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The Heineken Kidnapping
The Heineken Kidnapping is based on the kidnap of beer tycoon Heineken that hit the news in the Netherlands and abroad in the eighties of the last century. The film exceeds the well known story of the kidnap and goes on to tell the story of Alfred Heineken's revenge, which culminates in a chase of the kidnappers across the world. Focusing on the psychological power struggle between the successful and charismatic beer brewer and a ruthless young criminal with a grudge.
Original title: De Heineken Ontvoering
Director: Maarten Treurniet
Writer: Kees van Beijnum, Maarten Treurniet
Cast: Rutger Hauer, Reinout Scholten van Aschat, Gijs Naber, Teun Kuilboer, Korneel Evers, Sallie Harmsen, Truus te Selle, Marjolein Keuning, Menno van Beekum
Year: 2011
Length: 100'
Format: 35mm
Original Language: Dutch
World Sales:
Distributor: A-Film Distribution
Producers: Frans van Gestel, Arnold Heslenfeld, Richard Claus, Robert Kievit (VARA)
Director of Photography: Giulio Biccari
Editing: JP Luijsterburg
Casting: Kemna Casting
Sound Design: Peter Warnier
Art Direction: Wilbert van Dorp
Costumes: Alette Kraan
Make Up/ Hair: Trudy Buren
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Isabelle
When the repellent artist Jeanne (Tineke Caels), driven by jealousy, kidnaps the gorgeous actress Isabelle (Halina Reijn), the two women enter into a thrilling psychological battle, a life-and-death struggle. What happens when your looks define your life?
Director: Ben Sombogaart
Writer: Marieke van der Pol, based on the short novel by Tessa de Loo
Cast: Halina Reijn, Tineke Caels, Wim Opbrouck
Year: 2011
Length: 92'
Format: 35mm
Original Language: Dutch
World Sales:
Distributor: A-Film Distribution
Producers: IDTV Film, Samsa Film (Luxembourg), NCRV
Director of Photography: Piotr Kukla
Editing: Herman P. Koerts
Casting: Kemna Casting, Isabelle Constantini
Sound Design: Peter Flamman
Art Direction: Michel de Graaf
Costumes: Peggy Wurth
Make Up/ Hair: Dick Naastepad, Rob's Propshop
Music: Jeannot Sanavia
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Code Blue
Marian, a middle-aged nurse, devotes herself to her patients like a saint. Sometimes she even takes on the role of a redeemer, by helping the gravely ill to the soothing order of ultimate silence. When she gets linked to a neighbor in an act of common voyeurism, she becomes fascinated by him. Faced with the fragility of these newfound emotions, Marian surrenders to her human needs...
Original title: Code Blue
Director: Urszula Antoniak
Writer: Urszula Antoniak, based on the short story Woods by Jacek 'Luter' Lenartowicz
Cast: Bien de Moor, Lars Eidinger, Sophie van Winden, Annemarie Prins
Year: 2011
Length: 80'
Format: 35mm
Original Language: Dutch, English
World Sales: Bavaria Film International
Distributor: Wild Bunch
Producers: Frans van Gestel, Arnold Heslenfeld, Floor Onrust
Coproducers: Marie Gade Denessen (Zentropa), Joost de Wolf (VPRO)
Director of Photography: Jasper Wolf
Editing: Nathalie Alonso Casale
Casting: Kemna Casting, Janusz Gosschalk, Matijs Wessels
Sound Design: Jan Schermer, Kristian Eidnes Andersen
Art Direction: Vincent de Pater
Costumes: Bho Roosterman-Vroegen
Make Up/ Hair: Trudy Buren
Music: Ethan Rose
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The Last Christeros
At the end of the nineteen-thirties, a small band of men and their Christero colonel refuse to accept amnesty and instead continues their fight against religious persecution and their right to practice their faith. Matias Meyer's The Last Christeros tells the valiant story of these soldiers of Christ, the last men standing against the Mexican army, with diminishing food and provisions, as they continue their journey against an arid and forbidding landscape.
Original title: Los Últimos cristeros
Director: Matías Meyer
Writer: Matías Meyer, Israel Cárdenas
Cast: Alejandro Limón, Antonio García, Jesús Moisés Rodriguez, Salvador Ferreiro, Abel Lozano
Year: 2011
Length: 90'
Format: DCP
Original Language: Spanish
Producers: Julio Barcénas, Matiás Meyer, Paola Herrera, Frans van Gestel
Director of Photography: Gerardo Barroso Alcalá
Editing: León Felipe González
Sound Design: Alejandro De Icaza
Music: Galo Durán
Art Direction:Nohemí González
Costumes: Nohemi Gonzalez
Make Up/ Hair: Inaqui Legaspi / Itzel Pena
The film is a Mexican-Dutch coproduction, produced by Una Comunión, Axolote Cine and IDTV Film.
Los Ultimos Christeros is supported by the Hubert Bals Fund Plus.
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Nick
Young Nick, charming, talented, but restless and fickle, works as chef in a restaurant. After his girlfriend has kicked him out of her house and he is sacked by the restaurant, he emerges on a long journey to Croatia in search of the ultimate truffle and himself. In the forests of Croatia Nick, gradually gaining sympathy, finally comes at rest in an unexpected way. An unusual road movie in terms of self reflection..
Director: Fow Pyng Hu
Writer: Fow Pyng Hu
Cast: Merijn de Jong, Elisa Beuger, Maarten Heijmans, Marcel Hensema
Year: 2010
Length: 90'
Format: 35mm
Original Language: Dutch, English
World Sales: IDTV Film
Producer: IDTV Film
Coproducer: Annemiek van Gorp, René Goossens (De Productie)
Director of Photography: Benito Strangio
Editing: Menno Boerema, Edon Riznavolli
Casting: Kemna Casting, Marc van Bree
Sound Design: Ranko Paukovic
Art Direction: Billy Leliveld
Costumes: Suzanne Pelgrim
Make Up/ Hair: Suzanne Pelgrim
Music: Mick Witkamp
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Sleeping Sickness
Ebbo and Vera Velten have been living in Africa for a long time. Ebbo is managing a sleeping sickness program. His work is fulfilling. In contrast, Vera feels increasingly uncomfortable with her life in the expat community of Yaoundé and the separation from her daughter Helen, 14, who is attending boarding school in Germany.
Ebbo Velten has to give up his life in Africa or he loses the woman he loves. But he has become a stranger to Europe. His fear of returning increases from day to day.
Years later. Alex Nzila, a young French doctor of Congolese origin, travels to Cameroon to evaluate a development project. He hasn't been to Africa for a long time. But instead of finding new prospects, he encounters a destructive, lost man: like a phantom, Ebbo slips away from his evaluator.
Original title: Schlafkrankheit
Director: Ulrich Köhler
Writer: Ulrich Köhler
Cast: Pierre Bokma, Jean-Cristophe Folly, Jenny Schily, Hippolyte Girardot, Maria Elise Miller, Sava Lolov
Year: 2010
Length: 91 minutes
Format: 35 mm, colour
Original Language: French/German/English
World Sales: The Match Factory
Distributor NL: Wildbunch Benelux
Producers: Komplizen Film (Germany), ÖFilm (Germany), Why Not Productions (France), IDTV Film, ZDF/Das Kleine Fernsehspiel
Director of Photography: Patrick Orth
Editing: Katharina Wartena, Eva Könnemann
Casting: Kris Portier de Bellair, Ulrike Müller
Sound Design: Julien Sicart
Art Direction: Jochen Dehn
Costumes: Birgitt Kilian
Make Up/ Hair: Henny Zimmer
Awards: Silver Bear for Best Director, Berlinale 2011
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The Magicians
An eight year old boy, Ben, learns magic tricks from a magician. He is fascinated by a particular special disappearing trick. However, when his friend, Sylvie, seems to have disappeared forever he has to find out what is real and what is an illusion..
Original title: Het Geheim
Director: Joram Lürsen
Writer: Frank Ketelaar
Cast: Thor Braun, Theo Maassen, Chantal Janzen, Daan Schuurmans
Year: 2010
Length: 93'
Format: 35mm
Original Language: Dutch
World Sales: Delphis Films
Distributor: A-Film Distribution
Producers: IDTV Film, AVRO, Joram Lürsen, Frank Ketelaar
Director of Photography: Mark van Aller
Editing: Peter Alderliesten
Casting: Kemna Casting, Elskes Kast
Sound Design: Warnier Studio
Art Direction: Harry Ammerlaan
Costumes: Monica Petit, Maartje Wevers
Make Up/ Hair: Gerda Koekoek
Music: Fons Merkies
Awards: Audience Award (Kristiansand International Children's Film Festival 2011), Special Jury Prize (Montreal International Children's Film Festival), Children's Audience Award (Munich International Film Festival)
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Black Butterflies
Black Butterflies is the riveting true life and love story of the talented young South African poet Ingrid Jonker, a strong-headed woman and disobedient white artist during the Apartheid regime. From an early age, Ingrid finds her freedom and solace in writing, whenever and wherever she can. Despite the love of many men and her relationship with the famous writer Jack Cope, no one can give Ingrid what she seeks. Rejected by her father, who worked as minister of censorship in the Apartheid regime of 1960s South Africa, she struggles to find a home and a love. But it is not until Nelson Mandela reads one of her moving poems in his first speech to the South African Parliament that she finds her final recognition.
Director: Paula van der Oest
Writer: Greg Latter
Cast: Carice van Houten, Liam Cunningham, Rutger Hauer, Graham Clarke
Year: 2010
Length: 100'
Format: 35mm
Original Language: English
World Sales: Bavaria Film International
Distributor: A-Film Distribution
Producers: Frans van Gestel, Richard Claus, Michael Auret, Arry Voorsmit, Marina Blok (NTR)
Director of Photography: Giulio Biccari
Editing: Sander Vos
Casting: Christa Schamberger, Ana Feyder, Jeremy Zimmermann, Job Gosschalk
Sound Design: Barry Donnelly
Art Direction: Darryl Hammer
Costumes: Rae Donnelly
Make Up/ Hair: Raine Edwards
Music: Philip Miller
Awards: Audience Award (Taormina International Film Festival 2011), Best Actress Award Carice van Houten (Tribeca International Film Festival 2011)
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Pizza mafia
Bram is best friends with Haas, his cousin. The uncle of Haas (Faris) runs the pizzeria of Bram's father. When Bram's father has a blazing row with Uncle Faris, Faris starts his own pizzeria across the street. As result a true pizza war between Bram and Haas sparks off...
Original title: Pizzamaffia
Director: Tim Oliehoek
Writer: Luuk van Bemmelen, Simon de Waal, based on the novel Pizzamaffia by Khalid Boudou
Cast: Iliass Ojja, Mamoun Elyounoussi, Sally Harmsen, Hakim Traidia, Sabri Saad el Hamus
Year: 2010
Length: 98'
Format: 35mm
Original Language: Dutch
World Sales: Delphis Films
Distributor: Benelux Film Distribution
Producers: IDTV Film, Dutch Media, Inspire Pictures, BNN
Director of Photography: Rolf Dekens
Editing: JP Luijsterburg
Casting: Kemna Casting
Sound Design: Jan Schermer
Art Direction: Harry Ammerlaan
Costumes: Ingrid Schagen
Make Up/ Hair: Marjon Hoogendoorn
Music: Fons Merkies
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No.89 Shimen Road
The age of 16 was a turning point in Xiaoli's life: not only did he start to discover the opposite sex but he also got interested in the politics of his government and the heavy legacy of the Cultural Revolution...
A coming of age story about a 16 year old Chinese boy set against the background of the 1989 events and his lust for a 20 year old girl, both of which are a brutal awakening.
Director: Haolun Shu
Writer: Haolun Shu
Cast: Ewen Cheng, Xufei Zhai
Year: 2009
Length: approx. 90 minutes
Format: 35mm
Original Language: Mandarin, Shanghai
Producers: John Zang, Frans van Gestel
Director of Photography: Shu Hao
Editing: Menno Boerema
Casting: Zhu Shangjia
Sound Design: Benjamin l'Hotelier
Art Direction: Xian Ruiqing
Music: Xiao He
Funded by the Hubert Bals Plus Fund of the International Film Festival Rotterdam
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Her Majesty
A battle is raging at the heart of our kingdom and it is the monarchy itself that is at stake. It is the day of the state opening of Parliament, a year has passed since the death of the love of her life, Prince Claus. Beatrix has doubts about everything. About the monarchy, about the trustworthiness of her sons and, finally, about herself. Tensions mount when the Prime Minister wants to change the text just before Beatrix has to speech on "Budget Day". Beatrix is resisting. She doesn't want to be the woman who dances to another's tune any longer. Parliament watches her with bated breath. Will she protect our kingdom? Tradition, love, loss, doubt, intrigue, power and betrayal. Finally, we meet the woman behind Queen Beatrix.
A fascinating, intriguing and revealing feature film about Queen Beatrix.
Director: Peter de Baan
Writer: Ger Beukenkamp
Cast: Carine Crutzen, Gijs Naber, Jeroen Willems, Eelco Smits, Hadewych Minis, Marcel Hensema
Year: 2010
Length: 90'
Format: 35mm
Original Language: Dutch
Distributor: A-Film Distribution
Producers: San Fu Maltha (Fu Works), Anton Smit, Frans van Gestel (IDTV Film)
Co Producer: Robert Kievit, VARA & Jean-Claude van Rijckeghem, A Private View
Director of Photography: Menno Westendorp
Editing: Wouter Jansen
Casting: Kemna Casting, Marc van Bree
Sound Design: Simon Gershon, Srdjan Kurpjel
Art Direction: Hubert Pouille
Costumes: Jacqueline Steijlen
Make Up/ Hair: Carolina Leenders
Music: Fons Merkies, Eric Vloeimans
Awards: Netherlands Film Festival 2010: Golden Calf Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Jeroen Willems)
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The Odd One Out
A slightly surrealistic film about Child, who grows up in a violent butcher family. He resists the family traditions and tries to overcome it by being himself.
Original title: Vreemd Bloed
Director: Johan Timmers
Writer: Maria Goos
Cast: Wim Opbrouck, Viviane de Muynck, Jelle de Jong, Gijs Naber, Meral Polat
Year: 2009
Length: approx. 90 minutes
Format: 35mm
Original Language: Dutch
World Sales: IDTV Film
Distributor: A-Film Distribution
Producers: IDTV Film, NPS
Director of Photography: Ton Peters
Editing: Peter Alderliesten
Casting: Snik Casting, Elske's Kast Casting
Sound Design: Herman Pieëte
Art Direction: Gert Brinkers
Costumes: Sabine Snijders
Make Up/ Hair: Marjon Hoogendoorn
Music: Paul M. van Brugge
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R U There
R U There tells the story of Jitze (20), a professional gamer who travels around the world to compete in video game tournaments. During a stay in Taipei he unexpectedly witnesses an accident which resembles those he re-enacts in his video games on a day to day basis; this confronts him with his own mortality and his world is suddenly shaken by reality, in a violent way. He meets an intriguing Taiwanese woman in the hotel bar where he is staying, never quite figuring out whether she is an escort, masseuse or bettle nut girl. He tries to get close to her but only manages to do so in the Virtual world, on Second Life which they both visit.
Director: David Verbeek
Writer: Rogier de Blok
Cast: Stijn Koomen, Ke Huan-Ru, Tom de Hoog, Phi Nguyen
Year: 2009
Length: 83 minutes
Format: 35mm
Original Language: Dutch, English
World Sales: Films Boutique
Distributor: Eye Film Institute
Producers: IDTV Film, Les Petites Lumières, VPRO
Director of Photography: Lennert Hillege nsc
Editing: Sander Vos
Casting: Wang Yao Tzu, Shih Mei Di
Sound Design: Warnier Studio
Art Direction: Wang Shih Hui, Lin Ing Chyang
Costumes: Chen Yao Chung
Make Up/ Hair: Wu Chen Wei/ Hsiao Chia Jung
Music: Lim Giong
Awards: Netherlands Film Festival 2010: Golden Calf Best Cinematography (Lennert Hillege) * Golden Calf Best Sound Design (Peter Warnier)
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Joy
'Joy' is the name her mother gave her about 18 years ago, when she bundled up her little baby girl and left her on a bench to be found. And since about that time, Joy has been on an odyssey through Amsterdam's high-rises and shelters, to its slum dwellers and social workers. An odyssey to find her place in life, to find love, to find her mother. Or is she better off without her?
Director: Mijke de Jong
Writer: Helena van der Meulen
Cast: Samira Maas, Coosje Smid, Dragan Bakema
Year: 2009
Length: 76 min
Format: 35mm
Original Language: Dutch
Distributor: A-Film Distribution
Producers: IDTV Film, VARA
Director of Photography: Ton Peters
Editing: Dorith Vinken
Casting: Elskes Kast & Kemna Casting
Sound Design: Mark Glynne
Production design: Jolein Laarman, Jorien Sont
Costumes: Jacqueline Steijlen
Make Up/ Hair: Trudy Buren
Awards:
- Netherlands Film Festival 2010: Golden Calf Best Feature Film * Golden Calf Best Screenplay (Helena van der Meulen) * Golden Calf Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Coosje Smid)
- Sevilla Festival de Cine Europe 2010: Special Mention of the Jury (Joy) * Award Best Actress (Samira Maas)
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First Mission
First Mission is a real life drama about the lives and work of a team of doctors on their remote outpost of International Frontline Doctors in South America. The team consists out of young doctor Marina (Anniek Pheifer), the logistics manager Barry (Tygo Gernandt), project coordinator Thijs (Mark Rietman) and local staff members Orlando and Diego, who all work under very though and dangerous circumstances. They risk their lives to save others. Marina finds out that on the torn continent of Latin-America, it is possible to make a big difference.
Director: Boris Paval Conen
Writer: Barbara Jurgens
Cast: Anniek Pheifer, Tygo Gernandt, Mark Rietman
Year: 2009
Length: 116 minutes
Format: 35mm
Original Language: Spanish, English, Dutch
World Sales: IDTV Film
Distributor: A-Film
Producers: IDTV Film
Broadcaster: NCRV
Director of Photography: Danny Elsen
Editing: JP Luijsterburg
Casting: Argentina: Javier Braier
Sound Design: Han Otten
Art Direction: Pablo Maestre Galli
Costumes: Mariana Polski
Make Up/ Hair: Karina Camporino
Music: Han Otten
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My Queen Karo
A portrait of the Seventies in Amsterdam, seen through the eyes of a growing Flemish child.
Director: Dorothee van den Berghe
Writer: Dorothee van den Berghe & Peter van Kraaij
Cast: Anna Franziska Jaeger, Matthias Schoenaerts, Deborah Francois, Maria Kraakman, Dragan Bakema, Hadewych Minis, Rifka Lodeizen
Year: 2009
Length: approx. 90 minutes
Format: 35mm
Original Language: Flemish, Dutch
World Sales:
Distributor: Filmmuseum
Producers: Caviar (Belgium), IDTV Film, Tarantula, NPS, VRT
Director of Photography: Jan van Caillie
Editing: Marie Helene Dozo
Casting: Arielle Sleutel, Bas Devos, Oi Mundo
Sound Design: Gert Janssen, Thomas Gauder
Art Direction: Gert Stas
Costumes: Bernadette Corstens
Make Up/ Hair: Daphne Zwanenberg
Music: Peter Vermeersch
Awards: Festival International des Film de Femmes 2010: Prix du Jury Graine de Cinéphage, meilleur long-métrage
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The Misfortunates
Gunther Strobbe, 13, lives with his father and three uncles at his grandmother's.
There, he daily faces enormous quantities of alcohol, picking
See also: www.dehelaasheidderdingen.be
Director: Felix van Groeningen
Writer: Christophe Dirickx & Felix van Groeningen, based on the novel of Dimitri Verhulst
Cast: Koen De Graeve, Johan Heldenbergh, Wouter Hendrickx, Bert Haelvoet, Valentijn Dhaenens, Kenneth Vanbaeden, Gilda De Bal
Year: 2009
Length: 90 minutes
Format: 35mm
Original Language: Flemish
World Sales: MK2
Distributor: Wild Bunch
Producers: Menuet (Belgium), IDTV Film
Director of Photography: Ruben Impens
Editing: Nico Leunen
Casting: Anke Blondé
Sound Design: Michel Schöpping
Art Direction: Kurt Rigolle
Costumes: Ann Lauwerys
Make Up/ Hair: Diana Dreesen
Music: Jef Neve
Awards:Festival de Cannes 2009: Prix Art et Essai (Quinzaine de Réalisateurs)
C.I.A.E Award-special mention 2009
Hamptons International film festival New York 2009 : Best Direction,Best Cinematography,Best script
Festival du Grolandais 2009 - L'amphore D'or - Best film
European Film festival Cinèsonne 2009 : Best Film, Best Male actor, The Publicprize
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Upstream
A film about the true love between mothers and sons, starring Anneke Blok, Wieger Windhorst and Ronald Top.
Original title: Alles Stroomt
Director: Danyael Sugawara
Writer: Marieke van der Pol
Cast: Anneke Blok, Wieger Windhorst, Ronald Top, Lidewij Mahler
Year: 2009
Length: 100 minutes
Format: 35mm
Original Language: Dutch
World Sales:
Distributor: A-Film Distribution
Producers: IDTV Film, NCRV
Director of Photography: Jeroen de Bruin nsc
Editing: Sander Vos
Casting: Oi Mundo
Sound Design: Alex Booy, Huibert Boon
Art Direction: Vincent de Pater
Costumes: Regina van Eijden
Make Up/ Hair: Trudy Buren
Music: Paul M. van Brugge
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Gigante
Jara, a big and shy supermarket security guard, discovers a cleaning woman through the surveillance cameras and falls in love with her. Soon, Jara´s life starts to turn into a series of rituals and routines around the woman and the desire to get to know her.
Director: Adrián Biniez
Writer: Adrián Biniez
Cast: Horacio Camandule, Leonor Svarcas
Year: 2009
Length: 90'
Format: 35mm
Original Language: Spanish
World Sales: The Match Factory
Distributor: Filmmuseum
Awards: Berlinale 2009, the Silver Bear / Jury Grand Prix, the Alfred Bauer Prize (for a feature film that breadens the horizons of the art of filmmaking) and the Best First Feature Award.
Producers: Fernando Epstein for Control Z Films , Rizoma Films, Pandora Films, Jeroen Beker & Frans van Gestel for IDTV Film
Director of Photography: Arauco Hernández Holz
Editing: Fernando Epstein
Sound Design: Daniel Yafalián
Art Direction: Alejandro Castiglioni
Costumes: Emilia Carlevaro
With support of the Hubert Bals Plus Fund of the International Film Festival Rotterdam
Awards: Berlin International Film Festival 2009 - Silver Bear & Alfred Bauer Prize - Best First Feauture Film
Chicago International Film Festival 2009 - Golden Hugo - Best New Director
Gramado Film Festival 2009 - Critics Award - Best Actor , Best Script
San Sebastian 2009 - Best Latin American Film Horizons Award
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The Tribunal
Hannah Maynard, a prosecutor at the Tribunal in The Hague manages to convince a young Bosnian woman to testify against an alleged war criminal. Amidst the inconsistency of political interests and threats coming from Serbian nationalists, she recognizes that her opponents not only sit on the dock across from her, but are also found in her own ranks.
Director: Hans-Christian Schmid
Writers: Bernd Lange and Hans-Christian Schmid
Cast: Kerry Fox, Anamaria Marinca, Stephen Dillane, Rolf Lassgard, Reinout Bussemaker
Year: 2009
Length: 110 min
Format: D-Cinema/35mm, Cinemascope
Original Language: English, German, Bosnian, Serbian
World Sales: TrustNordisk
Distributor: A-Film Distribution
Awards: Berlinale 2009: Prize of the Guild of German Art House Cinemas, the "Berliner Morgenpost" readers' Jury award and the Amnesty International Film Prize for filmmakers who take up the issue of human rights.
Producers: 23/5 Filmproduktion
Coproducers: Zentropa, IDTV Film
Director of Photography: Bogumil Godfrejów
Editing: Hansjörg WeiBbrich
Casting: Saheen Baig, Kemna Casting, Oriana Kuncic
Sound Design: Hans Moller
Art Direction: Christian M. Goldbeck
Costumes: Steffi Bruhn
Make Up/ Hair: Heike Merker, Henny Zimmer
Music: The Notwist
Awards: German Film Critics Award 2010 - Best Editing
Berlin International Film Festival 2009 - Amnesty International Film Prize
Bernhard Wicki Film Award 2009 - Best film
Prize of the guild of German Art House cinemans 2009
Reader Jury of the 'Berliner Morgenpost' 2009
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Spy of Orange
When the Netherlands is threatened by the terrorist twin brother of gay fashion designer Francois van Vliet, Francois is the only one who can save the country. The rather inept Francois must impersonate his deranged brother and put a stop to his plans. But Francois may well be causing more harm than his brother.
Director: Tim Oliehoek
Writer: Tijs van Marle
Cast: Paul de Leeuw, Jennifer Hoffman, Najib Amhali, Nelly Frijda, Hans Kesting, Plien van Bennekom
Year: 2008
Length: 90 minutes
Format: 35 mm
Original Language: Dutch
World Sales:
Distributor: A-Film
Producers: Frans van Gestel, Jeroen Beker for IDTV Film, San Fu Maltha for Fu Works
Director of Photography: Rolf Dekens
Editing: Peter Alderliesten
Casting: Kemna casting
Sound Design: Ranko Paukovic
Art Direction: Jan Rutgers
Costumes: Ingrid Schagen
Make Up/ Hair: Monique Mierop
Music: Giorgio Tuinfort & Geert Huinink
www.spionvanoranjedefilm.nl
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Bollywood Hero
Young actor Nick sets off to India to play a part in a Bollywood film; in the city of Bombay he discovers the hard reality of life.
Director: Diederik van Rooijen
Writer: Story based on the experiences of Egbert-Jan Weeber
Cast: Egbert-Jan Weeber, Ishwari Bose-Bhattacharya, Akhilesh Kumar
Year: 2008
Length: 85'
Format: 35 mm
Original Language: Dutch, English, Hindi
World Sales:
Distributor: A Film
Producers: IDTV Film, Anton Smit & Hanneke Niens
Director of Photography: Lennert Hillege
Editing: Moek de Groot
Casting: Monalisa Mukherji
Sound Design: Jan Schermer
Art Direction: Yunnus Pathan
Costumes: Bho Roosterman-Vroegen, Urmila Lal Motwani
Make Up/ Hair: Sandeep Mejari/Crystal Fernandes
Music: Bart Westerlaken, Gerard et Jerome, Jane Winther
www.bollywoodhero.nl
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Bride Flight
Three young Dutch women, Marjorie, Ada and Esther, eager to escape the damp and suffocating atmosphere in post-war Holland, are looking forward to a brighter life in New Zealand. They meet each other on the immigration flight to their new country, where they are to be joined with their future husbands, already settled in New Zealand.
During the flight the three young women encounter Frank, who is immigrating to New Zealand to be a share farmer. In the early years in their new country, the lives of Marjorie, Esther and Ada become entangled. They lose each other out of sight and it's only after fifty years, at Frank's funeral that they discover how much their lives have become intertwined through their different relationships with Frank. A bittersweet tale of love, hope and expectations.
Inspired by the true story of the Last Great Air Race London - Christchurch in October 1953. The KLM aircraft, that won the handicap race, carried 40 Dutch immigrants to New Zealand. Most of them were young women on their way to join their fiancés already settled in their new country. The international press gave the KLM flight the pet name Bride Flight.
Director: Ben Sombogaart
Writer: Marieke van der Pol
Cast: Karina Smulders, Anna Drijver, Elise Schaap, Waldemar Torenstra, Rutger Hauer, Pleuni Touw, Petra Laseur, Willeke van Ammelrooy, Rawiri Paratene
Year: 2008
Length: 130'
Format: Cinescope
Original Language: Dutch, English
World Sales: BetaCinema
Distributor: A Film
Producers: Anton Smit, Hanneke Niens
Director of Photography: Piotr Kukla
Editing: Herman P. Koerts
Casting: Kemna Casting
Sound Design: Pia Dumont, Peter Flamman, Wart Warmsteker
Art Direction: Michel de Graaf
Costumes: Linda Bogers
Make Up/ Hair: Winnie Gallis, Dick Naastepad
Music: Jeannot Sanavia
Awards: Nederlands Film Festival 2009 - Gouden Kalf- Beste vrouwelijke bijrol
Golden Film Award 2008(100.000 visitors at Dutch cinemas)
www.brideflight.nl
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Jermal
After his mother's death, a boy is sent to the jermal (a fishing platform perched insecurely on log stilts in the middle of the sea) where his father works as a supervisor. The father is shocked, never knowing he has a son, and rejects the boy as his kin, but is forced to accept him as a worker on the site. The boy learns how to survive on the jermal and his father eventually learns to face and accept his past.
Director: Ravi Bharwani
Script: Rayya Makarim, Orlow Seunke, Ravi Bharwani
Cast: Didi Petet, Febry Pulungan, Yayu Unru
Producer: Orlow Seunke & Shanty Harmayn
Co production: a.o. Motel Films, Frans van Gestel & Jeroen Beker
Fundend by the Hubert Bals Plus Fund of the International Film festival Rotterdam
Premiere at the International Film Festival Rotterdam, 2009
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Real Life Re-edited
In his new film a young film director challenges his girlfriend to a love test. By doing so he risks his real life relationship with her.
Director: Robert Jan Westdijk
Writer: Robert Jan Westdijk
Cast: Sallie Harmsen, Loek Peters, Ramsey Nasr, Mike Libanon, Loes Haverkort
Year: 2008
Length: 87'
Format: 35mm
Original Language: Dutch
World Sales:
Distributor: A Film
Producers: Frans van Gestel, Jeroen Beker
Director of Photography: Menno Westendorp
Editing: Robert Jan Westdijk
Casting: Kemna Casting
Sound Design: Peter Warnier
Art Direction: Floris Vos
Costumes: Martina Fehmer
Make Up/ Hair: Monique Mierop
Music: Michel Banabila, Eric Vloeimans, e.a.
Awards:
Golden Calf Best Editor: Robert Jan Westdijk
Golden Calf Best Cinematography: Menno Westendorp
www.hetechteleven.nl
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Unspoken
Two people try to live a normal life after the disappearance of their daughter. However, the past keeps haunting them.
Director: Fien Troch
Writer: Fien Troch
Cast: Emanuelle Devos Bruno Todeschini
Year: 2008
Length: 100'
Format: 35mm
Original Language: French
World Sales: The Works
Distributor: Cineart
Producers: Antonino Lombardo for Prime Time, Jeroen Beker and Frans van Gestel for Motel Films, Jacques-Henri Branckart
Director of Photography: Frank van den Eeden
Editing: Lodo Troch
Art Direction: Francois Lefebvre
Costumes: Elise Ancion
Make Up/ Hair: Beatrice Cormann
Music: Peter van Laerhoven
Awards: Gent International Film Festival 2008 - Nominated Grand Prix- best film
Wesite Unspoken
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Heat Harara
Two friends, Raja (Dutch-Moroccan) and Nancy (Dutch), both about twenty years old, travel by car to Morocco to buy furniture for their new henna and nail studio. They see life as a challenge. Because of their close friendship, they feel they can take on anything.
On the way to Morocco Raja and Nancy are involved in a car crash, caused by Miloud, a Moroccan boy. He persuades the two girls to bring the car to the workshop of his family in a nearby mountain village. Miloud lends the girls his own car in which they continue their journey to Raja's family. They live in a big modern Moroccan city. Raja and Nancy stay there and purchase their business furniture. When, two days later, the two girls return to the mountain village of Miloud, the crash turns out to have been on purpose. Miloud wants them to smuggle him to Europe. Without any help he will not succeed in returning to Holland, where he has been certified as illegal immigrant. Initially the girls hesitate, but his family is putting great pressure on them. When Raja and Nancy discover Miloud's homosexuality and the fact he was forced to leave his boyfriend behind in Holland, the girls decide to take Miloud along, hidden in their trunk. But, during the long and sweltering ferry trip to Spain something happens, which has a big impact on the lives of the two girls.
Director: Lodewijk Crijns
Writer: Rosan Dieho
Cast: Bracha van Doesburgh, Nabila Marhaben
Year: 2007
Length: 90'
Format: colour, HD cam
Original Language: Dutch, Arabic
Distributor: A-Film
Producers: Frans van Gestel, Jeroen Beker
Director of Photography: Joost van Herwijnen
Editing: Herman P Koerts
Casting: OiMundo
Sound Design: Marco Vermaas
Art Direction: Rosa van Gils, Bram van de Ven
Costumes: Mariëlla Kallenberg, Manon Blom
Make Up/ Hair: Monique Mierop
Music: Bart van de Lisdonk
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Shanghai Trance
Shanghai Trance is a cinematic portrait of Shanghai in three layers. Each layer of the film explores a different social layer of the city. All stories are about people between the age of 20 and 30, hereby shaping the face of a generation.
Director: David Verbeek
Writer: David Verbeek
Cast: Tygo Gernandt, Tian Yuan, Lu Yulai, Zhang Heng, Cheng Hao Feng, Xiao Han
Year: 2008
Length: 120'
Format: 35mm
Original Language: Mandarin
World Sales: Colifilms Diffusion, France
Distributor: Filmmuseum
Producers: Jeroen Beker& Frans van Gestel for Motel Films, Natacha Devillers for Les Petites Lumières, Shanghai Film Group Inc, VPRO
Director of Photography: Luo Dong
Editing: Sander Vos
Casting: Miao Liang
Sound Design: Zhang Yang
Art Direction: Yao Jun
Costumes: Wang Jian
Make Up/ Hair: Cheng Ying
Music: Lim Giong
Awards: Award of the Dutch Filmcritis, Dutch Filmfestival 2008
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My Marlon and Brando
Three years ago, in real-life, Hama Ali, a charismatic B movie actor from Iraq, and Ayca, a similarly rotund but charming actress from Turkey, met on a film-set. Their love affair continued across borders through video love letters and broken phone-calls until the Americans invaded Iraq and hellish violence engulfed the country. As most people fled from East to West seeking safety, Ayca decided to make the journey from West to East, seeking her lover. GITMEK, a dramatic feature film, is the story of her extraordinary, and ultimately tragic, experiences in such mad times...
Director: Huseyin Karabey
Writer: Huseyin Karabey, Ayca Damgaci
Cast: Ayca Damgaci, Hama Ali Kahn, Nesrin Cavadzade, Emrah Ozdemir, Cengiz Bozkurt, Mahir Gunsiray
Year: 2008
Length: 92'
Format: 35mm
Original Language: Turkish
World Sales: Insomnia World Sales
Distributor:
Producers: Lucinda Englehart, Huseyin Karabey, Sophie Lorant
Co-producers: Frans van Gestel, Jeroen Beker, Dennis Tal, Harry Sutherland
Director of Photography: Emre Tanyildiz
Editing: Mary Stephen
Casting: a.o. Ayca Damgaci, Hama Ali Kahn, Nesrin Cavadzade
Sound Design: Mohammed Mokhtari
Art Direction:
Costumes: Yasemin Taskin
Make Up/ Hair:
Music: Kemal S. Gürel, Huseyin Yildiz, Erdal Güney
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Unfinished Sky
When Tahmeena (Monic Hendrickx) stumbles onto John's (William McInnes) isolated farm, he has no choice but to take her in. She's been badly injured and speaks no English. While John's not inclined to welcome visitors, not since the suspicious death of his wife, he's even less inclined to involve the police. So he goes about his business as he waits for her to heal when he plans to send her on her way.
Year: 2007
Director: Peter Duncan
Cast: Monic Hendrickx, William McInnes
Writer: Peter Duncan
Awards : Film Critics of Australia Awards 2009 - FCCA Award : Best Direction, Best Editing, Best Music Score, Best Screenplay , Outstanding Feature film
Australian Film Institute 2009 - AFI Award: Best Cinematography, Best lead actor, Best lead actress, Best original music score, Best screenplay, best sound
Australian Screen Sound Guild 2008 - ASSG Award - Best achievement in sound design
IF Awards 2008 : Best Actress,Best director,Best editing, Best production design
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Love is All
Love is like Sinterklaas. Believing is everything.
Klaasje has divorced Dennis, who cheated on her with a school teacher. Dennis would like her back, but when she moves in with a young lover it looks as if he has missed the boat. Meanwhile, Klaasje's best friend Simone is the pivot of her family. Her husband Ted often feels redundant and he does not have the guts to tell her that he has been laid off. Pool attendant Victor is looking forward to marrying the love of his life, Kees. But Kees has doubts and keeps his fears at bay during weekends spent 'larping' (Live Action Role Play). Victor's sister Kiki, a sales assistant at department store Bijenkorf, is dreaming of a prince on a white horse. But she is unaware of the fact that a real prince, Valentijn, is crazy about her. With the arrival of a mysterious Santa Claus, all these amorous ups and downs reach a climax, while the happy endings come closer too.
Director: Joram Lürsen
Writer: Kim van Kooten
Cast: Wendy van Dijk, Paul de Leeuw, Daan Schuurmans, Carice van Houten, Thomas Acda, Jeroen Spitzenberger, Michiel Romeyn, Anneke Blok, Peter-Paul Muller, Valerio Zeno, Eric Schneider
Year: 2007
Length: 120'
Format: colour, 35 mm
Original Language: Dutch
Distributor: A-Film
Producers: Jeroen Beker, Frans van Gestel, San Fu Maltha, Job Gosschalk
Director of Photography: Lex Brand
Editing: Peter Alderliesten
Casting: Kemna Casting
Sound Design: Peter Warnier
Art Direction: Harry Ammerlaan
Costumes: Monica petit
Make Up/ Hair: Dick Naastepad and Gerna Koekoek
Music: Rec Sound
Awards
- Golden Film Award (100.000 visitors at Dutch cinemas)
- Platina Film Award (400.000 visitors at Dutch cinemas)
- Diamond Film Award (1000.000 visitors at Dutch cinemas)
- Rembrandt Award Best Film
- Rembrandt Award Best Actor: Thomas Acda
- Rembrandt Award Best Actress: Carice van Houten
- Golden Record Soundtrack
Website: www.allesisliefde.nl
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Tiramisu
Tiramisu is a catching and sometimes bitter comedy with a melancholic touch about relations. It is a story about people who are forced to readjust their prejudices and a story about restarting all over again.
Bookkeeper Jacob newest client is the talented and flamboyant actress Anne. They first meet each other on her houseboat, the morning after the premiere of Anne's new theatrical play. Jacob soon discovers that Anne has made a mess of her personal finances and that she has several debts. She may even have to sell her houseboat. Anne gets into a blind panic as she definitely has no intention to sell the boat where she has so many memories.
Jacob becomes fascinated about Anne's world and is not concerned anymore with his own personal life and wife. Anne is trying to get money and is convinced that Jacob can save her financial mess. Despite Anne's plans and efforts, the boat must be sold by auction.
Director: Paula van der Oest
Writer: Paula van der Oest
Cast: Anneke Blok, Jacob Derwig, Olga Zuiderhoek, Rifka Lodeizen, Sophia de Hoog, Laura de Boer, Bert Geurkink
Year: 2008
Length: 90'
Format: 16 mm, blow up to 35mm
Original Language: Dutch
Distributor: A-Film
Producers: Jeroen Beker, Frans van Gestel
Director of Photography: Guido van Gennep
Editing: Sander Vos
Casting: Kemna Casting
Sound Design: Marco Vermaas
Art Direction: Harry Ammerlaan
Costumes: Ellen Lens
Make Up/ Hair: Trudy Buren
Music: Michiel Borstlap
Awards:
Golden Calf Best Actress for Anneke Blok, Dutch Film Festival 2008
Golden Calf Best Music for Michiel Borstlap, Dutch Film Festival 2008
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Silent Light
Johan and his family live in the north of Mexico. Against the law of God and men, Johan falls in love with another woman. He must now betray the woman he has loved so much or sacrifice his natural love.
Director: Carlos Reygadas
Writer: Carlos Reygadas
Cast: Cornelius Wall, Miriam Toews, Maria Pankratz, Michel Wall
Year: 2008
Length: 145'
Format: colour, 35mm
Original Language: Old Dutch
World Sales: Bac Films
Distributor: Lumiere/ Filmmuseum
Producers: Mantarraya Producciones, NoDream Co-production companies: BAC Films, Arte France Cinema, Foprocine, Motel Films
Director of Photography: Alexis Zabe
Editing: Natalia López
Sound Design: Jaime Baksht
Art Direction: Nohemi Gonzalez
Awards
- Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival of 2007
- Golden Hugo for Best Film at the Chicago International Film Festival
Website(s): www.stelletlicht.com
www.mantarraya.com
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Melody Z
Melody Z is an intimate short film portrait of the nightlife generation in Shanghai, 2006. Li Wei, a young sexy night flower working in a trance music club, lives together with her DJ boyfriend. The two live a nightly existence of dreamy trance music and colourful neon light. He is caring yet highly jealous. She seems to be drifting through her nights going from party to party. When one morning she sees her first love on the street, the latter does not seem to recognize her, which upsets and confuses her. She seems unable to share her thoughts and isolates herself. The huge metropolis around them seems to project her thoughts all around her. Within her generation, Shanghai has been the fastest changing place in the world. But how fast can she change
Director: David Verbeek
Writer: David Verbeek
Cast: Ding Jiaheng, Sun Xueyan
Year: 2006
Length: 20'
Format: HD CAM
Original Language: Mandarin
Producers: Frans van Gestel, Jeroen Beker for Motel Films Natacha for Petites Lumieres
Director of Photography: Luo Dong
Editing: David Verbeek
Casting: Annie Yan
Sound Design: Li Mingna
Art Direction: Xu Hongbing
Costumes: Xin Ying
Make Up/ Hair: Cookie Liu
Music: Justin Suissa & Armin van Buuren
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Black Book
It is late Summer in 1944, and when the hiding place of beautiful Jewish singer Rachel Steinn is accidentally bombed by warplanes, she decides to join a group of Jewish refugees to make an escape into liberated Allied territory. The boat they are escaping on is intercepted by a German patrol and all the refugees are savagely murdered with only Rachel escaping the hideous carnage.
She joins the Resistance taking the name Ellis de Vries and manages to befriend a high ranking German SD officer called Müntze. He becomes besotted with her and offers her a job. The intrigue deepens further when a plan by the Resistance - which involves Ellis - to rescue some of their imprisoned comrades goes horribly wrong because of a terrible betrayal. Ellis is accused of treachery by both the Resistance and the Germans. Accompanied by Müntze, she again goes into hiding where they wait together for the war to end. But the end of the war and liberation doesn't give Ellis the freedom she longs for. 'Every survivor is guilty one way or another'...
Director: Paul Verhoeven
Writer: Gerard Soeteman
Cast: Carice van Houten, Thom Hoffman, Halina Reijn, Sebastian Koch
Year: 2006
Length: 145 minutes
Format: colour, 35mm
Original Language:Dutch, English, German
World Sales: content Film International
Distributor: A-film
Producers: San Fu Maltha, Jos van der Linden, Frans van Gestel, Jeroen Beker, Teun Hilte, Jens Meurer, Studio Babelsberg (co-producer), AVRO (co-producer), VIP Medien Fonds (executive producer)
Director of Photography: Karl Walther Lindenlaub
Editing: Job ter Burg, Humphrey Dickson
Casting: Kemna Casting
Sound Design: James Harrison, Eddy Joseph
Art Direction: Wilbert van Dorp
Costumes: Yan Tax
Make Up/ Hair: Winnie Gallis
Music: Ann Dudley
www.zwartboekdefilm.nl
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A Thousand Kisses
Based on the best selling novel Ik omhels je met duizend armen by Ronald Giphart
Giph is a young writer. He is going steady with Samarinde, who is a doctor and successful model. His friends belong to the 'young, beautiful, rich and famous'. With them Samarinda and Giph are on a holiday in La Palma. They are staying in a very luxurious villa and spend the day eating, drinking, making love and generally partying. The relationship between Giph and Samarinde is strained. Samarinda has just found out that she is pregnant and this puts even more pressure on the relationship, especially as Giph is now having doubts about his feelings for Samarinde.
While his mother Lotte was on her deathbed, being cared for by Giph and his sister Steph, Samarinda was away in Japan for a photo shoot. Just when Giph needed her most. Apart from that Giph suspects Samarinda of having been sleeping with another guy in Japan.
Director: Willem van de Sande Bakhuyzen
Writer: Ruud Schuurman, Edward Stelder
Cast: Tijn Docter, Carice van Houten, Catherine ten Bruggencate, Karina Smulders
Year: 2006
Length: 90 min
Format:35 mm
Original Language: Dutch
Producers: Anton Smit, Hanneke Niens
Coproducers: Robert Kievit, VARA
Director of Photography: Lex Brand
Editing: Wouter Jansen
Casting: Kemna Casting
Sound Design: Peter Flamman
Art Direction: Harry Ammerlaan
Costumes: Margriet Procee, Stephanie Marien
Make Up/ Hair: Trudy Buren
Music: Fons Merkies
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Blindgangers
Barry's quiet provincial existence is turned upside down when the mysterious Lynn crosses his path. Having breezed into his life, she seems to be there to stay. Barry falls in love with her, but gradually realises he does not actually know anything about her. Lynn in turn is longing for a stability which she thinks she will find with Barry. Everything seems to be going well, until Lynn's past begins to intrude in their relationship. Although the lovers refuse to recognise it, this marks the beginning of a downward spiral with disastrous results.
Director: Tallulah Schwab
Writer: Lotje IJzermans
Cast: Lotte Voets, Micha Hulshof, Guido Pollemans, Sieger Sloot, Leny Breederveld, Sanne den Hartogh
Year: 2006
Length: 40'
Original Language: Dutch
Producers: Jeroen Beker, Frans van Gestel, VARA/VPRO/NPS
Director of Photography: Menno Westendorp
Editing: Job ter Burg
Casting: Oimundo
Sound Design: Peter Flamman
Art Direction: Minka Moonen
Costumes: Maartje Wevers
Make Up/ Hair: Robert Stouthamer
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Nothern Light
The story about a father and son, set against the background of North Amsterdam during a glorious summer.
Lucien runs a boxing training centre and lives for the training of his young pupils. He talks a lot and in no uncertain words. He is quick to attack and in fact does not take contradiction kindly. Lucien is a well-known figure in North Amsterdam. A tragic accident in the past has hardened him. He believes he has failed, and he cannot live with the thought. He suppresses his sorrow; empathy and compassion only irritate him. Mitchel, Lucien's 15-year-old son, is much quieter than his father and finds it less of a problem to appear vulnerable; much to his father's annoyance. Lucien always talks about sincerity, being able to look people straight in the eye, looking ahead. It is a wall he has built around himself. Mitchel confronts his father with his behaviour during a barbecue with friends and family on the occasion of a birthday. Lucien blows his fuses and physically attacks Mitchel. Fully conscious of what he has done, Lucien withdraws in his boxing centre. He talks less and less, becomes introverted and everything he possessed slips through his fingers. In the meantime, Mitchel is doing ever better. He becomes independent at double speed, and no longer needs his father's support. By facing up to what he has done, Lucien takes the first steps towards the future, and finally even dares to return to his son.
Director: David Lammers
Writer: David Lammers
Cast: Raymond Thiry, Dai Carter, Melody Klaver, Mike Meijer, Monique Sluyter
Year: 2006
Length: 85'
Format: Colour, 35mm
Original Language: Dutch
Distributor: A-Film
Producers: Frans van Gestel, Jeroen Beker, VPRO
Director of Photography: Lennert Hillege
Editing: Jaap Praamstra
Casting: Oi Mundo
Sound Design: Peter Warnier
Art Direction: Floris Vos
Costumes: Stephanie Mariën
Make Up/ Hair: Trudy Buren
Music: David Dramm
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Someone Else's Happiness
Someone else's happiness is set in a small village. On a cold winter's day, a child gets killed in a hit and run accident. Christine, a divorced mother who is trying to pick up her normal life, discovers the child's lifeless body. But by the time the police arrives, the river's current has taken him away . . . and the police don't seem to believe her.
Chrisitine isn't sure anymore of what she saw. When she finds out a child really was killed that night, she starts feeling guilty and finds herself alone with her ghosty memory, and surrounded by people with an opinion on this drama. Things get even more dramatic when it turns out she knows the family of the victim better than she would've liked to. The film is not only about Christine but about the emotions of all the people involved. All of their stories are intertwined. The villagers are captivated by the drama. They seem to have been awakened from a deep hibernation. At last, something has happened, and people have something to talk about again. Only Christine can't or won't tell anyone what she saw that night.
Parallel to the police's investigation, the victim's family start their own search for the truth. Christine realizes she might be a crucial witness to the case but still finds it too hard to speak up. The longer the search for the killer goes on, the more people get hurt...
Director: Fien Troch
Writer: Fien Troch
Cast: Ina Geerst, Johan Leysen, Johanna ter Steege
Year: 2005
Length: 90'
Format: colour 35mm
Original Language: Dutch
World Sales: Celluloid Dreams
Distributor: A-film
Producers: Antonino Lombardo for Prime Time, Ludo Troch, Jeroen Beker, Frans van Gestel for Motel Filmsbr>
Director of Photography: Frank van den Eeden
Editing: Nico Leunen
Casting: Robert Borremans
Sound Design: Senjan Jansen
Art Direction: Gert Sas
Costumes: Ann Lauwerys
Make Up/ Hair: Esther de Goey
Music: Peter van Laarhoven
Website Een ander zijn geluk
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Live!
Live! tells the story of Anna, a married woman, a midwife and a mother, who at this stage of her life decides to take up writing. She is married to Paul, an architect, and they have two grown-up daughters: Robin, 19, who is trying to find her way in life, rather immaturely in her parents' opinion, and Isabelle, who is 2 years younger, and who receives a lot of attention (too much, in fact, for her liking) due to the heart condition from which she suffers. At her midwife practice Anna works with a male trainee/assistant, Gregor, a descendant of an Eastern European family of midwives.
Director: Willem van de Sande Bakhuyzen
Writer: Maria Goos
Cast: Monic Hendrickx, Peter Blok, Sarah Jonker, Sophie van Winden, Anne Wil Blankers
Year: 2005
Length: 106 min
Format: 35mm, colour
Original Language: Dutch
World Sales: High Point
Distributor: A Film Distribution
Producers: Anton Smit, Hanneke Niens
Co-producers: NPS, Marina Blok
Director of Photography: Joost van Gelder
Editing: Wouter Jansen
Casting: Kemna Casting
Sound Design: Peter Flamman
Art Direction: Harry Ammerlaan
Costumes: Margriet Procee, Stephanie Mariën
Make Up/ Hair: Trudy Buren
Music: Fons Merkies
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Too Fat Too Furious
Bennie, a snack bar owner, is behind bars for five years after a failed attempt to rob a jewelery. When he gets out, he is unpleasantly surprised by the news that his foster father Mast is dying. And then the real son of Mast turns up: Koen a nutcase womanizer, who falls in love with the suicidal Katia. She, on her part, causes Bennie and Koen problems on their hunt for money, which they need to provide Mast with an illegal donor liver. A bank robbery gets totally out of hand and a fixed bet looses them the last of their money. Then they get one more chance: a raid on a money transport. But that doesn't go according to plan either.
Director: Tim Oliehoek
Writer: Jan Verheyen, Wijo Koek
Cast: Jack Wouterse, Kurt Rogiers, Bracha van Doesburgh, Johnny de Mol, Ton Kas
Year: 2005
Length: 90'
Format: colour, 35mm
Original Language: Dutch
World Sales:
Distributor: A-Film
Producers: San Fu Maltha for Fu Works, Frans van Gestel, Jeroen Beker for Motel Films, Teun Hilte co producer Clockwork Pictures, BNN
Director of Photography: Rolf Dekens
Editing: Peter Alderliesten
Casting: Kemna Casting
Sound Design: Blair Jollands
Art Direction: Dimitri Merkoulov
Costumes: Mariella Kallenberg
Make Up/ Hair: Monique Mierop
Music: Alex Heffes
www.vethard.nl
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Paradise Girls
Three young women are going through an emotional phase in their lives in different parts in the world: Tokyo, Hong Kong, Thailand, Germany and The Netherlands. Initially carefree, the three women have each been disrupted by men: a boyfriend, a father and a young son. Each girl's individual reaction on these recent misfortunes illustrates a determination as well as a subconscious love of life that is so characteristic to their age.
Director: Fow Pyng Hu
Writer: Fow Pyng Hu
Cast: Kei Katayama, Eveline Wu, Jo Koo
Year: 2004
Length: 97 minutes
Format: colour, 35 mm
Original Language: Dutch, English, Japanese, Chinese
World Sales: MDC
Distributor: A-Film
Producers: Frans van Gestel, Jeroen Beker for Motel Films, Christoph Friedel Co producer Pandora Film, NPS
Director of Photography: Benito Strangio
Editing: Menno Boerema
Casting: Kemna Casting
Sound Design: Marco Vermaas
Art Direction: Floris Vos
Costumes: Marie Therese Jacobse
Make Up/ Hair: Ka-Way Chui
Music: Mick Witkamp
www.pandorafilm.com
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72 Virgins
A man enters innocently the hereafter in. His body cut across by a sword. He is unpleasantly surprised when he is required to adapt to the new environment. A naturalization course should be the solution.
Director: Michiel van Jaarsveld
Writer: Michiel van Jaarsveld
Cast: Jack Wouterse, Ton Kas, Peter Bolhuis, Chris Comvalius, Ergün Simsek, Isis Cabolet
Year: 2005
Length: 6'
Format: B&W
Original Language: Dutch
Producers: Frans van Gestel, Jeroen Beker
Director of Photography: Guido van Gennep
Editing: Peter Alderliesten
Casting: Kemna Casting
Sound Design: Giel van Geloven
Art Direction: Roland Milanus
Costumes: Manon Blom
Make Up/ Hair: Monique Mierop
Music: Rec Sound
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Amazones
Lot, Sam and Reneetje have had enough of their boring lives and more or less for the fun of it decide to rob a bank. Their friend Kers, their children's teacher, joins them. The bank robbery is a piece of cake. At last they can pay off their debts. They're jubilant. At the same time they are aware that they all of a sudden have become criminals. This leads to all sorts of hilarious situations, but also puts a certain pressure on their friendship and their normal lives. It becomes even more complicated, when Lot finds her self in love with Achilles, the detective in charge with the police inquiry of the mysterious bank robbery. The 'Amazons' are now in a tight spot, but decide to risk just one other robbery in a super market before they return to their normal lives. Although the booty is enormous the robbery is a disaster. Lot, Sam, Reneetje and Kers have to run. They end up in a very luxurious hotel, waiting for Achilles and his men to catch up with them.
Director: Esmé Lammers
Writer: Barbara Jurgens
Cast: Monique van de Ven, Monic Hendrickx, Georgina Verbaan, Susan Visser
Year: 2004
Length: 90 minutes
Format: 35 mm
Original Language: Dutch
Distributor: A-Film
Producers: Anton Smit, Hanneke Niens
Co Producer: Justine Pauw, AVRO Director of Photography: Theo Bierkens
Editing: Peter Alderliesten
Casting: Bert Rijkelijkhuizen
Sound Design: Bert Rijkelijkhuizen
Art Direction: Rikke Jelier, Jelier & Schaaf
Costumes: Alette Kraan
Make Up/ Hair: Dick Naastepad
Music: Parachute
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In Orange
Remco (12) is a very talented and fanatic little soccer player with only one dream: to play the Dutch national team. Erik, his father, is possibly even more fanatic in coaching Remco. He always knows better, which leads to conflicts between father and son. Remco's mother Sylvia is the one to hush up the arguments.
Remco's world falls apart when his dad dies, but the grandma of his soccer mate Winston tries to help Remco to contact his father/coach through winti, a Surinam voodooism. Then Remco gets injured. His girlfriend Maaike, daughter of the local chemist, will try to help him to make his dream come true.
Director: Joram Lürsen
Writer: Frank Keterlaar
Cast: Yannick van de Velde, Thomas Acda, Wendy van Dijk, Peter Blok
Year: 2004
Length: 90 minutes
Format: colour, 35'
Original Language: Dutch
World Sales: Media Luna
Distributor: A-Film
Producers: Jeroen Beker, Frans van Gestel for Motel Films, San Fu Maltha for Fu Works, Teun Hilte co producer for Clockwork Pictures, AVRO
Director of Photography: Remco Bakker
Editing: Peter Alderliesten
Casting: Kemna Casting, Martha Mojet
Sound Design: Mark Rose
Art Direction: Harry Ammerlaan
Costumes: Mariella Kallenberg
Make Up/ Hair: Monique Mierop
Music: Fons Merkies
www.inoranje.nl
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Mojave
Mojave tells the story of people living in one of the most extreme environments anywhere on earth: the Mojave Desert in the southwestern United States. A harsh and hostile environment, plagued by drought, dust storms and inhumane heat.
By discovering why they choose this life, why they have rejected our maximally technologised society to attempt a minimally technologised life in the desert, the film implicitly reflects on our own lives, on what we value and why.
Director: Chris Teerink
Writer: Chris Teerink
Cast: Greg Parker, Howard and Rob Blair, Ed Nazelrod
Year: 2004
Length: 50'
Format: colour, HD
Original Language: English
Producers: Jeroen Beker, Frans van Gestel, VPRO
Director of Photography: Gary Clarke
Editing: Mark Glynne
Sound Design: Mark Glynne
Music: Jim O'Rourke
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Snacken
A day and a night in the life of two teenagers: Sanne and Clarissa. Sanne works in a supermarket. During the day she meets a friendly boy in the cash register. In the evening the two girls go to a party, they have been invited by Clarissa's brother. Coming back from the party and dressed as an Indian and a soldier they come across the supermarket boy again. Sanne can't help falling for him. He's taxi driver and will take the two girls for a night ride from the city centre to their neighbourhood.
Director: David Lammers
Writer: David Lammers
Cast: Sallie Harmsen, Isis Cabolet, Olly de Jeu, Arie Rustenburg
Year: 2004
Length: 40'
Format: colour, video
Original Language: Dutch
Producers: Frans van Gestel, Jeroen Beker, VPRO/NPS/ VARA
Director of Photography: Japer Wolf
Editing: Jaap Praamstra
Casting: Kemna Casting
Sound Design: Jan Schermer
Art Direction: Dewi van den Heuvel
Costumes: Stephanie Mariën
Make Up/ Hair: Robert Stouthamer
Music: Jan Schermer
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Swine
One hot summer night five kids - two boys and three girls - escape from their summer camp for a night adventure. They steal a car and head into the woods. When they hit a wild boar, Anne -the most popular one- decides to put the beast out of its misery. This marks the start of growing tensions within the group. The atmosphere of blossoming love and friendship makes way for rivalry and jealousy. The group falls apart and Anne, who rejects the others, is left behind in the woods, all alone.
Director: Mischa Kamp
Writer: Marnie Blok, Karen van Holst Pellekaan
Cast: Tim Zweije, Teun Kuilboer, Lore Dijkman
Year: 2004
Length: 40'
Format: colour, video
Original Language: Dutch
World Sales: SND Films
Producers: Jeroen Beker, Frans van Gestel, VARA/VPRO/NPS
Director of Photography: Lennert Hillege
Editing: Job ter Burg
Casting: Kemna Casting
Sound Design: Marco Vermaas
Art Direction: Annelies Verbrugge
Costumes: Bho Roosterman
Make Up/ Hair: Robert Stouthamer
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Zoenen of Schoppen
Zoenen of Schoppen is about eleven-year-old boy, Bruno, who tries his very best to connect with his classmates at his last years' school camp. Bruno is a sweet boy, but irritating because of his social clumsiness. He was never taught the unwritten rules of behaviour so he cut's one's own throat constantly. Through the eyes of Bruno we see how difficult and lonely it can be to fit in when you don't understand the rules. Even more when you try - just like Bruno - to be accepted.
Director: Janice Pierre
Writer: Chris Westendorp
Cast: Dajo Hogeweg, Lucas Dijkema, Ad Knippels, Dean Manuputty
Year: 2004
Length: 40'
Format: colour, video
Original Language: Dutch
Producers: Frans van Gestel, Jeroen Beker, NPS/VARA/VPRO
Director of Photography: Jeroen de Bruin
Editing: Mario Steenbergen
Casting: Martha Mojet
Sound Design: Jan Schermer
Art Direction: Anna de Beus
Costumes: Manon Bloem
Make Up/ Hair: Pur Thijs
Music: Roald van Oosten
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Yu-Lan
Contemporary parable about a Chinese girl with a Dutch boyfriend who has lived in Holland for four years. She is being forced to think about their future and her identity when she gets an offer for a job in her home-country China. Yu-lan investigates walls between people, collectivism, individualism and East and West.
Director: David Verbeek
Writer: Rogier de Blok, David Verbeek
Cast: Jane Wang, Jochum ten Haaf, Mr. Chang
Year: 2004
Length: 50'
Format: colour, HD
Original Language: Dutch, English, Chinese
Producers: Jeroen Beker, Frans van Gestel, VPRO
Director of Photography: Adri Schrover
Editing: Sander Vos
Casting: Kemna Casting
Sound Design: Willem de Wijs
Art Direction: Lieke Scholman
Costumes: Bho Roosterman, Fanny Kieft
Make Up/ Hair: Ka-Way Chui
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Citizens/Travelers
This film is about a stranded family, about rivalry between two brothers, about a marriage that is breaking up, about growing up, first love, and respectable citizens in a camp of travellers.
Director: Janice Pierre
Writer: Lotje IJzermans
Cast: Nicole van Nierop, Stefan Stasse, Barbara Pouwels, Emiel Sandtke
Year: 2004
Length: 50'
Format: colour, HD
Original Language: Dutch
Producers: Frans van Gestel, Jeroen Beker, VPRO
Director of Photography: Jeroen de Bruin
Editing: Chris van Oers
Casting: Kemna Casting
Sound Design: Jan Schermer
Art Direction: Annefleur Poulisse, Anna de Beus
Costumes: Manon Blom
Make Up/ Hair: Beppie van den Berg
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Sweet Tomato
On the night of his 8th birthday MinGu receives a mysterious red-orange fruit. He does not know it, but somehow he recognises the sweet taste. Next day MinGu starts a quest into town with the fruit in his hand to find out where this recognition comes from.
Director: Paul Rigter
Writer: Paul Rigter
Cast: Robin Spruit, Irma Hartogh, Vastert van Aardenne
Year: 2004
Length: 10 min
Format: Colour, Video
Original Language: Dutch
World Sales:
Distributor:
Producers: Jeroen Beker, Frans van Gestel
Director of Photography: Marc Redmeijer
Editing: Bas Icke
Casting: Kemna Casting
Sound Design: Marco Vermaas
Art Direction: Annelies Verbrugge
Costumes: Kassandra Smit
Make Up/ Hair: Desiree Deitmers
Music: Jan James
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Stratosphere Girl
18-year old blonde Angela (Chloé Winkel), with a passion for comics, plunges into her own comic adventure while working in a hostess club in Tokyo. The Stratosphere Girl blends European storytelling with Japanese anime cartoon power into a stylized action-mystery.
Director: Mattias X Oberg
Writer: Mattias X Oberg
Cast: Cloé Winkel, Jon Yang, Tara Elders, Rebecca Palmer
Year: 2004
Length: 85 minutes
Format: colour, 35mm
Original Language: English
World Sales: Bavaria Film International
Distributor: A-Film
Producers: Pandora in co-production with Palomar(Rome), Clubdeal (London), Dschoint Ventschr (Zürich), Paradis Film (Paris), Motel films (Amsterdam), Westdeutscher Rundfunk , SF DRS/ SRG SSR
Director of Photography: Michael Miek
Editing: Peter Alderliesten
Casting: Pia Marais
Sound Design: Giel van Geloven
Art Direction: Tim Pannen
Costumes: Sandra Fuhr
Make Up/ Hair: Laura schiavo-Loz
Music: Nils Petter Molvaer
www.stratospheregirl.com
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Lieve Mensen
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Cloaca
Four old college friends, Joep, Tom, Pieter and Maarten, now in their forties, are brought together again through circumstances. Their student days seem to return for a moment.
Joep, a very ambitious Member of Parliament on the verge of being asked for a ministerial post, has landed in a marriage crisis and is staying at Pieter's flat so long.
Pieter, once a promising art student has a dreary job as a council official. Each year he picks a work of art from the municipal art depot as a birthday present. The municipality now wants them back.
Tom, a successful lawyer with an addiction to coke, wants to help him to certify his rights to the paintings, but Tom's career is over.
Maarten is preparing his new play with Joep's 18-year-old daughter, with whom he is having an affair, in a principal part.
The four men renew their old bond and pledge to help each other solve the problems in their various lives. But, when things get really serious, they choose for their own skins and decide to fend for themselves.
Director: Willem van de Sande Bakhuyzen
Writer: Maria Goos
Cast: Peter Blok, Pierre Bokma, Gijs Scholten van Aschat, Jaap Spijkers
Year: 2003
Length: 90 min
Format: 35mm
Original Language: Dutch
Distributor: A Film
Producers: Anton Smit, Hanneke Niens
Co-producers: Marina Blok, NPS
Director of Photography: Guido van Gennep
Editing: Wouter Jansen
Casting: Kemna Casting
Sound Design: Peter Warnier
Art Direction: Harry Ammerlaan
Costumes: Patricia Lim, Dorien de Jonge
Make Up/ Hair: Trudy Buren
Music: Fons Merkies
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Phileine Says Sorry
On impulse 'powerbabe' Phileine travels to New York where her boyfriend and actor Max participates in an international Shakespeare project.
Her suspicion that he is more interested in his co-star Joanne then in her drives her into the arms of Joanne's boyfriend. In a fit of envy Phileine disturbs Max and Joanne's intimate interpretation of Romeo & Juliet and finds herself appearing on several TV screens all over New York after giving an interview to a local news station. Her newly obtained national fame doesn't bring her the happiness she hoped for. In the luxurious loneliness of her Waldorf Astoria hotel suite Phileine finally realizes that Max means more to her than she had ever imagined. When Max finds out about her infidelity he doesn't want to see her again. At the last moment Phileine saves him from the grasping hands of her best friends by saying sorry at the stage of a gala night.
Director: Robert Jan Westdijk
Writer: Robert Jan Westdijk
Cast: Kim van Kooten, Michiel Huisman, Tara Elders, Liesbeth Kamerling, Liz Snoyink
Year: 2003
Length: 90'
Format: colour, 35 mm
Original Language: Dutch
World Sales: Fortissimo Film Sales
Distributor: A-Film
Producers: Jeroen Beker, Frans van Gestel, BNN
Director of Photography: Bert Pot
Editing: Fow Pyng Hu, Brat Ljatifi
Casting: Kemna casting
Sound Design: Herman Pieete
Art Direction: Dimitri Merkoulov
Costumes: Mariella Kallenberg
Make Up/ Hair: Monique Mierop
Music: Richard Cameron
Awards
- Golden Calf Best Actress. Dutch Film Festival 2003
- Golden Calf Best D.O.P., Dutch Film Festival 2003
- Golden Calf Best Editorâ, Dutch Film Festival 2003
- Golden Calf Best Sound, Dutch Film Festival 2003
www.phileinezegtsorry.nl
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Godforsaken
The unquestioning friendship between two young criminals is put to proof, when petty crime turns into vicious murders and they find themselves in love with the same girl. Inspired by the true story of 'The Venlo Gang'
Director: Pieter Kuijpers
Writer: Paul Jan Nelissen, Pieter Kuijpers
Cast: Egbert Jan Weeber, Tygo Gernandt, Angela Schijf, Mads Wittermans
Year: 2003
Length: 86 min
Format: 35mm
Original Language: Dutch
World Sales:
Distributor: RCV
Producers: Anton Smit, Hanneke Niens, Reinier Seelen
Co-producers: Hans Schwarz, Tino Stuij, Gerard Timmer, Maarten van Dijk
Director of Photography: Bert Pot
Editing: Job ter Burg
Casting: Nora Mullens
Sound Design: Herman Pieëte
Art Direction: Robert van der Hoop
Costumes: Jacqueline Steijlen
Make Up/ Hair: Lia van der Horst, Suzette van Rooijen
Music: Het Paleis van Boem
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Girl
In an attempt to break ties with the suffocating village moral she was raised in, Muriel (18) interviews for a job in the city. As soon as she's hired, she packs her bags, leaving her stunned parents and boyfriend behind. Muriel rents a room at Laura's place. At age 35, Laura is everything Muriel would want to be: independent, sensual and adventurous. Laura introduces Muriel to life in the big city, while Muriel further distances herself from the past. But Muriel's profound insecurities bring her to get caught in a web of lies while she desperately attempts to create a new identity and personality for herself, increasing the gap between her and her loved ones. A gap, which is further enhanced by the fact that they too carry their own secrets of life.
Director: Dorothée van den Berghe
Writer: Dorothée van den Berghe
Cast: Charlotte van den Eynde, Els Dottermans, Frieda Pittoors
Year: 2002
Length: 90'
Format: colour, 35mm
Original Language: Dutch
World Sales: Media Luna
Distributor: A-Film
Producers: Jan de Clerk, Dominique Janne, Alexander Vandeputte, Frans van Gestel, Jeroen Beker, NPS
Director of Photography: Jan Vancaillie
Editing: Menno Boerema
Casting: Gerda Diddens
Sound Design: Marco Vermaas
Art Direction: Johan van Essche
Costumes: Ann Weckx
Make Up/ Hair: Diana Deessen
Music: Daan Stuyven
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Baby
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Twin Sisters
Twin Sisters is an epic love story based on the Dutch bestseller by Tessa de Loo that has been read by more then 3,5 million readers in Holland and Germany.
1920's, germany. Two sisters aged six years, no sooner see their remaining parent buried when they are torn apart. Lotte goes to live with her upper middle class Dutch aunt in Holland, Anna to work as a farm hand on her German uncle's rural farm.
The story follows their lives as they try to reconcile their differences while World War II impacts each of them on their convictions and love lives and finally in old age when they meet again, with the hope that the differences in their youth can finally be reconciled.
Director: Ben Sombogaart
Writer: Marieke van der Pol
Cast: Thekla Reuten, Nadja Uhl, Ellen Vogel, Jeroen Spitzenberger
Year: 2002
Length: 135 min
Format: 35mm
Original Language: Dutch, German
World Sales: High Point Films & Television ltd
Distributor: RCV Film Distribution
Producers: Anton Smit, Hanneke Niens
Co-producers: NCRV, Jani Thitges, Chios Media, Samsa Film
Director of Photography: Piotr Kukla
Editing: Herman P. Koerts
Casting: Jeanette Snik
Sound Design: Peter Flamman
Art Direction: Michel de Graaf
Costumes: Linda Bogers
Make Up/ Hair: Winnie Gallis
Music: Fons Merkies
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Roadkill
City girl Loes hits a duck with her Land rover on a desolate country road. She is forced to put the severely wounded animal out of its misery. A series of clumsy attempts lead to a battle with the duck, in which Loes loses all self-control and transforms into an animal herself.
Director: Jeroen Annokke
Writer: Gean Ockels
Cast: Susan Visser, Edgar Danz
Year: 2002
Length: 4,5'
Format: colour, 35mm
Original Language: -
Producers: Jeroen Beker, Frans van Gestel
Director of Photography: Jeroen de Bruin
Editing: Marc Bechtold
Casting: Kemna Casting
Art Direction: Joppe van der Zwan, Eric Bernhard
Costumes: Mariëlla Kallenberg
Make Up/ Hair: Frouke Snijders
Music: Geert van Galen
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Family
Because Els has only a few months more to live, Jan invites the two children, Bibi (40) and Nico (38) with their partners to a short holiday in a chalet in Tirol. A last happy family gathering. But soon slumbering old disagreements, going back to early childhood, are raked up. The atmosphere becomes vindictive, as the members of the family come face to face with the unvarnished truth, and the chalet rapidly turns into a slaughterhouse.
Director: Willem van de Sande Bakhuyzen
Writer: Maria Goos, Willem van de Sande Bakhuyzen
Cast: Petra Laseur, Bram van der Vlugt, Anneke Blok, Mark Rietman, Marisa van Eyle en Bart Klever
Year: 2001
Length: 91 min
Format: 35mm
Original Language: Dutch
Distributor: C Films
Producers: Anton Smit, Hanneke Niens
Co-producers: Marina Blok, NPS
Director of Photography: Remco Bakker NSC
Editing: Wouter Jansen
Casting: Jeanette Snik
Sound Design: Peter Warnier
Art Direction: Harry Ammerlaan
Costumes: Patricia Lim, Dorien de Jonge
Make Up/ Hair: Trudy Buren
Music: Fons Merkies
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With Great Joy
Part of the No More Heroes series: five young talented filmmakers were given the opportunity to make their first or second full length feature film about individuals who consciously turn their backs on society: No More Heroes provided five films that show drama, great and small, in an unexpected and characteristic way.
Luc's brother has been gone for many years when Luc happens to find out where he is living. For mysterious reasons, Ad has disappeared and has been living in seclusion with his wife. Uninvited, Luc goes to stay with the couple for several days in their remote mountain farmhouse in the Ardennes, Belgium, where tension start to rise. When indefinable sounds keep coming from the shed, Luc sets out to investigate and stumbles across the secret that the couple have been trying to hide for years.
Director: Lodewijk Crijns
Writer: Lodewijk Crijns, Kim van Kooten
Cast: Jack Wouterse, Renee Soutendijk, Jaap Spijkers, Camilla Siegertsz
Year: 2001
Length: 90'
Format: colour, 35mm
Original Language: Dutch
Distributor: A-Film
Producers: Frans van Gestel, Jeroen Beker, VPRO
Director of Photography: Joost van Gelder
Editing: Menno Boerema
Casting: Kemna Casting
Sound Design: Paul Bijpost
Art Direction: Hubert Pouille
Costumes: Maartje Wevers
Make Up/ Hair: Claudia Reymond
Music: Fons Merkies
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Amnesia
Part of the No More Heroes series: five young talented filmmakers were given the opportunity to make their first or second full length feature film about individuals who consciously turn their backs on society: No More Heroes provided five films that show drama, great and small, in an unexpected and characteristic way.
AmnesiA is a mystery around the bizarre death of a family patriarch and his lover. Alex, a 28-year-old photographer, has difficulties focussing on his job since his father died. When he wants to photograph someone, the vision of his father's lover appears in front of his lens. When his mother falls seriously ill, Alex visits his parental home after many years of absence. On the way he meets a mysterious girl and falls in love with her. At his mothers', Alex is confronted with his cynical and sometimes even sadistic brother Aram, involved in criminal affairs. While the mother revives during the visit, the mystery around the death of his father is uncovered.
Director: Martin Koolhoven
Writer: Martin Koolhoven
Cast: Fedja van Huêt, Carice van Houten, Saskia Bulthuis
Year: 2001
Length: 90'
Format: colour, 35mm
Original Language: Dutch
Distributor: A-Film
Producers: Jeroen Beker, Frans van Gestel, VPRO
Director of Photography: Menno Westendorp
Editing: Job ter Burg
Casting: Kemna Casting
Sound Design: Herman Pieëte
Art Direction: Floris Vos
Costumes: Maartje Wevers
Make Up/ Hair: Marleen Holthuis
Music: Fons Merkies
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Îles Flottantes
Part of the No More Heroes series: five young talented filmmakers were given the opportunity to make their first or second full length feature film about individuals who consciously turn their backs on society: No More Heroes provided five films that show drama, great and small, in an unexpected and characteristic way.
Kaat leaves Max the day after her thirtieth birthday and moves in with her friend Sascha. Kaat is in a dilemma. She is pregnant and does not know who the father is, Max or Christophe, the boyfriend of her other friend Isa. Though Sascha and Isa are suspicious of her curious behaviour, Kaat remains silent and quickly arranges an abortion. When it turns out that Kaat isn't pregnant after all, she confesses everything to Sascha and resolves to return to Max. But Max doesn't want her back and what is more Sascha insists that she comes clean with Isa. While Kaat is ignorant of the mess she has made of her and other people's lives, Sascha suffers a personal tragedy. Then Isa is forced to confront herself, and the extent of her ambition, when she is dumped by Christophe. But whereas Sascha and Isa show signs of confronting their problems, Kaat remains obsessed with restoring the past, and her futile efforts to get Max back she risks losing the most important thing of all, her friends.
Director: Nanouk Leopold
Writer: Nanouk Leopold
Cast: Maria Kraakman, Halina Reijn, Manja Topper
Year: 2001
Length: 82'
Format: colour 35mm
Original Language: Dutch
Distributor: A-Film
Producers: Stienette Bosklopper for Circe Films, Frans van Gestel, Jeroen Beker for Motel Films, VPRO
Director of Photography: Banito Strangio
Editing: Katharina Wartena
Casting:
Sound Design: Kemna Casting
Art Direction: Diana van de Vosseberg
Costumes: Manon Blom, Ingrid Schagen
Make Up/ Hair: Marjon Hoogendoorn
Music: Harry de Wit
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Monte Carlo
Part of the No More Heroes series: five young talented filmmakers were given the opportunity to make their first or second full length feature film about individuals who consciously turn their backs on society: No More Heroes provided five films that show drama, great and small, in an unexpected and characteristic way.
In this touching road movie, a low-class young man is hired to drive a rich, elderly countess to Monte Carlo. Due to several setbacks along the way - which produce both comic and thrilling moments - the young man slowly wins the countess' respect. An unusual and endearing friendship between the two develops.
Director: Norbert ter Hall
Writer: Robert Alberdingk Thijm
Cast: Kitty Courbois, John Wijdenbosch, Paul Hoes, Ad van Kempen
Year: 2001
Length: 90'
Format: colour, 35mm
Original Language: Dutch
Distributor: A-Film
Producers: Ellen Langeveld for Yellow Fish, Jeroen Beker, Frans van Gestel for Motel Films, VPRO
Director of Photography: Richard van Oosterhout
Editing: Denise Jansen
Casting: Kemna Casting
Sound Design: Marco Vermaas
Art Direction: Joke Geuze
Costumes: Dai Briggs
Make Up/ Hair: Hennesien van Walderveen
Music: Fons Merkies
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Adrift
Part of the No More Heroes series: five young talented filmmakers were given the opportunity to make their first or second full length feature film about individuals who consciously turn their backs on society: No More Heroes provided five films that show drama, great and small, in an unexpected and characteristic way.
Sammy (15) has recently become aware of the desires she awakens in men but there is only one man to whom she really is attracted to, her older brother Jakob (20). Jakob provides for the household trading meat declared unsuitable for human consumption. He watches over his little sister, leaving her no room to mature as a woman.
In a bid to express and exercise her sexuality Sammy seduces the father of her best friend, leading to an unavoidable and ultimately intolerable union with her brother. Whichever action taken now will demand the most personal of sacrifices.
Director: Michiel van Jaarsveld
Writer: Jacqueline Epskamp
Cast: Christel Oomen, Dragan Bakema, Bert Luppes, Hans Hoes
Year: 2001
Length: 90'
Format: colour, 35 mm
Original Language: Dutch
Distributor: A-Film
Producers: Wilant Boekelman, Jan van der Zanden for Waterland Films, Jeroen Beker, Frans van Gestel for Motel Films, VPRO
Director of Photography: Joost van Gelder
Editing: Peter Alderliesten
Casting: Kemna Casting
Sound Design: Jan Dries Groenendijk
Art Direction: Roos Kalff
Costumes: Judith de Zwart
Make Up/ Hair: Francoise Mol
Music: Jan Dries Groenendijk
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Jacky
Jacky was the first Chinese feature film in the Netherlands.
As a young man, Jacky leads a solitary life with his mother in the Netherlands. Due to the ambivalent environment in which Jacky grew up, he has difficulty developing a clear vision of life. Too smart to deny this problem, yet too weak to master it, he lives his life without controlling the direction where it's going. When his mother tells him it's time to get married, his quiet life takes a new turn. Jacky has to make a choice, something he is not used to, being stuck in the vacuum between two cultures.
Director: Fow Pyng Hu, Brat Ljatifi
Writer: Fow Pyng Hu, Brat Ljatifi
Cast: Fow Pyng Hu, Mrs Zhou, Eveline Wu, Gary Guo
Year: 2001
Length: 90'
Format: colour, 35 mm
Original Language: Mandarin, Dutch
World Sales: Fortissimo Film Sales
Distributor: A-Film
Producers: Jeroen Beker, Frans van Gestel, VPRO
Director of Photography: Benito Strangio
Editing: Fow Pyng Hu, Brat Ljatifi
Casting: Kemna casting
Sound Design: Marco Vermaas
Art Direction: Martine de Schipper
Costumes: Claudette Voorn
Make Up/ Hair: Claudette Voorn
Music:
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Les Diseurs de Vérité
Algerian journalist Sahafi's attitude towards life and his satirically written columns caused several assaults on his life. When Sahafi visits the Netherlands to give a lecture, he discusses his position in life with his friend Madjid. Madjid urges him to stay in the Netherlands to apply for political asylum. Sahafi returns to Algeria and while considering his friend's urgent request, he is killed in a renewed attack. From this moment, time is set still to create two worlds in which Sahafi could have lived both.
Director: Karim Traïdia
Writer: Karim Traïdia
Cast: Sid Ahmed Agoumi Meziane, Karim Traïdia, Monic Hendrickx, Jaap Spijkers
Year: 2001
Length: 80'
Format: colour 35mm
Original Language: French, Arabic, Dutch, English
Distributor: A-Film
Producers: Frans van Gestel, Jeroen Beker, NPS
Director of Photography: Jacques Laureys
Editing: Chris Teerink
Casting: Kemna Casting
Sound Design: Marco Vermaas
Art Direction: Anne Winterink
Costumes: Jany Temime
Make Up/ Hair: Marleen Holthuis
Music: Fons Merkies
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Achterland
The insolent seventeen-year-old Esmee works at a small train station. At night she comes home to her mother, a promiscuous woman who surrounds herself with young lovers. A mysterious traveller arrives at the station and asks lonely Esmee to join him for coffee. This leads to a few intense days together, during which the stranger helps Esmee to find her first lover.
Director: Dorothee van den Berghe
Writer: Dorothee van den Berghe
Cast: Judith van Herck, Huub Stapel, Katelijne Verbeke, Robin Rienstra
Year: 1999
Length: 50'
Original Language: Dutch
Producers: Jeroen Beker, Frans van Gestel
Director of Photography: Jan Vancaillie
Editing: Chris Teerink
Casting: Kemna Casting
Sound Design: Marco Vermaas
Art Direction: Bart van Overberghe
Costumes: Sabine Kumeling
Make Up/ Hair: Mariel Hoevenaars
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Tate's Voyage
Part of the Route 2000 series: four feature films by young talented filmmakers in which the millennium theme is the connecting element.
Teetje is a young businessman from Rotterdam who thinks he gets the chance of a lifetime by buying a huge Russian containership. It is only after buying the ship that he finds out that besides the cargo, there is also a complete Russian crew on board. He is ready to deal with it: sail out, sell the cargo and become rich. Teetje will learn that there is more in life than money and that the end of a relationship is the beginning of a new voyage.
Director: Paula van der Oest
Writer: Paula van der Oest
Cast: Cees Geel, Thekla Reuten, Wolter Muller
Year: 1998
Length: 90'
Format: colour 35mm
Original Language: Dutch
World Sales: BV International Pictures
Producers: Frans van Gestel, Jeroen Beker, VPRO
Director of Photography: Brigit Hillenius
Editing: Rene Wiegmans
Casting: Kemna Casting
Sound Design: Ludo Keeris
Art Direction: Erly Brugmans
Costumes: Jany Temime
Make Up/ Hair: Sara Meerman
Music: Fons Merkies
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The Polish Bride
Part of the Route 2000 series: four feature films by young talented filmmakers in which the millennium theme is the connecting element.
Anna has been lured to Holland under false pretences of two men who want her to work in a brothel. She manages to escape and is found by a taciturn farmer. He cares for the terrified and weakened woman and offers to pay for her journey back to Poland. But she wants to stay and work for him. As far as he's concerned, she can stay as long as she likes. The two of them slowly grow closer and the farmer tries to instil in his new lodger the beauty of the Dutch highlands and his love for them.
Director: Karim Traidia
Writer: Kees van der Hulst
Cast: Monic Hendricx, Jaap Spijkers
Year: 1998
Length: 90'
Format: colour, 35mm
Original Language: Dutch
World Sales:
Producers: Jeroen Beker, Frans van Gestel for Motel Films, Marc Bary, Ilana Netiv for IJswater Films
Director of Photography: Jacques Laureys
Editing: Chris Teerink
Casting: Kemna Casting
Sound Design: Marco Vermaas
Art Direction: Anne Winterink
Costumes: Danielle Van Eck
Make Up/ Hair: Lida van Straaten
Music: Fons Merkies
Awards
- Citroên Audience Award. Rotterdam IFF. 1998
- Grand Rail d'Or. International Film festival Cannes. 1998
- Golden Calf Best Director. Dutch Film festival. 1998
- Golden Calf Best Actress. Dutch Film festival. 1998
- Best Actress, Festival de Cinéma International des Premieres Oeuvres. Canada. 1998
- Dutch entry for the Oscar
- Nomination Best Actress, Film festival Geneva 1998
- Prix Europa, Television Programme of the year 1998, Berlin
- European Film Prize, AFI Film Festival, Los Angeles 1998
- Golden Globe nomination for best Foreign Language Film 1998
- Best Actress - Film Festival for Independent Film, Buenos Aires, Argentina 1999
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FL 19,99
Part of the Route 2000 series: four feature films by young talented filmmakers in which the millennium theme is the connecting element.
Couples who want to get married before the end of the twentieth century can spend their wedding night in a fashionable hotel for just fl.19,99. On the night in question, a whole floor is filled with newly-weds. The differences between the couples and their chance encounters give the film its comic, moving and sometimes harsh character.
Director: Mart Dominicus
Writer: Helena van der Meulen, Mart Dominicus
Cast: Thomas Acda, Jeroen Willems, Jacqueline Blom
Year: 1998
Length: 86'
Format: colour, 35mm
Original Language: Dutch
Producers: Wilfried Depeweg, Els van der Vorst for Isabella Films, Jeroen Beker, Frans van Gestel for Motel films, VPRO
Director of Photography: Rogier Stoffers
Editing: Menno Boerema
Casting: Kemna Casting
Art Direction: Vincent de Pater, Floris Vos
Music: Paul van Brugge
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Temmink
Part of the Route 2000 series: four feature films by young talented filmmakers in which the millenium theme is the connecting element.
Sometime in the future. The government's policy towards euthanasia and the public's demand for extreme fights meet. People with the 'aggression gene' go through a severe selection procedure and take part in in fights to the death broadcasted live on TV. Temmink is one of them.
Director: Boris Paval Conen
Writer: Arend Steenbergen
Cast: Jack Wouterse, Cees Geel
Year: 1998
Length: colour, 90'
Format: 35mm
Original Language: Dutch
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Producers: Jeroen Beker, Frans van Gestel, VPRO
Director of Photography: Danny Elsen
Editing: Jef Hertoghs
Casting: Kemna Casting
Sound Design: Bart Jilesen, Danny Weijermans
Art Direction: Ruben Schwartz, Robert Jasper van der Hoop
Costumes: Mariëlla Kallenberg
Make Up/ Hair: Jacobien van der Meer
Music: Maurits Overdulve, Wiebe de Boer
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