Reinout Bussemaker

Quo vadis, Aida?

Jasmila Žbanić

Jasna Đuričić, Izudin Bajrović

Bosnia, July 1995. Aida is a translator for the UN in the small town of Srebrenica. When the Serbian army takes over the town, her family is among the thousands of citizens looking for shelter in the UN camp. As an insider to the negotiations Aida has access to crucial information that she needs to interpret. What is at the horizon for her family and people – rescue or death? Which move should she take?

Cool Kids Don't Cry

Dennis Bots

Hanna Obbeek, Fiona Livingston

Adaptation of one of Benelux most famous children's novels. Tough prime school girl Akkie loves soccer and can be a real bully. Love is the only thing she's scared of. When Akkie is diagnosed with Leukemia, she has to fight for her life. On the verge of going to high school, Akkie has to allow love to enter her life, and thus gain courage to accept the inevitable.

Antonia's Line

Marleen Gorris

Willeke van Ammelrooy, Els Dottermans

After World War II, Antonia and her daughter, Danielle, go back to their Dutch hometown, where Antonia's late mother has bestowed a small farm upon her. There, Antonia settles down and joins a tightly-knit but unusual community. Those around her include quirky friend Crooked Finger, would-be suitor Bas and, eventually for Antonia, a granddaughter and great-granddaughter who help create a strong family of empowered women.

De stille Oceaan

Digna Sinke

Josse De Pauw, Johan Leysen

Unrelenting pessimism dominates this slow-paced, dark film, the debut feature from director Digna Sinke dedicated to an archetypal born loser named Marian (Josee Ruiter). Marian is a journalist who has been working in Latin America and who arrives home just after her father dies to find out that the man she had married for purely political reasons might be deported because the authorities found out he was not living with her. Meanwhile, Marian is upset that her mother and sister are keeping her mentally handicapped brother in an institution, and she goes there to get him released into her custody -- a mistake it turns out. He is actually worse off with her, and vice-versa. On top of everything, Marian cannot break away from the depression she feels over a tragic incident that happened while she was in Latin America -- and anything she does is colored by that moment from the past. These burdens become almost too much to bear, both for Marian and the viewers.

Dajo

Hanro Smitsman

Dajo Hogeweg, Monic Hendrickx

To show the many lovers of his mother how he feels about them, a young boy buries the gifts he gets from them in the woods. But then one of them gives him a dog, called Dajo.

The Paradise Suite

Joost van Ginkel

Anjela Nedyalkova, Boris Isaković

The lives of six people, who seem to have nothing more in common than their faraway homelands, become inextricably linked in Amsterdam, the city they have chosen as their new home.

Bon voyage

Margien Rogaar

Hans Croiset, Anneke Blok

A grandfather doesn't tell his daughter and grand children he is seriously ill until just before their holiday.

De vierde man

Paul Verhoeven

Jeroen Krabbé, Renée Soutendijk

A man who has been having visions of an impending danger begins an affair with a woman who may lead him to his doom.

Terug

Jenneke Boeijink

Roeland Fernhout, Ricky Koole

Storm

Hans-Christian Schmid

Kerry Fox, Anamaria Marinca

Hannah Maynard, a prosecutor of Hague's Tribunal for war crimes in former Yugoslavia, charges a Serbian commander for killing Bosniaks. However, her main witness might be lying, so the court sends a team to Bosnia to investigate.

Naar Anna

Lucas van Woerkum

Reinout Bussemaker, Marcel Faber

In the near future, a man wants to pick up his daughter from school. From the doorkeeper onwards, he is asked about his date of birth, his job, the situation at home. 'Regulations, sir. We can't just let anybody in.' In the strange office block, he is sent from one staff member to the next; all answers are entered on a touch screen. The man reacts with growing irritation - he only wants to collect his kid.

Speelman

Klaartje Quirijns

Pierre Bokma, Elsie de Brauw

Sweder Speelman leads a successful life with his wife Cecile. But he realizes he's a spectator of his own life. Sweder decides to disappear to see how Cecile responds to his absence. As he observes his wife, he loses touch with reality.

De Oost

Jim Taihuttu

Martijn Lakemeier, Marwan Kenzari

A young Dutch soldier deployed to suppress post-WWII independence efforts in the Netherlands’ colony of Indonesia finds himself torn between duty and conscience when he joins an increasingly ruthless commander’s elite squad.

Rafaël

Ben Sombogaart

Melody Klaver, Nabil Mallat

A romantic drama about a Tunisian man and a Dutch woman who get separated from each other.

Little Blond Death

Jean van de Velde

Antonie Kamerling, Olivier Tuinier

The poet Valentijn Boecke meets his former teacher Mieke. They have a short relation. After a while Mieke appears to be pregnant. Valentijn is through with Mieke and leaves her...

Apollo

Aaron Rookus

Martijn Lakemeier, Claire Bender

A day in the life of bisexual Paul who has everything going for him. He has a dream job, a wonderful house and a girlfriend. But when, to his horror, he sees his dream foreign promotion at the world's biggest music streamer in jeopardy, his carefree summer day turns into a day he has to consider his choices. An unexpected encounter with his ex-boyfriend upsets Paul’s reality further. Has he given up his old life and ideals too soon?