Films from The Netherlands 2016
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Films from The Netherlands 2016
Films from The Netherlands SEE NL 2016 2 INDEX NL PRODUCTIONS As if I’m Crazy Camp Holland Dummie the Mummy and the Sphinx of Shakabah Family Weekend The Fury The Glorious Works of G.F. Zwaen Heart Beat The Hero Out of Love Owls and Mice Quit Riphagen Seaside Walking Seventh Heaven Tonio Transition Is the Mission Waldstille 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 MAJORITY CO-PRODUCTIONS Adios Amigos Alberta Beyond Sleep Bodkin Ras Brimstone Disappearance History’s Future La Holandesa If the Sun Explodes In My Father’s Garden Lack-Purgatory Monk Mr. Frog Prey Public Works A Real Vermeer Scream Week Tulips, Honour, Love and a Bike WE When My Father Became a Bush 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 MINORITY CO-PRODUCTIONS All of a Sudden Belgica Blessed Benefit The Commune Handle with Care Humidity Kebab Royal Love and Friendship Love Is Thicker than Water 46 46 47 47 48 48 49 49 50 6 7 Mammal My First Highway The Night of a Thousand Hours Oblivion Verses Oscuro Animal Rehepapp Rey Siv Sleeps Astray Something Useful Tokyo Trials (working title) Tonic Immobility Upstream White Sun Zama 50 51 51 52 52 53 53 54 54 55 55 56 56 57 COMING SOON Cobain Falko In Blue Invite Me to War My Giraffe Pat & Mat the Film Quality Time Rafaël Soof 2 60 60 61 61 62 62 63 63 64 DOCUMENTARIES All You Need Is Me Along Chappel Road Ants on a Shrimp Below the Surface Bezness as Usual A Boy’s Dream Burma Storybook Destination Berlin A Family Affair Fighting for Peace Forget Me Not Haunting History Holland, The Living Delta In the Arms of Morpheus Inside the Chinese Closet Jheronimus Bosch, Touched by the Devil The Laws of Silence Little Angels MH17: a Nation’s Grief The Mission Need for Meat Nelsons No. 5 One Life Is Not Enough REM The Restitution Committee 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 3 Silent Land Sketches of Siberia A Strange Love Affair with Ego Strike a Pose To Stay Alive - a Method Transit Havana Waiting for Giraffes Welcome Home Young Wrestlers 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 SHORT DOCUMENTARIES 9 Days from My Window in Aleppo Bird Strike Coffee & Cake Dedicated to Dance Full of Dreams I’ll Fly Higer Made in Iran Ninnoc Paul´s Last Waltz Pien Queen of the Bees Skatekeet Spring Forward Street Supporting Film 102 102 103 103 104 104 105 105 106 106 107 107 108 108 LIVE ACTION SHORT FILMS Across Blue Hour Brilliance Buckets Crooked 180 Dancin' the Camera A Day off Dede; Mehmet with Yellow Boots Dos Santos Happy Tuesday Hold on! Home Suite Home Import KI 木 Kings Day Lockbuster A Painful Affair Passage Plaster Rich Seven Mountains She/Her Son du Serpent Spoetnik Thanatos 110 110 111 111 112 112 113 113 114 114 115 115 116 116 117 117 118 118 119 119 120 120 121 121 122 They Call Us the Enemy Voices of Finance 122 123 ANIMATED SHORTS Ballone di Cannone Bingo! Deadly Drive-In Disaster Disgusting Sounds People Make Full Feather Jacket Jonas and the Sea Just a Biopic Lucy Nona and the Singing Meatball (Otto) Panic! Pregnant Red-end and the Factory Plant Sabaku Under the Apple Tree 126 126 127 127 128 128 129 129 130 130 131 131 132 132 133 COLOPHON EYE International Marten Rabarts Nathalie Mierop Translations Nicholas Cunningham Design & Layout Floppy Design Print Ecodrukkers Nieuwkoop Price: € 20,This catalogue can be ordered from: EYE Film Institute Netherlands EYE International Ph: +31 20 758 2375 [email protected] www.international.eyefilm.nl / www.eyefilm.nl © EYE Film Institute Netherlands Copyright reserved. Subject to the exceptions provided for by law no part of this publication may be reproduced and or published in print, by photocopying, on microfilm or in any other way without the written consent of the copyright holder(s). The same applies to whole or partial adaptations. The publisher retains the sole right to collect from third parties fees payable in respect of copying and/or take legal or other action for this purpose. ISBN/EAN 978-90-74583-25-1 NL PRODUCTIONS 6 NL PRODUCTIONS AS IF I’M CRAZY Frank Lammers Successful young artist Benjamin is totally confused when he ends up in a psychiatric hospital, because he remembers nothing of what happened… When young artist Benjamin is incarcerated within a psychiatric hospital he has no idea how he got there. Life in the hospital is relentless and absurd but, step by step, Benjamin seems to come to grips with himself again. He starts to realize how narcissistic and simplistic he used to be. But when he is released and meets up with his old friends, he is confronted with yet another truth... 90’ / DCP / colour Genre: drama Original title: OF IK GEK BEN Prod: IJswater Films Co-prod: Pellicola Sc: Frank Lammers D.O.P.: Bert Haitsma, Alex Wuijts Completed: January 2016 Language: Dutch Cast: Mike Weerts (BORGMAN, DUMMIE THE MUMMY), Matteo van der Grijn (DAYLIGHT, CORNEA), Monic Hendrickx (NENA, SONNY BOY), Fedja van Huêt (BLOOD SWEAT AND TEARS, ACCUSED). Frank Lammers: First feature film. IJswater Films Ph: +31 20 442 1760 [email protected] www.ijswater.nl NL PRODUCTIONS 7 CAMP HOLLAND Boris Paval Conen A young Dutch soldier shoots an Afghan local after his comrade’s vehicle hits a roadside bomb. This fatal incident has dramatic consequences for him and everyone else on his squad. Afghanistan, seven years ago. A young Dutch soldier shoots an Afghan local after his squad are blown up by a roadside bomb. It seems like the right decision at the time, but back in “Camp Holland” it’s a different story. An official enquiry follows. The shooting incident sets in motion an accumulation of lies and mutual accusations which will stretch the friendship between the soldiers to its limits. 78’ / DCP / colour Genre: drama Original title: KAMP HOLLAND Prod: KeyFilm Sc: Boris Paval Conen D.O.P.: Tibor Dingelstad Completed: December 2015 Language: Dutch Cast: Matthijs van de Sande Bakhuyzen (DUSK, BOY 7), Lourens van den Akker (CODE M, THE HELL OF ’63), Yannick van de Velden (IN ORANGE, LETTER FOR THE KING), Kiefer Zwart (THE SPACE BETWEEN, HALF EMPTY). Boris Paval Conen: EXIT (2013, feature) Awards: Golden Calf Best TV Drama Netherlands FF, FIRST MISSION (2010, feature). KeyFilm Ph: +31 20 423 1596 [email protected] www.keyfilm.nl 8 NL PRODUCTIONS DUMMIE THE MUMMY AND THE SPHINX OF SHAKABA Pim van Hoeve Gus will not rest until he finds the Sphinx of Shakaba in order to help his friend become human again! When Dummie, the little living mummy, realises he will never grow up to become a real Pharaoh, he decides to become famous instead. As famous as his father the great Pharaoh was 4000 years ago. His best friend Gus worries: a famous living mummy is bound to go wrong. But Gus’s dad is keen to help. Together they’ll think of something to make Dummie famous. When they hear of an ancient statuette that can make Dummie a human being again, Gus can finally stop worrying... 80’ / DCP / colour Genre: action/adventure, children's, comedy Original title: DUMMIE DE MUMMIE EN DE SFINX VAN SHAKABA Prod: PV Pictures Co-prod: Nickelodeon Sc: Tijs van Marle D.O.P.: Guido van Gennep Completed: November 2015 Language: Dutch Cast: Julian Ras, Yahya Gaier, Roeland Fernhout, Jennifer Hoffman. Pim van Hoeve: a.o. DUMMIE THE MUMMY (2014, feature), SNOWFEVER (2004, feature), I LOVE TO LOVE (2003, feature) Award: Best Young Director Flash FF. PV Pictures Ph: +31 35 677 4776 [email protected] www.pvpictures.nl Sales: Dutch Features Global Entertainment Ph: +31 6 4712 5430 [email protected] www.dutchfeatures.com NL PRODUCTIONS 9 FAMILY WEEKEND Pieter van Rijn A comedy about family and other inconveniences. When wealthy widower Pieter invites his estranged children to spend a weekend at the family mansion and announces he has ‘important news’, Roderick, Fleur and Benjamin hurry to join him. They are convinced their father will finally divide his huge fortune among them. But the three are in for a surprise, when it turns out that there is no inheritance waiting for them, only Bonnie, their father’s new beautiful, young and blonde fiancée. 90’ / DCP / colour Genre: comedy Original title: FAMILIE WEEKEND Prod: Kaap Holland Film Sc: Luuk van Bemmelen, Melle Runderkamp D.O.P.: Piotr Kukla Completed: November 2015 Language: Dutch Cast: Derek de Lint (A CHRISTMOOSE STORY, BLACK BOOK), Jelka van Houten (JACKIE, THE DOMINO EFFECT), Jennifer Hofman (RENDEZ-VOUS, DUMMIE THE MUMMY), Tim Haars (NEW KIDS TURBO, NEW KIDS NITRO). Pieter van Rijn: First feature film. Kaap Holland Film Ph: +31 20 346 3700 [email protected] www.kaaphollandfilm.nl 10 NL PRODUCTIONS THE FURY André van Duren The fury amuses and astonishes the viewer. But when we find out what happened to her in her youth we are left devastated, and a shiver will replace our smile. We meet Albert Egberts’ Aunt Tini. She is jokingly known as Tidy Tini as her cleaning and polishing is both ferocious and ruthless. She has a relentlessly acerbic tongue, ruining many family celebrations. As a boy Albert eavesdropped on her and tried desperately to fathom what she meant by her semi-explicit faultfinding. As a student he even ended up in bed with her. But once he becomes a father himself, he seems set for a major confrontation in which all family secrets are finally revealed. 113’ / DCP / colour Genre: drama Original title: DE HELLEVEEG Prod: Sigma Pictures Sc: André van Duren D.O.P.: Theo Bierkens Completed: February 2016 Language: Dutch Cast: Hannah Hoekstra (HEMEL, APP), Benja Bruijning (THE FAMILY WAY, THE GANG OF OSS), Hadewych Minis (BORGMAN, BLOOD, SWEAT & TEARS), Gijs Scholten van Aschat (PUBLIC AFFAIRS, TIRZA). André van Duren: a.o. THE GANG OF OSS (2011, feature) Awards a.o: Special Jury Prize Direction Festival des Films Policier Liege, YOUNG KEES (2003, feature), MARIKEN (2000, feature) Awards: Golden Calf Audience Award Netherlands FF, Audience Award Cinekid, Adult Jury Award Chicago Int. Children’s FF. Sigma Pictures Ph: +31 20 535 3320 [email protected] www.sigmapictures.com NL PRODUCTIONS 11 THE GLORIOUS WORKS OF G.F. ZWAEN Max Porcelijn Late 1990’s: Amsterdam-based writer G.F. Zwaen becomes entangled in a plot involving a drugs trafficker, a dodgy tax inspector and an internal affairs agent It’s nearly the end of the 20th Century and Amsterdam-based writer Gerard F. Zwaen is not having the best of times. He's in the middle of a divorce, he has a dwindling reputation as a writer and his latest novel ‘The Spider…’ is not getting the acclaim he feels it deserves. And he needs money. But his life takes a sudden turn for the better when he stumbles upon an unexpected and horrific scene. The writer seems to see an opportunity in it... 110’ / DCP / colour Genre: black comedy Original title: DE GROTE ZWAEN Prod: CTM Pictures Sc: Max Porcelijn D.O.P.: Coen Stroeve Completed: October 2015 Language: Dutch Cast: Peter van de Witte , Anniek Pheifer (BELLICHER: CELL, FIRST MISSION), Ton Kas (PLAN C, MATTERHORN), Ruben van der Meer (PLAN C, LOVE IS ALL). Max Porcelijn: Second feature film. PLAN C (2012, feature) Awards a.o: Insigne de Cristal Best Screenplay & Prix de Jury Jeunes Européens Liège Int. Crime FF, Best Screenplay Fantastic Fest Austin, Golden Calf Best Screenplay Netherlands FF. CTM Pictures Ph: +31 35 647 4040 [email protected] www.ctm.nl 12 NL PRODUCTIONS HEART BEAT Hans Somers The impossible love between a shy singer-songwriter and a superstar. Reserved 15-year-old singer-songwriter Zoë is accidentally hit by the tour bus of 16-year-old pop sensation Mik. When they look into each other’s eyes, sparks fly, but that doesn’t fix Zoë’s ruined bicycle. Her quest to get a new bike from Mik leads to an unexpected kiss. But just when love is about to take off, a jealous friend and an overly ambitious rival torpedo their fragile relationship. Zoë has to get over her stage fright in order to reclaim her chance at happiness. 90’ / DCP / colour Genre: children's, family, musical Original title: HEART BEAT Prod: Kaap Holland Film Sc: Anjali Taneja D.O.P.: Dirk Jan Kerkkamp Completed: January 2016 Language: Dutch Cast: Rein van Duivenboden, Vajèn van de Bosch, Monsif Bkkali, Stephanie van Eer. Hans Somers: First feature film. Kaap Holland Film Ph: +31 20 346 3700 [email protected] www.kaaphollandfilm.nl NL PRODUCTIONS 13 THE HERO Menno Meyjes After a woman suddenly finds herself involved in a series of violent attacks she realizes she needs to unravel her father’s past in order to neutralize this threat. Sara Silverstein, who has just moved back from LA with her family, has never had to deal with violence before and is therefore devastated when her son signs up for the US marines. When she is assaulted by a stranger, and soon after when her family is involved in a violent burglary, she feels very threatened. Could this have anything to do with her father’s secretive war history? Sara is forced to unravel her father’s past, to find out who is haunting them, and at the same time must find a way to keep her family together. 100’ / DCP / colour Genre: thriller Original title: DE HELD Prod: Millstreet Films Sc: Jessica Durlacher, Menno Meyjes D.O.P.: Jeroen de Bruin Completed: June 2016 Language: Dutch Cast: Monic Hendrickx (NENA, SONNY BOY), Fedja van Huêt (BLOOD SWEAT AND TEARS, ACCUSED), Susan Visser (VIPER’S NEST, HEADING WEST), Kitty Courbois (HEART STREET, FIDGETY BRAM). Menno Meyjes: MURDERED MEMORY (2015, feature), THE DINNER (2013, feature), MANOLETE (2008, feature), MARTIAN CHILD (2007, feature), MAX (2002, feature). Millstreet Films Ph: + 31 20 772 5499 [email protected] www.millstreetfilms.nl 14 NL PRODUCTIONS OUT OF LOVE Paloma Aguilera Valdebenito A love story in the extreme. OUT OF LOVE encapsulates the sweltering and devastating dynamics of love in the turbulent relationship between Varya and Nikolai, where genuine love and hope contend with destruction and despair. 89’ / DCP / colour Genre: drama Original title: OUT OF LOVE Prod: Topkapi Films Co-prod: NTR Sc: Paloma Aguilera Valdebenito D.O.P.: Jasper Wolf Completed: November 2015 Language: English/Dutch Cast: Naomi Velissariou, Danil Vorobyev (EASTERN BOYS). Paloma Aguilera Valdebenito: First feature film. PARA (2013, TV film), ENTRE NOSOTROS (2011, TV film) Awards a.o.: FIPA d’Argent Special Jury Award Best Drama, STAY, AWAY (2009, short) Awards a.o.: European Jury Award Angers European First FF, Grand Prix du Jury Films d’Écoles Europeens Premier Plans, Best Int. Short Film IFF Uruguay, LA SALIDA (2008, short). Topkapi Films Ph: +31 20 303 2494 [email protected] www.topkapifilms.nl NL PRODUCTIONS 15 OWLS & MICE Simone van Dusseldorp When an owl catches Meral’s pet mouse, she ventures into the woods to find it. As Meral’s friends try to help her, she comes to understand what real friendship is. When Meral moves to a new house, she has a hard time making new friends at school. At home she befriends a little mouse that lives in her room: Peepeep. Thanks to the mouse, Meral makes some unexpected new friends. But when an owl catches Peepeep, Meral blames them. Only after they set out on an adventure to retrieve the pellet the owl must have made of Peepeep does Meral understand what friendship is really about. 75’ / DCP / colour Genre: children's, family Original title: UILENBAL Prod: Lemming Film Sc: Simone van Dusseldorp D.O.P.: Ton Peters, Stephan Polman Completed: August 2016 Language: Dutch Cast: Hiba Ghafry, Mimoun Oaïssa (SHOUF SHOUF HABIBI!, SCHNITZEL PARADISE), Birgit Schuurman (PAINKILLERS, THE DINNER CLUB). Simone van Dusseldorp: a.o. LIFE ACCORDING TO NINO (2014, feature) Awards: Cinekid Best Film, MY CRAZY GRANNY (2012, short), THE SECRET LETTER (2010, feature) Awards: Cinekid Best Film, Jury Award Nueva Mirada Buenos Aires IFF for Children and Youth. Lemming Film Ph: +31 20 661 0424 [email protected] www.lemmingfilm.com Sales: Attraction Distribution Ph: +1 514 846 1222 [email protected] www.attractiondistribution.ca 16 NL PRODUCTIONS QUIT Tessa Schram After Sander gets involved in an act of senseless violence, he becomes entangled in a web of lies and must fight to get the truth. When Sander is implicated after his best friend commits an act of senseless violence he is determined to get to the truth of the matter, even if it threatens both his friendship and the blossoming relationship with his girlfriend Indra. 104’ / DCP / colour Genre: romantic drama, youth Original title: KAPPEN Prod: Shooting Star Filmcompany Sc: Maria Peters, Mirjam Oomkes D.O.P.: Thijmen Doornik Completed: October 2016 Language: Dutch Cast: Tonko Bossen, Bente Fokkens (CLEAN HANDS), Joes Brauers (SECRETS OF WAR), Tobias Kersloot (MURDERED MEMORY). Tessa Schram: Second feature film. PAINKILLERS (2014, feature), LOST AND FOUND (2012, short), SAMMIE IS MISSING (2011, short). Shooting Star Ph: +31 20 624 7272 [email protected] www.shootingstar.nl Mountain Road Entertainment Group Ph: +31 6 5394 8986 [email protected] www.mountainroad.nl NL PRODUCTIONS 17 RIPHAGEN Pieter Kuijpers The true story of Andries Riphagen, one of Holland’s most notorious criminals during the Second World War. Rather than being a story about a hero, a noble deed or a victim, RIPHAGEN is a story of a perpetrator, a man who made himself rich through black-market trading in goods left behind by the Jews, and by tracking down and blackmailing Jews in hiding. He was to blame for the deaths of at least 200 people, but was never convicted. 135’ / DCP / colour Genre: drama, thriller Original title: RIPHAGEN Prod: Pupkin Co-prod: VPRO Sc: Paul Jan Nelissen, Thomas van der Ree D.O.P.: Bert Pot Completed: April 2016 Language: Dutch Cast: Jeroen van Koningsbrugge (CLEAN HANDS, THE SURPRISE), Kay Greidanus (LUKAS BY THE SEA), Lisa Zweerman (4JIM), Sigrid ten Napel (THE PARADISE SUITE, PRINCE). Pieter Kuijpers: a.o. HEAVEN ON EARTH (2014, feature) Awards a.o.: Golden Calf Best Production Design Netherlands FF, MANSLAUGHTER (2012, feature) Awards: Prix Europa Special Recommendation TV Drama, NOTHING TO LOSE (2008, feature) Awards a.o.: Jury Prize Best Feature Chicago FF, Golden Calf Best Film Netherlands FF, DENNIS P. (2007, feature). Pupkin Ph: +31 20 489 5088 [email protected] www.pupkin.com 18 NL PRODUCTIONS SEASIDE WALKING Mirjam de With Fifteen years after the fire, Johan returns to his home town and discovers that the wounds of his past have yet to heal. After a disturbing call from his mother, Johan has no other choice but to leave Norway and return to the home town he left many years before. Back in Volendam Johan must face the past he has been running from. 90’ / DCP / colour Genre: drama Original title: OP DE DIJK Prod: Family Affair Films Co-prod: NTR Sc: Cecilie Levy D.O.P.: Gerko Jonkers Completed: January 2016 Language: Dutch/English/Norwegian Cast: Egbert Jan Weber (THE ADMIRAL, FIDGETY BRAM), Mike Weerts (DUMMIE THE MUMMY), Viktoria Winge (LILYHAMMER). Mirjam de With: First feature film. a.o. BALLAST (2012, TV Film), MINA MOES (2011, short), BACK AND FORTH DAY (2010, short). Family Affair Films Ph: +31 20 707 17 13 [email protected] www.familyaffairfilms.nl NL PRODUCTIONS 19 SEVENTH HEAVEN Job Gosschalk A musical drama film about family, romance and Italian cuisine. When Maria Rossi is told she has just a few months to live, she has but one last wish, to be surrounded by her children in loving harmony for the last time. But old feuds, relationship troubles and the anniversary of the family restaurant threaten to ruin her final plans. 90’ / DCP / colour Genre: drama, musical, romantic comedy Original title: ZEVENDE HEMEL Prod: Kaap Holland Film Sc: Tijs van Marle, Job Gosschalk, Elle van Rijn D.O.P.: Richard van Oosterhout Completed: May 2016 Language: Dutch Cast: Thomas Acda (MIRACLE MONKS, CHEZ NOUS), Huub Stapel (LOVE IS THE WORD, SAINT), Halina Reijn (GIFT FROM THE HEART, THE DINNER CLUB), Jan Kooijman (TUSCAN WEDDING, LOVING IBIZA). Job Gosschalk: MOOS (2016, TV film), ITCH (2015, TV series), TIME TO SPARE (2011, feature). Kaap Holland Film Ph: +31 20 346 3700 [email protected] www.kaaphollandfilm.nl 20 NL PRODUCTIONS TONIO Paula van der Oest A film based on the novel TONIO, about the tragic accident that claimed the life of the writer's only son. Twenty one-year-old Tonio is hit by a car and taken to hospital in a critical condition. He dies shortly afterwards. The lives of his parents who had to watch their only son die in intensive care are transformed drastically. His death leaves them with a phantom pain – everything around them serves to remind them of him. They mourn, but at the same time have to try to prevent their own lives being drawn into a downward spiral of sorrow. 100’ / DCP / colour Genre: drama Original title: TONIO Prod: NL Film & TV Sc: Hugo Heinen D.O.P.: Guido van Gennep Completed: May 2016 Language: Dutch Cast: Pierre Bokma (THE SURPRISE, BORGMAN), Rifka Lodeizen (PUBLIC WORKS, LIFE ACCORDING TO NINO), Chris Peters (THE POOL). Paula van der Oest: a.o. ACCUSED (2014, feature), THE DOMINO EFFECT (2012, feature), BLACK BUTTERFLIES (2011, feature) Awards a.o.: SAFTAs for Best Film, Best Camera and Best Production Design, WIJSTER (2008, feature), TIRAMISU (2008, feature), HIDDEN FLAWS (2004, feature), ZUS & ZO (2002, feature) Awards: Nominee Academy Award Best Foreign Language Film. NL Film & TV Ph: + 31 20 574 7626 [email protected] www.nlfilm.tv NL PRODUCTIONS 21 TRANSITION IS THE MISSION Mijke de Jong A theatre group stops performing and moves on to real life. A theatre group stops performing and moves on to real life. The actors are followed in their personal quest for an ideal transition. What started as a struggle against the social crisis culminates in a crisis for the survival of the group itself. 75’ / DCP / colour Genre: docu-fiction Original title: TRANSITION IS THE MISSION Prod: Wunderbaum Co-prod: Topkapi Films Sc: Mathijs Jansen D.O.P.: Emo Weemhoff Completed: January 2016 Language: Dutch Cast: Walter Bart (PUBLIC WORKS, BRIDE FLIGHT), Mathijs Jansen (MY BLUE HEAVEN, TIRAMISU), Maartje Remmers (A THOUSAND KISSES, ACCUSED), Marleen Scholten (NADINE, NADINE, MAYBE SWEDEN), Wine Dierickx (LOFT, STORM). Mijke de Jong: a.o. FRAILER (2014, feature), JOY (2010, feature) Awards: Golden Calves Best Feature and Best Script Netherlands FF, KATIA’S SISTER (2008, feature) Awards: Youth Jury Award Special Mention Locarno IFF, STAGES (2007, feature) Awards a.o.: SIGNIS Special Mention Las Palmas FF. Topkapi Films Ph: +31 20 303 2494 [email protected] www.topkapifilms.nl 22 NL PRODUCTIONS WALDSTILLE Martijn Maria Smits After serving prison for causing the death of his girlfriend, Ben returns home, confronting his parents in law who are taking care of his little daughter. Ben lives in the village of Waldstille with his girlfriend Tinka and their little daughter Cindy. After a night of partying, Ben causes a car accident which is fatal for Tinka and he is sent to prison. When Ben returns home, Tinka’s parents have become the guardians for Cindy. They are embittered, holding Ben responsible for Tinka’s death. Ben wants to be in his daughter’s life, but he has a hard time accomplishing that. As soon as Ben sees his chance, he runs off with Cindy. 90’ / DCP / colour Genre: drama Original title: WALDSTILLE Prod: Circe Films Co-prod: VPRO Sc: Martijn Maria Smits D.O.P.: Frank van den Eeden Completed: January 2016 Language: Dutch Cast: Thomas Ryckewaert (KENAU), Jelka van Houten (JACKIE, A CHRISTMOOSE STORY), Maartje van de Wetering (SUMMER HEAT), Johan Leysen (THE AMERICAN, GLUCKAUF). Martijn Maria Smits: Second feature film. EMILIA (2014, TV film), THE PROSTITUTE AND THE LITTLE GIRL (2011, TV film), C’EST DÉJÀ L’ÉTÉ (2010, feature), ANVERS (2009, TV film) Awards: FIPA d’Or Grand Prix, Golden Calf Best TV Film Netherlands FF, OTZENRATH: LAST DAY (2006, short). Circe Films Ph: +31 20 625 3591 [email protected] www.circe.nl MAJORITY CO-PRODUCTIONS 24 MAJORITY CO-PRODUCTIONS ADIOS AMIGOS Albert Jan van Rees A fun road-movie about three disabled friends who will stop at nothing to get what they want: sex. But en route they find much more than what they were looking for Three disabled friends are fed up with the fact that no woman ever shows interest in them. Philip (25), Lars (24) and Joost (31) hire a driver to take them to Salou in Spain where all the girls want to have sex. But during the trip they are confronted with their dependency on others, and they can’t keep their fears and secrets hidden any more. The journey becomes less about sex and more about friendship. In the end the journey itself, not their destination, brings them the satisfaction they crave. 90’ / DCP / colour Genre: road movie Original title: ADIOS AMIGOS Prod: BosBros (NL) Co-prod: Fobic Films (BE) Sc: Anne Barnhoorn D.O.P.: Dennis Wielaert Completed: October 2016 Language: Dutch/German/Croatian/English Cast: Martijn Lakemeier (WINTER IN WARTIME, LOVER OR LOSER), Yannick van de Velde (HOMIES, THE PETER PAN MAN), Bas Hoeflaak (HOMIES, KICKS), Margot Ros (THE MAGICIANS). Albert Jan van Rees: First feature film. a.o. SWEET LOVE (2013, short), FLYSK (2010, TV film), NAKED (2006, short), SUPER SAM (2000, short film). BosBros Ph: +31 20 524 4030 [email protected] www.bosbros.com MAJORITY CO-PRODUCTIONS 25 ALBERTA Eddy Terstall & Erik Wünsch A humorous reflection on human weaknesses. Freek is a 49-year-old advertising executive and media figure. He appears to have it all: he has won many awards in his field, he has a great wife Iris and a son called Werner. But Freek is a womanizer, and when he meets the dazzling young Alberta he really falls for her. She persuades him to go to the place with which she shares a name; Alberta in the Canadian Rockies. But when boredom strikes, Alberta leaves Freek hopeless and alone. Can he handle life on his own? 110’ / DCP / colour Genre: comedy, tragicomedy Original title: ALBERTA Prod: Fu Works (NL), One Big Agency (NL) Co-prod: Zilvermeer Productions (BE) Sc: Eddy Terstall, Erik Wünsch D.O.P.: Willem Nagtglas Completed: May 2016 Language: Dutch/English Cast: Daniël Boissevain (ALL STARS, VIPER’S NEST), Jamie Grant (THE POOL, LOFT), Eva Duijvestein (SECRETS OF WAR, SIMON), Chip Bray (ENIGMA). Eddy Terstall & Erik Wünsch: a.o. MEET ME IN VENICE (2015, feature) Awards a.o.: World Cinema Award Woodstock FF, DEAL (2012, feature). Fu Works Ph: +31 20 530 7110 [email protected] www.fuworks.nl Sales: EastWest Filmdistribution Ph: +43 15 2493 1034 [email protected] www.eastwest-distribution.com 26 MAJORITY CO-PRODUCTIONS BEYOND SLEEP Boudewijn Koole A young man finds redemption on the edge of madness after embarking on a mythical quest for a stone that fell from the sky. Geologist Alfred is determined to prove the hypothesis that the peculiar round holes found in Lapland are actually the result of meteorites. So he joins a scientific expedition across the tundras of northern Norway, a journey that is plagued by setbacks from the start. However, the rock that he’s searching for, the one that should make him famous, will not be found by him and so he sets out to reach the end of the world in order to finally find himself. 105’ / DCP / colour Genre: drama Original title: BEYOND SLEEP Prod: KeyFilm (NL) Co-prod: Nordisk Film (NO) Sc: Boudewijn Koole D.O.P.: Melle van Essen Completed: January 2016 Language: English/Norwegian/Dutch Cast: Reinout Scholten van Aschat (THE HEINEKEN KIDNAPPING), Pål Sverre Hagen (IN ORDER OF DISAPPEARENCE), Thorbjørn Harr (MOT MOSKVA), Anders Christiansen (KON-TIKI). Boudewijn Koole: Second feature film. a.o. OFF GROUND (2013, short), KAUWBOY (2012, feature) Awards a.o.: Grand Prix Deutsches Kinderhilfswerk Best Youth Film and Best First Feature Award Berlin IFF, EFA Young Audience Award and EFA European Discovery of the Year. KeyFilm Ph: +31 20 423 1596 [email protected] www.keyfilm.nl MAJORITY CO-PRODUCTIONS 27 BODKIN RAS Kaweh Modiri A mosaic of a small town and the human soul. The people in Forres don't work. Between 9 and 5 they dissolve into the pubs, where the light shines in their midst as a warm glow. Then the stranger Bodkin arrives into town. He has come to this remote corner of Europe to hide and to lay low. This turns out to be impossible in a place where rumours spread faster than the plague. All characters except Bodkin are real people playing themselves. Red James, a Scotsman who has spent time in various prisons in the UK, narrates the story. 79’ / DCP / colour Genre: docu-fiction Original title: BODKIN RAS Prod: Revolver (NL) Co-prod: Inti Films (BE) Sc: Kaweh Modiri D.O.P.: Daan Nieuwenhuis Completed: October 2015 Language: English Cast: Sohrab Bayat (A LIST OF ANGELS), Lily Szramko, James Macmillan (MY PARENTS ARE ALIENS), Eddie Paton. Kaweh Modiri: First feature film. MY BURGLAR AND I (short, 2010) Awards: René Coelho Award Netherlands Media Art Insitute. Revolver Ph: +31 20 820 8987 [email protected] www.revolver.nl 28 MAJORITY CO-PRODUCTIONS BRIMSTONE Martin Koolhoven A suspenseful tale of guilt and retribution that unfolds at the end of the 19th century. A dark, violent and epic western about a young woman (and her family) whose lives change drastically when a diabolical preacher comes to town. A triumphant epic of survival and a tale of powerful womanhood and resistance against the unforgiving cruelty of a hell on earth. Our heroine is Liz, carved from the beautiful wilderness, full of heart and grit, hunted by a vengeful Preacher - a diabolical zealot and her twisted nemesis. But Liz is a genuine survivor. She's no victim - a woman of fearsome strength who responds with astonishing bravery to claim the better life she and her daughter deserve. Retribution is coming. 140’ / DCP / colour Genre: period drama, thriller Original title: BRIMSTONE Prod: N279 Entertainment (NL), X-Filme (DE) Co-prod: Prime Time (BE), Dragon Films (SE) Sc: Martin Koolhoven D.O.P.: Rogier Stoffers Completed: July 2016 Language: English/Dutch Cast: Dakota Fanning (THE RUNAWAYS), Guy Pearce (THE PROPOSITION), Kit Harington (GAME OF THRONES), Carice van Houten (BLACK BOOK, BLACK BUTTERLIES). Martin Koolhoven: a.o. WINTER IN WARTIME (2008, feature) Awards a.o: Alice in the City Award Rome IFF, BONKERS (2005, feature) Awards a.o: Audience Award Leeds Young People's FF. N279 Entertainment Ph: +31 20 422 9199 [email protected] www.n279entertainment.com Sales: Embankment Ph: +44 207 183 4739 [email protected] www.embankmentfilms.com MAJORITY CO-PRODUCTIONS 29 DISAPPEARANCE Boudewijn Koole Roos visits her mother in Norway to tell her she's ill. However, former enmities keep Roos from sharing anything with her mother. DISAPPEARANCE is set in the remote winter landscape of Norway. Roos visits her mother here yearly, but this time it’s different: she is bringing bad news. However, old pain and numerous reproaches keep Roos from sharing anything with her mother. But with the help of her half brother and an old love, the two women reconcile and Roos is ready to take her next and inevitable step. 100’ / DCP / colour Genre: drama Original title: VERDWIJNEN Prod: Waterland Film (NL) Co-prod: Sweet Films AS (NO) Sc: Jolein Laarman D.O.P.: Melle van Essen Completed: May 2016 Language: Dutch/English/Norwegian Cast: Rifka Lodeizen (PUBLIEKE WERKEN, LIFE ACCORDING TO NINO), Elsie de Brauw (PRINCE, STAGES), Jakob Oftebro (KON-TIKI), Marcus Hanssen. Boudewijn Koole: a.o. BEYOND SLEEP (2016, feature), OFF GROUND (2013, short), KAUWBOY (2012, feature) Awards a.o.: Grand Prix Deutsches KinderhilfswerkAward for Best Youth Film and Best First Feature Award Berlin IFF, Special Mention Buenos Aires IF, EFCA Award and Film & Kino Award Kristiansand Int. Children’s FF, EFA Young Audience Award and EFA European Discovery of the Year. Waterland Film Ph: +31 20 763 0663 [email protected] www.waterlandfilm.nl 30 MAJORITY CO-PRODUCTIONS HISTORY’S FUTURE Fiona Tan Part fiction, part documentary, part speculative essay on the contemporary world. Losing his memory after a mugging, a man known only as ‘MP’ (Missing Person) leaves his home and sets out on a journey, in search not only of his memory but also, perhaps, for a new identity. MP finds himself confronted by a world in which there are no longer any certainties; an era of crisis on many levels. 95’ / DCP / colour Genre: art film Original title: HISTORY’S FUTURE Prod: Family Affair Films (NL) Co-prod: Rohfilm (DE), Vico Film (IE), Antithesis Films (NL) Sc: Fiona Tan, Jonathan Romney D.O.P.: Vladas Naudzius Completed: October 2015 Language: a.o. English/French/German Cast: Mark O’Halloran (CALVARY), Denis Lavant (HOLY MOTORS), Anne Consigny (THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY), Johanna ter Steege (COOL KIDS DON’T CRY). Fiona Tan: First feature film. a.o. KINGDOM OF SHADOWS (2000, doc). Family Affair Films Ph: +31 20 707 1713 [email protected] www.familyaffairfilms.nl Sales: Mongrel International Ph: +1 416 516 9775 [email protected] www.mongrelmedia.com MAJORITY CO-PRODUCTIONS 31 LA HOLANDESA Marleen Jonkman Travelling through the breathtaking landscapes of Chile, Maud tries to get her life back on track after it is confirmed to her that she will never have children. Maud and Frank are on holiday in Chile. Their relationship is fragile and so is Maud. After many years of trying, it is now time to face the fact that they will never have children. However, Maud is in denial. After a huge fight with Frank she runs off and sets out on a road trip through Chile that will see her travel through pain and grief before eventually making peace with herself. 90’ / DCP / colour Genre: drama, road movie Original title: LA HOLANDESA Prod: Smarthouse Films (NL) Co-prod: FATT Productions (NL), Molotov Cine (CL) Sc: Daan Gielis D.O.P.: Jeroen de Bruin Completed: September 2016 Language: Dutch/Spanish/English Cast: Halina Reijn (BLACK BOOK, VALKYRIE), Carlos Bardem (CELL 211, DAYS OF GRACE). Marleen Jonkman: First feature film. NEAR NEIGHBOURS (2011, TV film), DAO (2009, short), EVERYONE WHO MEANS SOMETHING (2008, short). Smarthouse Films Ph: +31 20 233 7957 [email protected] www.smarthousefilms.nl 32 MAJORITY CO-PRODUCTIONS IF THE SUN EXPLODES Hanna van Niekerk When two lovers embark on an adventurous journey through Lithuania, an unexpected crisis puts their relationship to the test. IF THE SUN EXPLODES is a largely improvised road movie about Yara and Philippe, who are young and in love but also very different. Faced with challenges sparked by a crisis far from home, their relationship is put to the test. 78’ / DCP / colour Genre: drama Original title: IF THE SUN EXPLODES Prod: Hazazah Pictures (NL) Co-prod: UAB Ahil (LT) Sc: Hanna van Niekerk D.O.P.: Jean Counet Completed: January 2016 Language: Dutch Cast: Wies Fest, Egbert Jan Weeber (THE ADMIRAL, FIDGETY BRAM). Hanna van Niekerk: First feature film. AND THEY LIVED (2014, short). Hazazah Pictures Ph: +31 20 422 6422 [email protected] www.hazazahpictures.com MAJORITY CO-PRODUCTIONS 33 IN MY FATHER’S GARDEN Ben Sombogaart A tragic love story about a man who succumbs to religious mania, dragging his family down with him. A loving husband and father falls into the hands of an extremely orthodox Protestant sect. Scared of death, he sacrifices everyone and everything to this belief: his business, the respect of his sons. But he never loses the love of his wife. Based on the most successful Dutch post-WWII novel ‘Knielen op een bed violen’ (Kneeling on a Bed of Violets) by Jan Siebelink. 118’ / DCP / colour Genre: drama Original title: KNIELEN OP EEN BED VIOLEN Prod: NL Film & TV (NL), Nanouk Entertainment (NL) Co-prod: Zilvermeer Productions (BE) Sc: Hugo Heijnen D.O.P.: Piotr Kukla Completed: January 2016 Language: Dutch Cast: Barry Atsma (STRICKEN, ZURICH), Noortje Herlaar (MIRACLE MONKS). Ben Sombogaart: a.o. TO BE KING (2012, feature), THE STORM (2009, feature) Awards a.o.: Bernhard Wicki Award Filmfest Emden-Norderney, BRIDE FLIGHT (2008, feature) Awards a.o.: Best Feature Film, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Cinematographer Newport Beach FF, CRUSADE IN JEANS (2006, feature) Awards a.o: Best Live-action Feature Chicago Int. Children’s FF, Best Feature Sprockets Toronto. NL Film & TV Ph: +31 20 674 7626 [email protected] www.nlfilm.tv 34 MAJORITY CO-PRODUCTIONS LACK-PURGATORY Stefano Odoardi A film about erring that embraces the word's double meaning; to make a mistake and to wander. In a hypothetical, contemporary Purgatory, an Angel navigates a cargo ship on a journey into the unknown, while a group of human beings are in a non-place possibly seeking salvation. 85’ / DCP / b&w Genre: drama, sci-fi Original title: MANCANZA-PURGATORIO Prod: O Film (NL) Co-prod: Strike fp (IT), De Productie (NL) Sc: Stefano Odoardi D.O.P.: Stefano Odoardi Completed: January 2016 Language: Italian Cast: Angelique Cavallari (MANCANZAINFERNO, GIORNI FELICI). Stefano Odoardi: a.o. LACK-HELL ( 2014, feature), LA PLUIE (2014, short), A WHITE BALLAD (2007, feature), EXILE OF BEAUTY (2006, short ). O Film Ph: +31 6 4347 8665 / +39 32 8649 2402 [email protected] www.mancanzatrilogy.wordpress.com MAJORITY CO-PRODUCTIONS 35 MONK Ties Schenk The family of hypochondriac Monk (13) is about to collapse but the family members nevertheless travel to Spain together to say goodbye to a dying relative. The family of hypochondriac Monk (13) is about to collapse but the family members nevertheless travel to Spain together to say goodbye to a dying relative. Underway each of them tries to survive both the trip and his or her personal crisis. As they go along they find out that the reality the family as a whole has to cope with is stronger than all their individual anxieties and that there is no place on earth where they would rather be than in this family. 90’ / DCP / colour Genre: drama Original title: MONK Prod: Viking Film (NL) Co-prod: A Private View (BE) Sc: Roosmarijn Roos Rosa de Carvalho D.O.P.: Richard van Oosterhout Completed: May 2016 Language: Dutch/Spanish Cast: Sam Louwyck (LE MERAVIGLIE, D'ARDENNEN), Marina Gatell (PA NEGRE, LITTLE ASHES), Teun Stokkel (KIDNAP), Olivia Lonsdale (PRINCE, WE WILL NEVER BE ROYALS). Ties Schenk: First feature film. a.o. BLACK TULIP (2015, TV series), HOW TO SURVIVE (2011, TV series), DOCKLANDS (2010, TV series) Awards: Golden Award and Jury Award Cinekid, DAY IN DAY OUT (2008, TV film), DONKEY GIRL (2006, short). Viking Film Ph: +31 20 625 4788 [email protected] www.vikingfilm.nl 36 MAJORITY CO-PRODUCTIONS MR. FROG Anna van der Heide Sita adores her schoolteacher Mr. Frans, who sometimes changes into a frog. But the animal world is not without danger... A normal class, ordinary children and a regular school teacher. Or not. The lives of the children in Mr Frans' class are turned upside down when they discover that he sometimes turns into a frog. And Sita is so fond of her teacher that she wants to protect him at all costs from all those dangerous animals... Based on the novel by bestselling Dutch author Paul van Loon. 90’ / DCP / colour Genre: action/adventure, children's, family Original title: MEESTER KIKKER Prod: BosBros (NL) Co-prod: Prime Time (BE) Sc: Mieke de Jong D.O.P.: Mark van Aller Completed: October 2016 Language: Dutch Cast: Yenthe Bos (PONY PLACE), Bobby van Vleuten (RENDEZ-VOUS), Jeroen Spitzenberger (TONY 10, SÜSKIND), Georgina Verbaan (JACK’S WISH, THE SURPRISE). Anna van der Heide: a.o. MAN IN SUIT (2012, short), FIDGETY BRAM (2011, feature) Awards: Kinder Jury Best Feature Award Tokyo Kinder FF, ZARA (2009, TV film). BosBros Ph: +31 20 524 4030 [email protected] www.bosbros.com Sales: Attraction Distribution Ph: +1 514 846 1222 [email protected] www.attractiondistribution.ca MAJORITY CO-PRODUCTIONS 37 PREY Dick Maas A lion terrorizes the city of Amsterdam When the police discover the bodies of a slaughtered family living on a farm just outside of Amsterdam, they are clueless as to what happened. Lizzy, an attractive veterinarian working in the Amsterdam Zoo, confirms their suspicions; there must be a lion on the loose! And judging by the wounds of the mutilated victims, the lion must be big, strong and very vicious! 109’ / DCP / colour Genre: action/adventure, drama, horror Original title: PROOI Prod: Shooting Star Filmcompany (NL) Co-prod: Parachute Pictures (NL), Czar (BE) Sc: Dick Maas D.O.P.: Lennert Hillege Completed: June 2016 Language: Dutch Cast: Sophie van Winden (KENAU), Julian Looman (COP STORIES), Mark Frost (LAW & ORDER). Dick Maas: a.o. QUIZ (2012, feature), SAINT (2010, feature), KILLERBABES (2007, feature), DOWN (2001, feature), DO NOT DISTURB (1999, feature), FLODDER III (1995, feature), FLODDER DOES MANHATTAN (1992, feature), AMSTERDAMNED (1988, feature). Shooting Star Filmcompany Ph: +31 20 624 7272 [email protected] www.shootingstar.nl 38 MAJORITY CO-PRODUCTIONS PUBLIC WORKS Joram Lürsen 1888. Two cousins set out to improve their lot in life - but at what cost? 1888: a luthier has to step aside when his home opposite the Central Station in Amsterdam, must yield for the planned Victoria Hotel. His cousin, pharmacist in the countryside, has gotten into a fix after illegal medical practices, and is looking for a way out. For himself and his wife Martha, but also for a colony of poor peat cutters whom he promises a future in the USA. Committed – or is it pride? – the two of them think up a scheme from which they all will benefit. With tragic consequences. 115’ / DCP / colour Genre: drama, period drama Original title: PUBLIEKE WERKEN Prod: Topkapi Films (NL) Co-prod: VPRO (NL), Menuet (BE), I’m Film (HU), Mythberg Films (HU) Sc: Frank Ketelaar D.O.P.: Mark van Aller Completed: September 2015 Language: Dutch Cast: Gijs Scholten van Aschat (THE POOL, MANSLAUGHTER), Jacob Derwig (THE FAMILY WAY, THE DINNER), Rifka Lodeizen (BOYS, LIFE ACCORDING TO NINO). Joram Lürsen: a.o. RECKLESS (2014, feature), THE FAMILY WAY (2012, feature), ALFIE, THE LITTLE WEREWOLF (2011, feature) Awards a.o.: Best Children’s Film Tallinn Black Nights, THE MAGICIANS (2010, feature) Awards a.o.: Audience Award Copenhagen Int. Children's FF Buster, Special Jury Prize Montréal Int. Children's FF. Topkapi Films Ph: +31 20 303 2494 [email protected] www.topkapifilms.nl MAJORITY CO-PRODUCTIONS 39 A REAL VERMEER Rudolf van den Berg A talented artist decides to take revenge on art critics by creating works attributable to his idol Johannes Vermeer. Based on the life of Han van Meegeren. An exceptionally talented but narcissistic painter clashes with the art critics, who are themselves in love with fashionable movements such as impressionism and expressionism. He decides therefore to take revenge by creating ‘new’ paintings of his great idol Vermeer. 103’ / DCP / colour Genre: creative biopic Original title: EEN ECHTE VERMEER Prod: Rinkel Film (NL), Fu Works (NL), Cadenza Films (NL) Co-prod: Tarantula (LU), Living Stone (BE) Sc: Jan Eilander, Rudolf van den Berg D.O.P.: Goert Giltay Completed: September 2016 Language: Dutch Cast: Jeroen Spitzenberger (THE PARADISE SUITE, SÜSKIND), Lize Feryn, Porgy Franssen (170HZ), Roeland Fernhout (THE ADMIRAL). Rudolf van den Berg: a.o. SÜSKIND (2011, feature) Awards a.o: Audience Award Jewish FF Atlanta, TIRZA (2010, feature) Award: Golden Calf Best Director Netherlands FF, SNAPSHOTS (2002, feature). Rinkel Film Ph: +31 20 616 3231 [email protected] www.rinkelfilm.com Sales: Loco Films Ph: + 33 7 6299 4919 [email protected] www.loco-films.com. 40 MAJORITY CO-PRODUCTIONS SCREAM WEEK Martijn Heijne What was supposed to be the holiday of the year ends in a nightmare... Six friends come to the Sneekweek festival to sail and go wild for a week. Once they arrive at their giant villa, the party can start. But along with the partying and sailing, a secret surfaces from their past. A couple of years ago something went wrong in the balloting of their dorm. And the tension gets to breaking point when it appears that none of the students actually arranged the villa... 110’ / DCP / colour Genre: comedy, thriller Original title: SNEEKWEEK Prod: Farmhouse Film (NL) Co-prod: Marmalade Films (BE) Sc: Alex van Galen D.O.P.: Maarten van Keller Completed: January 2016 Language: Dutch Cast: Carolien Spoor (TUSCAN WEDDING, LOFT), Jelle de Jong (THE ADMIRAL), Yootha Wong-Loi-Sing (THE PRICE OF SUGAR), Frank Lammers (THE ADMIRAL, THE MARATHON). Martijn Heijne: First feature film. LOVE HURTS (2013, TV series). Farmhouse Film Ph: +31 58 280 0695 [email protected] www.farmhousefilm.nl Sales: Mountain Road Entertainment Ph: +31 6 5394 8986 [email protected] www.mountainroad.nl MAJORITY CO-PRODUCTIONS 41 Director Marleen Gorris TULIPS, LOVE, HONOUR AND A BIKE Marleen Gorris After young Canadian Anna learns about her Mafia-related past in the South of Italy, she uncovers the identity of her real parents and sets out to avenge her father’s death. 1953. On the evening of the North Sea Flood, Dutch peasant Gauke mounts his bike, only to stop when he finds a prospective tulip farm in the South of Italy. Together with his wife Ria he makes a stand against the local Mafia. Twenty-five years later the Canadian Anna arrives in the same village and finds out that the woman who raised her was not her mother. Her real mother was the Dutch Ria. Together with her Italian love she uncovers the romantic tragedy of her family and decides to avenge her father... 90’ / DCP / colour Genre: romantic tragi-comedy Original title: TULIPS, LOVE, HONOUR AND A BIKE Prod: FATT Productions (NL) Co-prod: Don Carmody Productions (CA), Draka Productions (IT) Sc: Peter van Wijk D.O.P.: Lennert Hillege Completed: August 2016 Language: Dutch/English/Italian Cast: Gijs Naber (HAPPILY EVER AFTER), Lidia Vitale (JACKIE), Magda Apanowicz (CONTINUUM). Marleen Gorris: a.o. THE LUZHIN DEFENCE (2000, feature) Awards a.o: Grand Prize Cinema Luchon IFF, MRS DALLOWAY (1998, feature), ANTONIA’S LINE (1995, feature) Awards a.o: Academy Award Best Foreign Language Film. FATT Productions Ph: +31 20 341 9469 [email protected] www.fatt.nl Sales: Atlas Film Ph: +49 2007 1909 [email protected] www.atlasfilm.com 42 MAJORITY CO-PRODUCTIONS WE René Eller In the affluent but dull town of Dendermonde, eight bored teenagers get caught up in a nihilistic web of pornography and prostitution. A group of rebellious 17-year-olds meet on a lazy summer’s day on the outskirts of a Belgian village. Simon, the shy intellectual, is wildly in love with Femke. Ruth, who follows them closely, is secretly in love with Simon. Wildly charismatic Thomas, an unscrupulous business man in the making, decides to start a kitsch sex-site where they record porno scenes. Ruth is the first to have paid sex as the group ventures into prostitution. But when Femke is involved in an accident the atmosphere within the group suddenly changes... 90’ / DCP / colour Genre: drama Original title: BIJ WIJ EINDIG IK Prod: Habbekrats (NL) Co-prod: Miauw (NL), A Team Productions (BE) Sc: René Eller, Sanne Nuyens, Bert van Dael D.O.P.: Maxime Desmet Completed: May 2016 Language: Dutch Cast: Aime Claeys, Pauline Casteleyn, Tijmen Govaerts, Maxime Jacobs. René Eller: First feature film. Habbekrats Ph: +31 20 330 0324 [email protected] www.habbekrats.nl MAJORITY CO-PRODUCTIONS 43 WHEN MY FATHER BECAME A BUSH Nicole van Kilsdonk When war breaks out in the south, Toda's father has to defend his country. Toda is sent to a neighbouring land, which is not a simple journey in wartime. Before Toda's father became a bush, he was a pastry chef. Everyday he would rise before dawn to make many kinds of pastries and cakes. Then, one day, everything changes. War breaks out in the south and Toda's father has to defend his country. Toda is sent to stay with her mother, who lives in a neighbouring land... not a simple journey in wartime. But Toda is a plucky girl who doesn't give up easily - she is determined to find her mother. An adventurous story with laughs, thrills and emotion. 80’ / DCP / colour Genre: children's, drama, family Original title: TOEN MIJN VADER EEN STRUIK WERD Prod: Lemming Film (NL) Co-prod: Nukleus Film (KR), Minds Meet (BE), A Private View (BE) Sc: Maureen Versprille, Nicole van Kilsdonk D.O.P.: Gregg Telussa Completed: July 2016 Language: Dutch Cast: Celeste Holsheimer, Teun Kuilboer (CLEAN HANDS) Noortje Herlaar (MIRACLE MONKS), Anneke Blok (WINTER IN WARTIME). Nicole van Kilsdonk: a.o. VENTOUX (2015, feature), IN THE HEART (2014, feature), TAKING CHANCES (2011, feature) Awards a.o: EFCA Award BUFF FF. Lemming Film Ph: +31 20 661 0424 [email protected] www.lemmingfilm.com Sales: Beta Film Ph: +49 89 673 469-80 [email protected] www.betafilm.com MINORITY CO-PRODUCTIONS 46 MINORITY CO-PRODUCTIONS 115’ / DCP / colour Genre: drama Prod: EEE Productions (DE) Co-prod: Topkapi Films (NL), Haut et Court (FR), WDR-Arte (DE/FR) Language: German Completed: January 2016 Topkapi Films Ph: +31 20 303 2494 [email protected] www.topkapifilms.nl ALL OF A SUDDEN Asli Özge Sales: Memento Films International Ph: +33 1 5334 9029 [email protected] www.memento-films.com After an accidental event, a young man starts to question the stability of his own life. 130’ / DCP / colour Genre: drama Prod: Menuet (BE) Co-prod: Topkapi Films (NL), Pyramide Productions (FR) Language: Dutch Completed: December 2015 Topkapi Films Ph: +31 20 303 2494 [email protected] www.topkapifilms.nl BELGICA Felix van Groeningen The brothers Frank and Jo run Café Belgica. But the more their business thrives, the more estranged they become. Sales: The Match Factory Ph: +49 221 539 709-0 [email protected] www.the-match-factory.com MINORITY CO-PRODUCTIONS 47 100’ / DCP / colour Genre: comedy, drama Prod: Twenty to Twenty Vision (DE), Yo Image (JO) Co-prod: Habbekrats (NL) Language: Arabic Completed: January 2016 Habbekrats Ph: +31 20 330 0324 [email protected] www.habbekrats.nl BLESSED BENEFIT Mahmoud Al Massad When Ahmad ends up in prison he realizes that life behind bars might be better than a life of freedom outside. 111’ / DCP / colour Genre: drama Prod: Zentropa Entertainment 19 (DK) Co-prod: Topkapi Films (NL), Film I Väst (SE), Zentropa Int. Sweden (SE), Zentropa Int. Netherlands (NL) Language: Danish Completed: November 2015 Topkapi Films Ph: +31 20 303 2494 [email protected] www.topkapifilms.nl THE COMMUNE Thomas Vinterberg A story about the clash between personal desires and solidarity/tolerance in a Danish commune in the 1970s. Sales: TrustNordisk Ph: +45 3686 8769 [email protected] www.trustnordisk.com 48 MINORITY CO-PRODUCTIONS 90’ / DCP / colour Genre: drama Prod: Motlys (NO) Co-prod: Waterland Film (NL) Language: English Completed: autumn 2016 Waterland Film Ph: +31 20 763 0663 [email protected] www.waterlandfilm.nl HANDLE WITH CARE Arild Andresen After his wife’s death, offshore oil worker Kjetil is having a hard time relating to his adopted son Daniel. 113’ / DCP / colour Genre: drama, mystery Prod: Dart Film (RS) Co-prod: Lemming Film (NL), Marni Films (GR), Cinnamon Production (RS), Two thirty five (GR) Language: Serbian/English/French Completed: January 2016 Lemming Film Ph: +31 20 661 0424 [email protected] www.lemmingfilm.com HUMIDITY Nikola Ljuca The wife of successful businessman Petar disappears. He is assured she will return, but maybe she is just the first domino to fall in Petar's perfect world. Sales: Soul Food Films Ph: +381 11 267 2004 [email protected] www.soulfoodfilms.com MINORITY CO-PRODUCTIONS 49 95’ / DCP / colour Genre: comedy, drama, mockumentary Prod: Bo Films (BE) Co-prod: Topkapi Films (NL), Entre Chien et Loup (BE), Art Fest (BU) Language: English/French/Dutch Completed: May 2016 Topkapi Films Ph: +31 20 303 2494 [email protected] www.topkapifilms.nl KEBAB ROYAL Peter Brosens & Jessica Woodworth The last king of the Belgians gets lost in the Balkans. 100’ / DCP / colour Genre: comedy Prod: Westerly Films (GB), Blinder Films (IE), Chic Films (FR) Co-prod: Revolver (NL) Language: English Completed: November 2015 Revolver Ph: +31 20 820 8987 [email protected] www.revolver.nl LOVE & FRIENDSHIP Whit Stillman LOVE & FRIENDSHIP follows the beautiful Lady Susan as she attempts to find husbands both for herself and her long-suffering daughter Frederica. Sales: Protagonist Pictures Ph: + 44 20 7734 9000 [email protected] www.protagonistpictures.com 50 MINORITY CO-PRODUCTIONS 104’ / DCP / colour Genre: black comedy, romantic drama Prod: Barnsbury Pictures (UK) Co-prod: Mulholland Pictures (NL) Language: English Completed: January 2016 Mulholland Pictures Ph: +31 6 4293 9157 [email protected] www.mulhollandpictures.com LOVE IS THICKER THAN WATER Emily Harris & Ate de Jong Sensitive and touching, sometimes quirky and tragic, always uncompromisingly truthful, a modern day Romeo and Juliet story. 98’ / DCP / colour Genre: drama Prod: Fastnet Films (IE) Co-prod: Rinkel Film (NL), Calach Films (LU) Language: English Completed: December 2015 Rinkel Film Ph: +31 20 616 3231 [email protected] www.rinkelfilm.com MAMMAL Rebecca Daly A compelling and unorthodox love story between a woman who lost her son in tragic circumstances, and a homeless youth. Sales: Picture Tree International Ph: +49 30 4208 248-0 [email protected] www.picturetree-international.com MINORITY CO-PRODUCTIONS 90’ / DCP / colour Genre: drama, coming-of-age Prod: Fobic Films (BE) Co-prod: CTM Pictures (NL) Language: Dutch/Spanish Completed: spring/summer 2016 CTM Pictures Ph: +31 35 647 4040 [email protected] www.ctm.nl MY FIRST HIGHWAY Kevin Meul ‘Everything remains the same, but everything has changed’. A story about lost innocence, bitter love and murder, situated in the world of teenagers. 100’ / DCP / colour Genre: drama Prod: Amour Fou (LU, AU) Co-prod: KeyFilm (NL) Language: German Completed: March 2016 Director Virgil Widrich and D.O.P. Christian Berger THE NIGHT OF A THOUSAND HOURS Virgil Widrich When the whole family arrives unannounced, it's a nightmare. When most of them are already dead, it's worse. KeyFilm Ph: +31 20 423 2596 [email protected] www.keyfilm.nl 51 52 MINORITY CO-PRODUCTIONS 90’ / DCP / colour Genre: drama Prod: House on Fire (FR) Co-prod: Lemming Film (NL), Endorphine Producution (DE), Bulut Film (TR) Language: Farsi Completed: September 2016 Lemming Film Ph: +31 20 661 0424 [email protected] www.lemmingfilm.com OBLIVION VERSES Alireza Khatami When militia start hiding the corpses of people killed during the Iranian election protests, a morgue worker learns to overcome his fears of forgetting the past. 100’ / DCP / colour Genre: drama Prod: Gema Films (AR) Co-prod: Viking Film (NL), Mutokino (CO), Sutor Kolonko (DE), Boo Produktions (GR) Language: no dialogue Completed: October 2015 Viking Film Ph: +31 20 625 4788 [email protected] www.vikingfilm.nl OSCURO ANIMAL Felipe Guerrero OSCURO ANIMAL tells the story of three women forced to flee their homes in the midst of the Colombian armed conflict. MINORITY CO-PRODUCTIONS 53 110’ / DCP / b&w Genre: black comedy, romantic drama, mystery Prod: Homeless Bob Productions (EE) Co-prod: PRPL (NL), Opus Film (PL) Language: Estonian/German Completed: August 2016 PRPL Ph: +31 20 737 0189 [email protected] www.prpl.nl REHEPAPP Rainer Sarnet All gods are great, a wise man fools them all. 100’ / DCP / colour Genre: drama Prod: Mômerade (FR) Co-prod: Circe Films (NL) Diluvio (CL) Unafilm (DE) Language: Spanish Completed: April 2016 Circe Films Ph: +31 20 625 3591 [email protected] www.circe.nl REY Niles Atallah In 1860, a French lawyer dreamt of becoming the King of Patagonia. And he did become just that. Or so it seems. 54 MINORITY CO-PRODUCTIONS 76’ / DCP / colour Genre: children’s, family Prod: Snowcloud Films (SE) Co-prod: Viking Film (NL) Language: Swedish Completed: December 2015 Viking Film Ph: +31 20 625 4788 [email protected] www.vikingfilm.nl SIV SLEEPS ASTRAY Sales: SF International Ph: +46 8 680 3798 [email protected] www.sfinternational.se Catti Edfeldt & Lena Hanno Clyne Behind every door is a new adventure. 95’ / DCP / colour Genre: drama Prod: Sinefilm (TR) Co-prod: Mars Produksiyon (TR), Les Films de l’Après-Midi (FR), Topkapi Films (NL) Language: Turkish Completed: May 2016 Topkapi Films Ph: +31 20 303 2494 [email protected] www.topkapifilms.nl SOMETHING USEFUL Pelin Esmer A woman and a nursing student meet on a train and find themselves in the apartment of a paralyzed man who wants to die. Now it's time for doing something useful. MINORITY CO-PRODUCTIONS 55 120’ / DCP / colour Genre: historical drama Prod: FATT Productions (NL) Co-prod: DCTV Tokyo Productions (JP), Nippon Hoso Kyiokai (JP) Language: English Completed: May 2016 FATT Productions Ph: +31 20 341 9469 [email protected] www.fatt.nl Director Pieter Verhoeff TOKYO TRIALS (Working title) Pieter Verhoeff & Rob King Who can judge whether a war is “just,” whether the leaders who wage it are criminals, or whether certain acts of war deserve to be punished over others? 90’ / DCP / colour Genre: drama Prod: Savage Film (BE) Co-prod: CTM Pictures (NL), 41 Shadows (DK) Language: French Completed: April 2016 CTM Pictures Ph: +31 35 647 4040 [email protected] www.ctm.nl TONIC IMMOBILITY Nathalie Teirlinck When escort Alice is forced to take care of her son her apparent indifference seems to fade away and she gets confronted with emotional emptiness in her life. 56 MINORITY CO-PRODUCTIONS 90’ / DCP / colour Genre: drama, road movie Prod: Man’s Films Productions (BE) Co-prod: SNG Film (NL) Language: French/English Completed: January 2016 SNG Film Ph: +31 20 686 7837 [email protected] www.sngfilm.nl UPSTREAM Sales: Doc & Film International Ph: + 33 14277 5687 [email protected] www.docandfilm.com Marion Hänsel Two half brothers get to know each other when they try to find the place where their father was found dead. 110’ / DCP / colour Genre: drama Prod: Aadi Productions (NP) Co-prod: Waterland Film (NL), Louverture Films (USA) Language: English/Nepali Completed: autumn 2016 Waterland Film Ph: +31 20 763 0663 [email protected] www.waterlandfilm.nl WHITE SUN Deepak Rauniyar After the death of his father, Agni returns back home for the first time in 10 years. MINORITY CO-PRODUCTIONS 57 100’ / DCP / colour Genre: period drama Prod: Rei Cine (AR) Co-prod: Lemming Film (NL), Bananeira Filmes (BR), El Deseo (SP), MPM Film (FR), Louverture Films (USA) Language: Spanish Completed: May 2016 Lemming Film Ph: +31 20 661 0424 [email protected] www.lemmingfilm.com ZAMA Lucrecia Martel A man who wishes to be recognized for his merits slowly loses everything in the years of waiting. Sales: The Match Factory Ph: +49 221 539 709-0 [email protected] www.the-match-factory.com COMING SOON 60 COMING SOON 100’ / DCP / colour Genre: drama Original title: COBAIN Prod: Circe Films (NL) Co-prod: Waterland Film (NL), A Private View (BE) Language: Dutch Completed: February 2017 COBAIN Director Nanouk Leopold Nanouk Leopold Cobain (15) finds out that his drug-addicted mother is pregnant again. When she rejects all help, Cobain decides to save his unborn brother. Nanouk Leopold: a.o. IT’S ALL SO QUIET (2013, feature) Awards a.o.: Grand Jury Award LA Outfest, Best Feature Torino IFF, Silver Q Hugo Film Award Chicago IFF, BROWNIAN MOVEMENT (2010, feature) Awards a.o.: Int. Film Guide Award New Horizons FF, Golden Calves Best Director and Best Screenplay Netherlands FF, WOLFSBERGEN (2007, feature) Awards: Special Mention Caligari Film Prize Berlin Int. FF. Circe Films Ph: +31 20 625 3591 [email protected] www.circe.nl 95’ / DCP / colour Genre: action/adventure, children's, family Original title: FALKO Prod: Phanta Vision (NL) Co-prod: Iris Productions (LU), Bulletproof Cupid (BE) Language: Dutch Completed: January 2017 FALKO Dennis Bots Love and trust transcend differences in faith. Dennis Bots: a.o. SECRETS OF WAR (2014, feature), Awards: Golden Calf Special Jury Award Netherlands FF, Jury Prize Chicago Int. Children's FF, COOL KIDS DON’T CRY (2012, feature) Awards a.o.: Audience Award TIFF Kids IFF, Gryphon Award Sao Paulo Giffoni FF. Phanta Film Ph: +31 20 626 0255 [email protected] www.phantavision.com COMING SOON 61 90’ / DCP / colour Genre: drama Original title: IN BLUE Prod: IJswater Films (NL) Co-prod: Caviar (BE) Language: Dutch/English/Romanian Completed: November 2016 Jaap van Heusden: a.o. THE NEW WORLD (2013, feature), WIN/WIN (2010, feature). IN BLUE IJSwater Films Ph: +31 20 442 1760 [email protected] www.ijswater.nl Jaap van Heusden Dutch flight attendant Lin (42) gets involved in a confusing mother/lover relationship with Bucharest street boy Nicu (14). 90’ / DCP / colour Genre: drama Original title: INVITE ME TO WAR Prod: Lemming Film Language: Dutch/English/Arabic Completed: September 2017 Shariff Korver: Second feature film. THE INTRUDER (2014, feature) Awards: Grand Prize Best Film and Best Director Award First Time Fest New York, NO WAY BACK (2011, short). INVITE ME TO WAR Shariff Korver How are two young soldiers dealing with the difficulties and tension of a military mission, and how is a mother dealing with the soldier who is coming back? Lemming Film Ph: +31 20 661 0424 [email protected] www.lemmingfilm.com 62 COMING SOON 75’ / DCP / colour Genre: children’s, family Original title: DIKKERTJE DAP Prod: Lemming Film (NL) Co-prod: Hamster Film (DE) Language: Dutch Completed: August 2017 MY GIRAFFE Margien Rogaar When Patterson Pepps realizes that his best friend Raf - a giraffe - cannot go to school with him, he comes up with a plan to take Raf to school anyway. Margien Rogaar: a.o: BON VOYAGE (2010, feature), ABOUT FISH AND REVOLUTION (2008, short), SIGH (2007, short) Awards: Best Female Director Int. Shorts FF Mexico, MAYBE SWEDEN (2006, feature) Awards: Special Jury Recommendation FF Cologne. Lemming Film Ph: +31 20 661 0424 [email protected] www.lemmingfilm.com 75’ / DCP / colour Genre: animation, children's, family Original title: BUURMAN & BUURMAN Prod: Lemming Film Language: Dutch Completed: June 2017 Lemming Film Ph: +31 20 661 0424 [email protected] www.lemmingfilm.com PAT & MAT THE FILM Director tbc Two amateur DIY neighbours venture on an extraordinary journey, where they overcome the most unexpected problems. But will they make it home in one piece? COMING SOON 63 80’ / DCP / colour Genre: tragicomedy Original title: QUALITY TIME Prod: Pupkin (NL) Co-prod: Leader Films (NO), VPRO (NL) Language: Dutch/Norwegian/English Completed: November 2016 Daan Bakker: First feature film. BUKOWSKI (2010, short), JACCO’S FILM (2009, short). QUALITY TIME Daan Bakker Pupkin Ph: +31 20 489 5088 [email protected] www.pupkin.com QUALITY TIME shows five short stories about struggling men and their concerned parents. A curious combination of film styles is used to emphasize the absurdity of human existence. 95’ / DCP / colour Genre: romantic drama Original title: RAFAËL Prod: Rinkel Film (NL) Co-prod: Verdeoro (IT), Nomadis (TU), Cinetelefilms (TU) Language: Dutch/English/Italian/Arabic Completed: February 2017 RAFAËL Ben Sombogaart RAFAËL is based on the true love story between the Dutch Winny and her Tunisian husband Nizar, set against the backdrop of the Arab Spring. Ben Sombogaart: a.o. IN MY FATHER’S GARDEN (2016, feature), TO BE KING (2012, feature), ISABELLE (2011, feature), BRIDE FLIGHT (2008, feature), TWIN SISTERS (2002, feature) Award: nominee Academy Award Best Foreign Language Film. Rinkel Film Ph: +31 20 616 3231 [email protected] www.rinkelfilm.com 64 COMING SOON 100’ / DCP / colour Genre: romantic comedy Original title: SOOF 2 Prod: KeyFilm (NL), Millstreet Films (NL) Language: Dutch Completed: autumn 2016 SOOF 2 Esmé Lammers Life can really suck from time to time, but if we all do our best, eventually we will enjoy it. Esmé Lammers: a.o. AMAZONES (2003, feature), THOM & THOMAS (2001, feature), LONG LIVE THE QUEEN (1995, feature) Awards a.o.: Jury Award Cinekid, Certificate of Merit, Montgomery Prize, CIFEJ Award and 2nd place Adult's Jury Award Oulu Int. Children’s FF. KeyFilm Ph: +31 20 423 2596 [email protected] www.keyfilm.nl Millstreet Films Ph: + 31 20 772 5499 [email protected] www.millstreetfilms.nl DOCUMENTARIES 66 DOCUMENTARIES ALL YOU NEED IS ME Wim van der Aar The young and talented painter Aad Donker loses his grip on life in search of a lost paradise. A journey through the life of talented artist Aad Donker who hanged himself beside two self-portraits on November 1 1998 in his studio. The paint was still wet. His age: 31. ALL YOU NEED IS ME takes us around the world through different stages of Aad’s life, literally from paradise to hell. His turbulent relationship with Amy, the love of his life, runs like a thread throughout the film as does his inextricable and demanding relationship with his two brothers. 90’ / DCP / colour Original title: ALL YOU NEED IS ME Prod: Hazazah Pictures Sc: Wim van der Aar D.O.P.: Piotr Kukla, Jasper Wolf Completed: January 2016 Language: Dutch/English Wim van der Aar: GABBERS (2013, doc), VAN WAVEREN TAPES (2012, doc), KODACHROME (2006, doc). Hazazah Pictures Ph: +31 20 42 26422 [email protected] www.hazazahpictures.com DOCUMENTARIES 67 ALONG CHAPPEL ROAD André Schreuders A quest without result for a street named Kapellekensbaan, the main location within L.P. Boons' literary masterpiece. A dialogue between writer L.P. Boons and filmmaker André Schreuders who share a common desire; to be in the moment when they are touched by what they see. 96’ / DCP / colour Original title: LANGS DE KAPELLEKENSBAAN Prod: seriousFilm (NL) Co-prod: AS Film (NL) Sc: André Schreuders D.O.P.: André Schreuders Completed: January 2016 Language: Dutch André Schreuders: a.o. LIGHT (2010, short), MANIFESTO FOR A FREE FALL (2009, short doc), FROM THE HEART OF ODESSA (2007, doc). seriousFilm Ph: +31 6 2073 7277 [email protected] www.seriousfilm.nl 68 DOCUMENTARIES ANTS ON A SHRIMP Maurice Dekkers ‘Going out and risking everything like this is really important’ René Redzepi. In January 2015, Noma, recognized as the World’s Best Restaurant, and led by its charismatic chef René Redzepi, moved its entire team from Denmark to Japan. Known for its one-of-a-kind cooking and for distilling the Danish landscape and “time and place” onto a plate, can Redzepi and team apply their philosophy to an entirely foreign experience, using ingredients that they’ve never seen before, all whilst under the intense pressure and scrutiny that comes with running the world’s best restaurant? 95’ / DCP / colour Original title: ANTS ON A SHRIMP Prod: BlazHoffski (NL) Co-prod: Dahl TV (NL) Sc: Maurice Dekkers D.O.P.: Hans Bouma Completed: February 2016 Language: English/Japanese Maurice Dekkers: First feature length documentary. a.o. FOOD CIA (2003-2015, TV doc series), OPERATION NOODLES (2007, TV doc series). BlazHoffski Ph: +31 20 301 8450 [email protected] www.blazhoffski.nl Sales: Fortissimo Films Ph: +31 20 627 3215 [email protected] www.fortissimofilms.com DOCUMENTARIES 69 BELOW THE SURFACE Digna Sinke A film about the political machinations surrounding a handkerchief-sized piece of land. In 2005, after lengthy negotiations, an agreement was concluded between Belgium and the Netherlands concerning the Western Scheldt. The river would be deepened so that the largest sea-faring vessels could now reach Antwerp, and at the same time the natural world in the area would be restored. Nine years later the agreement has still not been honoured by the Dutch and an unprecedented battle of opinions and counter-opinions about the nature restoration project continues to rage. 91’ / DCP / colour Original title: ONDER DE OPPERVLAKTE Prod: De Familie (NL) Co-prod: Associate Directors (BE) Sc: Digna Sinke D.O.P.: Jan Wich, Digna Sinke Completed: August 2015 Language: Dutch/English Digna Sinke: a.o. AFTER THE TONE (2014, feature), WISTFUL WILDERNESS (2010, doc) Awards: Best Doc Paris Int. Environmental FF, Best Doc Freistadt FF, ATLANTIS (2008, feature), TIENGEMETEN 2001-2006 (2006, doc), BROSSA (2005, doc), HOPE & EXPECTATIONS (2004, short). De Familie Ph: +31 20 663 3303 [email protected] www.defamilie.net 70 DOCUMENTARIES BEZNESS AS USUAL Alex Pitstra The filmmaker tries to reconnect with his absent Tunisian playboy father. Suppose your Dutch mother falls in love with your Tunisian father while holidaying on the beach. She takes your father home and he sponges off her for years. She becomes pregnant and you are born. When you’re 4 years old things go wrong: a vicious divorce. Your father takes to a life of crime and is forced to leave the country. You grow up with your mother and you don’t see your father again until you’re 25 years old. What do you do if he then starts asking you for money to have his teeth fixed? 87’ / DCP / colour Original title: BEZNESS AS USUAL Prod: Selfmade Films Sc: Alex Pitstra D.O.P.: Tadeusz Kieniewicz, Alex Pitstra, Rosan Breman, Ismaël Lotz Completed: March 2016 Language: Arabic/Dutch/English/German/ Swedish Alex Pitstra: First feature length documentary. DIE WELT (2011, feature) Awards: Jury Prize Best Feature Berkshire IFF, Grand Prix Students’ Jury Int. Independent FF Bordeaux. Selfmade Films Ph: +31 20 606 0789 [email protected] www.selfmadefilms.nl DOCUMENTARIES 71 A BOY’S DREAM Walther Grotenhuis & Cinta Forger As a self appointed God Theo Jansen pursues an impossible dream. Making new life out of PVC tubes, tiewraps and sails. How far will he come with his fairytale? 70’ / DCP / colour Playful and elegant strandbeasts walk along Dutch beaches. Their master, Theo Jansen, wants to make new life that will outlive his own lifespan. Only plastic tubes, tiewraps and sails are allowed. Electronical devices banned. As an explorer he tries to understand the creation. His strandbeasts are part of a dream that is meant to conquer the world. Is this self appointed God pursuing an impossible fairytale? And is he able to convince the world to dream along with him? Walther Grotenhuis & Cinta Forger: a.o. GHOSTS FROM THE PAST (2014, doc), IT MIGHT BE DARK TOMORROW (2011, doc), JEANNE (2011, doc), THE COOL RAGE OF BERNHARD WILLEM HOLTROP (2007, doc). Original title: DE JONGENSDROOM Prod: Olympic Films Sc: Sarah Vos D.O.P.: Adri Schrover Completed: November 2015 Language: Dutch/English Olympic Films Ph: +31 6 2685 0872 [email protected] 72 DOCUMENTARIES BURMA STORYBOOK Petr Lom The beauty and suffering of a country emerging from six decades of authoritarian rule as expressed through its poetry. BURMA STORYBOOK is a parade of characters, poems and cinema verité scenes set in this enchantingly beautiful land trying to recover from six decades of fear and suffering. The main story is of Maung Aung Pwint, Burma’s most famous dissident poet, who has spent more than 30 years behind bars for his political activism. The yearning for his lost son, who lives in political exile in Finland, and his long-awaited return home after 20 years, are at the heart of the film. 105’ / DCP / colour Original title: BURMA STORYBOOK Prod: ZIN Documentaire (NL) Co-prod: JAB Film (NO) Sc: Corinne van Egeraat, Petr Lom D.O.P.: Petr Lom Completed: early 2016 Language: Burmese Petr Lom: a.o. ANA ANA (2013, doc), BACK TO THE SQUARE (2012, doc) Awards: Amnesty Award Planete Doc Warsaw, Best Human Rights Doc Hong Kong FF, LETTERS TO THE PRESIDENT (2009, doc), ON A TIGHTROPE (2007, doc) Awards a.o.: Grand Prix Chicago Doc FF. ZIN Documentaire Ph: +31 6 2487 3171 [email protected] www.zindoc.nl DOCUMENTARIES 73 DESTINATION BERLIN Rosemarie Blank DESTINATION BERLIN shows images from the lives of immigrants and a native ‘Berliner’. Though never ' at home', the foreigners say they can make a home anywhere. 75’ / DCP / colour From my perspective as a foreigner in the Netherlands, I have made a film about the feelings of foreigners who see Berlin as their home, but who also don’t feel ‘at home’ anywhere. For the Slovenian 'butterfly man', who lives like a nomad, Berlin is also a hunting place for insects. Two Congolese brothers struggle with the tragic death of their father, a comrade of Patrice Lumumba. Eva-Maria, a pure-bred Berliner and once a fashion model, now runs a fur shop in a poor district populated by many immigrants. Rosemarie Blank: a.o. BERLIN DIARY (2012, doc), JOB AND THE DUTCH FREESTATE (2009, doc), FAREWELL PAVEL (1999, feature), CROSSING BORDERS (1994, feature) Awards: Golden Calf Best Director Netherlands FF. Original title: DESTINATION BERLIN Prod: Casafilm (NL), Zig/Zag Film (NL) Sc: Rosemarie Blank D.O.P.: Rosemarie Blank Completed: October 2015 Language: German Casa Film Ph: +31 6 4627 8702 [email protected] www.rosemarieblank.nl 74 DOCUMENTARIES A FAMILY AFFAIR Tom Fassaert Tom Fassaert explores the history of his family, one that is characterized by conflict. His journey becomes complicated when his grandmother makes an unexpected confession. On his 30th birthday, Tom Fassaert receives a mysterious invitation from his 95-year-old grandmother Marianne to come and visit her in South Africa. At that time, he only knows her from myths and predominantly negative stories told by his father. She was a femme fatale, a famous model in the 1950s and a mother who put her sons into a children’s home. Fassaert accepts her invitation. Then his grandmother makes an unexpected confession, making his venture more complicated than he could have imagined. 115’ / DCP / colour Original title: A FAMILY AFFAIR Prod: Conijn Film (NL) Co-prod: KRO/NCRV (NL), Danish Documentary (DK), Clin d'oeil films (BE) Sc: Tom Fassaert D.O.P.: Tom Fassaert Completed: November 2015 Language: Dutch/English Tom Fassaert: Second feature length documentary. a.o. MARINUS BOEZEM (2013, short doc), AN ANGEL IN DOEL (2011, doc) Awards a.o: Honorary Mention Berlin IFF, Universities Award Best Film Doclisboa, Grand Prix Best Film Ânûû-rû Âboro FF, ELLIPSE (2011, short), THE MAN AND THE FOREST (2008, short doc). Conijn Film Ph: +31 6 4123 5289 [email protected] www.conijnfilm.com DOCUMENTARIES 75 FIGHTING FOR PEACE Joost van der Valk & Mags Gavan FIGHTING FOR PEACE is about a boxing school in one of Rio’s most violent slums, which provides young people with an alternative to a life in the drug trade. 72’ / DCP / colour For a year EMMY and BAFTA-winning filmmakers Joost van der Valk and Mags Gavan follow Sugar (15) and Douglas (14) on their quest to become national boxing champions. Both boys are from Rio’s most violent slum and are literally fighting their way out. Joost van der Valk & Mags Gavan: a.o. MY FACE IS EATING ME ALIVE (2013, doc), SISTERS OF SOMALIA (2013, doc), BABY FOR SALE (2012, doc), WILDERS: EUROPE’S MOST DANGEROUS MAN? (2011, doc), RETURN TO AFRICA’S WITCH CHILDREN (2009, doc), CRIPS: STRAPPED ‘N STRONG (2009, doc). Original title: FIGHTING FOR PEACE Prod: Red Rebel Films Sc: Joost van der Valk D.O.P.: Douglas Engle, Joost van der Valk Completed: October 2015 Language: English/Portuguese Red Rebel Films Ph: +31 6 2481 1961 [email protected] www.redrebelfilms.com Sales: Journeyman Pictures Ph: +44 208 398 4616 [email protected] www.journeyman.tv 76 DOCUMENTARIES FORGET ME NOT Jan Jaap Kuiper It takes devotion to teach kids that are facing deportation. It takes determination to teach kids arriving from a war zone. At first glance De Verrekijker looks like a normal Dutch primary school. However, the boys and girls are all children of rejected asylum seekers. Headmaster Toon and the teachers do all they can to give them the best education. Yet each morning they worry if any pupil has been forced to leave the country. After a series of deportations it becomes increasingly difficult to provide the children with a safe haven. The situation escalates when a group of Syrian boys fleeing war arrive at the school. 82’ / DCP / colour Original title: VERGEET MIJ NIET Prod: CTM Docs (NL) Co-prod: Thank Eve (NL) Sc: Jan Jaap Kuiper D.O.P.: Jan Jaap Kuiper Completed: March 2016 Language: Dutch/English Jan Jaap Kuiper: a.o. SINNERS DISEASE (2011, doc), THE LOCK (2012, short doc). CTM Docs Ph: +31 35 647 4040 [email protected] www.ctm.nl DOCUMENTARIES 77 HAUNTING HISTORY Femke van Velzen A haunting history, scarred by the war within South Sudan. Anuol Deng (30) is a newly qualified lawyer who, after studying in Britain, returns to South Sudan soon after the country’s independence. But coming home is not easy; the readjustment to living and working there holds more challenges than he had ever foreseen. When a new bloody civil war breaks out he suddenly has to flee the same bullets that chased him as a little boy. History is repeating itself and his motherland's violent past begins to haunt him down. 70’ / DCP / colour Original title: A HAUNTING HISTORY Prod: IF Productions (NL) Co-prod: IKON (NL) Sc: Femke van Velzen, Ilse van Velzen D.O.P.: Rogier Timmermans Completed: January 2016 Language: English/Dinka Femke van Velzen: a.o. JUSTICE FOR SALE (2011, doc) Awards: Silverback Award Hilliwood Rwanda FF, Best Documentary Festicab FF Burundi, WEAPON OF WAR (2009, doc) Awards a.o.: TRT Int. Documentary Film Award (Turkey), Amnesty International Award Planet Doc Review, FIGHTING THE SILENCE (2007, doc) Awards a.o.: Jury Award Al Jazeera IFF, Jury Award Sucre Human Rights FF, Best Documentary Docupolis, Best Documentary Watchdocs FF. IF Productions Ph: +31 6 4227 4665 [email protected] www.ifproductions.nl 78 DOCUMENTARIES HOLLAND, THE LIVING DELTA Mark Verkerk A fascinating journey through Western Europe’s largest delta land, in all of its mystery, breadth and beauty Using cutting edge cinematic techniques ranging from eagle’s eye aerial views to unprecedented underwater scenes, HOLLAND, THE LIVING DELTA presents a portrait of the diverse wildlife of the Netherlands as never before seen. Capturing it at a time when new life is flooding back into the delta, the film explores this lush water world through the eyes of five main characters: the white tailed sea-eagle, the beaver, the hare, the stickleback and the large rare blue butterfly. 97’ / DCP / colour Original title: HOLLAND, NATUUR IN DE DELTA Prod: EMS Films Sc: Mark Verkerk D.O.P.: Michael Sanderson et al. Completed: September 2015 Language: Dutch/English Mark Verkerk: a.o. THE NEW WILDERNESS (2014, doc), HIMALAYA ALERT (2010, short doc), BUDDHA’S LOST CHILDREN REVISITED (2009, short doc), BUDDHA’S LOST CHILDREN (2006, doc) Awards a.o: Grand Jury Award AFI Fest, Silver Dove DOK Leipzig, Jury Prize Newport Beach FF. EMS Films Ph: +31 34 874 5711 [email protected] www.emsfilms.com DOCUMENTARIES 79 IN THE ARMS OF MORPHEUS Marc Schmidt An ode to the uncontrollable, irrational and insane parts of our existence, in the form of a cinematic immersion into the waves of sleep. The night has always been a source for mysterious stories and experiences. In dreams we enter another world in which everything is possible. Dreams, nightly fears and unexplainable sleeping disorders no longer have a place in our society. In a time where everything needs to be explained away, soothing stories about vampires, ghosts and gods have had to make way for neurological facts. Yet science doesn't always have the answers to strange phenomena that make up our lives. 80’ / DCP / colour Original title: IN DE ARMEN VAN MORPHEUS Prod: KeyDocs (NL) Co-prod: Associate Directors (BE) Sc: Marc Schmidt D.O.P.: Jean Counet Completed: October 2016 Language: Dutch/English Marc Schmidt: a.o. THE CHIMPANZEE COMPLEX (2014, doc), MATTHEW'S LAWS (2012, doc) Awards: Grand Prix Best Feature Visions du Réel. KeyDocs Ph: +31 20 422 2607 [email protected] www.keydocs.nl 80 DOCUMENTARIES INSIDE THE CHINESE CLOSET Sophia Luvarà Determined to do things the right way, we follow Chinese homosexuals Andy and Cherry in a desperate attempt to meet their parents’ expectations. Desperate to please their parents, Andy goes on a hunt for a lesbian woman to marry and Cherry in search of a baby to adopt. Being homosexual makes it hard to conform to their families’ and society’s expectations, but both Andy and Cherry are determined to do things ‘the right way’. Inside The Chinese Closet follows Andy and Cherry in their search. Through these encounters the film lays bare the challenges that confront gay people in China today. 70’ / DCP / colour Original title: INSIDE THE CHINESE CLOSET Prod: Witfilm Sc: Sophia Luvarà D.O.P.: Ton Peters Completed: October 2015 Language: Chinese/English Sophia Luvarà: First feature length documentary. a.o. ROAD TO FUREIDIS (2011, short doc), THE GREAT MAFIA ORANGE SQUEEZE (2011, short doc), PIXELATED RELATIONS (2010, short doc), LOST IN SHANGHAI (2009, short doc). Witfilm Ph: +31 20 688 5049 [email protected] www.witfilm.nl Sales: Films Transit International Ph: +1 514 844 3358 [email protected] www.filmstransit.com DOCUMENTARIES 81 JHERONIMUS BOSCH, TOUCHED BY THE DEVIL Pieter van Huijstee A team of art historians attempt to reveal the mysteries within the 25 existing paintings of Jheronimus Bosch. Over the course of five years a research team consisting of art historians travelled the world, visiting museums such as The Louvre, The Prado and the National Gallery of Art in Washington to make an in-depth analysis of Jheronimus Bosch’s paintings. By using modern techniques such as X-ray, infrared photography, and multi-spectrum analysis, they allow us to penetrate into the deeper layers of the paintings thus enabling the audience to look at the works of Bosch with new eyes. 87’ / DCP / colour Original title: JHERONIMUS BOSCH, GERAAKT DOOR DE DUIVEL Prod: Pieter van Huystee Film Sc: Pieter van Huijstee D.O.P.: Hans Fels, Gregor Meerman, Giovanni Andreotta, Rogier Timmermans, Erik van Empel, David de Jongh Completed: November 2015 Language: Dutch/English/Spanish/Italian Pieter van Huijstee: First feature length documentary. Pieter van Huystee Film Ph: +31 20 421 0606 [email protected] www.pvhfilm.nl Sales: Films Transit International Ph: +1 514 844 3358 [email protected] www.filmstransit.com 82 DOCUMENTARIES THE LAWS OF SILENCE Jan van den Berg & Lenny Schouten & Martijn Schroevers A film about sexual violence as a weapon of war, the dangerous fight for justice, about shame and the (im)possibility of forgiveness in Colombia. Journalist Jineth Bedoya Lima investigates crimes commited by paramilitary groups in Colombia. During an interview in a prison she is kidnapped, tortured and raped. ‘A warning for the press’ says one of the perpetrators. But Jineth continues, albeit under the strain of constant protection, as a spokeswoman for those who experience sexual abuse. But at what cost? 70’ / DCP / colour Original title: THE LAWS OF SILENCE Prod: drsFILM Sc: Jan van den Berg, Lenny Schouten, Martijn Schroevers D.O.P.: Martijn Schroevers Completed: September 2016 Language: English/Spanish Jan van den Berg: a.o. SILENT SNOW (2011, doc) Awards a.o : Golden Sun Award Int. Environmental FF Barcelona, Special Mention Festival delle Terre Rome, Best Air Award Cinema Verde Environmental FF Gainesville, SILENT SNOW (2007, short doc) Awards a.o: First Prize Planet Focus Toronto, First Prize Green FF Seoul, Best Int. Film HRAFF Australia, Golden Snail Slow Food FF Bologna. drsFILM Ph: +3162182688 [email protected] www.drsfilm.tv DOCUMENTARIES 83 LITTLE ANGELS Marco Niemeijer The complex relationship between the filmmaker's Aunt Tascha and her mother Enny, who is still traumatized by the death of her first daughters in Auschwitz. The filmmaker is determined to study the symbiotic relationship between his Aunt Tascha (1946) and step-grandmother Enny who lives in New York, who is still tormented by the tragic death of her two daughters 70 years ago. Even after Enny passes away, at the age of 97, leaving dozens of videos chronicling her life in Amsterdam back in the 1930s, Tascha finds herself incapable of letting go of her mother, or the past she never played a role in. 76’ / DCP / colour Original title: LITTLE ANGELS Prod: Windmill Film (NL) Co-prod: Jewish Broadcasting Company (NL) Sc: Marco Niemeijer D.O.P.: Gregor Meerman Completed: September 2015 Language: Dutch/English Marco Niemeijer: First feature length documentary. Windmill Film Ph: +31 6 5314 8543 [email protected] www.windmillfilm.com Sales: Starline Entertainment Ph: +44 20 7998 6270 [email protected] www.starlineentertainment.com 84 DOCUMENTARIES MH17: A NATION'S GRIEF Michiel van Erp A film that offers an insight into the way the MH17 air disaster affected the lives of the Dutch people, as well as the lives of the villagers in Ukraine. Nearly 200 Dutch people were killed in July 2014 when flight MH17 crashed in Ukraine. An entire nation turned to mourning. MH17: A NATION’S GRIEF gives a compelling insight into how this tragedy affected both the Dutch as a nation and the Ukrainian villagers living close to the point of impact. 71’ / DCP / colour Original title: MH17: HET VERDRIET VAN NEDERLAND Prod: De Familie Film & TV (NL) Co-prod: VARA (NL) Sc: Michiel van Erp D.O.P.: Michiel van Erp Completed: July 2015 Language: Dutch/Ukrainian Michiel van Erp: a.o. I AM A WOMAN NOW (2011, doc), BEATRIX, QUEEN (2009, doc), FEAR (2009, doc), ERWIN OLAF: ON BEAUTY AND FALL (2009, doc), A FUNFAIR BEHIND THE DIKES (2006, doc), DIVINA GLORIA (2006, short), SYLVIA KRISTEL: NU (2006, short doc). De Familie Ph: +31 20 663 3330 [email protected] www.defamilie.net Sales: NPO Sales Ph: +31 35 677 3760 [email protected] www.nposales.com DOCUMENTARIES THE MISSION Robert Oey Documentary about the UN mission in Mali as seen through the eyes of a Dutch special forces colonel. Joost de Wolf is a hardened and savvy soldier who has devoted his life to the army. In 2014 he is appointed Deputy Commander Operations of the UN mission in Mali. Upon his arrival, the Malinese army launches an attack on the insurgents and Joost finds himself in a situation where it is impossible to keep the factions apart. Hampered by the lack of political will both from the UN and his own masters, he starts to question official policies and unwittingly jeopardizes his career. 90’ / DCP / colour Original title: DE MISSIE Prod: Zeppers Film (NL), IKON (NL) Sc: Robert Oey D.O.P.: Rogier den Boer Completed: January 2016 Language: English/French/Bambara/ Songhay/Arabic Robert Oey: a.o. TODAY WE’RE BUYING AN AIRPLANE (2015, short doc), FALLEN (2012, doc), THE LIE (2010, doc), SAFETY FIRST (2008, short doc), THE SWIMMERS (2007, doc), WONDERLAND (2004, doc). Zeppers Film Ph: +31 20 675 8594 [email protected] www.zeppers.nl 85 86 DOCUMENTARIES NEED FOR MEAT Marijn Frank Are we addicted to meat? Director Marijn Frank explores the dilemma between her love for meat and the rational arguments against meat products. 75’ / DCP / colour Like many others, director Marijn Frank feels a dilemma between her lust for meat and her aspiration to be a better and wiser human being. She visits a therapist, a butcher, vegetarians, an addiction expert and a chef with a love for meat, among others. Will she manage to shed her addiction or will she accept life as a carnivore? Marijn Frank: First feature length documentary. BENTE’S VOICE (2012, short doc), DADDY HAS GONE AND LEFT ME PUZZLED (2007, short doc) Awards: Tuschinksi Award Best Graduation Film Netherlands FF. Original title: VLEESVERLANGEN Prod: IDTV Docs Sc: Suzanne Raes D.O.P.: Adri Schrover Completed: November 2015 Language: Dutch IDTV Docs Ph: +31 20 3143100 [email protected] www.idtv.nl DOCUMENTARIES NELSONS NO.5 Carmen Cobos Director Carmen Cobos follows the Latvian conductor Andris Nelsons and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra as they record Shostakovich's 5th Symphony. World-renowned Latvian conductor Andris Nelsons arrives in Amsterdam to conduct Shostakovich’s 5th Symphony before the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, considered one of the best orchestras in the world. Can the modest yet passionate Nelsons inspire the musicians to understand a masterpiece that shaped his own musical development as an adolescent in the former Soviet Union? 72’ / DCP / colour Nelsons No.5 Prod: Cobos Films Sc: Kees Rijninks D.O.P.: Rogier Timmermans, Sander Snoep Completed: September 2015 Language: English Carmen Cobos: Second feature length documentary. IMPERFECT HARMONY (2014, doc). Cobos FIlms Ph: +31 20 320 33 68 [email protected] www.cobosfilms.nl Sales: NPO Sales Ph: +31 35 677 3760 [email protected] www.nposales.com 87 88 DOCUMENTARIES ONE LIFE IS NOT ENOUGH Annette Apon Fien de la Mar (1898-1965) was an actress whose extraordinary talent only brought her misery and misfortune. Fien de la Mar (1898-1965) was an exceptional actress: cabaret performer, singer, but also a great tragedienne. Her life and her acting were intrinsically linked: a tragedy from which sublime accents were given form on stage. Through film fragments and photos the film evokes an image of the magic of her acting, and the euphoria and despair in her life. In the soundtrack we hear a play of sound from her film scenes and quotes from interviews about her. 90’ / DCP / colour Original title: IK WIL GELUKKIG ZIJN Prod: SNG Film Sc: Annette Apon D.O.P.: Peter Brugman Completed: January 2016 Language: Dutch/English Annette Apon: a.o. DREAM & DEED (2012, short), THE WAVES (1989, feature). SNG Film Ph: +31 20 686 7837 [email protected] www.sngfilm.nl DOCUMENTARIES REM Tomas Koolhaas Architecture is often seen from the outside, as an inanimate object represented in still imagery. REM exposes the human experience of architecture through dynamic film. From design and construction all the way through to years of post-occupancy, REM is a feature length documentary that explores the human stories behind the buildings designed by Rem Koolhaas. The film follows the man himself at close hand, revealing unexplored aspects of his life, his working methods, his thought processes and his ideas. 75’ / DCP / colour Original title: REM Prod: Paragon films LLC D.O.P.: Tomas Koolhaas, Chris Arata Completed: February 2016 Language: Dutch/English Tomas Koolhaas: First feature length documentary. HEAVY (2008, short). Paragon films LLC [email protected] www.remdocumentary.com 89 90 DOCUMENTARIES THE RESTITUTION COMMITTEE Ditteke Mensink A unique insight into the dealings of The Restitution Committee that decides upon ownership of artworks looted by the Nazis. Ten years ago the Dutch government set up the Restitution Committee to deal with the restitution of works of art looted during the Nazi occupation. The Committee granted the filmmakers unique access to proceedings during one of the claims, from research to claimant consultation, reaction from the museum in possession of the work through to the final verdict. 90’ / DCP / colour Original title: DE RESTITUTIECOMMISSIE Prod: Pieter van Huystee Film Sc: Ditteke Mensink D.O.P.: Gregor Meerman Completed: summer 2016 Language: Dutch/English Ditteke Mensink: a.o. TONY (2011, doc), THE CONDUCTOR AND HIS MATTHAUS (2010,doc), FAREWELL (2009) Awards: Golden Calf Best Feature Doc Netherlands FF, 26.000 FACES (2005), ROOM WITH A VIEW (2001). Pieter van Huystee Film Ph: +31 20 421 0606 [email protected] www.pvhfilm.nl DOCUMENTARIES 91 SILENT LAND Jan van den Berg Small local farmers are essential for food provision but are chased off their land by large multinationals that only produce for export, destroying the soil in the process. 70’ / DCP / colour Almost three quarters of available agricultural land in Cambodia has been sold to companies that produce for export only. As this is disastrous for local food production, the World Food Program supports vulnerable parts of the population with food supplies. In the meantime, the exile of the farmers continues. Since 2003, more than 400.000 Cambodians have been chased away because of this corporate land grabbing. Jan van den Berg: a.o. SILENT SNOW (2011, doc) Awards a.o.: Best Mountain Nature and Culture Film Award Int. Mountain FF, Survival Int. Human Rights FF Barcelona, Grand Prize Environment Cine'eco, SILENT SNOW (2007, short doc). Original title: SILENT LAND Prod: drsFILM Sc: Jan van den Berg D.O.P.: Viraj Singh Completed: February 2016 Language: English/Khmer drsFilm Ph: +31 6 218 2688 [email protected] www.drsfilm.tv 92 DOCUMENTARIES SKETCHES OF SIBERIA Ben van Lieshout A road/boat trip on the Yenisey River and through the endless taiga towards the Heart of Gold. What became of Fridtjof Nansen’s land of the future, Siberia? 74’ / DCP / colour In 1913, polar explorer Fridtjof Nansen took part in an expedition to open up a regular trade connection between Norway and the interior of Siberia. His fascinating diary, Through Siberia, The Land of the Future, is the major inspiration for SKETCHES OF SIBERIA, a visual and associative documentary in which Nansen's observations and considerations are mirrored in a present day context. Ben van Lieshout: a.o. INVENTORY OF THE MOTHERLAND (2012, doc), THE MUSE, (2007, feature), LOCATIE TUSSENLAND (2006, short doc), PETERSBURG PLACES AND PAINTINGS (2004, doc). Original title: SKETCHES OF SIBERIA Prod: Van Lieshout Filmproducties Sc: Ben van Lieshout D.O.P.: Ben van Lieshout Completed: September 2015 Language: English Van Lieshout Filmproducties Ph: +31 30 601 3040 [email protected] www.bvlfilm.com DOCUMENTARIES 93 A STRANGE LOVE AFFAIR WITH EGO Ester Gould In today’s increasingly self-absorbed society and culture, how do we balance the fragile scale of self-love? A STRANGE LOVE AFFAIR WITH EGO is a feature-length documentary about our human love affair with the ego. Driven by her own fascination for her sister’s big ego, filmmaker Ester Gould sets out to unravel a both classic and current theme: narcissism and ego. This essayistic film intertwines the director’s off-screen narrative with observational scenes and interviews. 95’ / DCP / colour Original title: A STRANGE LOVE AFFAIR WITH EGO Prod: Zuidenwind Filmproductions Sc: Ester Gould D.O.P.: Jean Counet Completed: October 2015 Language: Dutch/English Ester Gould: a.o. TOUGH COOKIES (2012, doc series) Awards: Rockie Award Best Children’s Non-Fiction BANFF, Jury Prize Best NonFiction TV Cinekid, CATHLEEN’S TURN (2012, short doc), STARRING DAVID (2012, short doc) Awards: Audience Award Boston Jewish FF, SHOUT (2010, doc) Awards: Best Film London Int. Documentary FF. Zuidenwind Filmproductions Ph: +31 76 514 0871 [email protected] www.zuidenwind.nl 94 DOCUMENTARIES STRIKE A POSE Ester Gould & Reijer Zwaan What does it take to express yourself? The surprising and moving story of Madonna’s most famous troupe of dancers. In 1990, seven young male dancers six gay, one straight - joined Madonna on her most controversial tour. On stage and in the iconic film TRUTH OR DARE they showed the world how to express yourself. Now, 25 years later, they reveal the truth about life during and after the tour. STRIKE A POSE is a dramatic tale about overcoming shame and finding the courage to be who you are. 83’ / DCP / colour Original title: STRIKE A POSE Prod: CTM Docs (NL), The Other Room (NL) Co-prod: Serendipity Films (BE) Sc: Ester Gould, Reijer Zwaan D.O.P.: Reinout Steenhuizen Completed: January 2016 Language: English Ester Gould: a.o. A STRANGE LOVE AFFAIR WITH EGO (2015, doc), TOUGH COOKIES (2012, doc series) Awards: Rockie Award Best Children’s Non-Fiction BANFF, Jury Prize Best Non-Fiction TV Cinekid, CATHLEEN’S TURN (2012, short doc), STARRING DAVID (2012, short doc) Awards: Audience Award Boston Jewish FF, SHOUT (2010, doc) Awards: Best Film London Int. Documentary FF. Reijer Zwaan: First feature length documentary. CTM Pictures Ph: +31 35 647 4040 [email protected] www.ctm.nl DOCUMENTARIES 95 TO STAY ALIVE - A METHOD Erik Lieshout Iggy Pop’s way of surviving as an individual in an impersonal world, based on Michel Houellebecq’s ‘To Stay Alive’, and on his own experiences in rock. Did they help each other to survive? From his sunlit garden in Miami Iggy Pop recites Michel Houellebecq’s ‘To Stay Alive’. In France we meet Houellebecq and the people whose life stories inspired this essay, in which Iggy recognizes his own struggle as a young artist. A film of musings, interviews and dialogues, with Iggy speaking directly to the audience through Houellebecq’s words. A call to break free from our chains and to ‘go for it’. 75’ / DCP / colour Original title: OVERLEVEN – EEN HANDLEIDING Prod: seriousFilm (NL) Co-prod: AT-prod (BE), VPRO (NL) Sc: Erik Lieshout D.O.P.: Reinier van Brummelen Completed: April 2016 Language: French/English Erik Lieshout: a.o. LAST WORDS (2010, doc), I HAVE NO DESIRE TO THINGS IN THE PAST (1988, doc), VOYAGE TO THE END OF THE NIGHT (1984, doc). seriousFilm Ph: +31 6 2073 7277 [email protected] www.seriousfilm.nl 96 DOCUMENTARIES TRANSIT HAVANA Daniel Abma In Havana, transgenders Odette, Juani and Malú wait for genital surgery by top European surgeons, organized by the president's daughter Mariela Castro. Once a year, two plastic surgeons from Holland and Belgium fly to Havana to perform surgery on five Cuban transgenders. The surgeons are invited by Mariela Castro, daughter of the president and head of the new state program for transgender care. Castro organizes this as a modern completion of the socialist revolution of 1959 because, in her words, it is all about emancipation and self-realization. 'Homophobia no, socialismo si!' is the official slogan. 88’ / DCP / colour Original title: TRANSIT HAVANA Prod: Witfilm (NL) Co-prod: Kloos & Co Medien (DE) Sc: Alex Bakker D.O.P.: Johannes Praus Completed: November 2015 Language: Spanish/English/Dutch Daniel Abma: Second feature length documentary. a.o. FORWARD MOTION (2014, short doc) Awards: Best Short FF Münster, HOLANDA DEL SOL (2013, short doc) Awards: Audience Award Achtung Berlin FF, BEYOND WRIEZEN (2012, doc) Awards: Audience Award Docudays Kiev, Best Doc and Best Editing Sehsüchte FF Potsdam. Witfilm Ph: +31 20 688 5049 [email protected] www.witfilm.nl Sales: Rise and Shine World Sales Ph: +49 30 473 7298-0 [email protected] www.riseandshine-berlin.de DOCUMENTARIES 97 WAITING FOR GIRAFFES Marco de Stefanis Dr. Sami, the vet of Palestine’s only zoo, wants international recognition in order to improve his establishment. But he will need the help of the Israelis… In the Palestinian village of Qalqilya, surrounded mainly by Israeli wall, who is the more constrained, the citizens or the zoo animals? Many of the animals were killed during the intifada and the situation is extremely difficult, but Dr. Sami, the zoo’s vet, is determined to bring back life to the zoo in the form of two new giraffes. However, the country’s grim political circumstances and the incredible task of meeting European zoo standards can test even the most resourceful of vets... 70’ / DCP / colour Original title: ALS DE GIRAFFES KOMEN Prod: Volya Films (NL) Co-prod: Casette for Timescapes (BE), EO (NL) Sc: Marco de Stefanis D.O.P.: Stefano Bertacchini Completed: Early 2016 Language: English/Arabic Marco de Stefanis: DAMNED CHILDREN! (2010, short doc), TULIP TIME (2007, short doc), LIEVE MONSTER (2006, short doc), BLEACHERS OF WAR (2004, doc). Volya Films Ph: +31 10 415 5621 [email protected] www.volyafilms.com 98 DOCUMENTARIES WELCOME HOME Frans Bromet A feud that has split his own Jewish family leads filmmaker Frans Bromet to a new understanding of the ongoing conflict in Israel. Despite having a Jewish father, filmmaker Frans Bromet doesn't consider himself a Jew. But when he sets foot on Israeli soil it feels like coming home. In Israel he meets Dutch Jews who made aliyah, moved to the Holy Land, and his aunt and two second cousins whom he has never met because of a family conflict. After he disentangles the roots of the feud he wonders how if such minor misunderstandings can lead to conflicts in his own family what hope can there be of solving the Middle East’s problems? 87’ / DCP / colour Original title: WELKOM THUIS Prod: Selfmade Films Sc: Frans Bromet D.O.P.: Frans Bromet Completed: November 2015 Language: Dutch/English Frans Bromet: a.o. THINGS THAT MATTER (2011, doc), SHARED CHILDREN: JELLE AND ABE (2008, doc), IN LOVE AT OLD AGE : GRÉ AND JAAP (2008, doc), HONOR KILLINGS (2007, doc), ESCAPING THE FLOOD (2006, doc). Selfmade Films Ph: +31 20 606 0789 [email protected] www.selfmadefilms.nl DOCUMENTARIES YOUNG WRESTLERS Mete Gümürhan The struggles and triumphs of 26 teenagers who dream of being international wrestling champions, while facing the usual challenges of adolescence in Turkey. Muhammed, Beytullah and Baran live in rural villages surrounding Amasya, a picturesque Anatolian city situated in a narrow mountain valley. They live together with 23 other teenagers, all aged 10-18 and from poor families, in the Wrestling Training Centre. The film focuses on the struggles, friendships and triumphs of these potential (inter)national champions, all living in a male dominated environment that contrasts greatly with contemporary Turkey. 90’ / DCP / colour Original title: GENÇ PEHLIVANLAR Prod: Kaliber Film (NL), Filmaltı (TR) D.O.P.: André Jäger Completed: February 2016 Language: Turkish Mete Gümürhan: First feature length documentary. Kaliber Film Ph: +31 6 430 61201 [email protected] www.kaliberfilm.nl 99 SHORT DOCUMENTARIES 102 SHORT DOCUMENTARIES 13’ / DCP / colour Original title: 9 DAYS – FROM MY WINDOW IN ALEPPO Prod: Deepfocus Webdocs Sc: Issa Touma Language: Arabic Completed: November 2015 Douwe Dijkstra: a.o. DÉMONTABLE (2014, short), BEGUINE (2009, short), BACKPACKING SERIES (2006, short), THE WASHING MACHINE (2005, short). 9 DAYS FROM MY WINDOW IN ALEPPO Thomas Vroege & Floor van der Meulen Selected Dutch S Deepfocus Webdocs Ph: +31 6 5103 8855 [email protected] horts 2015 Festivals: Dutch Shorts Ph: +31 6 2207 6717 [email protected] rapidly www.someshorts.com 9 DAYS portrays the first nine days of the changing uprising in Aleppo, observations recorded by the renowned Syrian photographer Issa Touma from his window in the old city. 25’ / DCP / colour Origianl title: VOGEL VRIJ Prod: Tangerine Tree Language: Dutch Completed: September 2015 Edward Cook: a.o. SKATEKEET (2015, short doc), LOS (2009, short doc), BEST IN TOWN (2008, short doc). BIRD STRIKE Edward Cook As they attempt to share the air, will man manage to get his own way, or will nature have the final say in this battle for the skies? Tangerine Tree Ph: +31 6 1454 7260 [email protected] www.tangerinetree.nl SHORT DOCUMENTARIES 103 25’ / DCP / colour Original title: Koffie & Cake Prod: La Veranda Film Language: Dutch Completed: January 2016 Matthijs van de Laar: DELETE (2012, short doc). La Veranda Film Ph: +31 6 1214 0648 [email protected] www.laverandafilm.nl COFFEE & CAKE Matthijs van de Laar Behind the closed doors of the contemporary funeral trade, a fascinating look at an ancient industry that is changing rapidly since the influx of more and more young women. 22’ / DCP / colour Original title: VOOR DE DANS Prod: Selfmade Films Language: no dialogue Completed: November 2015 Peter Delpeut: a.o. ONE HAND CLAPPING (2014, short doc), IMMER FERNWEH (2011, short doc), ON THE BORDER (2005, short doc), DREAMING OF HOLLAND (2004, short doc), GO WEST YOUNG MAN! (2003, doc). DEDICATED TO DANCE Peter Delpeut In the intimacy of the studio Peter Delpeut captures the dancers of the LeineRoebana company as they rehearse. A choreography of faces and glances: physical, intense, concentrated, extrovert. Selfmade Films Ph: +31 20 606 0789 [email protected] www.selfmadefilms.nl 104 SHORT DOCUMENTARIES 19’ / DCP / colour Original title: HOOFD VOL DROMEN Prod: Een van de jongens Language: Dutch Completed: October 2015 Marinka de Jongh: a.o. THIS SUMMER IS MINE (2015, short doc), MY DEAR CANCER DOG (2012, short doc). Een van de jongens Ph: +31 20 894 3628 [email protected] www.eenvandejongens.nl FULL OF DREAMS Marinka de Jongh Anne Fee (10) forms a band with her mentally disabled housemates to perform at the neighbourhood BBQ. While writing a song about their future dreams, they wonder how very different their futures will be... 23’ / DCP / colour Original title: VOLANDO VOY Prod: Netherlands Film Academy Language: Spanish Completed: September 2015 Isabel Lamberti: Graduation Film. Netherlands Film Academy Ph: +31 20 527 7392 [email protected] www.filmacademie.nl I’LL FLY HIGHER Isabel Lamberti Sales: NPO Sales Selected Ph: +31 35 677 3760 Dutch S horts [email protected] 2015 www.nposales.nl Two young brothers wander around in a big empty world without a clear destination. Along the way, society passes before their eyes. How do you relate to a world where you don’t seem to be part of? Festivals: Some Shorts Ph +31 6 2207 6717 [email protected] www.someshorts.com SHORT DOCUMENTARIES 27’ / DCP / colour Original title: MADE IN IRAN Prod: CTM Docs (NL), OAK Motion Pictures (NL) Language: English Completed: November 2015 Charlotte Scott-Wilson: SNOEIHARD BACH (2015, short fiction), FOREVER AFTER (2014, short fiction). CTM Docs Ph: +31 35 647 4040 [email protected] www.ctm.nl MADE IN IRAN Charlotte Scott-Wilson Iranian brothers Icy and Sot leave for New York to exhibit their controversial street art, for the first time in total freedom. But in following their dream, they can never return to Iran. 18’ / DCP / colour Original title: NINNOC Prod: Zuidenwind Filmproductions Language: Dutch Completed: June 2015 Niki Padidar: First short documentary. Zuidenwind Filmproductions Ph: +31 76 514 0871 [email protected] www.zuidenwind.nl NINNOC Niki Padidar Selected Dutch S horts 2015 Why do you have to do what everyone else does, and why look the same? Ninnoc struggles when she is in a group because she doesn't want to adapt to the ways of others. But nor does she want to be left out… 105 106 SHORT DOCUMENTARIES 25’ / DCP / colour Original title: PAUL'S LAST WALTZ Prod: Een van de jongens Language: Dutch Completed: January 2016 Lieza Röben: FROM AFRICA TO ASSEN (2011, short doc), GOOD GRACE (2009, TV doc). Een van de jongens Ph: +31 20 894 3628 [email protected] www.eenvandejongens.nl PAUL’S LAST WALTZ Lieza Röben In 2013 filmmaker Lieza Röben’s father died. Two years later she reconstructs the bewildering days before his euthanasia, together with her family. 16’ / DCP / colour Original title: PIEN DE BIJENKONINGIN Prod: Een van de jongens Language: Dutch Completed: October 2015 Ellen Vloet: TOUGH COOKIES (2014-15, TV series), LITTLE MISS PIGGY (2013, short doc), FLORENTIJN HOFMAN LARGER THAN LIFE (2013, short doc). PIEN QUEEN OF THE BEES Ellen Vloet Selected Dutch S horts 2015 As soon as Pien (10) found out that bees are almost extinct, she became a beekeeper. Despite her illness, for which she has to go to hospital regularly, she is determined to save the bees from dying out. Een van de jongens Ph: +31 20 894 3628 [email protected] www.eenvandejongens.nl SHORT DOCUMENTARIES 107 15’ / DCP / colour Original title: SKATEKEET Prod: Tangerine Tree Language: Dutch Completed: October 2015 Edward Cook: BIRD STRIKE (2015, short doc), LOS (2009, short doc), BEST IN TOWN (2008, short doc). Tangerine Tree Ph: +31 6 14 54 7260 [email protected] www.tangerinetree.nl SKATEKEET Edward Cook A documentary about Keet, a ten-year-old girl, whose skateboarding skills have stood out in a skate-world dominated by boys. 29’ / DCP / colour Original title: NA DE ZOMER Prod: Windmill Film (NL), EO (NL) Language: Dutch/English Completed: September 2015 Ingrid Kamerling: a.o. IN MY SISTER’S HEAD (2015, short doc), SOUNDS FOR MAZIN (2012, short doc) Awards a.o.: Best Youth Doc Guanzhou Int. Documentary FF, Special Jury Mention Asterfest Macedonia, Audience Award and Freak Award Documenta Madrid. SPRING FORWARD Ingrid Kamerling A fascinating look into the changing inner lives of young Orthodox Christians as they leave the sanctuary of high school and fly out into the world. Windmill Film Ph: +31 6 5314 8543 [email protected] www.windmillfilm.com 108 SHORT DOCUMENTARIES 30’ / DCP / colour Original title: JALAN Prod: Su Me Prod Sc: Su Tomesen, Richtje Reinsma, Karel Doing Language: no dialogue Completed: September 2015 Su Tomesen: a.o. RE:SET: PETRA BLAISSE IN VENICE (2012, short doc), ERWIN OLAF: LEIDENS ONTZET (2011, short doc), DWELLING (2010, short) Awards a.o.: Honorable Mention Toronto Urban FF. STREET Su Me Prod Ph: +31 20 638 9666 [email protected] ww.sutomesen.nl Su Tomesen STREET is about improvisation, recycling materials and the claiming of public space on a single fictional day in Jakarta. Unintentional compositions and repetition remind the viewer of installations or performance. 12’ / DCP / colour Genre: experimental documentary Original title: VOOR FILM Prod: Go Short - International Short Film Festival Nijmegen Language: Dutch Completed: July 2015 Douwe Dijkstra: a.o. DÉMONTABLE (2014, short), BEGUINE (2009, short), BACKPACKING SERIES (2006, short), THE WASHING MACHINE (2005, short). SUPPORTING FILM Douwe Dijkstra Go Short - International Short Film Festival Nijmegen Ph: +31 24 663 6789 Dutch S horts [email protected] 2015 www.goshort.nl Selected From the perspectives of a dozen diverse viewers, this 12 minute documentary explores the peculiar ritual of watching film. How is the medium experienced by people with sensory impairments, strong religious beliefs, or love sickness? A story about moving images and their audience. LIVE ACTION SHORT FILMS 110 LIVE ACTION SHORT FILMS 22’ / DCP / b&w Genre: comedy, period drama, coming of age Original title: DE OVERKANT Prod: Stichting de overkant productie Language: Dutch Completed: September 2015 Marnix Ruben: QUARTERLIFE (2013, doc) Awards: PZC Jury Award Film by the Sea FF, ONLY FLESH (2011, short). ACROSS Marnix Ruben Stichting de overkant Ph: +31 6 3088 9297 [email protected] www.deoverkantfilm.nl Freek, a curious young Dutch poet at the beginning of the Sixties, struggles with convention and morality as he is seduced into adulthood. 10’ / DCP / colour Genre: drama, experimental, visual poem Original title: BLUE HOUR Prod: Yasmijn Karhof Language: no dialogue Completed: January 2016 Yasmijn Karhof: a.o. PLAY WITHIN A PLAY (2013, short) Awards: Honorable Mention Experimental Short Competition Nashville FF, RAIN, SUGAR, EYE (2006, short). BLUE HOUR Yasmijn Karhof An observation on the emotional life of a man and a woman. Between sleeping and waking they both experience the same dream, one driven by common desires. Yasmijn Karhof Ph: +31 6 2876 8360 [email protected] www.yasmijnkarhof.com LIVE ACTION SHORT FILMS 111 12’ / DCP / colour Genre: drama, LBGTQ Original title: BRILLIANCE Prod: Curlewis Creative (NL), Film Polska Productions (PL), Spier Films (UK) Language: English Completed: May 2015 BRILLIANCE Miles Roston Miles Roston: a.o. GAME (2013, feature), REFUGEES: WHO NEEDS THEM? (2013, doc), BANGLADESH, CULTURE OF IMPUNITY (2012, short doc), HIGHER EDUCATION (2010, doc), MAKE IT REAL (TO ME) (2005, doc). Selected Dutch S horts Curlewis Creative 2015 Ph: +31 6 1429 7462 [email protected] www.curlewiscreative.com During twelve minutes of real time around a city square, six lives collide in a flash of sunshine, bullets and jewels that changes all of them, forever. 11’ / DCP / colour Genre: drama Original title: BUCKETS Prod: Family Affair Films Language: Dutch Completed: November 2015 Marc Kniphorst: SK8 (2010, short). Family Affair Films Ph: +31 20 707 1713 [email protected] www.familyaffairfilms.nl BUCKETS Marc Kniphorst Iris (15) is in love with Arend (17) and asks her friend Sophie (17) to invite him over for a drink. But her plan fails when Arend brings his friends - and a lot of alcohol. 112 LIVE ACTION SHORT FILMS 9’ / DCP / colour Genre: drama Original title: CROOKED 180 Prod: Opslaan Als Language: Dutch Completed: October 2015 Kevin Boitelle: HORSEPOWER (2013, short). Opslaan Als Ph: +31 6 4324 8030 [email protected] www.opslaanals.nl CROOKED 180 Kevin Boitelle A fragmentary narrative about an endless summer where everything seems possible outdoors before an inevitable conclusion behind closed doors. 8’ / DCP / b&w Genre: dance Original title: DANCIN’ THE CAMERA Prod: Windmill Film Sc: Marije Nie, Pieter-Rim de Kroon Language: no dialogue Completed: December 2015 Pieter-Rim de Kroon: a.o. DUTCH LIGHT (2013, doc), F.I.S.H.I.N.G. (2012, doc), MY OLD HAND CRANK CAMERA (2011, short). DANCIN’ THE CAMERA Pieter-Rim de Kroon Windmill Film Ph: +31 6 5314 8543 [email protected] Dutch S horts www.windmillfilm.com 2015 Selected A love story between a tap dancer, a piano player and a 1922 hand cranked motion-picture camera. LIVE ACTION SHORT FILMS 113 9’ / DCP / colour Genre: drama Original title: EEN VRIJE DAG Prod: Venfilm Language: Dutch/French Completed: September 2015 Wouter Stoter: AT THE OTHER SIDE (2013, short). Venfilm Ph: +31 6 4187 8497 [email protected] www.venfilm.nl A DAY OFF Wouter Stoter Selected Dutch S horts 2015 When 'hipster' Erik sees his neighbour's au pair sunbathing in the garden he finds a new purpose: to prove that he is more than a 40-year-old family man living in a suburb with the sole task of mowing the lawn. 25’ / DCP / colour Genre: children's, drama, family Original title: DEDE; MEHMET MET GELE LAARZEN Prod: Corrino Media Group Sc: Arzu Kokeng Language: Dutch Completed: September 2015 Tamara Miranda: a.o. NEW EYES (2009, doc), SO AS NOT TO FORGET (2003, doc). DEDE; MEHMET WITH YELLOW BOOTS Tamara Miranda The quest of 11-year-old Merel to find her unknown biological Turkish grandfather starts as an encounter between two different cultures before developing into an exciting and unifying journey. Corrino Media Group Ph: +31 20 423 3002 [email protected] www.corrino.com 114 LIVE ACTION SHORT FILMS 18’ / DCP / colour Genre: drama, thriller Original title: DOS SANTOS Prod: Bind Language: Dutch/Papiamento Completed: October 2015 Maarten van Voornveld & Kees-Jan Mulder: First short fiction film. DOS SANTOS Maarten van Voornveld & Kees-Jan Mulder Selected Dutch S horts 2015 Bind Ph: +31 20 364 0030 [email protected] www.bindfilm.com Drug addict Fausto is forced by his dealer to shoot someone over a fix. Overcome by guilt, he wanders through the night. When he gets arrested, he suddenly appears to be someone else. 19’ / DCP / colour Genre: tragicomedy, drama Original title: HAPPY DINSDAG Prod: Fonk Film Language: Dutch Completed: November 2015 Wouter van Couwelaar: WHEN THINGS STOP BEING SPONTANEOUS, THAT´S WHEN THEY START GOING WRONG (2012, short). HAPPY TUESDAY Wouter van Couwelaar A short tragicomedy about indecisive Desiree (20) who asks friends for advice about her life one random Tuesday evening. But various drugs take the night in a completely different direction… Fonk Film Ph: +31 6 2268 6045 [email protected] www.fonkfilm.com LIVE ACTION SHORT FILMS 115 20’ / DCP / colour Genre: drama, thriller Original title: HOUVAST Prod: OAK Motion Pictures Sc: Charlotte Scott-Wilson, Marielot van der Slikke Language: Dutch Completed: January 2016 Charlotte Scott-Wilson: FOREVER AFTER (2014, short). OAK Motion Pictures Ph: +31 20 717 3504 [email protected] www.oakmotionpictures.com HOLD ON! Charlotte Scott-Wilson When the cello string of a young and successful musician snaps during a concert she has to overcome her fears in order to retain her position in the orchestra. 14’ / DCP / colour Genre: drama Original title: HOME SUITE HOME Prod: Habbekrats Language: Dutch Completed: May 2015 Jeroen Houben: PLASTER (2015, short), BEST WISHES (2014, short), SORRY (2012, short), PAGE 23 (2011, short), MIX TAPE (2010, short). HOME SUITE HOME Jeroen Houben Selected Dutch S horts 2015 Ludwig is an aging hotel inspector who has become bored with his luxury lifestyle. When he meets a young woman in Paris, it might just be the wake-up call he needs. Habbekrats Ph: +31 20 330 0324 [email protected] www.habbekrats.nl 116 LIVE ACTION SHORT FILMS 18’ / DCP / colour Genre: drama Original title: IMPORT Prod: Pupkin Language: Dutch/Bosnian Completed: February 2016 Ena Sendijarevic: FERNWEH (2014, short), TRAVELLERS INTO THE NIGHT (2103, short). IMPORT Pupkin Ph: +31 20 489 5088 [email protected] www.pupkin.com Ena Sendijarevic A slightly absurdist film about integration told from the perspective of a young Bosnian refugee family that ends up in a small village in the Netherlands. 22’ / DCP / colour Genre: drama, coming-of-age Original title: KI 木 Prod: IJswater Films sc: Floor Paul Language: Dutch/Japanese Completed: October 2015 Meikeminne Clinkspoor: GEWOON ONGEWOON (20112, short), THE WISHING TREE (2009, short), THE BIRTH (2008, short). KI 木 Meikeminne Clinkspoor During a dream Yuki (7) is reunited with her sister Iwa (11) who has recently passed away. Together, they share a great adventure. But Yuki has to face her biggest fear: to live on without her sister. IJswater Films Ph: +31 20 442 1760 [email protected] www.ijswater.nl LIVE ACTION SHORT FILMS 117 24’ / DCP / colour Genre: children's, family, musical Original title: KONINGSDAG Prod: Bind (NL) Co-prod: NTR (NL) Sc: Maarten van Voornveld, Steven Wouterlood Language: Dutch Completed: December 2015 KING’S DAY Steven Wouterlood Steven Wouterlood: a.o. ANYTHING GOES (2014, short) Awards a.o.: Emmy Kids Award (category TV MoSelected vies/Mini-series), Best Short Film TIFF Kids Toronto, Best Children’s Film Short Dutch S horts FF Oberhausen, THE GIRL ACROSS THE 2015 STREET (2013, short). Younes is selling his father’s car parts at a streetmarket, but when young folksinger Kelvin and his own father arrive, the atmosphere deteriorates very quickly. Bind Ph: +31 20 364 0030 [email protected] www.bindfilm.nl 9’ / DCP / colour Genre: action/adventure, comedy Original title: LOCKBUSTER Prod: Umami Media Sc: Alexander de Bruijn Language: English Completed: June 2015 Jonathan Elbers: a.o. FASHION CHICKS (2015, feature), THE CLUB OF UGLY CHILDREN (2012, graduation film). LOCKBUSTER Jonathan Elbers Umami Media Selected Ph: +31 6 4590 6502 Dutch S horts [email protected] 2015 www.umami.media Just as all his colleagues leave the office for exciting holidays, boring office clerk Joost locks himself in the storage room. The only way to escape is to unleash the hero within himself. 118 LIVE ACTION SHORT FILMS 10’ / DCP / colour Genre: drama Original title: JE VRIENDIN KOOPT EEN VIS OP DE MARKT Prod: Viking Film Sc: Sarah Arnolds Language: Dutch Completed: September 2015 Emma Westenberg: a.o. DOMINIQUE (2015, music video), A FALLEN ANGEL MEETS ANDREA DIODATI (2015, short). A PAINFUL AFFAIR Emma Westenberg Selected Dutch S horts 2015 Despite being physically abused by his girlfriend, Jan does not give up on their relationship. He makes up excuses and blames anything but her, but reality remains a painful affair. Viking Film Ph: +31 20 625 4788 [email protected] www.vikingfilm.nl Sales: SND Films Ph: +31 20 404 0707 [email protected] www.sndfilms.com 10’ / DCP / colour Genre: drama, thriller Original title: PASSAGE Prod: Habbekrats Language: Dutch Completed: August 2015 Victor D. Ponten: RABAT (2011, feature). Habbekrats Ph: +31 20 330 0324 [email protected] www.habbekrats.nl PASSAGE Victor D. Ponten For Rick, a young man moving up in the world of crime, a seemingly simple task from a crimelord turns into a grim test of loyalty. LIVE ACTION SHORT FILMS 119 11’ / DCP / colour comedy, drama, children's Original title: GIPS Prod: Habbekrats Sc: Martijn Hillenius Language: Dutch Completed: July 2015 Jeroen Houben: a.o. HOME SUITE HOME (2015, short), BEST WISHES (2014, short), SORRY (2012,short). PLASTER Jeroen Houben Selected Dutch S horts 2015 Habbekrats Ph: +31 20 330 0324 [email protected] www.habbekrats.nl When a shy 12-year-old breaks his arm, his summer holiday seems doomed, but he comes to realize that he can’t remain a wallflower forever. 25’ / DCP / colour Genre: children’s Original title: RIJK! Prod: Revolver Sc: Nurgül Özkanlı‐Kaşıkçı Language: Dutch Completed: October 2015 Camiel Schouwenaar: a.o. AM MOSLEH (2013, TV series), SWEET RABBIT (2012, short). RICH Camiel Schouwenaar When Vedat and Niels find a large amount of money, their friendship is put to the test. Revolver Ph: +31 20 820 8987 [email protected] www.revolver.nl 120 LIVE ACTION SHORT FILMS 23’ / DCP / colour Genre: children's, comedy Original title: ZEVENBERGEN Prod: Family Affair Films Sc: Martine Nijhoff Language: Dutch Completed: October 2015 Janneke van Heesch: BASILE H. (2014, TV film), MOWGLI & FIDEL (2010, short), BROMMERMEISJES (2005, short). SEVEN MOUNTAINS Janneke van Heesch Family Affair Films Ph: +31 20 707 1713 [email protected] www.familyaffairfilms.nl Twin brothers Tom and Marnix do everything together, it is in their nature. But their parents want to separate the boys. So when they both fall in love with Rosa, and she falls in love with them, they take drastic measures to stay together. 11’ / DCP / colour Genre: dance Original title: SHE/HER Prod: Family Affair Films Sc: Sonja Wyss, Cecilia Moisio Language: Dutch Completed: December 2015 Sonja Wyss: GREIFENSEE (2013, short), WINTERSTILTE (2008, feature). SHE/HER Sonja Wyss SHE/HER is a film about the balance of power and the deep underlying emotions within a mother-daughter relationship: uncertainties, manipulation, dependency but ultimately love. Family Affair Films Ph: +31 20 707 1713 [email protected] www.familyaffairfilms.nl LIVE ACTION SHORT FILMS 121 11’ / DCP / colour Genre: dance Original title: SON DU SERPENT Prod: Family Affair Films Language: no dialogue Completed: February 2015 Tami Ravid: a.o. MEDIAN EMPIRE MC (2014, short doc), BOY (2012, short), SAMUAL (2005, short), BABY BLUES (2004, short). SON DU SERPENT Tami Ravid Selected Dutch S horts 2015 Family Affair Films Ph: +31 20 707 1713 [email protected] www.familyaffairfilms.nl In this dance film, an African man feverishly looks for his wife who has vanished without a trace. His ramble, partly taking place in a supernatural reality, unfolds like a road movie. All the time, the man’s longing for his darling is undiminished. 10’ / DCP / colour Genre: drama, romantic drama Original title: SPOETNIK Prod: Halal Language: Dutch Completed: September 2015 Noël Loozen: THE HORNHUNTER (2014, short). Halal Ph: +31 20 639 1402 [email protected] www.halal.amsterdam SPOETNIK Noël Loozen Selected Dutch S horts 2015 Teenager Sam starts working at Spoetnik, a clandestine fries stall named after its speciality. Right across the street is a brothel with an alluring girl who evidently needs Sam’s help… 122 LIVE ACTION SHORT FILMS 10’ / DCP / colour Genre: drama Original title: THANATOS Prod: BALDR Film Sc: Marcel Roijaards Language: Dutch Completed: August 2015 Nova van Dijk: a.o. UNDER INFLUENCE (2013, TV film), CAT AND MICE (2012, short), THE BIG CITY (2010, short). THANATOS Nova van Dijk BALDR Film Ph: +31 20 303 2670 [email protected] www.baldrfilm.nl When Thanatos meets a lonely birdwatcher, a special friendship unfolds. But he knows all the time that a farewell is inevitable. 7’ / DCP / b&w Genre: experimental Original title: THEY CALL US THE ENEMY Prod: Pim Zwier Language: no dialogue Completed: May 2015 THEY CALL US THE ENEMY Pim Zwier o.a. NEVER A DULL MOMENT ( 2014, doc), ALLES WAS IRGENDWIE NÜTZT (2013, experimental short), ATEMBERAUBEND (2012, experimental short), SUTRAPEZE ( 2010, short), Jolanda (2008, short). Pim Zwier Selected Ph: +31 6 2809 1797 Dutch S horts [email protected] Pim Zwier 2015 Festivals: EYE Experimental Ph: +31 20 589 1446 Shining boots, stripes on shoulders and medals [email protected] www.eyefilm.nl / www.filmbank.nl pinned to the chest: the theatrical pomp and cir- cumstance which the military uses contrast sharply with the chaos it causes. LIVE ACTION SHORT FILMS 123 30’ / DCP / colour Genre: docu-dance Original title: VOICES OF FINANCE Prod: KeyFilm Language: English Completed: December 2015 Clara van Gool: a.o. ONE FALSE MOVE (2011, short), COUP DE GRÂCE (2011, short), BETWEEN 2 HOUSES (2006, short). VOICES OF FINANCE Clara van Gool Selected Dutch S horts 2015 Short film based on the banking blog Joris Luyendijk wrote for The Guardian about the heart of finance: the City of London. KeyFilm Ph: +31 20 423 2596 [email protected] www.keyfilm.nl ANIMATED SHORTS 126 ANIMATED SHORTS 9’ / DCP / colour Genre: comedy, drama Original title: BALLONE DI CANNONE Prod: il Luster Films (NL) Co-Prod: NTR (NL) Sc: Rudi Brekelmans Language: no dialogue Completed: September 2015 BALLONE DI CANNONE Frodo Kuipers Frodo Kuipers: a.o. FATA MORGANA (2011, animated short), LOST IN SPACE (2010, animated short), BRICKS (2010, animated short) Awards a.o.: Golden Apple Award Zlín IFF for Children and Youth. Selected Dutch S horts Il Luster Films 2015 Ph: +31 30 240 0768 [email protected] www.illuster.nl Eduardo, assisted by vertigo-suffering Loet, performs stunts in the circus. When the rich mayor visits, Eduardo, blinded by greed, raises the stakes of an already death-defying stunt. Can Loet handle it? Sales: SND Films Ph: +31 20 404 0707 [email protected] www.sndfilms.com 3’ / DCP / colour Genre: comedy Original title: BINGO! Prod: Frame Order Language: Dutch/English Completed: June 2015 Patrick Schoenmaker: THE ITCH (2011, animated short) Awards a.o.: Best Professional Animation Stoke Your Fires Animation FF, Honorable Mention Best Comic Super-Short Monstra Lisbon, Hermína Týrlová Award Zlín IFF for Children and Youth. BINGO! Patrick Schoenmaker Selected Frame Order Dutch S horts Ph: +31 6 4715 7587 2015 [email protected] www.frameorder.nl The seclusive retirement home Afterglow is a depressing end station. Fortunately, feisty Gerda has one spark of joy to look forward to every week: Bingo night. Sales: SND Films Ph: +31 20 404 0707 [email protected] www.sndfilms.com ANIMATED SHORTS 127 2’ / DCP / colour Original title: Deadly Drive-in Disaster Prod: Comic House Amsterdam Language: no dialogue Completed: June 2015 Arjan Wilschut: a.o. FARMER JACK (2011, animated short), HARD BOILED CHICKEN (2006, animated short), PENGUIN’S CHRISTMAS (2004, animated short), SHADOWS (2001, animated short). DEADLY DRIVE-IN DISASTER Arjan Wilschut Comic House Amsterdam Ph: +31 26 321 0032 [email protected] Dutch S horts www.comichouse.nl 2015 Selected A UFO descends upon a drive-in theater and starts abducting viewers, but once again Sola Powers saves the world, this time with a film reel. 12’ / DCP / colour Genre: comedy Original title: DISGUSTING SOUNDS PEOPLE MAKE Prod: S.O.I.L (NL), il Luster Fioms (NL) Language: no dialogue Completed: March 2016 DISGUSTING SOUNDS PEOPLE MAKE Paul Driessen DISGUSTING SOUNDS PEOPLE MAKE is a short film consisting of animations and pixelated live action sequences. Paul Driessen: a.o. CAT MEETS DOG (2015, short), OEDIPUS (2011, short), 2D OR NOT 2D (2004, short), THE BOY WHO SAW THE ICEBERG (2000, short), 3 MISSES (1998, short) Awards a.o.: nominated Academy Award Best Animated Short. Il Luster Films Ph: +31 30 240 0768 [email protected] www.illuster.nl 128 ANIMATED SHORTS 2’ / DCP / colour Genre: comedy Original title: FULL FEATHER JACKET Prod: The Drawing Room Language: no dialogue Completed: June 2015 Liz el Saadany: First animated film. The Drawing Room Ph: +31 6 2428 4466 [email protected] www.drawingroom.nl FULL FEATHER JACKET Liz el Saadany Selected Festivals: KLIK! Distribution Service Dutch S horts Ph: +31 6 2068 9423 2015 [email protected] Fascinated by the war that rages on in the city, clumsy seagull Manfred decides to join the air force. 12’ / DCP / colour Genre: action/adventure, drama Original title: ZEEZUCHT Prod: Halal Sc: Ruben Picavet, Marlies van der Wel Language: no dialogue Completed: August 2015 Marlies van der Wel: a.o. PROTEST FLATNESS (2006, short). JONAS AND THE SEA Marlies van der Wel Halal Ph: +31 20 639 1402 [email protected] www.halal.amsterdam Selected Dutch S horts Sales: SND Films 2015 Ph: +31 20 404 0707 [email protected] www.sndfilms.com An animated short film about a man who casts aside everything in pursuit of his dream. A dream we all share: the quest to find a place we can call home, even if it's underwater. ANIMATED SHORTS 129 3’ / DCP / colour Genre: graduation film Original title: JUST A BIOPIC Prod: Utrecht School of the Arts Language: English Completed: June 2015 Renske Cuijpers: First animated film. Utrecht School of the Arts Ph: +31 6 3487 7236 [email protected] www.renskecuijpers.com JUST A BIOPIC Renske Cuijpers Selected Dutch S horts 2015 Animated biography with surprising twist of the story. The film traces the life of a single individual, but his life is also a symbol of the lives of a very large group. JUST A BIOPIC therefore is a pamphlet; it is an indictment of how society is dealing with the lives of some individuals 10’ / DCP / colour Genre: action/adventure Original title: LUCY Prod: Stichting IJssel Producties Language: no dialogue Completed: May 2015 Evert de Beijer: a.o. GET REAL! (2010, animated short), TARGET (2004, animated short), PEGBAR (2004, animated short). LUCY Evert de Beijer 4-million year old Lucy comes alive within the imagination of a boy when he visits a paleological exhibition with his parents. Stichting IJssel Producties Ph: +31 6 2123 4112 [email protected] Sales: SND Films Ph: +31 20 404 0707 [email protected] www.sndfilms.com 130 ANIMATED SHORTS 2’ / DCP / colour Genre: comedy Original title: NONA EN DE ZINGENDE GEHAKTBAL Prod: Submarine Sc: Tjeerd Posthuma Language: Dutch Completed: June 2016 Jonas Ott & Ruud Bakker: a.o. THE RUUD AND JONAS SHOW - LOVE & LUST (2013, short). NONA AND THE SINGING MEATBALL Jonas Ott & Ruud Bakker Submarine Ph: +31 20 820 4940 [email protected] www.submarine.nl Nona (9), Pascal (a talking calculator) and Viktor (a bouncy pocket knife) try to sneak a meatball out of the fridge. At which point it seems the meatball has a mind of its own... What's more, it loves to sing… 10’ / DCP / colour Genre: drama Original title: (OTTO) Prod: Job, Joris & Marieke Language: no dialogue Completed: July 2015 (OTTO) Job, Joris & Marieke Job Roggeveen, Joris Oprins, Marieke Blaauw a.o. BON VOYAGE! (2014, animated short), A SINGLE LIFE (2014, animated short) Awards a.o.: nomination Academy Award Best Animated Short, MUTE (2013, animated short) Awards a.o.: Audience Award Int. Short FF Roanne, Audience Award Annecy Int. Animation FF. Selected Dutch S horts 2015 Job, Joris & Marieke Ph: +31 30 785 4990 [email protected] children steals www.jobjorisenmarieke.nl A woman who is unable to have the imaginary friend of a little girl, and keeps this a secret from her husband… Sales: SND Films Ph: +31 20 404 0707 [email protected] www.sndfilms.com ANIMATED SHORTS 131 6’ / DCP / colour Genre: comedy, drama Original title: PANIEK! Prod: il Luster Films Language: no dialogue Completed: July 2915 Joost Lieuwma: a.o. HOW DAVE & EMMA GOT PREGNANT (2012, animated short). Daan Velsink: SNAPSHOT (2012, animated short), THE ITCH (2009, animated short). PANIC! Daan Velsink & Joost Lieuwma Selected Il Luster Films Dutch S horts Ph: +31 30 240 0768 2015 [email protected] www.illuster.nl In the car Marja has a sudden rush of panic: did she turn off the gas? Did she leave the water running? Is the window locked? In her mind her imaginary mistakes grow to absurd proportions. Sales: SND Films Ph: +31 20 404 0707 [email protected] www.sndfilms.com 6’ / DCP / colour Genre: comedy Original title: ZWANGER Prod: Viking Film Sc: Maarten Lebens Language: Dutch Completed: September 2015 PREGNANT Mascha Halberstad Shy student Tyn gets the fright of his life when he finds out he is pregnant. Mascha Halberstad: a.o. WILD FRONTIER (2015, music video) Awards: Best Videoclip Berlin Video Festival, MUNYA IN ME (2014, short) Awards a.o.: Jury Grand Prize & Rockie Award Best Animation BANFF World Media Fest, Public Choice Award Montreal Stop Motion Fest. Viking Film Ph: +31 20 625 4788 [email protected] www.vikingfilm.nl Sales: SND Films Ph: +31 20 404 0707 [email protected] www.sndfilms.com 132 ANIMATED SHORTS 15’ / DCP / colour Genre: drama Original title: RED-END AND THE FACTORY PLANT Prod: Rocketta Film (NL) Co-prod: Beast Animation (BE) Language: no dialogue Completed: August 2015 Robin Noorda & Bethany de Forest: a.o. RED-END AND THE SEEMINGLY SYMBIOTIC SOCIETY (2009, animated short). RED-END AND THE FACTORY PLANT Robin Noorda & Bethany de Forest Rocketta Film Ph: +31 20 627 6690 [email protected] Dutch S horts www.rocketta.nl 2015 Selected Redback is captured after he discovers a bio-industry of carnivorous plants in the wood. But Red-end the fly sets him free by sabotaging the meat-factory. 2’ / DCP / colour Genre: children's, drama Original title: SABAKU Prod: Halal Sc: Marlies van der Wel, Ruben Picavet Language: English Completed: May 2016 Marlies van der Wel: a.o. JONAS AND THE SEA (2015, animated short) Awards: KLIK! Craftsmanship Award. SABAKU Marlies van der Wel During a bird migration Sabaku is separated from the group. So he needs to find a new buddy and connect with the other herd animals. It’s the start of a difficult journey, but one on which he really belongs. Halal Ph: +31 20 639 1402 [email protected] www.halal.amsterdam ANIMATED SHORTS 133 18’ / DCP / colour Genre: drama Original title: UNDER THE APPLE TREE Prod: PEDRI Animation Language: English Completed: September 2015 Erik van Schaaik: o.a. PECKER (2010, animated short), THE PHANTOM OF THE CINEMA (2008, animated short) Awards: Grand Prix Anim’est IFF, VENT (2004, animated short) Awards a.o.: FIPRESCI Award Annecy Int. Animated FF. UNDER THE APPLE TREE Erik van Schaaik Selected PEDRI Animation Dutch S horts Ph: +31 35 656 1945 [email protected] 2015 www.pedri-animation.com A deceased farmer is buried by his hated brother, the vicar. Worms inhabit the corpse and take full control of it. The dead farmer reawakens... Sales: SND Films Ph: +31 20 404 0707 [email protected] www.sndfilms.com Festivals: KLIK! 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