Marco van Bergen

Ten Zuiden van de Hemel

Marco van Bergen

Tom van Kessel, Tine Joustra

When his boyfriend shows up unannounced, Elias' religious family learns their son's darkest secret.

The Dutch Boys

Marco van Bergen, Marc Wagenaar

Gijs Blom, Bas Keizer

A married factory worker confronts his feelings as they bubble to the surface, two boxers fight for more than just keeps, a countryside coming out doesn't quite go to plan, while at the beach a boy makes an unreal discovery. Come and explore a thoroughly Dutch view on life and love. The 5 short films are: Brick [Steen] (2013); South of Heaven [Ten Zuiden van de Hemel] (2019); Lukas by the Sea [Lukas aan Zee] (2016); Dante vs. Mohammed Ali (2018); Beautiful Alexander [Mooie Alexander] (2019).

Jag är Polisen

Marco van Bergen

Two guys in their early twenties, a hitchiking Dutch student and a Swedish police officer with a broken police car meet each other on a Swedish country road. On their way to the gas station, their suspicious understanding gradually changes.

Water

Marco van Bergen

Tobias Kersloot, Barbara Labrie

James leads a lonely life in a luxurious castle in which his parents run a hotel. He never goes out with friends, spends his spare time in his room and peeks at the hotel's guests out of boredom and curiosity. Chased by his controlling mother, who only wants him to finish his homework, James is more interested in the group of handsome Swedish soccer players staying at the hotel. When he finds one of the boys injured at the hotel's swimming pool, James offers his help and smuggles the boy into his room and locks the door. Locked up with a strange boy in his own room, James experiences the complexity of his own sexual feelings for the first time.

Wastelands

Marco van Bergen

Frederik Stuut, Daniël Brak

Marc is in love with Olaf and dreams about a relationship with him. When they go camping together and his dream seems to become reality, he discovers something that smashes his dream completely.