
Renée Fokker
2021Een gelukkige hand
Pieter Verhoeff
Pierre Bokma, Ingeborg Elzevier
By alternating documentary with fiction, a portrait is drawn of Peter van Straaten, eminent draughtsman of political cartoons, the long-term Parool serial Agnes and a countless series of painfully comical sketches of everyday life. Interviews with Van Straaten - outside, at home and at work - smoothly merge with dramatised excerpts from Agnes (played by people like Renée Fokker, Pierre Bokma and Hans Kesting). 'That's me, dressed up as a woman', he says about this creation. The camera peeks over his shoulder when Van Straaten makes his black-and-white drawings with pen and ink. His humour is harsh; he draws people in all their spinelessness, sadness and dishonesty, with a remarkable eye to facial expressions and postures. Through his drawings and stories, he also talks about his personal experiences with alcohol, relationships, family, health and sex - and his lifelong love for birds in the open field.
A Happy Hand
Chaussée d'Amour
Pieter Van Hees, Frank Devos
Tiny Bertels, Romy Lauwers
When her marriage fails Sylvia is forced to move with her children into a brothel on the Chaussée d'Amour. Out of financial necessity she decides to exploit the bar. Meanwhile a detective tries to solve an old murder case.
Chaussée d'Amour
Loft
Antoinette Beumer
Fedja van Huêt, Barry Atsma
Five best friends, all married, decide to share a loft apartment. In this loft they meet their mistresses and conquests. Everything seems perfect, until one morning the body of an unknown young woman is found in the loft. The group of friends begin to suspect each other and it soon becomes clear that they know far less about each other than they had initially thought. Dutch remake of the Flemish movie Loft (2008).
Loft
Blind Date
Theo van Gogh
Renée Fokker, Peer Mascini
A bartender watches with amusement as two strangers meet and duel verbally in his bar. Katya, a former dancer, is trying to forget the death of her young daughter. Pom, a comedian known for his verbal thrust and parry, tries to charm, shock and disgust his date in turn.
Blind Date
Dames 4
Maurice Trouwborst
Hannah van Lunteren, Jennifer Hoffman
The immature Wyne starts a football team to rebel against all her friends whose lives have become dull and boring since either giving birth or becoming pregnant. However, she threatens to lose everything through unexpected events.
No Babies on the Field
Saint Amour
Eric Oosthoek
Antonie Kamerling, Kees Coolen
The year is 1969. Father Louis (27) lives in a monastery and his priesthood is a vocation for him. However when his friend and colleague priest Daniël starts having a relationship with a woman, Louis also starts to question his celibate life. Why is he not allowed to have intimate relations with another human being? A series of events make Louis rebel against the Catholic Church and in 1973 he leaves the monastery. Chance brings him into contact with Daikha, a woman who teaches him about love. In 1999 his short affair with Daikha is almost forgotten. Louis has turned away from the church and now lives with his childhood love Liliane. Then he gets news that will change Louis' life drastically for the third time.
Saint Amour
Life as It Should Be
Ruud Schuurman
Barbara Sloesen, Jan Kooijman
Immediately after the birth of their first child, Iris' friend Pieter confesses that he never wanted this child, has been having an affair for a year and will soon be leaving for Africa with his new love.
Life as It Should Be
Oh Baby
Thomas Acda
Gijs Naber, Renée Fokker
Songwriter Ruben does not take life too seriously and at least of all love. After the sudden death of a fling, he finds out he is the father of her eight months old son. His life is suddenly turned upside down. Without any preparation Ruben has to take care of baby Oscar. And as if that isn't enough, her new sister in law Lucy decides she wants to take care of her nephew as well, if necessary together with Ruben...
Oh Baby