Nominations
Als ik mijn ogen sluit: leven met de Japanse kampen
What did the women and children experience in the Japanese internment camps in the Dutch East Indies? What wounds and traumas remained, and how did they cope with them throughout their lives? The camps left significant scars. Many of these have not yet healed or disappeared. Als ik mijn ogen sluit: leven met...
The Border Crossed Us
Intimate, meditative and suspenseful look inside the fight against human traffickers in de border region between Texas and Mexico. Local US police are entangled in a seemingly never-ending cat-and-mouse game. As one of them says: ‘The impact of stopping somebody makes you doubt sometimes: is this all working?&rsq...
Eddy’s oorlog
The award-winning war photographer Eddy van Wessel has been capturing various wars and conflict zones on film for thirty years. Filmmaker Joost van der Valk follows him over four seasons in Ukraine. At the front line, Eddy documents the war, searching for that one image that encapsulates the entire conflict. ...
De Heilige Drie-eenheid
Alex Sophie, Emma and Robbie are best friends living in Eindhoven. Filmmaker Martijn van de Griendt follows them during the summer of their high school graduation. He paints a loving portrait of young people dealing with insecurities, loneliness, friendship and love. A coming-of-age film about three friends...
The Insides of our Lives
A poetic blend of fiction and found footage from the 1960s and 1970s. Two girls grow up along a European border. Slowly, they are driven apart and experience what it means to be separated by borders. The Insides of Our Lives is a poetic film that combines fiction with real footage. A selection from thousands...
Nice Ladies
With the recent escalation of Russia’s war on Ukraine, the seemingly unbreakable bond of a vibrant cheerleading team of 50+ year old women called "Nice Ladies" is challenged. They face impossible choices between motherland and grandmotherhood, between staying and leaving. Core team member Sveta flees with her fa...
Russia vs Lawyers
The job of lawyer has become truly dangerous in Russia. More than three hundred lawyers have been killed over the past two decades. Half of these cases remain unsolved. Lauded filmmaker Masha Novikova follows human rights lawyers in their daily life, capturing their hopes and doubts. ‘As long as we don...
De Wereld van Carlijn
‘How can you contribute to making the world a more just place?’ asks Carlijn Kingma. With her artwork The Waterworks of Money she embarked on a breathtaking journey in search of the role money plays in our society. This is the origin story of an ambitious masterpiece. Carlijn Kingma’s impre...
Zonen zonder vaders
Growing up without a father can have a negative impact on children. Three young adult men talk openly about the impact their father’s absence had on them, and about the way they took their life into their hands. Inspiring and hopeful. In the Netherlands, one out of six children grow up in a single-pare...
