A schoolteacher witnesses the violent death of a student during a protest against the apartheid regime. This leads him on a journey to uncover the truth about the incident and the injustices committed by the police. As he delves deeper, he becomes entangled in a dangerous web of political violence and corruption.
The miserable adventures of Koos Tak, reporter for newspaper 'De Tijdgeest'
A detective becomes obsessed with solving a child murder case involving an elusive serial killer. As he delves deeper into the investigation, he realizes that there are darker forces at play, leading him to question everyone around him. With his daughter's safety hanging in the balance, he must confront his own demons and stop the killer before it's too late.
In 1928 in the northern part of the Netherlands, a man has an affair with the wife of one of his friends (who is in jail at the time). Because she abandons her children to move in with him, the police are sent to arrest her. This leads to a dramatic confrontation.
In for Treatment is a powerful drama film that explores the theme of sickness and treatment in a hospital. Set in 1979, the movie delves into the lives of patients and medical staff, highlighting their struggles and triumphs. Through emotional storytelling, it explores the complexities of human nature and the challenges faced in the healthcare system.
When a man accidentally stumbles upon the legendary Flying Dutchman, he gets caught up in a hilarious and romantic adventure. With elements of fairy-tales and fantasy, the movie explores themes of love, redemption, and the supernatural. As the man tries to break the curse that keeps the Dutchman sailing the seas for eternity, he encounters various comedic and dramatic situations, leading to unexpected twists and turns.
Liesje’s parents are divorced. She lives in a nice house with her mother and grandpa. Liesje writes letters to her father who lives in Rio de Janeiro. At least, that’s what her mother has told her. After Liesje’s grandpa passes away, she begins to miss her father more and more. She decides to go visit him in Rio. To get money for the flight, she sells the stamp collection she was given by her grandpa. Without her mother knowing, she boards the plane to Brazil alone – but then she finds out the truth about her father.
Alternating comedy and drama this portrait of different families on three floors in an Amsterdam building where the stairs symbolizes the suffering of known urban living alongside each other. Upstairs live two students, including the failed and unemployed singer Karin with Harrie and Wouter down with his demented mother.
The Illusionist follows the bizarre and comedic journey of a magician who ends up in a psychiatric hospital after a failed magic show. As he tries to escape, he encounters various absurd situations, including alternate realities, little people, and even brain surgery. With no dialogue, the film relies on slapstick comedy and surrealism to tell its story.
Orlow Seunke's graduation film is a rural tragedy about an alcoholic father, a tyrannical mother and their weak son. Gerard Thoolen plays the successful brother.
Otto, a Jewish refugee who managed to escape from Berlin in the early days of WW2, is now the owner of an Amsterdam ice cream parlor. Otto's place soon becomes a microcosm of the city with its German invaders, Dutch collaborators and anti-fascist resistance groups.
A man from the province looks back on his graduation year, some teachers, the parental home and especially his father.
This film is about the Jewish girl Sara and the ruin of her family during World War II. Her parents have to live in the Jewish ghetto in Amsterdam, but later they are arrested and deported. Sara decides to flee with her brother and his girlfriend to Palestine. Based on the book by Marga Minco.
Hes, an uptight and disaffected social worker reaching retirement, discovers a young woman, Anna, in the closet of an acquaintance who has committed suicide. Realizing that she has been kept in the apartment all her life, he moves in and helps her comes to terms with the complexities of the real world.
D.C. has been abandoned by his girlfriend Nola, wants to go to Hollywood and participates in 'chicken races' out of desperation and lack of money; a perilous event in which one travels a certain distance on the road by car without stopping.
TV-adaptation of the performance by the Dutch theatre group 'Het Werkteater'. Three ladies of high society invite homeless people, homeless people and junks to spend a pleasant evening with them, in order to promote communication and integration.
Composer Misha Mengelberg collaborates with director Anthony Garner on a commissioned short film to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the death of Mozart.
A husband, half of an entertainment duo, the Nellicos, tells his wife, who is the other half of the duo, that he has another woman. But they cannot discuss this as he tells her only just before they are due to perform in front of a large audience. (BFI)
Four illegal Brazilian musicians come to try their luck in dynamic Amsterdam... It will be a survival of the fittest.
TV-adaptation of the performance by the Dutch theatre group 'het Werkteater'. A realistic fairy tale about old people in the no man's land between life and death, set in a retirement home.