Nominations
Blauwe ballen en andere verkrachtingsmythes
In a personally driven film essay, Sunny Bergman explores why sexual violence is a problem of epidemic proportions and how we can break it. With a mirrorhouse as a safe space where people can tell their stories, Bergman also explores her own experiences. World premiere. Why do nearly a quarter of all women experience s...
The Coriolis Effect
Set in Cape Verde, ‘the place where hurricanes are born’. The Coriolis Effect is a poetic documentary about our world spinning out of control. With stunning footage of the Cape Verdean nature and wildlife, this cinematographically impressive film deals with the increasingly disturbing relation between humankind and nat...
The Garden of Earthly Delights
In the stormy slums of an Asian metropolis, 11-year-old Ginto fights for survival, dignity, and freedom. He dismisses his sister’s concerns—better to be a gangster than to scavenge from rubbish bins. As he grapples with his blossoming sexuality, identity and feelings for another boy, his path crosses that of Dutch tour...
Home Game
Acclaimed filmmaker Lidija Zelovic has been portraying her displaced family in the Netherlands since 1993, when they fled war-torn Sarajevo, in her own unique style and with self-deprecating humour. Zelovic's film essay exposes the duality that all migrants live with: what is 'home'? She draws attention to social and p...
Ik was een kind
A reformed girl reports sexual abuse within her family, but the accused are acquitted. Twenty-five years later, how does her community look back on what happened? Anneloes grows up in a devout religious subculture in the Netherlands, within the Reformed Congregations. Her childhood is marked by a strict observance of S...
Meneer L.
An Asian tourist visits the touristic highlights that the Netherlands has to offer. After losing his passport - due to biased assumptions about his identity – he ends up in a refugee asylum situated on a former luxury cruise ship in Amsterdam. Awaiting a solution to his precarious situation, he manages to start special...
De Propagandist
Through family films, propaganda footage, and audio interviews, the story unfolds of filmmaker Jan Teunissen (1898-1975), head of the NSB Film Service during World War II, and sometimes referred to as the “Dutch Leni Riefenstahl.” A tale of wounded ego, opportunism, and manipulation—timeless themes that still resonate ...
Vlam
The temporarily displaced teenager Olivia wants nothing more than to return to her mother Selma. In crisis center Girla, she discovers just how suffocating their symbiotic bond truly is. Temporarily removed from her home, teenager Olivia longs to return to her mother Selma, despite their endless and heated arguments. ...
