Sonny Boy is a captivating movie that explores a forbidden love story between a young man and an older woman, set in a conservative society during the 1930s and 1940s. This interracial relationship faces challenges and turmoil, including a cheating husband and the backdrop of World War II.
A dark world of well-organised drug crime is hidden behind the calm life of Brabant. Jara and Rens both come to discover that when upon return to their birth province after a long time. She wants to clear the name of her father, he wants to distance himself from his criminal family - but they both get terribly entangled in the web of the upper and underworld, whose boundaries are becoming increasingly blurred.
As Brian (13) cares for his severely mentally disabled brother over a sweltering summer holiday, he is forced to grow up. Throughout the challenging experience, Brian learns the importance of responsibility and selflessness, ultimately undergoing a transformation from a boy to a mature young adult.
Romy’s Salon is a heartwarming drama about love and relationships. The story follows Romy, a talented hairstylist, and her journey of finding love amidst the daily chaos in her salon. As she interacts with various clients and deals with their personal dramas, Romy also reflects on her own desires and struggles. With a touch of humor and tender moments, Romy’s Salon showcases the power of love and the importance of connection.
A fragmented portrayal of three homeless young adults who are heading to southern Europe in search of money, love and happiness.
Dunya, a Moroccan immigrant, and Desie, a Dutch girl, are best friends who embark on a road trip to Morocco. Along the way, they learn about each other's cultures, face challenges in their relationships, and navigate the complexities of teenage pregnancy and arranged marriages.
Enough! is a drama movie that explores the dynamics of friendship and broken relationships. It follows the story of a group of high school friends who face challenges and conflicts in their friendship. The movie delves into themes of trust, betrayal, and forgiveness as the characters navigate through their teenage years.
Manslaughter is a thrilling crime drama that follows the story of a comedian who becomes involved in an ambulance ambush. As his life takes a dark turn, he spirals into a world of violence and ethnic hatred. The film explores themes of danger, threat, and violent outbursts, portraying the protagonist's struggle to escape the downward spiral he finds himself in.
Dead End is a horror thriller about a group of friends on a vacation who take a wrong turn and end up stranded in a small town. They soon realize that they are being hunted by a bloodthirsty killer. As they try to escape, they uncover dark secrets about the town and its inhabitants. Will they be able to survive the night?
For all Frits, a farmer's son, knows, his mother died when giving birth to him. He and his father make up a strong team. In the literal and figurative sense, because his father not only teaches him to milk the cows and hunt, he is also the coach of his soccer team. The happy tide turns when the boy turns eighteen and is scouted as a promising soccer talent. Suddenly, Frits's future is no longer with his father on the farm, but on the green grass of the Nijmegen soccer club NEC. His son's splendid soccer career may be the crowning glory of the farmer's hard work, but he is afraid he will also lose his only child. Desperate, he reveals the lie with which he raised his son. Frits is bewildered and makes a dramatic decision.
In order to find her father in Surinam Grace is forced to take some desperate measures. Grace is the only black child of an all-white family, desperate to find out everything about her Surinam father. Grandpa can help her, but his memory gets worse every day since the death of his wife. When the family decide to put Grandpa into a retirement home, he and Grace decide to use his savings to travel to Surinam - but the family has blocked access to his bank account. But their dreams can come true if they rob the bank
The Purse Snatcher is a thrilling drama about a young boy who witnesses a purse snatching and is subsequently targeted by the thief. As the boy tries to navigate the dangerous situation, he must confront his abusive father, deal with school bullies, and rely on unexpected allies to protect himself and those he loves.
Dutch working mother, Stella, was supportive of international mission in Uruzgan, even if that meant missing her husband Jurre for months. After her brother is killed in action there, nothing can return life to normality, not even the return home of her military husband, Jurre. Flash-backs from a trial nine months later show the tragic developments
What begins as an exciting parachute jumping adventure takes a nightmarish turn, when the instructor shows signs of suicidal behavior.
The undocumented refugee Sabr (35) works in the Dutch illegal male prostitution. Short, gritty drama about the tragic cycle of abuse, dominance and power. Following his feature debut Paradise Drifters, Mees Peijnenburg presents a short, gritty and significantly less hopeful portrait, in his by now idiosyncratic, poetic-realistic style. The 35-year-old undocumented refugee Saba is caught within illegal male prostitution. His date with a john turns out different than expected, when several men are present at the meeting address. Should he pass over the money and run the risk they will call the police? Sort drama about the tragic cycle of abuse, dominance and power.
Koen is a fatherless, eighteen year old boy who wants to free himself from the suffocating relationship with his mother. He struggels with the balance between independency and love. When he meets Colet, he tries to keep his distance, but she is both anarchistic and audacious. She does not understand the fact that Koen does not have the slightest curiosity about his unknown father. It is because of her that he begins the search for his father.
It's Indy's birthday, but she doesn’t have money to treat her friends. Still, she doesn’t want to show up empty-handed. How will she solve this problem?
When Louise (70) and Max (72) meet, it is love at first sight: they abandon their sleepy lives and travel to the South of France, where they become the terrors of the 'Route du Soleil'. They rip off naïve tourists with their act as a sad old couple: a second youth that goes further than their wildest dreams. Based on a true story.