't he want to be a soldier, they ask. He remains silent and doesn't let himself be swayed. Among the various blackmarket dealers in his neighbourhood he eventually finds someone who has the right glasses. Instead of 200 he only has to pay 30, and he's ready to go.
The story is about Ester, a nine-year-old girl, who has to conquer her fear of unfamiliar surroundings. Together with her father she moves into a new neighborhood where she is being ignored by the other children living there. One day when her father has to work, he tells her to go and play at Ms. Richmond's. Outside the children from the neighborhood warn Ester for Ms. Richmond. The story goes that Ms. Richmond used to have lots of children, but that they were all eaten by her toilet. A bit disturbed, Ester visits Ms. Richmond. During her visit she learns that Ms. Richmond and her toilet are quite different from what she imagined them to be. With this visit she conquers her fear, gains her confidence, and earns respect from the children in the neighborhood.
When painter Pieter Athmer discovered that his inspiration David Hockney was living in nearby Normandy, he created a surprise for him, and left on a roadtrip from Amsterdam to France with his good friend, director Gerardjan Rijnders.
As Alex is about to get married, his father Charles sets off for a secret mission in Germany. Hilarity ensues when their personal contacts start to interfere with one another.
When everybody is asleep at night, the objects in the cabinet make music. A meddlesome cat is the last thing they need.
Entertainment program centered on Wim Sonneveld, with sketches, monologues, and songs.
A STORY OF STRUGGLE, SACRIFICE AND DEDICATION Discover the world behind the Kenyan long-distance runners. See how they train, live an work hard to realize their dreams. Follow top athlete Geoffrey Kipsang. Watch him as he trains and paces for Haile Gebrselassie, and makes his debut at the 2012 Berlin Marathon.
