Nominated for the IDFA Award for Best Dutch Film
What if you suddenly end up in a world where you’re no longer seen but stared at? This film shows the alienation this evokes for four protagonists who are new to the Netherlands. If no one knows who you used to be, are you still yourself?
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The boundaries between the rehearsal process and the performance of a piece are blurred in this colorful and elaborate film about the Kamak theater group, a professional ensemble for actors with intellectual disabilities.
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The first year of Covid lockdowns is seen through the eyes of documentary veterans Petra and Peter Lataster, in this affectionate look at their shrunken world. Their calm account captures the uniqueness of this strange period in history.
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A film about love, and about anger hidden inside that can erupt without warning. Every year, more than 30,000 women are murdered by their partners worldwide. Three women who did not wait for this to be their fate tell their story.
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Four Amsterdam mothers explain how their sons got in trouble with the law and were subjected to a stigmatizing crime prevention program. Despite their powerlessness and frustration, they keep fighting for their children.
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In an abandoned factory, a father and daughter time travel through their past of migration. In search of answers, they discuss the choices that were made when they fled from the former Yugoslavia to the Netherlands, and a family trauma unfolds.
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The earthly paradise of Shangri-La was invented by James Hilton for his 1933 novel Lost Horizon. But it was rediscovered two decades ago—that’s what local authorities claim, at least. This playful investigative film unpacks all the myths and tales.
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Fourteen-year-old Sezer spends a long, languid summer in Rotterdam—swimming and fishing, but also stealing bikes. His mother desperately tries to keep him under control, while youth services threaten to intervene.
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Through a group of dancers with a variety of disabilities, Jos de Putter and Clara van Gool explore the adaptability of human beings and the flexibility of the human body, resulting in an experience that’s as confrontational as it is moving.
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Amsterdam’s Stedelijk Museum of Modern Art wants to become more diverse and inclusive. But how to go about that? An honest look behind the scenes into the sometimes-fraught process taking place in many public institutions.
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