Nederlandse Filmacademie
Why Didn’t You Stay for Me? 2020
Four kids, who all lost a parent to suicide, share their journey from the moment they heard the news. The filmmaker, who experienced the same tragedy, asks them the questions no one dared to ask her at the time.
When Grey Is a Colour 2016
A young girl struggles to reconnect with her older brother as he moves back home after a failed suicide attempt.
A bit of a rondo 1997
The life of a young gangster -- who has an affair with his boss's wife -- no longer seems certain. However, he turns out to be tougher than his adversaries.
Chalk 2001
A short directed by Diederik Van Rooijen.
Always something different, rarely something good 1970
Orlow Seunke's graduation film is a rural tragedy about an alcoholic father, a tyrannical mother and their weak son. Gerard Thoolen plays the successful brother.
Broker 2015
A solitary organ broker attempts to break free from his life of deadly crime by rescuing a young woman from the ruthless syndicate he does business with.
Splitting 2023
That night, Jesper and Rein wanted to go to Tessa's party. They have just played sports and are exhausted, Rein has been hit especially hard (he thinks), and therefore has an incredible appetite for Peking Duck from his favourite Chinese restaurant. Jesper doubts as he is a bit short on cash (as he has been for decades). This exposes a skewed dynamic in their friendship.
Kleingeld 2023
It's Indy's birthday, but she doesn’t have money to treat her friends. Still, she doesn’t want to show up empty-handed. How will she solve this problem?
Today 2015
When Kees (42) and his two children, Roos (12) and Willem (6), stop at a gas station for a quick toilet break, they all shortly separate and go their own way. In this short period of time, each of them witnesses something which makes them think about themselves. The young Willem accidently witnesses a couple making love in the bushes and doesn't know how to deal with this. Roos, a real 'tomboy', starts thinking about who she wants to be, after another girl confuses her for being a boy. Kees, a divorced man, thinks he has a flirt with a younger woman. When he finds out she wasn't flirting at all, he realizes that he has entered a new period of his life where he has to find his place. The three characters separately all experience a small tilt in their lives.
The Underdogs 2021
The Dutch water polo men's team has not qualified for the Olympic Games since 2000. The team will get a new chance during the 2021 Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Rotterdam. This documentary follows Bilal, Eelco, and Robin during the preparations. The chance that they will succeed is small, they all know that. But imagine that it will work.
Mehmet & Tim 2019
Mehmet and Tim are best friends for as long as they can remember. However, they are at the foot of a major event. An event that will change their friendship forever.
The Price of Shelter 1970
Private-sector rented accommodation for the Surinamese and Antillean Dutch who increasingly moved to Amsterdam from these former colonies in the early seventies was woefully inadequate. In 1982, André Reeder graduated from The Netherlands Film Academy (NFTVA) with Onderneming onderdak (The Price of Shelter) – a documentary about this appalling situation.
Merhamet 2023
Fathers Are Sons Too 2024
After the loss of his father, Sammy embarks on a journey to understand him better through the stories of various men. "Fathers Are Also Sons" is a visual testament of this personal journey toward connection.
Shalky 2019
In a Dutch high-rise neighbourhood where time seems to have frozen, the 28-year-old Moroccan Shalky has lost his car keys. During the search for his keys, he gets distracted by the daily routine of the neighbourhood and ends up in various adventures. With all sorts and conditions of residents: a slick barber in a garage box, a side-tracked gold digger, a lonely cripple and an old acquaintance. The local residents in this deadpan drama do not have much, but at least they have each other.
Bloed Kruipt 2017
Kim is a winner inside the ring. But outside the ring she gets confronted with her vulnerability and she discovers that fighting is not the solution for everything.