Discoveries from Netherlands World Cinema

A super8 camera is being soaped and cleaned under the tap. The film plays with alternating perspectives. Images filmed over my shoulder are spliced through images taken with the camera that is being washed and images from my body under the shower. At some point in the film, I open the battery and film compartments of the camera and proceed to pour water and soap through its inner workings. Here the trickery that is at play fully reveals itself. The camera that is washed is not the one that is doing the filming. This film explores relations between in- and outlooking from a camera, and the in- and outside of bodies, those of the cameras and of the filmmaker.

In this episode, the politician Prof. P. Lieftinck, former Minister of Finance in the period 1945-1952.

One location. Two actions. Three colours.

On 7 February the Superbowl match in San Francisco kicks off, and there is a celebration across America. The kids of Frans and Tiny and their offspring are all sitting in front of the television. Uncle Frank stays home. He stares at his computer where via webcam he can see the market square in Sittard, watching if there isn’t too much rain during Carnival.

Spaak is a movie about a talented track cyclist who is caught up in the world of drugs.

On Saturday, March 26, 2011 Ilse DeLange gave a radiant phenomenal concert witch was sold out at the Gelredome stadium in Arnhem. With her ​​band she treated her fans to a veritable greatest hits show. Ilse visibly enjoyed this milestone in her career.

Semaphore is a cinematographic installation that emphasizes a subdued and meditative state by submerging the audience in a world of pulsating and shifting shapes. The work is created from two basic compositional premises; pulse and feedback. The backbone of the composition is a stream of visual and sonic pulses, leaving its intervals to be explored and brought to life by a feedback generating a network, consisting of envelopes, gates, compressors, and masks. The intertwining layers provide the experience of an elaborate audiovisual time-space-continuum. Running almost entirely without input from the outside world, the system becomes a magnifier of its own rudimentary functions and algorithms.

A meadow, a football. Dried sausages and a filthy dog. And Danny, who needs to fight back his father's fists once and for all.

Dutch entertainer Claudia de Breij takes the stage for a wide-ranging New Year's Eve performance.

In a hybrid film, both documentary and fiction, five young women describe the feeling of grief when losing a parent at a young age. Anna returns to her father's home, a year after his death. In one weekend, she lives through a storm of emotions as these may come and go in the process of grief.

Ceres is a poetic yet realistic documentary that follows four children as they experience the natural cycle of life on a farm. Each child lives on a remote farm in the southwest of the Netherlands and is learning the profession of their ancestors from a young age. They each dream that one day they will take over the farms of their father or grandfather.

An animated short film about a man struggling against the storm. Suddenly he discovers that not everybody is affected by the wind...

A documentary about the economic plan of the last dictatorship that investigates the role of the IMF and international banking in the policies implemented by José Alfredo Martínez de Hoz, Minister of Economy under the Military Junta, and the multi-million-dollar debt and devastating impact it had on local industry. Filmed during the first months of Raúl Alfonsín's administration, the film exposes the involvement of the business community in the persecution of workers and how illegal repression was a necessary instrument for the implementation of a neoliberal economic model that would generate significant increases in unemployment and poverty.

Four aspiring young artists live together in the same apartment: Monika wants to be an actress ; Sonny, her sister, studies at the Academy of Fine Arts ; Marina dreams of being a professional dancer ; and Lena hopes to be a singer. One day, Victor and Helena, Monika and Sonny's uncle and aunt, come to visit them unannounced. As they are conservative people, the four friends do their best to hide their free lifestyles from them. On the other hand, the girls realize that it is now or never for them and one by one they end up landing the long hoped-for assignments. But, sentimentally, Monika is not happy. She does not care for her rich fiancé. The one she would like to share her life is a mere garage mechanic...

American agents intent on wiping out Bolsheviks are after Roberto--an Argentine expatriate writer, inventor and Communist in Rotterdam in 1941. He runs from them with his briefcase full of his invention-- non-running silk stockings--and money he has received from the Japanese for his invention.

Registration of the theatre program by the Dutch comedian Sanne Wallis de Vries.

In 1993 Kate Bush permanently distanced herself from her pop star status. She withdrew to an isle in the Thames and severed all contact. Still, she lives on in the minds of countless admirers. The mosaic documentary Come Back Kate, constructed from small portraits of Bush fans, gives a face to this adoration.

Television registration of the play of the same name that Annie M.G. Schmidt wrote for Toneelgroep Amsterdam. In a side room of a congress building, mother, son and daughter await the arrival of father, who will be honored for his services in the pharmaceutical industry. But father is delayed; the meantime is filled with conversations. The mother turns out to be having a lesbian affair. The play was poorly received.

Brazilian boy Gabriel Matos is still very young when he learns that the 2014 World Cup will be held in his home country. He had no way of knowing that his life would be turned upside down by then. To transport hundreds of thousands supporters to the football stadium, a new rail line is being developed to run straight through his neighborhood. Houses are being demolished, entire families are forced to move and even the children’s local football pitch will soon disappear. For Gabriel this is a nightmare. He is angry at the inequality in his city and posts self-made footage of bulldozers tearing down his neighborhood on a blog. By becoming a journalist he tries to stand up for his rights.

Live registration of a concert by the Dutch musical comedy duo Yentl (Schieman) en (Christine) de Boer. They sing songs about Hogwarts, the men they knew, claiming a seat in the public transport and many other things. With musical accompaniment by the musicians Laurens Joensen, Jan Teertstra, Viktor van Woudenberg and Charlie Zastrau.

A child, a young man, an adult, and an old man walk alternately to doom, finding two shiny shoes on their way

After a terrible car crash, Ben saves himself first, then tries to rescue his son Luca in vain. He can't hold his breath long enough to save him. Ben and Nina lose a child. Trapped in guilt and grief Ben starts to avoid contact with Nina.

Miranda is a young hairdresser, she's single and she adores the matador on a poster. One day just before closing time Serge enters her parlor ... .

Registration of the Dutch musical. Claartje van Dijk (Simone Kleinsma) is a successful television presenter who wants to divorce her husband, Bob van Dijk (Jos Brink), a third-rate writer without inspiration. However, they continue to live in the same house and Bob decides to separate the living room with a white line (the equator). Soon both Claartje and Bob try to poke each other's eyes out with various lovers.

A Moldovan and a Croatian industrial painters are working on a deserted pier in Rotterdam’s harbor when they discover a dead body floating in the water. Not in a position to call the police, they try to come up with an alternative solution while continuing their daily work.

Which child would not want to discover how to become a helper of St. Nicholas? But for that you should be allowed to enter the castle in Spain! This year St. Nicholas gives one child the chance to make this dream come true. A Golden Pepernoot is hidden somewhere in the Netherlands. The child who finds it can go to the helpers school in Spain. But if two Golden Pepernoten are found, the helpers have to take Coole Piet fan Lucas and a mysterious man to the castle. Who will pass the exam to become a helper and can join st. Nicholas on the boat to the Netherlands?

Film about the life of former Prime Minister Willem Drees, commissioned by the central government. In an interview, Drees talks about his life, with the period when he was Prime Minister naturally being the main focus. The interview is supported by visual material that provides a picture of the era and makes Drees's monologue somewhat more vivid.

Casey, a wealthy yet naive city girl, prepares for a cozy night alone. Her routine is shattered when an unknown call becomes increasingly disturbing. The man on the phone isn’t just talking, he’s playing a game, and Casey is the only one who doesn’t know the rules. Will she outsmart him before it’s too late?

This is a stage registration of the musical theatre play 'Kees de Jongen' by Dutch actor Frank Groothof and the Avant-garde music band De Kift. The play is based on the novel with the same title by Theo Thijssen about the rich imagination of an ordinary boy from Amsterdam at the turn of the century.

A person who becomes self-aware by examining their hearing and observing light and shadow.

In his eighth comedy show the Dutch comedian Kees Torn reflects on his youth in a Reformed environment and how he lost his faith.

Documentary about the controversial marriage of King Willem I and Countess Henriette d'Oultremont. Willem I became engaged to the Belgian Roman Catholic Countess Henriette after the death of his first wife, Wilhelmina of Prussia. This did not go down well with either the government or the people. Articles from the Algemeen Handelsblad illustrate this beautifully.

What if you visit a place where you’re confronted with our history that turns out to be much different than the one you were always led to believe? How a false narrative has managed to keep the whole foundation of our being in its grip by shifting reality into myths. A story of how oppression and fear have kept us from developing our primal forces for thousands of years, which are now being reclaimed worldwide. Because it's just in our human DNA and it's easier to reclaim than once thought. A mind-boggling experimental quest by documentarian Marijn Poels into our distant past to win back our primal code again

Over the years, filmmaker Jan Bosdriesz collected curious souvenirs from various countries that he cherishes. He wonders about their history. Among his favourite items are the Russian LPs by Pyotr Leschenko from the 1930s that he once inherited from his father. While Bosdriesz travels to Russia to learn more about the life of the singer whose music was forbidden in Soviet Russia, the turbulent history of the filmmaker's family is also addressed. During his trip, Bosdriesz talks to people who knew Leschenko.

Registration of the theatre program of the same name by the Dutch comedian. In 'Uit het niets' Derks again asks surprisingly simple questions. Because in complicated times you shouldn't make things more difficult than they are. Derks feels like going wild again, with stories, jokes, music - and who knows what else will emerge.

Deeply moving documentary about a group of Dutch army veterans with PTSD, who found a shelter at The Home Base. Honest and vulnerable, they talk about their demons and their struggle to connect with society. Beautifully serene, Marjoleine Boonstra captures their intense experience.

The Spanish crown princess receives a very special present: a little person. To everyone’s amusement, he is unaware of his small stature. Before long feelings develop between the pair, but what chance do they have in a world where appearance is everything? Based on a story by Oscar Wilde, Der Zwerg (The Dwarf) is perhaps Zemlinsky’s best-known and most powerful opera. The performance marks both the first production of rising star Lorenzo Viotti as principal conductor at Dutch National Opera and the operatic debut of film and theatre director Nanouk Leopold. The heldentenor Clay Hilley performs the title role, while Infanta Clara is interpreted by soprano Lenneke Ruiten.

Video registration of the second comedy special by the Dutch comedian Stefano Keizers. In Keizers' own words, 'Sorry Baby' is 'an art performance that tries to approach a regular comedy special as closely as possible'.

Stage registration of the comedy special from 2018 by the Dutch comedian Patrick Nederkoorn. Nederkoorn tells about his political career. What inspired him to become a councilor one day. What abject views has he defended? What empty words did he utter? How can you lose yourself in something you believe in so much and then find yourself again?

An unfiltered portrait of adolescence with a blind internet sensation.

Six fanfare flute players explore the landscape of the uniform. A journey that does not go unscathed.

A production of an opera by George Frideric Handel, about the Skyrian princess Deidamia helping Achilles while he is disguised as a girl to avoid dying in the Trojan War, based on Greek mythology.

Pat & Mat are back with new adventures. In Buurman & Buurman build a house, the popular Buurmannen come up with new brilliant solutions for the everyday problems they encounter.

A documentary about retirement. Ton's work is his life. When he retires, he looses everything. His wife does not recognize him anymore. Tjeerd starts his retirement with a to-do-list. But his new life is too much for him. He and his wife quarrel a lot and the renovation of the new farm takes more time than expected....