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- Alone in her empty flat, from her window Anne observes the people passing by who nervously snatch up the personal belongings and pieces of furniture she has put out on the pavement. Her final gesture of taking a ring off her finger signals she is leaving her previous life in Holland behind. She goes to Ireland, where she chooses to lead a solitary, wandering existence, striding through the austere landscapes of Connemara. During her travels, she discovers a house that is home to a hermit, Martin.
- Portrait of a contemporary woman living in Dublin. Margaret handles in a very sensitive way- how difficult it is for a mother to grieve the death of a child, even if they are estranged.
- Akkie is a pretty schoolgirl who is good at soccer and doesn't let boys mess with her, until she is diagnosed with leukemia and must start her battle to stay alive.
- Xandra lives a safe life with her husband and daughter in Amsterdam. But Xandra aches for more excitement in her life. She is tempted to once again become involved with her old life when she's secretly offered a challenge.
- A con artist moves her son to a conservative neighborhood in Oklahoma in an effort to build a better future, but it doesn't take long for her past to catch up with her, and for her son's behavior to cause problems of its own.
- During WWII, a member of the Jewish Council of Amsterdam finds a way to spare children from deportation to the death camps.
- The life story of Dutch painter Han van Meegeren, from his beginnings as a rebellious young artist in 1920s Amsterdam to his rise to infamy as one of the most ingenious art forgers of all time.
- "Good Kenyan girls become good Kenyan wives," but Kena and Ziki long for something more. When love blossoms between them, the two girls will be forced to choose between happiness and safety.
- During the Second World War, two boys become inseparable as they find adventure amidst the action around them. Their lives take a tragic turn when they meet a mysterious girl.
- A young assistant DA puts a serial killing nurse behind bars, only to discover evidence that may prove her innocence.
- Despite the war, school life continues in Ukraine, with students and teachers striving to continue learning even under constant threat.
- Two small-town Dutch boys have such a close socially unnatural friendship that they care nothing for human or divine rules and lose all grip on reality, sliding into violent crime.
- Based on a true story. Best friends Ari and Zahra (14), face life-changing challenges when Ari learns she's terminally ill just as Zahra is ordered to return to Afghanistan. In a heartfelt act of friendship, Ari writes a letter to the Minister, offering her place in the Netherlands to Zahra: "I am dying. Can she take my place?"
- None Of Us Are As Unique As We Think. Brand New-U is a highly unconventional romantic thriller: an obsessive love story stripped down and re-arranged into the looping logic of a nightmare.
- It follows friends Dylan and Youssef, who dream of becoming soccer players. When Dylan is paralyzed following an accident his dad and former coach wants him to accept his disability, but he is determined to play soccer again.
- After the sudden death of her older sister, a successful singer-songwriter finds herself facing their family's darkest memories as she fights to win custody over her adolescent niece from the girl's lawful but long-absent father.
- Three young twenty-somethings get caught up in a dangerous world of deceit and betrayal as they start selling drugs on the dark web.
- Set in Kyiv in the late 1990s, "Forever-Forever" is an unsettling portrait of the young and rebellious as they navigate love, explore their sexuality, and play cruel games, which never have a winner.
- The Arab Spring forces Tunisian Nazir, married to the pregnant Dutch hairdresser Kimmy, to escape to Europe.
- Salesman Nasir lives a contended life with his mother Fatima, wife Taj and nephew Iqbal in a closely populated ghetto. Employed in an apparel shop at the heart of a busy city, the middle aged Nasir is a hard worker. He speaks humorously and makes others laugh. He is also endowed with a half-baked philosophical attitude, so he likes poetry. On Sundays he composes poems along the lines of Hindi film songs of the sixties and launches them in front of his co-workers. When he recites his poems, he starts with his right hand placed over his chest and with wave-like motions nearly brushing the noses of the listeners. He smokes ten Beedis a day and drinks four cups of tea. He goes for his midday prayers occasionally. Nasir's chronicle emerges through the detailed observation of his vicinity over the span of one particular day. As his day unfolds we find him to be a nimble romantic, marshaling a love of love, song, children, friendship, and even God to rise into something resembling a life well lived. But the increasing communal bigotry has other plans.
- An isolated and death-fixated young man tries to make sense of the world, and his existence, in the only way he knows how - by getting closer to death.
- Arlene lives in a small town in the midlands. One morning she wakes in the woods beside the body of a young woman, which is soon discovered. Suspicion spreads through the community and Arlene barricades herself in at night, afraid to sleep.
- March 11th, 2002. John Voerman takes the head of security and 17 others hostage in Amsterdam biggest skyscraper. John demands to speak with the Philips head of Sound&Vision. His goal is to warn people about a large-scale fraud, aimed at brainwashing consumers by means of widescreen TV sets. In the film, we find out about John's preliminary frustrations, his bizarre encounter with Philips head of Sound and Vision Gerard Wesselinck, their impossible friendship, rivalry and John's armed attempt to force the executive to do penance in public.
- When the playful Puck appears next to Sophie's (11) hospital bed, she starts moving again. Can she regain her liveliness and break free from the control of her mother? Her Body is a dance film about an often invisible form of child abuse.
- In 1960s Holland, a teenage boy and his two upper class friends are driven to desperate measures when the petty thief they offer refuge decides to blackmail them.
- A benefits claim appointment spins out of control when Candide, 23, borrows her sister's baby and strangely pretends like it's her own child. A suspicious Martijn, the caseworker, attempts to unravel her lies accusing Candide of fraud. But behind her charade lies an unexpected secret.
- Bijlmer Odyssey is a romantic comedy about two young lovers who were made for each other. Lost and separated from each other in a labyrinth of high-rise flats, they become entangled in comical adventures and meet colourful locals who ultimately help them find each other again. With a nod to the classical Odyssey of Homer, this heart-warming, big-city comedy of errors provides an unusual and enchanting view of the Bijlmer, a low-income estate district on the outskirts of Amsterdam.
- Jade lives with her friends Rex and Bo in a secluded mobile home, surrounded by a dense conifer hedge. At first sight, it seems like a normal friendship, but soon it turns out to be more like a hostage situation.
- A dysfunctional family embarks on a road trip to their matriarch's Holocaust hero ceremony, but decades-old secrets threaten to derail the European vacation.
- An aspiring stand-up comedian is thrust into memories of a traumatic past, when he participates in a commercial TV show.
- A 12-year-old boy living in a small town in Iran whose mother disappeared when he was very young. His father has now married.
- A young girl (about 13years) is getting more and more 'into her self'. She gets into trouble with parents, and sneaks out if she is grounded. At the beach she meets a older boy who is a 'kite surfer' and gets a 'crush' on him. More and more in this movie, you find out that something has happened in the past.
- Armando is a naive and unworldly thirty-two year old hairdresser. He is mentally unstable and tells himself that he has never known love. His dream is to have his own hairdressers saloon for people and animals. An unique selling point. Armando's only friend is the five year old Labrador Rocky.
- A Vietnamese woman enters a marriage of convenience with a disabled American war veteran and struggles to balance her new life with her personal desires.
- 11-year-old Lola is desperate to belong to a group of children that is taking part in a theatre production, in which they play marionettes. Once the children start identifying with their characters, they surrender their will to the group and gradually turn into identical puppets. When they eventually lose their grip on reality, Lola is forced to ask herself how much she's willing to sacrifice in order to belong.
- In Kind van de Tijd, director Huibert van Wijk tells the story of his brother Tim, who was adopted from Indonesia, and adoptive father Lex. They look back very differently on Tim's adoption in the 1970s and the resulting conflict between them. Now that Tim wants to build a bond with his recently retraced Indonesian family, Huibert brings together the adoptive father and adopted son. For the first time, they discuss the consequences the adoption had, or still has, for all people involved.
- The Polish Alina is married to a Dutch man, lives in a comfortable white suburbs and has got a nice circle of Dutch friends. To her horror she has to participate in an 'Inbtegration course'. When one of her classmates, the African Lula, starts to work as a cleaner in her house, Alina is confronted with some big surprises...
- After being framed for the murder of his partner and spending six years in prison, former police detective Dexter is released. With the help of his best friend Rudy and bar girl Lucy, he sets out to find the people responsible.